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Judge Rules Against Mississippi Attorney General Over Google
Apr 17 2015 // A federal judge has ruled against Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood in his effort to keep Google from getting its hands on correspondence between Hood and lobbyists for the movie industry. It’s the latest defeat...
Google Takes the Wheel
Apr 6 2015 // When Google stepped into the insurance ring last month, the industry took note. Some said agents and the insurance industry should be concerned. Others said Google Compare, as the new service is named, is nothing new in...
New Insurance Players: Disruptors or Duds?
Apr 6 2015 // Those with long careers in the insurance industry have seen newer entrants founder on the shoals of our business. Many well-intentioned outsiders don’t understand the innate complexities of the insurance ecosystem...
Google Compare May Go Beyond Auto Insurance
Mar 11 2015 // The way Valen Analytics President and CEO Dax Craig describes it, Google’s move into insurance with Google Compare for auto insurance is an “all-aboard, wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee” call to the insurance...
Compare.com Confirms Partnership with Google Insurance Comparison Site
Mar 10 2015 // Online auto insurance comparison site compare.com is now working with Google on its auto insurance compare and buy platform, Google Compare, in California. Andrew Rose, CEO of Virginia-based compare.com, said Google...
Berkley: Google’s Entry Into Auto Insurance Should Frighten Agents
Mar 9 2015 // That Google is getting into auto insurance should have the voice in the head of every agent who sells personal auto coverage saying: “Be afraid, be very afraid.” OK, that’s not exactly how W.R. Berkley...
Google to Face Same Obstacles Selling Insurance Online, Says Overstock’s Byrne
Mar 9 2015 // Those now running comparison insurance shopping websites believe that they could be helped if Google enters into the business because the giant search engine could draw more attention to buying insurance online. However,...
Google Compare for Car Insurance Has Arrived
Mar 5 2015 // Google Compare for car insurance was introduced on Thursday in California, “with more states to follow,” the tech giant said. “Google Compare for car insurance provides a seamless, intuitive experience...
Judge Halts Google Investigation by Mississippi Attorney General, For Now
Mar 4 2015 // The Mississippi attorney general’s attempt to investigate Google is on hold for at least four more months. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate on Monday granted Google’s request for a preliminary injunction,...
Berkley: Google’s Entry Into Auto Insurance Should Frighten Agents
Feb 24 2015 // That Google is getting into auto insurance should have the voice in the head of every agent who sells personal auto coverage saying: “Be afraid, be very afraid.” OK, that’s not exactly how W.R. Berkley...
Google to Face Same Obstacles Selling Insurance Online, Says Overstock’s Byrne
Feb 20 2015 // Those now running comparison insurance shopping websites believe that they could be helped if Google enters into the business because the giant search engine could draw more attention to buying insurance online. However,...
Judge to Rule if Mississippi Attorney General Can Investigate Google
Feb 17 2015 // Does Google help criminals by allowing its search engine to lead to pirated music or by having its autocomplete function suggest illegal activities? Mississippi’s attorney general suspects the company does and wants...
State Attorneys General, Citizens Groups, Support Mississippi Google Investigation
Feb 11 2015 // With representatives of the electronics industry saying Mississippi’s attempt to investigate Google should be blocked by federal law, 11 other state attorneys general and other groups are taking the opposite...
Industry Groups Back Google’s Effort to Block Mississippi Attorney General Inquiry
Feb 4 2015 // Computer industry groups are joining Google’s effort to block an investigation by Mississippi’s attorney general. Industry groups filed court papers on Jan. 30 saying federal law should block Attorney General...
Bloomberg: Google Is Developing Competitor to Uber
Feb 2 2015 // Uber faces an ever-growing cast of adversaries that includes dubious regulators, litigious drivers, hostile members of the press, and some well-funded rivals. But the most significant threat to the app-based transportation...
Chubb Reports Q4 Net Income Falls 2%; Says No Fear of ACE, Google
Feb 2 2015 // The Chubb Corp. in Warren, New Jersey, reported net income of $558 million for the 2014 fourth quarter, a 1.9 percent decrease from $569 million net income during the prior year fourth quarter. The operating income, which...
Mississippi Attorney General Asks Court to Dismiss Google Suit
Jan 22 2015 // Mississippi’s attorney general says a suit against him by Google should be dismissed. In court papers filed Jan. 12, Democrat Jim Hood claims the Internet search giant’s assertion that it is protected by...
Snow Problem When It Comes to Self-Driving Cars, Says Google
Jan 15 2015 // Google Inc. sees Detroit’s snow as a bigger barrier than Washington’s regulators for its self-driving car. The technology giant doesn’t intend to offer a self-driving car to areas where it snows in the...
California Wholesalers Stress Opportunity Theme at Convention
Jan 13 2015 // Opportunity was a theme that came up often at the annual California Wholesaler Industry Days convention from Sunday through today in La Jolla, Calif. at Hilton Torrey Pines. The three-day conference organized by the...
Google Poised to Enter U.S. Auto Insurance Market: Report
Jan 9 2015 // Giant search engine Google, which already offers auto insurance online in the United Kingdom, could soon be selling auto insurance online in the U.S. Google Compare Auto Insurance Services Inc., its online auto insurance...
