Uber Cut Back on Safety Sensors on Volvo Involved in Fatal Accidents: Reuters March 27, 2018 By Heather Somerville, Alexandria Sage and Paul Lienert When Uber decided in 2016 to retire its fleet of self-driving Ford Fusion cars in favor of Volvo sport utility...
National Hurricane Center Gets New Leader March 27, 2018 By Jennifer Kay A meteorologist who aided emergency response efforts along the Gulf Coast after the 2010 oil spill has been tapped to...
Validus Specialty, Eagle Ocean America to Offer Marine Vessel Operator Coverage March 27, 2018 The Marine & Upstream Energy insurance team of Validus Specialty Underwriting Services, Inc. has partnered with Eagle Ocean America, a...
Startup Auto Insurer Root Raises $51 Million for Further Expansion March 27, 2018 Columbus, Ohio-based auto insurer Root Insurance, which incorporates individual driver behavior data from mobile phone apps in every quote, announced...
Jury Orders AndroGel Maker AbbVie to Pay $3M After Judge Rejected $150M March 27, 2018 By Tina Bellon A U.S. jury on Monday ordered AbbVie Inc. to pay more than $3 million to a man who claimed the...
Ryder Rolls Out Commercial Vehicle Sharing Program March 27, 2018 The sharing economy is coming to the truck rental industry. Truck leasing and rental firm Ryder System is launching an...
Taming Technochauvinism and Accepting Computers Don’t Always Get Things Right March 27, 2018 An algorithm can predict which passengers survived the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912 and can do so with...
Supplier Claims Uber Disabled Its Safety Tech in Volvo That Caused Pedestrian Fatality March 27, 2018 By Gabrielle Coppola and Ian King Uber Technologies Inc. disabled the standard collision-avoidance technology in the Volvo SUV that struck and killed a woman in Arizona...
Kidde Recalls 500K Smoke Detectors March 26, 2018 Nearly 500,000 smoke detectors are being recalled by the manufacturer, KIdde. Kidde has voluntarily recalled models PI2010 and PI9010 due...
Marsh’s Dandridge Joins AIG as Marketing, Communications Head for General Insurance March 26, 2018 American International Group said Ed Dandridge will join the company as head of Marketing and Communications, General Insurance, effective April...