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Autonomous Car Testing Without Backup Drivers Approved in California
Feb 28 2018 // Driverless cars will be tested in California for the first time without a person behind a steering wheel under new rules that state regulators approved Monday for the fast-developing technology. The regulations are a major...
Liberty Mutual Net Income Fell in 2017 Due to Catastrophes, Commercial Auto, Taxes
Feb 28 2018 // Liberty Mutual reported $17 million in net income for 2017, down substantially from more than $1 billion in 2016. The insurer pointed to catastrophe losses, adverse development in its commercial automobile business and a...
Who Is Liable When No One Is Driving? Part 3
Feb 28 2018 // We are grateful for friend of the Academy, Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS, Executive Director, Big “I” Virtual University who provided this blog series about autonomous...
Woman Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $1.1M from Connecticut Car Dealership
Feb 27 2018 // A former employee of a luxury Connecticut car dealership has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $1 million from the business. Federal prosecutors say 50-year-old Vanessa Vence-Small, of New Windsor, New York, waived...
U.S. Issues ‘Quiet’ Car Sound Rule with Extended Deadline
Feb 27 2018 // The U.S. Department of Transportation on Monday finalized rules that will require “quiet cars” like electric vehicles and hybrids to emit alert sounds to warn pedestrians of their approach, extending to 2020...
NTSB: Truck Hit by GOP Train in Virginia Was on Tracks After Warning
Feb 23 2018 // Witnesses told investigators that a garbage truck struck by a train carrying Republican congressmen through rural Virginia entered the railroad crossing after the safety gates had come down, the National Transportation...
Who Is Liable When No One Is Driving? Part 2
Feb 21 2018 // We are grateful for friend of the Academy, Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS, Executive Director, Big “I” Virtual University who provided this blog series about autonomous...
Personal Privacy and the War Over Connected Driver Data
Feb 21 2018 // Picture this: You’re driving home from work, contemplating what to make for dinner, and as you idle at a red light near your neighborhood pizzeria, an ad offering $5 off a pepperoni pie pops up on your dashboard...
Israeli Firm Among Those Seeing Profit in Telematics Data
Feb 20 2018 // The road to profits is paved with good data. Every hour, a modern car processes about 25 gigabytes of information — the equivalent of about seven full-length high-definition movies — on everything from engine...
Attorney, Vendor AOB Lawsuits Top Insurance Litigation in 2017: FJRI Report
Feb 20 2018 // Litigation from the abuse of assignment of benefits by third parties represented more than half of all Florida insurance litigation in 2017, and without a legislative fix those fueling the abuse will continue to get rich...
Fewest Human Interventions for Waymo’s Autonomous Car Tests in California
Feb 19 2018 // Waymo, the self-driving arm of Alphabet Inc., is out ahead of rivals based on a key measure of autonomous driving performance, according to a report released on in late January by the California Department of Motor...
What’s Inflating Agribusiness Insurance Costs?
Feb 19 2018 // By Joe Dunn, Angel Mendez, and Scott W. Dunn Agribusiness clients are acutely aware of the high premiums they pay for workers’ compensation, premises liability, health insurance and the steps they can take to...
TDI: Nearly 670K Property Insurance Claims Generated in Texas by Hurricane Harvey
Feb 19 2018 // Hurricane Harvey resulted in nearly 670,000 in combined personal and commercial property insurance claims to private insurers, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) and the Texas Fair Access to Insurance...
Some Nebraska Lawmakers Want State to Become Self-Driving Car Test Site
Feb 19 2018 // Nebraska lawmakers could open the door to self-driving cars and trucks this year with new legislation designed to attract the industry while maintaining public safety. A legislative committee is considering two measures...
Owner of Arizona Car Rental Companies Hit with $1.8M Verdict
Feb 16 2018 // A judge has ruled that the owner of two rental car companies in Phoenix, Ariz. must pay $1.85 million for defrauding Arizona consumers. The verdict was announced this week by the Arizona Attorney General’s...
Motor Vehicle Deaths in U.S. Again Top 40,000
Feb 16 2018 // Motor vehicle accidents claimed 40,100 deaths in 2017, almost the same as in 2016 when 40,327 were reported. The National Safety Council says its preliminary 2017 estimate is six percent higher than the number of deaths in...
How High Costs of Car Parts Drive Car Theft: Insurance Crime Bureau
Feb 15 2018 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) says today’s vehicles are loaded with expensive parts and technology that do more than increase the costs of repairs, even in minor accidents. The organization says those...
Tennessee Insurance Consumer Complaints Down Slightly in 2017
Feb 15 2018 // Insurance complaints decreased again in 2017 and remained last of the top 10 consumer complaint categories, according to the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s (TDCI) Division of Consumer Affairs. The...
No Need to Raise Kansas Auto Insurance Limits
Feb 14 2018 // When legislation that would force consumers to buy more of a thing is opposed even by the companies who sell that thing, that’s a pretty good sign it’s a pretty bad idea. H.B. 2104, under consideration by the...
Who Is Liable When No One Is Driving? Part 1
Feb 14 2018 // This week (and for the next few weeks) we are grateful for friend of the Academy, Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS, Executive Director, Big “I” Virtual University who...
