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California is turning into a battleground for technology that allows auto insurers to track their customers' driving behavior and offer them lower premiums, but that privacy advocates reject as an excessive intrusion with serious consequences.

California is turning into a battleground for technology that allows auto insurers to track their customers' driving behavior and offer them lower premiums, but that privacy advocates reject as an excessive intrusion with serious consequences.

QBE Insurance posted a forecast-lagging 13 percent rise in first-half net profit, hurt by one-off claims, and cut its full-year insurance profit margin forecast, knocking its shares down as much as 11 percent to two-month lows.

In what is being called one of the biggest insurance-related environmental coverage rulings to come out of California in decades, the states highest court says policyholders can seek recoveries up to the policy limits and can stack multiple policies on long-tail claims.

The deadline for states to achieve certification for their health-insurance exchanges is fast approaching, but regulators say the lack of rules and guidance from Washington is holding up the process.

The deadline for states to achieve certification for their health-insurance exchanges is fast approaching, but regulators say the lack of rules and guidance from Washington is holding up the process.