February 24, 2017
European lawmakers on Feb. 16 called for EU-wide legislation to regulate the rise of robots, including an ethical framework for their development and deployment and the establishment of liability for the actions of robots including self-driving cars. But they rejected …
November 8, 2016
“This is a new world for insurers. The industry will need a whole new set of data tools to deal with this.” So says Michael Macauley, CEO of Quadrant Information Services, a supplier of pricing analytics to property/casualty insurance carriers. …
September 9, 2015
Hacker attacks or faulty software could shift the burden of legal and regulatory liability toward makers of self-driving cars and away from customers, experts say, forcing regulators and insurers to develop new models. Autonomous cars have the potential to reduce …
September 15, 2014
Claims severity and demand for liability insurance will increase as economic growth accelerates and because of technological, social and regulatory changes, according to a new report from Swiss Re. Cyber risk, hydrofracking and autonomous cars will likely be among the …