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Amazon Drivers Deliver ‘Joint Employer’ Claims Against E-commerce Giant

Nov 4 2016 // Amazon.com was sued by Illinois delivery drivers who say the company failed to pay them overtime for hauling its goods. Among the questions the judge will have to answer? Whether they actually worked for...

Family Sues Amazon Over Hoverboard that Burned $1M Nashville Home

Oct 30 2016 // A family is suing Amazon for selling a hoverboard blamed for starting a fire that burned their $1 million home in Nashville.The Tennessean reports that the Fox family’s lawsuit says Amazon had information about the...

Liberty Mutual Giving Consumers a Voice in Insurance via Amazon’s Alexa

Sep 13 2016 // Now shopping for insurance is simpler than ever. Just speak up.Liberty Mutual Insurance has launched the first insurance-focused service for Amazon’s Alexa, a voice-controlled device that plays music; provides news,...

Amazon and UK Government Form Partnership to Test Drone Deliveries

Jul 26 2016 // Amazon Inc. and the British government have announced a partnership to test the e-commerce giant’s aerial drone parcel delivery system after run-ins over the technology’s use.Supervised by the U.K.’s...

Worker Dies in Catwalk Fall at Amazon’s Arizona Facility

Jun 23 2016 // Authorities say a worker who died last week after falling from a catwalk at the Amazon distribution center in Phoenix, Ariz. had a preexisting medical condition.Phoenix police say the incident occurred about 1:15 a.m....

What Insurance Industry Can Learn from Amazon About Customer Satisfaction

Jun 6 2016 // Amazon.com scored its sixth annual victory in the 24/7 Wall Street Customer Service Hall of Fame last year, with 59 percent of customers reporting that they received excellent customer service from the e-commerce giant....

Amazon Plan Would Expand Its Uber-Like Delivery Service

Feb 18 2016 // Amazon.com Inc is quietly inviting drivers for its new “on-demand” delivery service to handle its standard packages, as the online retailer known for low prices and razor-thin profit margins looks to speed up...

Researchers Find Link Between Atlantic Hurricanes and Amazon Wildfires

Aug 24 2015 // Researchers have uncovered a “remarkably strong link” between high wildfire risk in the Amazon basin and the hurricanes that ravage North Atlantic shorelines.The wildfire-hurricane association is a result of...

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 PerpetuationIf 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 has...

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...