Surge in Drone Safety Reports Prompts FAA ‘Emergency’ Action Reports of safety incidents involving civilian drones have surged to an average of 250 a month, leading to a federal... Read More
Smooth Sailing for a Pollution Exclusion? The question of whether carbon monoxide constitutes a pollutant for purposes of a standard policy pollution exclusion has been mixed... Read More
Trump Nominates AccuWeather CEO to Head US Weather Agency President Donald Trump has nominated the CEO of a private weather company to head the government agency that oversees the... Read More
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Report Says Key Changes Needed to Prevent Oil Rail Disasters A scientific organization on Wednesday called for more frequent and better inspections of freight railroad tracks to prevent potentially catastrophic... Read More
FAA Drone Panel Can’t Agree on Need for Security Measures A panel of industry and law enforcement officials couldn’t agree on how civilian drones should be tracked by authorities, adding... Read More
Business News: IBM, Med-IQ, Octo Telematics IBM Introduces Industry Platform Designed Specifically for Insurers IBM announced it is building an insurance platform on the IBM Cloud... Read More
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People News: MedRisk, Starr Companies, AIG, Arch Capital Group MedRisk Promotes Ryan to CEO Mike Ryan has been promoted to chief executive officer and president of MedRisk, a managed... Read More