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Accidents become 23x more likely to happen when driving while texting. At any given moment over 800,000 drivers are on their cell phones. When you choose to text and drive, you’re threatening every single driver around you and placing more value on that text message than yourself and the drivers around you. Continue reading →
Driving is a privilege! Unfortunately, this privilege is abused by cell phones. Not only are we making phone calls, taking phone calls, and using our phones as our mapping guides, but we’re actively holding conversations via text when our eyes, hands, and minds should be focused on the road. Continue reading →
Allegiant Air shares continue to fall in the aftermath of a news report that is raising serious safety questions about the low-cost carrier.
Allegiant is defending its safety and says the report by CBS News’ “60 Minutes” tells a “false narrative” about the airline. Investors, however, fear that the negative publicity will cause travelers to avoid Allegiant, which has a fleet including many older planes that typically require more maintenance. Continue reading →
LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new study of the UK cyber risk insurance and broker community reveals startling findings. First and foremost, the insurance industry needs to address non-affirmative cyber in a meaningful way. Second, measurement of cyber risk in financial terms is highly deficient among insurance customers and the insurance industry itself. Finally, a series of catastrophic cyber events or a systemic cyber event will drastically alter the way in which insurers measure the risk profile of each applicant. Continue reading →
Risk managers are very concerned about the cyber risks facing their companies and are heavily investing in protection against cyber attacks with the blessings of their boards and CEOs, a major shift from even just 10 years ago when convincing a company to worry about cyber was a big challenge for risk managers. Continue reading →
In the wait for self-driving technology, cell-phone toting tech bros may have to cede their spot in line to pizzas, Craigslist couches and the mounting ephemera of e-commerce. Continue reading →
Business interruption and cyber incidents interlink as the major threat facing companies over the coming year, according to a report published by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS).
Allianz revealed that business interruption – including supply chain disruption – ranks as the most important global risk for the sixth year in a row (listed by 42 percent of respondents). Continue reading →
General Motors Co. is seeking U.S. government approval for a fully autonomous car – one without a steering wheel, brake pedal or accelerator pedal – to enter the automaker’s first commercial ride-sharing fleet in 2019, executives said. Continue reading →
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