Carriers leading the charge have become early adopters of automated decision support strategies, big data and web-based servicing and application programming interfaces.

Ride-sharing service Lyft has been given the green light in New York City, and hailing a cab in this taxi-centric town will never be the same.

An international salvage force including United Nations and French troops rushed to secure the site of the downed Air Algerie MD-83, which crashed in Mali en route to Algiers from Burkina Faso, leaving no survivors.

Chubb Corp. said second-quarter profit fell 14% and lowered its 2014 forecast after margins worsened on claims costs tied to fires.