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There have been murmurs about a shift away from the underwriter, with technology driving the change. But underwriters continue to be the backbone of insurance.

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The names of hurricanes that killed hundreds of people in 2017 and helped cause more than $215 billion in damage have been retired, never to be used again for the Atlantic.

While ridesharing got all the attention and took off rapidly, car-sharing, which is getting more popular, developed without a lot of press.

The main driver of the high insured losses was an active hurricane season in the North Atlantic. In addition, the combined insurance losses from all wildfires worldwide were $14 billion, the highest ever in a single year.

Police report that 61% of distracted drivers were daydreaming at the time of a fatal crash, compared with 14% of drivers who were distracted by cell phone use.