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Data Theft Nearly Impossible to Beat, Say Davos Executives
Fighting online data fraudsters is almost impossible as their ability to hack into new technology often outpaces companies efforts to protect it, senior businessmen and bankers gathering for the ...
Point/Counterpoint: Analysts Take Opposing Sides on Proposed Accounting Standards
Opinions vary widely among property/casualty insurance experts on the desirability of accounting standards being proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting ...
New Insurance Accounting Standards Are Coming: It’s Time to Get Ready
If you are like most insurance executives you are probably aware that changes are coming to insurance accounting, but you're probably not exactly sure what they are or why all this is happening. The ...
Ford Teams with MIT, Stanford to Research Autonomous Driving
Ford Motor Co. said it is joining with two top U.S. universities to launch research into automated driving technology. The automaker said it will work with Stanford University and the Massachusetts ...Travelers’ Slowing of Price Hikes Raises Concerns; Shares Fall
U.S. insurer Travelers Cos. Inc.'s slowing pace of price hikes raised concerns about its margins and overshadowed a three-fold rise in quarterly profit, sending its shares down as much as 3 percent. ...
Wells Fargo Selling 42 Smaller Insurance Brokerage Offices to USI
Wells Fargo & Co., the largest U.S. home lender, has agreed to sell more than 40 percent of its insurance brokerage locations to focus bricks-and-mortar operations on higher-growth regions and ...
Driving Losing Some Of Its Appeal But Reasons May Vary By Country
Car use appears to have leveled off and even started falling in many of the world's advanced economies long before the global downturn in 2008, according to transport experts. The slowdown brings to ...
Ex-Treasury Deputy Wolin Says Federal Insurance Office Makes Sense
To make continued improvements in the U.S. insurance regulatory system, it's imperative for state and federal officials to work collaboratively and share information and perspectives, said former ...