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Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Claims His Own Data Was Improperly Shared With Cambridge Analytica
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday told lawmakers that his own personal data was included in that of 87 million or so Facebook users that was improperly shared with political ...
CapSpecialty Debuts a New, Super-Speedy, Cloud-Based Platform for Brokers
CapSpecialty is bringing some InsurTech sensibilities to the brokers with whom it works. It recently debuted a cloud-based platform designed to drastically simplify how brokers serve small and ...
Executives On The Move at CNA and Markel
CNA named a former Nasdaq executive to be its new chief procurement officer. Promoting from within, Markel Corporation named its first-ever managing director, strategic customer growth. *** CNA ...
The Trouble With Algorithms Behind Driverless Cars, Insurance and More: Viewpoint
Self-driving cars keep killing people. Just in the past few weeks, one crashed into a highway barrier and another ran over a pedestrian. This will inevitably lead to much hand-wringing about the ...
Sompo International Retail Insurance Platform Will Integrate International Businesses
Sompo International Holdings Ltd. is launching a retail platform designed to integrate all the operations of Sompo Holdings Inc. outside Japan. Sompo Holdings has 45 licensed entities spanning 32 ...
Global Natural Catastrophe Insured Losses Hit Record $144B in 2017: Swiss Re
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes were $144 billion in 2017—the highest-ever recorded in a single year, according to the latest sigma study from the Swiss Re Institute. The biggest ...
Proposed Uber Settlement Addresses Pay Disparity, Sexual Harassment Claims
Uber Technologies Inc.'s $10 million settlement with women engineers who complained they were underpaid compared with men would also rid the ride-hailing giant of liability for potentially hundreds ...
The Latest Launches From BHSI, The Hartford and AIR Worldwide/RenRe
The Hartford's new cyber liability product is designed to help businesses protect against cyber attacks in order to limit the damage to their bottom lines and reputation. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty ...