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...As we’ve covered previously, the US’s auto insurance rates have soared 24 per cent over the past two years (v BLS data)....
...Among them: Simpson Thacher; Kirkland & Ellis; Latham & Watkins; Cravath; Debevoise & Plimpton; Freshfields; and Akin Gump....
...Among the bigger companies are Copart and Insurance Auto Auctions, which auction off junked cars; LKQ, which sells salvaged parts to repair shops and retail customers; and Boyd Group Services, which buys...
...“Machine learning for safe driving is all about data. More data helps to make better decisions.”...
...If not, you should buy a snowball as a safe bet.” But a protracted stock market rout since late 2023 means heavy losses for retail investors who loaded up on the products....
...In a contraction, the boatloads of cash these companies spit out, a reflection of their strong competitive positions, provide a safe haven....
...His business Berkshire Hathaway is sitting on a float of $165bn from its insurance segment. Buffett is at present lukewarm on public company takeovers....
...pharmaceutical companies....
...So one type of risk you want to be safe from is credit risk. That’s the risk that people default, that you’re holding the bond, the debt of a company or government or whatever that goes under....
...For motor services, computer vision has implementation far beyond insurance: Auto parts providers use Tractable’s scans to help them decide which salvage vehicles to buy, and rental companies use the technology...
...Think of it as insurance against good news. Investors are not defenceless in the battle against the monster of inflation....
...Each of the 30 lorries apparently carried an insurance value of up to $200mn....
...A launch from Oita will come late this year or in 2023, said Jim Simpson, the company’s chief strategy officer....
...Several of the worst-performing companies in the index, including Hippo and Root, focus on personal lines of insurance such as home and auto....
...EU legislators finally agreed a new regime at the weekend, forcing Big Tech to police online content more aggressively and keep users safe....
...MoneyLion has added Even’s insurance and personal loan services into its banking app and hopes the company’s software offering will also bring new customers to its own products....
...PMI results for the eurozone showed companies reporting a record surge in costs and selling prices since Russia’s invasion....
...Charlie researched loads out of Ukraine — it would be worth the lorries being shot up, they said, for the insurance. They were not entirely joking....
...Wang once publicly drank battery fluid to prove how safe it was....
...He hasn’t announced a blank-cheque deal since January, when his Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp V announced a tie-up with the digital lender SoFi....
...Judith Evans and Emiko Terazono The car industry Few industries are as exposed to cross-border trade as the auto industry....
...For a “stubborn”, goal-oriented, micromanager, who once quit as chief executive of an online insurance company in Colombia rather than compromise his vision, “the lesson I’ve been learning is to let go of...
...WM Auto’s investors reveal the depth of China’s EV vogue. Its latest fundraising was led by SAIC Motor, one of China’s largest state-owned car companies....
...It said companies were facing challenges bringing staff back to work, because of health concerns, the difficulty in obtaining child care, and “generous unemployment insurance benefits”....
...On auto insurance, he said, “workers in the industry tend to be users of the product — I’m not saying everyone who is driving is high . . . but auto is hard [to underwrite] anyway and you add in that factor...
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