At The Plexus Groupe, we're fascinated by all things insurance. And we can't read enough about the subject. With this in mind, here are five insurance-related stories we're reading and sharing as January winds down:
-- Robot insurance agents? A Massachusetts-based startup company wants to make it a reality.
-- A Ukraine power outage caused by hackers has U.S. utility companies taking a closer look at their cyber liability coverage.
-- Reminder: individuals have through Sunday, January 31 to get health coverage or face a tax penalty.
-- Here's a thoughtful Harvard Business Review essay that makes the case for wage insurance.
-- The states of Oregon and Alaska are prohibiting a health insurance carrier from issuing new policies or renewing existing ones.