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Google Changes Corporate Structure to Separate R&D Divisions From the Rest
Google Inc. is changing its corporate structure to separate its search, YouTube and other Web companies from its research and investment divisions. The shares rose as much as 5.8 percent in extended ...
Small Businesses Want Their Insurance Agents AND the Internet: PIA Research
Commercial lines customers – particularly small business owners – still prefer working with independent insurance agents in the Internet age, new industry research has found. At the same time, ...
Higher Private Passenger Auto Losses Will Leave P/C Personal Lines in the Red: SNL
Higher private passenger auto insurance losses in 2015 will end a two-year run of property/casualty personal lines insurance profitability. Rather than being a fluke, however, the trend will continue ...
Few U.S. Railroads Will Meet Dec. 31 Train Safety Tech Deadline
Only a small number of U.S. railroads will meet the Dec. 31 deadline for implementing new train safety technology that experts say would have prevented the deadly May 12 Amtrak derailment in ...
California Workers Comp Premiums Growing By Double Digits: WCIRB
Workers' compensation premiums in California continue to grow at double-digit rates, according to the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. The WCIRB recently released its "State of the ...
GEICO, Reinsurance Losses Drove Down Berkshire Hathaway’s Q2 Profit
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said second-quarter profit missed analysts' estimates because higher claims costs fueled an underwriting loss at the insurance segment. Net income dropped 37 ...
Severe Floods Could Slam California Region With $24B in Damage: Lloyd’s of London
Severe flooding in an economically vital part of California's could cost more than $24 billion in damage, Lloyd's of London concludes in a new risk analysis of the state. What's more, climate change, ...
With IT Company Deal, Marsh Makes Play For U.S. Small Commercial Market
Marsh will be making strategic acquisition of an insurance technology services company with a focus on boosting its business in the U.S. small commercial market. The global insurance broker and risk ...