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Your Instagram Feed Could Determine Your Life Insurance Rates

Insurance has always been an industry predicated on data. A significant portion of the recent changes the insurance world has been undergoing are due, in a large part, to the influx of data that the last decade has brought with it. The age of the internet and smart devices continues to provide insurers with an […]

Autonomous Cars And Police

If you live in an urban center in the United States chances are that you have seen more than a few Tesla’s roaming the streets. If you pay close enough attention you might even notice some of these drivers doing things other than driving thanks to Tesla’s autopilot feature. This has lead to a recent […]

Hurricane Michael Losses Are Likely Higher Than Estimated

Hurricane Michael is behind us, but those affected by it are still sorting through the wreckage. So far, the estimated insurance losses for the hurricane total a staggering $5.6 billion; which is nothing to sneeze at. Unfortunately, new information has come to light that the number of closed insurance claims that have already been reported […]

Businesses Are Facing A New Kind Of Cyber Threat

Businesses in 2019 are facing challenges that no one had even thought of ten years ago. Naturally, cyber security is the best example of that. The phrase “cyber security” encompasses a whole host of issues. So, what’s the latest one that business owners should be aware of? Sextortion. Sextortion is a new phrase that refers […]

Women Pay More For Car Insurance Than Men

For years it has been a fairly widespread belief that men pay more for their car insurance than women. As it turns out, this is true up to a point. However, recent studies actually found that for adults ages 25 and up the opposite is true. That’s right, women over the age of 25 tend […]

Officials Suggest California Turn To Private Insurance For Wildfire Season

After a devastating, and expensive, wildfire season California officials are looking to better prepare their state for the next onslaught of natural disasters. While climate change may still be up for political debate, the realities on the ground of more frequent and more several weather-related events need to be addressed. In an effort to do […]

New Study Finds That Tesla Autopilot Is Not As Safe As Previously Thought

When you think about electric cars today, most people’s mind go straight to Tesla—and with good reason. The electric-car maker is not only owned by the genius billionaire Elon Musk, who can’t seem to help staying in the news cycle, but they also have the most advanced self-driving car system available to the average consumer. […]

Google and Amazon Plan To Use Their Smart Devices To Gather More Data

As an increasing number of everyday objects become connected to the internet, the rise of smart home devices like the Google Home and Amazon Alexa are becoming even more prolific. Of course, the main concern associated with devices like these is privacy, and recent announcements from both Google and Amazon prove that those concerns are […]

Crypto Exchange CEO Dies, Taking The Keys To $200 Million With Him

Cryptocurrencies are all the rage these days, and with stories of teenage-crypto-millionaires seeming to surface every other day a lot more people are trying to get in on the action. Unfortunately, as with any new industry, there are a lot of risks that come with it. Digital-asset exchange Quadriga CX just demonstrated that risk in […]

FEMA Renews $1.3 Billion Reinsurance Program

The insurance industry has seen the writing on the wall for years now when it comes to the pervasiveness of increasingly destructive natural disasters. This is particularly true when it comes to flooding. As a result, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been moving future catastrophic flood insurance losses to the private sector for […]