San Francisco-based Driveway Software, a provider of smartphone-based telematics solutions for the usage-based insurance market, announced the official introduction and immediate availability of its SmartUBI Platform, a complete insurance telematics platform which includes a smartphone usage-based insurance (UBI) application, and …
Madison, Wis.-based American Family Insurance announced an agreement to acquire direct homeowners insurer, Homesite Group, Inc. The acquisition of Homesite, based in Boston and a leading direct writer of homeowners, renters and condominium insurance, will be finalized by the end …
If you’re not crazy about a desk job but love being in the field to help customers get back on the road, then GEICO encourages you to attend an upcoming job fair in East Brunswick for auto damage adjusters. The …
CSX Corp. says the derailment of two of its freight trains in the Mohawk Valley earlier this summer was caused by operator error. The Daily Gazette of Schenectady reports that CSX recently posted its internal investigation into the June 27 …
Google is working with Virginia Tech researchers to bring its vision of cars that can drive themselves one step closer to reality. The technology company spent the past month in Blacksburg testing one of its self-driving cars at the Virginia …
At the request of Gov. Mary Fallin, the Oklahoma Legislature returned to the state Capitol on Tuesday for a special session to address changes to the way civil lawsuits are handled in the state. The House and Senate convened shortly …
The Georgia State Patrol says that traffic accidents during the Labor Day holiday travel period resulted in 14 deaths across the state. Authorities said state troopers arrested more than 225 drivers on charges of driving under the influence. State Patrol …
Authorities say a 6-year-old girl was injured when she fell from a third-story balcony at Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom Villas. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office reports that the girl, whose name wasn’t released, fell Monday evening from her family’s …
The family of a 24-year-old woman hit by a truck and killed while riding her bike in San Francisco, Calif., has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Bay Area food distributor and its truck driver. KGO-TV reports the initial …
A former California sheriff’s deputy has been convicted of helping a private investigator arrest men for drunken driving to help their wives in divorce and custody cases. The San Francisco Chronicle says Stephen Tanabe was convicted Tuesday of conspiracy, extortion …