Equipment Breakdown Tops Small Restaurant Claims List September 30, 2024 By Allen Laman With restaurant sales projected to top $1 trillion and reach record-breaking heights this year, a California-based insurance technology company versed...
Amazon Rolls Out Robotic System at Houston Warehouse to Speed up Deliveries October 18, 2023 Amazon.com said on Wednesday it was using a robotic system at one of its Houston warehouses to improve inventory management...
Climate Change Adds Workplace Costs and Hazards September 7, 2023 By Mark John As Texas baked in this summer’s record temperatures, local UPS driver Chris Begley started feeling unwell before collapsing at a...
Lawsuit Against State Farm Alleges Racial Discrimination in Claims Handling December 16, 2022 By Chad Hemenway State Farm’s claims handling process is the subject of a new lawsuit alleging disparities between the insurer’s treatment of claims...
Viewpoint: Becoming a Data-Informed Organization September 29, 2022 By Tyler Jones We hear a lot of talk these days about the virtues of data-driven organizations. That’s certainly reasonable up to a...
Farmers to Deploy ‘Spot,’ a 4-Legged Robot, for Property Inspections September 22, 2021 By Jim Sams The newest member of Farmers Insurance Group’s catastrophe response team is a four-legged robot that vaguely resembles a headless greyhound....
11th Circuit: Discovery May Include Executives for Insurer Accused of Disability Discrimination June 22, 2021 By Jim Sams A woman pursuing a disability discrimination claim may depose senior executives at the insurance company that fired her, a federal...
Pandemic’s Labor Reshuffle Likely Just Starting For US Workers May 11, 2021 By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON — If the coronavirus pandemic produced its own brand of anxiety for American workers trying to stay healthy while...
Viewpoint: How Automation is Digitally Transforming the Insurance Industry February 12, 2020 By Naresh Kothari Innovation in the insurance industry is no longer a buzzword. It is fast becoming a catalyst to win market share....
Boeing’s Humans Step in After Robots Fumble Assembly of 777 Jets November 14, 2019 By Julie Johnsson and Paul Shukovsky Score one for the humans. After four years of trial and error, Boeing Co. is dumping the robots that build...