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Lack of Comma Sense Launches Debate After Ruling in $10M Lawsuit
It all came down to a missing comma, and not just any one. And it's reignited a longstanding debate over whether the punctuation is necessary. A federal appeals court decided this week to keep alive ...
Global Insured Disaster Loss Events Climbed 43% in 2016: Swiss Re
Global insured losses from disaster events hit $54 billion in 2016, up 43 percent from the previous year, as countries around the world dealt with earthquakes, storms, floods, wildfires and other ...
Progressive Gives Google Home Customers Chance to Get Auto/Home Tips Through Their Voices
Progressive is getting into the voice-activated customer service game through a new deal with Google. The property/casualty insurance giant says it is now giving Google Home customers the opportunity ...
NICB Experiment: Using Highway Billboards to Combat and Reduce Auto Theft
You know those digital billboards along major highways? An insurance industry group is using ones along Albuquerque freeways as part of a public awareness campaign designed to reduce local automobile ...
The Hanover Launches Online Portal for Professional Liability Risk Management
The Hanover Insurance Group said it has launched an online portal focused on professional liability risk management insurance. Dubbed HanoverProRisk, the portal offers articles, templates, risk ...
Brexit Uncertainty Hasn’t Yet Dented London’s Status as Top Global Financial Center
London has retained the mantle as the world's top financial center, though uncertainty about the implications of Britain's vote to leave the European Union saw its lead over Asian rivals narrow, ...
Trump EPA Cuts Could Mean More Birth Defects, Bad Air: Network Report
President Donald Trump pledged during the 2016 campaign that he would only "leave a little bit" of federal rules that protect human health and the environment. Now about 50 former officials of the ...
Sen. Warren Calls For SEC Review of Icahn as Trump Adviser
United States Senator Elizabeth Warren said the Securities and Exchange Commission should be vigilant in ensuring that billionaire investor Carl Icahn isn't using his role as an adviser to the Trump ...