First Drone Flight ‘Beyond Line of Sight’ Completed, Says FAA August 5, 2019 By Bryan Pietsch The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it had approved the first drone flight beyond the operator’s sight line,...
Starr Insurance Companies Extends Defense Base Act Coverage to Small Contractors August 2, 2019 Starr Wright Insurance Agency, Inc. (Starr Wright USA), a division of Starr Insurance Companies, has a launched a distribution channel...
Small Businesses Learn Hard Lessons When They Don’t Prepare for Disaster August 2, 2019 By Joyce M. Rosenberg When Hurricane Irma hit Puerto Rico in September 2017, Carlos Melendez couldn’t contact the staffers or customers of his San...
Regulator Says U.S. Railroads Still Have Work to Do Installing Key Safety Technology August 2, 2019 By Matthew Daly The railroad industry has installed safety technology on nearly 90% of tracks where it is required, federal officials said Wednesday,...
Fewer Injured Workers Receiving Opioids Under Workers’ Compensation But States Vary August 2, 2019 Fewer injured workers are receiving opioids to treat pain than in previous years, as medical providers are turning more to...
U.S. Regulators Inspected Amazon Cloud Unit When Capital One Breach Was Underway August 2, 2019 By Kanishka Singh Federal banking regulators had inspected Amazon.com Inc.’s Virginia facility earlier in April, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing...
State, Local Governments Debate How to Best Allocate Any Opioid Settlement Funds August 2, 2019 By Geoff Mulvihill The roughly 2,000 state and local governments suing the drug industry over the deadly opioid crisis have yet to see...
Gun Maker Appeals to Supreme Court Over Liability for Sandy Hook August 2, 2019 By Nate Raymond The maker of the assault-style rifle used in the 2012 mass shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut, school asked the U.S....
Sun Valley Climate Conference’s Broad Agenda: Wildfires, Military, Insurance, Resilience August 1, 2019 By Don Jergler Washington had a record 1,850 responses to wildfires on Department of Natural Resources lands last year. Over the last five...
Former Swett & Crawford CEO, NAPSLO Leader Hartoch Passes Away August 1, 2019 David Hartoch, an executive long active in the wholesale insurance business, passed away on July 29. Hartoch served as president...