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Automated Weather Insurance Could Offer Help in an Increasingly Hot World
Carlos José Báez experienced the full brunt of Hurricane Maria when it made landfall in Puerto Rico as a catastrophic storm in 2017. The auto paint shop owner, who lives in Aguas Buenas, Puerto ...
Survey: Success Awaits CPOs Embracing Digital Transformation to Focus on Operational Growth
The role of chief procurement officer (CPO) continues to face intense complexity as leaders navigate unprecedented levels of supply chain disruption coupled with procurement's increasing value ...
Organized Retail Crime Grows to a Multibillion-Dollar Problem
Top executives and major law enforcement agencies in the U.S. are fretting about organized crime rings targeting retailers' stores and trucks for goods they can resell online. Gangs of thieves ...
Climate Change Poses Added Risk to Farm Workers’ Health
Mily Trevino-Sauceda was nine when her mother fell as she worked to move irrigation pipes along rows of potato and alfalfa on an Idaho farm. Her 10-year-old brother splashed water over their mother's ...
Zurich Adds Cyber Insurance Product for Middle Market Businesses
Zurich North America, offering cyber risk coverage for more than a decade, announced a cyber insurance product designed specifically for middle-market businesses. The Zurich Cyber Insurance Policy ...
Ransomware Criminals are Dumping Kids` Private Files Online After School Hacks
The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive ...
Conning: Fronting Market Growth Expected to Slow
The U.S. fronting market, where specialized carriers offer their financial strength rating, licensing and other services primarily to managing general agents (MGAs), has seen dramatic growth in ...
Robots Promise They Won’t Steal Jobs, Rebel Against Humans
Robots presented at an AI forum said on Friday they expected to increase in number and help solve global problems, and that they would not steal humans' jobs or rebel against us. But in the world's ...