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Businesses Offering Half Days on Fridays May Be Onto Something
Employees lag in productivity during the afternoons and especially on Fridays, a new study from the Texas A&M School of Public Health reveals. By examining computer usage, a team of researchers ...
Top 10 Driver Distractions: Survey
Selecting music, checking directions and talking with passengers are the top three driver distractions according to a survey conducted by Assurance, an InsurTech subsidiary of Prudential Financial. ...
Every insurer evaluating property risk today is running the same math: more perils, more models, more data sources, and not...
More Auto Parts Delays? U.S. Scrutinizing China Supply Chains
Electric vehicle batteries and other car parts are the latest products under scrutiny as part of Washington's effort to stamp out U.S. links to forced labor in Chinese supply chains, according to a ...
FEMA Has Paid $5.6M to Maui Wildfire Survivors to Date
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday it has approved more than $5.6 million in assistance to nearly 2,000 households in Maui so far as the federal government tries to help survivors of ...
Hilary’s Rains Reach California
Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall along the Baja peninsula Sunday, with the rare Pacific storm set to pummel Northern Mexico, Southern California and the U.S. Southwest with torrential rains and ...
Private Flood Insurers Seize Opportunity as NFIP Falters
While the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) rolls out a new rating program generating premium increases for many policyholders, the private flood insurance market has seized the opportunity to ...
LexisNexis: Despite Challenges, Auto Insurers See Positive Growth in New Policies
Quarterly year-over-year auto insurance shopping growth in the U.S. was +5.2 percent in Q2 2023, according to the most recent LexisNexis Risk Solutions Insurance Demand Meter report. Reacting to ...
Target Execs Say Problem With Stolen Goods Stabilizing
Big-box retailer Target said on Wednesday that losses caused by theft and organized retail crime, which had spiked in the first half of the year, are showing signs of stabilizing. Target shares were ...