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3 Giants – Berkshire, Amazon, JPMorgan- to Form Joint Employee Health Venture
Jan 30 2018 // Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are partnering to create an independent healthcare company for their U.S. employees that will be focused on improving employee satisfaction and reducing costs. The...
Tech Talk: The Real Threat to Agents from Amazon
Jan 22 2018 // Amazon may be close to jumping back into insurance, at least in India, with this month’s announcement of a possible investment in an online-only insurance startup. Whether the retailing behemoth is or isn’t,...
Insurtech Lemonade’s Co-Founder Accuses Amazon of Poaching Employees
Jan 18 2018 // With two social media posts, Shai Wininger, co-founder of the insurtech Lemonade, accused giant Amazon of poaching employees of his startup insurance carrier that is powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral...
CVS to Pay $67.5B for Aetna to Create Giant Health Firm with ‘10,000 New Front Doors’
Dec 3 2017 // CVS Health Corp. will buy Aetna Inc. for about $67.5 billion, creating a healthcare giant that will have a hand in everything from insurance to the corner drugstore. CVS will pay $207 a share for Aetna, with $145 a share...
Express Scripts Not Looking But Open to Deal with an Insurer, Amazon
Dec 1 2017 // Express Scripts Holding Co.’s chief executive said he’s open to a deal with a health insurer or partnering with Amazon.com Inc. CEO Tim Wentworth’s pharmacy benefits company has been battered by departing...
Amazon Fined $28K for Worker Fatality at Indiana Warehouse
Nov 9 2017 // Amazon is facing a $28,000 state fine over safety violations from when a worker at a suburban Indianapolis warehouse was killed when a forklift fell on him. The Indiana Department of Labor’s order says Amazon...
What CVS-Aetna Deal Could Mean for Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Oct 30 2017 // If Aetna Inc. is eventually swallowed by CVS Health Corp., an important part of the health-care business will be changed — perhaps for good. For years, pharmacy benefits were largely carved out from the rest of a...
South Carolina Couple Sues Amazon Over Faulty Eclipse Glasses
Sep 18 2017 // A South Carolina couple is suing online retailer Amazon over what they claim were faulty pairs of eclipse glasses that resulted in eye injuries, headaches and blurry vision. In court papers filed in federal court in...
South Carolina Couple Sues Amazon Over Faulty Eclipse Glasses
Sep 5 2017 // A South Carolina couple is suing online retailer Amazon over what they claim were faulty pairs of eclipse glasses that resulted in eye injuries, headaches and blurry vision. In court papers filed in federal court last...
Amazon’s Delivery Drone Project Focuses on Birds (and How to Avoid Them)
May 22 2017 // Amazon.com Inc.’s development of package-delivery drones is progressing to the point where the company is now thinking a lot about geese. The e-commerce company said Thursday it has started development of an...
Now There Is Business Income Insurance for Vendors Booted Off Amazon
Mar 23 2017 // Like many people who make their living selling stuff on Amazon.com Inc., Rob Griffin is terrified of getting kicked off the site. Two years ago the Atlanta resident was suspended for selling a banned health supplement and...
Family Sues Amazon Over Hoverboard that Burned $1M Nashville Home
Nov 7 2016 // A family is suing Amazon for selling a hoverboard blamed for starting a fire that burned their $1 million home in Nashville. The Tennessean reports that the Fox family’s lawsuit says Amazon had information about the...
Amazon Drivers Deliver ‘Joint Employer’ Claims Against E-commerce Giant
Nov 4 2016 // Amazon.com was sued by Illinois delivery drivers who say the company failed to pay them overtime for hauling its goods. Among the questions the judge will have to answer? Whether they actually worked for...
Family Sues Amazon Over Hoverboard that Burned $1M Nashville Home
Oct 30 2016 // A family is suing Amazon for selling a hoverboard blamed for starting a fire that burned their $1 million home in Nashville. The Tennessean reports that the Fox family’s lawsuit says Amazon had information about the...
Liberty Mutual Giving Consumers a Voice in Insurance via Amazon’s Alexa
Sep 13 2016 // Now shopping for insurance is simpler than ever. Just speak up. Liberty Mutual Insurance has launched the first insurance-focused service for Amazon’s Alexa, a voice-controlled device that plays music; provides news,...
Amazon and UK Government Form Partnership to Test Drone Deliveries
Jul 26 2016 // Amazon Inc. and the British government have announced a partnership to test the e-commerce giant’s aerial drone parcel delivery system after run-ins over the technology’s use. Supervised by the U.K.’s...
Worker Dies in Catwalk Fall at Amazon’s Arizona Facility
Jun 23 2016 // Authorities say a worker who died last week after falling from a catwalk at the Amazon distribution center in Phoenix, Ariz. had a preexisting medical condition. Phoenix police say the incident occurred about 1:15 a.m....
What Insurance Industry Can Learn from Amazon About Customer Satisfaction
Jun 6 2016 // Amazon.com scored its sixth annual victory in the 24/7 Wall Street Customer Service Hall of Fame last year, with 59 percent of customers reporting that they received excellent customer service from the e-commerce giant....
Amazon Plan Would Expand Its Uber-Like Delivery Service
Feb 18 2016 // Amazon.com Inc is quietly inviting drivers for its new “on-demand” delivery service to handle its standard packages, as the online retailer known for low prices and razor-thin profit margins looks to speed up...
Researchers Find Link Between Atlantic Hurricanes and Amazon Wildfires
Aug 24 2015 // Researchers have uncovered a “remarkably strong link” between high wildfire risk in the Amazon basin and the hurricanes that ravage North Atlantic shorelines. The wildfire-hurricane association is a result of...
