The decision of Apple to replace Google Maps with its own mapping solution comes as a no surprise.

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Insurance and reinsurance firm will have new tools for predictive modeling of events like tropical storms in January when Wall Street Network (WSN) launches a cloud-based solution it is developing with Esri, the mapping company.

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