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Days after announcing a deal to equip 10,000 engineers and data scientists at Travelers with AI assistants, the insurance company’s leader detailed “differentiating domain expertise” around data and technology, which fuel long-term profit growth for the insurer. Travelers Chief Executive …
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The high-speed train crash that killed 45 people in Spain on Sunday may have been caused by a rail fracture that likely occurred before the accident, based on preliminary findings of a probe into the disaster. Investigators with Spain’s Comisión …
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A swath of the U.S. from the Southern Rockies to the Mid-Atlantic and New England is on alert for a storm that could last days, disrupting travel and threatening blackouts.
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Excessive speeding was so common on parallel one-way streets passing a massive electronics plant that Indianapolis residents used to refer to the pair as a “racetrack” akin to the city’s famous Motor Speedway a few miles west. Originally two-way thoroughfares, …
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Tesla Inc. is beginning to offer actual robotaxi rides in Austin, a milestone for the carmaker that launched a service seven months ago with vehicles that have relied on human supervisors sitting in front seats. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk …
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Crawford & Company launched a new global operating structure which the company says is designed to accelerate its strategy to deliver an integrated service model and strengthen collaboration across geographies. Crawford will now operate under two divisions: U.S. Operations and …
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A Missouri spouse can collect loss-of-consortium damages separate from her husband’s underinsured-motorist benefits, a federal appeals court ruled. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that an Auto-Owners Mutual Insurance Company auto policy was poorly drafted. Therefore, its ambiguity …
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A homeowner’s insurer was right to deny a grandmother coverage for a claim against her grandson because he did not qualify as a member of her household. The Massachusetts Appeals Court agreed with Arbella Mutual Insurance Co. that the grandson, …
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Most helicopters would be banned from flying near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport under a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration interim rule released Thursday, a week before the anniversary of a midair collision that killed 67 people. The FAA rule would …
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A powerful winter storm descending on Texas on Friday will be one of the toughest tests of the state’s electric grid since the system collapsed during a deadly 2021 freeze. Ice is predicted for the Dallas area, the Panhandle is …
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