16 posts and columns on insurance

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Sprint’s Virgin Mobile Tries “Open Enrollment” for Cellphone Insurance

in Mobile on May 1 at 7:18 am PT

Although Virgin Mobile normally requires those who want to insure their cellphone to do so when they buy the device, the prepaid carrier is offering its customers a second chance. The company is running an “open enrollment” through the end of May, allowing any customer to sign up for a $5-per-month program that covers loss, theft and damage.

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Departing Yahoo Product Exec Pops Up at eHealth

in News on March 23 at 3:02 pm PT

Top Yahoo product exec Bill Shaughnessy, who recently left the Silicon Valley Internet giant, is joining eHealth as president and COO. Shaughnessy, who will also become a board member at the online health insurance company, was SVP of product management and product marketing at Yahoo, and had previously worked at Microsoft.

Samsung’s Galaxy S II Beats the iPhone 4S — At Least When You Drop Them

in Mobile on October 17, 2011 at 12:42 pm PT

Forget comparing features, just drop them from shoulder height and see which survives. That was the approach taken by SquareTrade and yes, we’ve got video!
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RelayRides Tops Off the Tank to Fuel Car Sharing Service

in Commerce on August 17, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

RelayRides, a car-sharing service which connects people with available cars nearby, has added an additional $3.6 million to its first round of capital. It has now raised $10 million. Shasta Ventures and Lisa Gansky, author of The Mesh: Why the Future of Business Is Sharing, are joining Google Ventures and August Capital in the round, which will pay for its expansion in San Francisco and Boston.

O.co Taps Home and Auto Insurance to Grow Discount Shopping

in Commerce on July 18, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Overstock.com has been slowly trimming its name down to a more snappy O.co, while simultaneously increasing the number of businesses in which it operates.
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Still Not Convinced the Cloud Is a Risky Place? Here Are Some Scary Numbers To Ponder.

in Enterprise on April 29, 2011 at 8:15 am PT

The company that says cloud providers are in denial about risk has estimated the total costs from the recent Epsilon data breach. Here’s a hint: They’re big.

Are Cloud Companies in Denial About Risk?

in Enterprise on March 16, 2011 at 9:48 am PT

Once a sales manager for Salesforce.com, Drew Bartkiewicz was a cloud computing evangelist. Then he worked in the insurance industry. Now he says cloud computing companies and their customers are ignoring a key question: Who’s liable when something goes really wrong?

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Rivals Jockey for Roles in Insurance Exchanges

in News on November 16, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Health-technology companies are hoping that the new state insurance “exchanges” required by the federal health-care overhaul will offer them big new growth opportunities.

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Committing to Acts of Kindness on the Go

in News on October 19, 2010 at 8:08 am PT

As marketers experiment with ways to get users to pay attention to mobile ads, insurance company Liberty Mutual is betting on something new–appealing to users’ charitable side. The company’s new ad, which runs on the Apple iAd platform, takes a slightly different tack from rich-media ads that rely on the gee-whiz factor of full-screen videos and games.

Goalkeeping Gets Easier at Mint.com

in The Mossberg Solution on June 29, 2010 at 1:47 pm PT

When most people hear the word “budget,” they groan about all the numbers and spreadsheets involved. Mint.com’s new feature looks to take the pain out planning for the future.
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HotJobs Sold to Monster in Yahoo Garage Sale

in News, February 3, 2010 at 1:43 pm PT

Health Insurers Eye Social Networking

in News, August 20, 2009 at 5:05 am PT

The Doctor Will Google You Now

in News, February 22, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

New From Google: "Google Privacy Disaster Waiting to Happen"

in News, February 21, 2008 at 4:01 pm PT

New From Google: “Google Privacy Disaster Waiting to Happen”

in News, February 21, 2008 at 4:01 pm PT