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Takata, Automakers Explore Ways to Both Share and Limit Air Bag Liability
Takata Corp. and some of the world's biggest carmakers face an extensive -- and expensive -- to-do list as they try to resolve the worst safety crisis in the auto industry's history. Executives for ...
Fresh Strategies, Experience, Tech and Innovation Can Help Insurers Succeed
If guesswork is the enemy of business efficiency, then precision is efficiency's closest friend. Whether speaking about an automaker's assembly line or a consumer's wireless communications, this ...
Self-Driving Car Guidelines Urge Data Sharing to Boost Safety
Competitors locked in a cut-throat race to bring fully self-driving cars to American roads are being asked to share experiences with "edge cases," rare scenarios that pose the most vexing safety ...
Homeowners Insurance Shines While Personal Auto Struggles: Fitch
While the U.S. personal auto insurance industry continues to be a sick patient, homeowners coverage is a significant bright spot, according to Fitch Ratings' latest report. Private passenger auto ...
A Booming Economy Means Higher U.S. Auto Accident Fatalities
Who says recessions are all bad? About 5,000 fewer people die every year in auto accidents for each 1 percentage point increase in U.S. unemployment because downturns keep dangerous drivers off the ...
Research Head for Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Departs
Chris Urmson, chief technical officer of Google's self-driving car efforts, said he's leaving as the Internet company moves the project from research into the creation of products. "I am ready for a ...
Hartford’s ‘Difficult Stretch’ Led to Large Q2 Profit Plunge
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. posted the third-biggest decline in the S&P 500 Index after second-quarter profit plunged on losses from auto insurance. The insurer dropped $4.08, or 9.3 ...
UBI Increases Auto Insurance Customer Satisfaction: J.D. Power Study
Increased data and improved accuracy in risk-based pricing are some of the benefits that auto insurers seek when they adopt usage-based insurance programs, but an added benefit is increased retention ...