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Distracted Driving Rises for Teens During Back-to-School Transition
There's been a consistent rise in distracted driving in teens as they return to school during the period between early August through Labor Day, according to new data from Cambridge Mobile ...
Rising Flood Risks Threaten U.S. Water and Sewage Treatment Plants
The crack of a summer thunderstorm once comforted people in Ludlow, Vermont. But that was before a storm dropped eight inches of rain on the village of 2,200 in two days last month. And it was before ...
ChatGPT Fever Spreads to U.S. Workplace, Sounding Alarm for Some
Many workers across the U.S. are turning to ChatGPT to help with basic tasks, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found, despite fears that have led employers such as Microsoft and Google to curb its use. Companies ...
S&P: COOs See Biggest Changes in Insurance Executive Compensation Packages
Though COOs experienced a decline in base salary in 2023, while CEOs and CFOs saw an increase, they made up for it with higher total compensation packages, according to the latest S&P Global ...
Severe Storms Have Already Led to $34B in Insured Losses This Year
Waves of severe thunderstorms in the U.S. during the first half of this year led to $34 billion in insured losses, an unprecedented level of financial damage in such a short time, according to Swiss ...
Flexible Work Will Survive Despite Gloomy Signals From WeWork and Zoom
WeWork Inc.'s future is in doubt. And Zoom Video Communications Inc., the pandemic poster child of remote work, just told its employees to get back to the office. The headlines suggest flexible work ...
Insurance M&A Drops Sharply Globally in 2023
Regulatory changes and a reduced appetite for insurtechs are driving down insurance carrier mergers and acquisitions (M&A), a newly released report has found. M&A were down by 17 percent ...
Tech Bytes: New Partnerships at FloodFlash, Ascend, Applied Surety Underwriters
FloodFlash, an InsurTech offering sensor-enabled parametric flood insurance, announced a partnership with Hiscox. Hiscox is already an active participant in the U.S. flood insurance market, and as a ...