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• Cool Tech Gifts

  By Paul Rolich  |  December 13, 2011

  A thinking man’s guide to the holiday gift season.

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  Cool Tech Gifts for the Geek on Your Shopping List

  By Paul Rolich  |  December 5, 2011

  Here it is again. That time of the year when you are expected to provide gifts for certain people whether you want to or not. Abstaining is an option but will do little to further your acceptance into the good graces of your friends and family.

• Putting Rumors to Rest

  By Ken Brownlee, CPCU  |  October 26, 2011

  A number of newspapers are using a “truth meter” approach to the proclamations of national and local politicians, rating what has been stated as truth, mostly true, half true, mostly false, or so false it is rated “pants on fire.” There are a good many statements made about and by...

• As Acceptance Of Tracking Tools Grows, Consumers, Auto Insurers Set To Reap Rewards

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 25, 2011

  Some insurers, in their never-ending effort to more accurately measure risk, have found drivers can help—and in the process, maybe save themselves a few bucks. A relatively new “telematics” tool is becoming more and more common in the automobile-insurance underwriting realm: pay-as-you-drive, or usage-based programs.

• Senators Question Storage Of Scanned Body Images

  By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 20, 2010

  Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee sent a letter to the director of the U.S. Marshals Service, asking for an explanation about the storage of images from whole-body scanning machines.

• Zurich Offers Guidelines To Manage Company Driver Risks

  By Staff Writer  |  January 25, 2010

  Employers face a risk of being held vicariously liable if they permit employees to use company-owned cellular phones or mobile devices while driving, an insurer warned.