Artificial Intelligence Helps to Contain Wildfires, Predict Wild Weather August 5, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan On a tower in the Brazilian rainforest, a sentinel scans the horizon for the first signs of fire. Only these...
Kentucky Tobacco Farmer Pleads Guilty in Crop Insurance Fraud Scheme August 5, 2019 A tobacco farmer in Kentucky has pleaded guilty to conspiring to submit false claims on crop insurance policies. The Lexington...
Insurance Adjuster in North Carolina Finds Human Remains in House Ashes August 5, 2019 Police in North Carolina say an insurance adjuster found human remains at a house which was destroyed by fire last...
GEICO Gets Progressive, Joins Auto Insurers Offering Telematics August 5, 2019 Berkshire Hathaway’s GEICO auto insurer has joined the ranks of carriers using telematics to track and improve driver behavior—after resisting...
Walmart Has Mandatory Active Shooter Training for Employees August 5, 2019 By Hilary Russ Days before Saturday’s mass shooting that killed 20 people at a Walmart Inc. store in El Paso, Texas, another shooting...
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,...
ISMIE Mutual to Offer Medical PL Coverage to Kentucky Osteopathic Medical Association August 5, 2019 ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co. has formed an affinity program partnership with the Kentucky Osteopathic Medical Association (KOMA). Through the program,...
Carter Appointed Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate August 5, 2019 Tasha Carter, long-time director of the Florida Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) Division of Consumer Services, has been appointed by...
Vast Sahara Dust Cloud Hinders Formation of Tropical Storms in Atlantic August 3, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan Dry air from the Sahara that’s carrying enough dust it can be seen from space is preventing thunderstorms over the...
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...