How Laws Will Tell Humans From Robots Is No Joke: Viewpoint March 18, 2019 By Scott Duke Kominers There’s a lot of loose talk about convergence between people and robots. As some see it, the rise of artificial...
Online Flood Insurer Neptune Expands Coverage to 6 New States March 15, 2019 Neptune Flood, an all-digital online flood insurance company, has expanded its coverage to residents of Missouri, Colorado, New Hampshire, Rhode...
SEC Sues VW, Ex-CEO over Diesel Emissions Scandal, Alleging Massive Investor Fraud March 15, 2019 By David Shepardson and Edward Taylor The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing Volkswagen (VW) and its former chief executive Martin Winterkorn over the...
Lessons from the Grounding of the Boeing 737 Max: Viewpoint March 15, 2019 By Mitch Wein This week President Trump grounded the Boeing 737 Max as a result of a crash of a second plane in...
Sandy Hook Families Can Sue Gunmaker Remington, Court Rules March 15, 2019 By Chris Dolmetsch, Erik Larson and Polly Mosendz The gun industry suffered a stinging setback as Connecticut’s top court said families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook...
Boeing Faces Spate of Lawsuits After Second 737 MAX 8 Crash March 15, 2019 By Bob Van Voris and Janan Hanna Lawyers are already targeting Boeing Co. for Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines disaster even while investigators are still trying to figure out...
Pioneer Underwriters Names Former XL Catlin Executive Greggains as Its U.S. CEO March 15, 2019 Pioneer Underwriters, the underwriting group within Minova Insurance Holdings, announced it has appointed Nick Greggains as CEO of Pioneer’s U.S....
Most Americans Continue to Be Very Afraid of Self-Driving Cars: AAA Survey March 15, 2019 By Keith Naughton Seven in 10 Americans don’t want to go anywhere near self-driving cars. The portion of Americans who fear autonomous vehicles—71...
NYC Mayor Proposes $10B Plan to Flood-Proof Manhattan as Climate Risk Grows March 15, 2019 By Henry Goldman and Christopher Flavelle New York Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a $10 billion plan to push out the lower Manhattan coastline as much...
Climate Activists to Pressure U.S. Insurers Underwriting Fossil Fuel Industry March 14, 2019 By Don Jergler Expect calls for the insurance industry to stop investing in or insuring the fossil fuel industry and fossil fuel projects...