Insurers Expected to Expand Use of Drones to Survey Damage With Rule Change May 3, 2021 By Jim Sams New Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules are expected to clear the way for expanded commercial use of drones, which are...
Tracking Odors in Dangerous Places. The Smellicopter Flies to the Rescue. December 8, 2020 One huge advantage of drones is that these little robots can go places where people can’t, including areas that might...
How Drones Are Digitally Transforming Insurance Claims Inspections and Workflows October 7, 2019 By Michael Park Somewhere in central Michigan, a pickup truck drives into a sleepy suburban neighborhood. An autonomous drone takes flight off the...
How Drone Use Becomes More Challenging When Deploying Fleets May 3, 2019 Search and rescue crews are already using drones to locate missing hikers. Farmers are flying them over fields to survey...
Another Use for Drones: Investigating Car Wrecks August 13, 2018 By Jenni Bergal, Stateline When police investigators tried to figure out what caused a multi-vehicle crash that killed an elderly woman in Morton, Illinois,...
Munich Re to Offer Drone Services to Clients Through Partnership with Betterview February 6, 2018 Betterview, a drone-based inspection company specializing in risk and damage assessments, has formed an agreement with Munich Reinsurance America, Inc....
Travelers’ Drone Program Is Changing the Way Its Claims Reps Do Business May 11, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield Travelers’ Claim University, founded in 2007, is working to change the way its claims professionals do business through the use...
Drone Services Firm Names USAA Advisor Swain as VP of Insurance September 16, 2015 A company that specializes in putting drones to work for companies has hired an advisor from USAA Insurance to be...
Insurers Warned to ‘Think Before You Snap’ as Florida Drone Privacy Law Takes Flight July 29, 2015 By Amy O'Connor The new Florida drone privacy law could have some unintended consequences for insurers looking to use or insure unmanned aircraft...
FAA Approving 250 Drone Permits a Month Without Final Rules July 9, 2015 By Rachel Adams-Heard The Federal Aviation Administration is issuing permits for the commercial use of drones at a rate of about 250 a...