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Tech Firms Collaborating to Make Drone Air Traffic Safe
Jul 28 2015 // Google Inc., the company that brought order to the Internet, has set its sights on doing the same for the flocks of commercial drones expected to someday clog the skies. The search-engine pioneer is joining some of the...
Commentary: An Economic Case for Internal Perpetuation
Jun 23 2015 // I would like to tell you why I believe there is a good reason for you to strongly consider perpetuation for your agency. There is a sound and understandable economic justification that suggests that there is as much value...
Selling Your Agency May Be Hazardous to Your (Financial) Health
May 18 2015 // An Economic Case for Internal Perpetuation If you just sold your agency to one of the many private equity backed brokerage firms, congratulations, but you may want to flip this page. Now that the former agency principal...
Corporations Push for Fewer U.S. Drone Restrictions
May 5 2015 // As U.S. regulators study how to govern commercial drones, corporate America is plunging ahead on using unmanned aircraft in a bid to speed the process and win concessions on proposed restrictions. Large companies including...
RSA Upgrades to Cloud Computing With Amazon Web Services
Mar 11 2015 // RSA announced it has signed a contract with Amazon Web Services to use its cloud computing services across the group. The technology will initially be used to host a number of RSA and MORE TH>N websites and other...
Supreme Court Nixes Amazon Workers’ Bid for Pay For Security Frisks
Dec 9 2014 // Workers don’t have a federal right to be paid for time spent in post-shift security searches, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a decision that will help Amazon.com Inc. fend off lawsuits seeking more than $100...
Amazon Workplace Faces Safety Scrutiny After 2 Deaths
Jun 16 2014 // Amazon.com Inc.’s labor issues are growing at its sprawling network of fulfillment centers, where it ships everything from books to big-screen televisions. The U.S. Department of Labor said last week that it’s...
How Robots, Drones Are Transforming Mining and Mine Safety
Apr 4 2014 // Mines without miners? Not quite. Still, a technology boom in robots, drones, driverless trucks and pilotless trains is beginning to reshape one of the world’s most labor-intensive industries, portending automation of...
The ‘Switching’ Economy: Consumers to Buy Insurance from Google, Amazon, Verizon
Feb 24 2014 // New global research finds that as many as two-thirds (67 percent) of insurance customers would consider purchasing insurance products from organizations other than insurers, including 23 percent who would consider buying...
The ‘Switching’ Economy: Consumers Open to Buying Insurance from Google, Amazon, Verizon
Feb 7 2014 // New global research finds that as many as two-thirds (67 percent) of insurance customers would consider purchasing insurance products from organizations other than insurers, including 23 percent who would consider buying...
Some Vestiges of Patent Infringement Coverage Remain
Jan 24 2011 // Despite multiple changes in general liability forms, redefined offenses, and the addition of exclusions, there are still instances in which coverage for patent infringement may exist. Under the standard commercial general...
Some Vestiges of Patent Infringement Coverage Remain
Nov 18 2010 // Despite multiple changes in general liability insurance forms, redefined offenses, and the addition of exclusions, there are still instances in which coverage for patent infringement may exist. Under the standard CGL...
Some Vestiges of Patent Infringement Coverage Remain
Nov 14 2010 // Despite multiple changes in general liability forms, redefined offenses, and the addition of exclusions, there are still instances in which coverage for patent infringement may exist. Under the standard commercial general...
Some Vestiges of Patent Infringement Coverage Remain
Nov 1 2010 // Despite multiple changes in general liability forms, redefined offenses, and the addition of exclusions, there are still instances in which coverage for patent infringement may exist. Under the standard commercial general...
PIA, GE AWS Marketing Partnership Pact for Agents
Jun 3 2004 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents announced a new marketing partnership, effective immediately, with GE Auto Warranty Services (GE AWS). The exclusive, long-term national agreement, will enable...
What I’ve Learned from Y2K: It’s All About Keeping Your Customers Happy
Dec 25 2000 // The year 2000 was an interesting year. And if we mix our own lives in with the news events of this past year, it started and ended with a bang. Think about it, we were huddled in our shelters waiting for Y2K to bring...
