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Cost of Uninsured Motorists Continues to Climb: IRC
There hasn't been much ground gained in the battle to reduce the number of uninsured motorists on the road, according to a new industry report. And experts don't fully understand why a solution to ...
Early Use of Real-Time Data Can Save 25% on Claims: LexisNexis
Carriers that incorporate real time data analytics into the claims process at first notice of loss can more accurately and consistently triage claims, identify potentially fraudulent files and ...
Smart Tech Creates New Risks for Energy Industry
Last November, Felix Lindner came very close to shutting down the power supply of Ettlingen, a town of almost 40,000 people in the south of Germany. "We could have switched off everything: power, ...
Google vs. Detroit: Tech Giant, Car Makers at Odds on Driverless Vehicles
In 2012, a small team of Google Inc. engineers and business staffers met with several of the world's largest car makers to discuss partnerships to build self-driving cars. In one meeting, both sides ...
Carrier M&A Deal Counts Down, But Values Up Midyear: SNL
Merger and acquisition deal counts for the insurance industry jumped 20 percent through midyear, but broker deals drove the increase while carrier deal counts fell, according to a report from SNL ...
On the Road: Are America’s Guardrails Dangerous?
Before dawn on Feb. 23, Darius Williams ran his Nissan Sentra off a North Carolina interstate at 80 miles per hour. A length of guardrail pierced his door, according to the police report, driving the ...
Consumer Group Offers Fix for Uninsured Motorist Problem
Most uninsured motorists in the U.S. are responsible, safe drivers who simply cannot afford to purchase liability coverage with their income but who still need to drive for their work, according to a ...
Could Smart Computers Really Replace Half of U.S. Jobs?
Who needs an army of lawyers when you have a computer? When Minneapolis attorney William Greene faced the task of combing through 1.3 million electronic documents in a recent case, he turned to a ...