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Why Regulation Is Good for Driverless Cars
Jan 21 2016 // You don’t often hear a libertarian praising a federal regulator when it starts offering “guidance” and “coordination” for some innovative industry. Well, mark your calendars, folks, because...
Carpenter Appoints Miller-van der Schild as Managing Director of Benelux Unit
Jan 20 2016 // Guy Carpenter & Co. has appointed Susanne Miller-van der Schild as managing director, Guy Carpenter Benelux, effective 1 February. Miller-van der Schild will be responsible for further developing Guy Carpenter’s...
U.S. to Ease Safety Rules to Accelerate Driverless Cars
Jan 15 2016 // f- Self-driving cars will get closer to appearing on American roads under a U.S. Transportation Department plan to speed their rollout. Regulators will allow automakers that can demonstrate they have a safe autonomous...
Self-Driving Cars Still Need Human Help in California Tests
Jan 14 2016 // Futuristic self-driving cars traveling along California roads have needed plenty of old-fashioned human intervention to stay safe. California’s Department of Motor Vehicles this week released reports filed by seven...
Israel Emerges as Leader in Developing Cyber Defenses for Cars
Jan 13 2016 // Building on its expertise in technology, Israel is emerging as a leader in the race to keep cars secure and prevent the nightmare scenario of a hacker commandeering your vehicle. Most cars today are equipped with some...
Expert Sounds off on Legal, Insurance Issues of Self-driving Cars
Jan 12 2016 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Editor’s note: To hear the full interview click on the podcast above or visit www.insuarncejournal.tv. Hilary Rowen, a partner in the law firm of Sedgwick LLP in Sacramento, Calif., for...
Automakers, U.S. to Unveil Safety Collaboration Pact
Jan 12 2016 // The U.S. government and a group of global automakers are set to unveil a voluntary agreement at the Detroit auto show on Friday aimed at improving auto industry safety and spurring culture changes, according to company and...
South Dakota Official Blames Highway Elevation Change for Car Accidents
Jan 11 2016 // A county official says an elevation change on a highway in South Dakota’s Day County is partly responsible for the high accident rate along that stretch. Day County Emergency Management director Wes Williams calls...
Crash Rates Lower for Self-Driving Cars: Virginia Tech Study
Jan 11 2016 // Crash rates for self-driving cars are lower than the national crash rate of conventional cars, according to a new report out of Virginia Tech Transportation Institute that was commissioned by self-driving car developer...
Ohio High Court: Consumer Laws Don’t Apply to Insurer Repair Estimates
Jan 11 2016 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that laws protecting consumers from deceptive practices don’t apply to insurance company repair estimates. In Dillon v. Farmers Ins. Of Columbus, Inc., the Court voted 5-2 to overturn...
Oregon Wife Files $7.9M Suit After Husband Crushed by Dump Truck
Jan 11 2016 // A Medford, Ore., woman has filed a lawsuit against two construction companies after her husband was crushed to death by a dump truck in a construction area on Interstate 5 near Cottage Grove. Karee Battenfield filed a $7.9...
Oregon Woman Struck by Car Files Suit over Designer Clothes
Jan 11 2016 // A Portland, Ore. woman struck by a drunken driver in a crosswalk has filed a lawsuit seeking $4,600 for the designer clothes she was wearing at the time, on top of the cost of her medical bills. Susan Layne sued in...
Fatal Auto/Pedestrian Accidents Continue to Rise in Texas
Jan 11 2016 // The number of fatal auto pedestrian accidents in Texas has risen 36 percent since the Texas Department of Transportation began keeping the records in 2010, recently released National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
Van Riet Promoted to Director of Operations at Compass Specialty Risk
Jan 6 2016 // Jamie Van Riet has been promoted to the role of Director of Operations at Middleton, Wis.-based Compass Specialty Risk LLC. Van Riet previously worked as an account manager for Compass Specialty Risk and oversaw compliance...
Automakers Outpacing Tech Firms in Driverless Car Patents
Jan 5 2016 // Automakers, not technology companies, are in the driver’s seat in developing self-driving, “autonomous” cars, and Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. is best positioned to lead the way, according to a new...
Maine Sees Most Motorcycle Deaths Since 1991
Jan 5 2016 // Maine ended the year 2015 with 32 motorcycle deaths, the most since 1991, and safety officials say there’s no single factor that seems to be behind the spike. Mild weather that extended the riding season through...
Honda Reports 9th Death Linked to Takata Air Bag
Jan 4 2016 // Honda Motor Co. confirmed last Thursday that a Takata airbag inflator ruptured in a July crash of a Honda Accord and likely led to the death of the young driver, the ninth death in the world linked to the faulty...
Insurance Journal’s Most Popular East Region Stories of 2015
Dec 31 2015 // As the year 2015 comes to a close, here’s a look at InsuranceJournal.com’s most popular East region news stories of the year. Among the 1,100 stories posted in the East region this year, the following were 50...
Insurance Safety Group Cites 63 Vehicles as Top Safety Picks
Dec 31 2015 // Nearly 50 vehicles meet tougher criteria for 2016 to take home the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Top Safety Pick+ (Plus) award, earning good ratings in all five IIHS crashworthiness evaluations and an...
Top 10 Property/Casualty Insurance News Stories of 2015
Dec 30 2015 // The year 2015 was a year during which the property/casualty insurance industry worried and learned about disruptive forces, new competitors, new leaders and emerging risks. Also, some of the industry’s news revived...
