Airports Told They Need FAA Approval to Install Drone Defense Measures May 9, 2019 By David Shepardson The Federal Aviation Administration told U.S. airports in a letter released on Wednesday they could not install drone countermeasures without...
Project Owl Wi-Fi Network for Natural Disaster Connections Wins IBM-Backed Contest May 9, 2019 By Olivia Carville From a cramped living room in Brooklyn, New York, a handful of young computer nerds has developed a new way...
Starr Adds SkyWatch Drone Insurance to Broker Platform May 9, 2019 Starr Insurance Companies and SkyWatch Ltd. have expanded the SkyWatch.AI drone insurance program to allow drone operators to purchase insurance...
Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire Wholesaler Atlantic Specialty Lines May 8, 2019 Ryan Specialty Group has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Atlantic Specialty Lines, Inc. (ASL), a privately-owned wholesale...
Progressive Rolls Out Small Business Insurance Comparison Quoting Platform May 8, 2019 Ohio-based national insurer Progressive has joined the ranks of carriers offering small businesses a platform to buy insurance quickly and...
J&J Pinnacle Hip Lawsuits Settlement Said to Cost $1 Billion May 8, 2019 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay about $1 billion to resolve most lawsuits claiming it sold defective metal-on-metal hips that...
Uber May Rethink Litigation Avoidance Plan as 60,000 Drivers File Arbitration Demands May 8, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt For Uber Technologies Inc., using legal arbitration to deal with driver compensation complaints — over anything from pay to overtime...
Flaws in Smart Home Devices May Mean False Sense of Security May 8, 2019 Researchers at North Carolina State University have identified design flaws in “smart home” Internet-of-Things devices that allow third parties to...
The Next Insurance Battleground: High-Value Customers May 8, 2019 By Tom Super Competition is tightening across the P&C insurance market. With just 2 percent of new consumers entering the personal lines auto...
GEICO Helps Boost Berkshire Hathaway’s Q1 Profit May 7, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Saturday said gains in its stock investments were behind its good first-quarter profit. Better results from...