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Register: Risky Future AI Tools for Insurance BPO & Consulting ‘Demo Day’ on August 26
Insurance Journal's Risky Future series is hosting the "AI Tools for BPO & Consulting" Demo Day, a series of free AI tool demonstrations designed exclusively for Carriers, MGAs, Retail Agencies ...
Travelodge CEO Quits After Hotel Assault Spurs Security Concerns
The chief executive officer of Travelodge Hotels Ltd. has stepped down, as the chain pledged to beef up its security measures after a female guest was sexually assaulted at one of its properties. Jo ...
Amazon Plans Drone Delivery Expansion to Nearly 500 U.S. Locales
Amazon said on Wednesday it will expand its drone delivery service to reach hundreds of U.S. cities and towns by year end, up from 11 locations where it currently operates serving multiple ...
Florida Example on How to Adapt as Coastal Cities Face Storms, Rising Sea Level
One day there was a roof. The next morning it was gone. Jeffrey Huber still remembers the day some 34 years ago when Hurricane Andrew blew off the roof of his childhood home, one of tens of thousands ...
A Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Is Upending How America Moves Its Goods
Daniel Ilg started out in the freight brokerage industry at 14 years old, learning from his dad how to match trucking companies with loads of goods that needed to move around the country. About two ...
California Adopts Weaker Home Protection Rules as Wildfires Grow
A California agency on Wednesday approved long-delayed regulations designed to protect homes from wildfire, but they're less stringent than defenses recommended by scientists and firefighters. The ...
Latin American P/C Insurers Enter Softer Market but Earnings Stay Resilient
Latin American non-life insurers are moving into a softer part of the cycle, but they are doing so from a position of relative strength. After two years of pricing adjustments in response to the ...
Londoners Find ‘Horrendous’ Cracks in Their Homes After Successive Heat Waves
Londoners are facing historic levels of subsidence risk after five successive heat waves dried out the clay soil on which much of the city is built. Insurance claims tied to subsidence — a ...