Editor's Picks SUVs More Deadly to Pedestrians Than Passenger Cars, Says Insurance Safety Study June 16, 2020 SUVs are more likely than passenger cars to injure or kill pedestrians, according to a new U.S. insurance industry study... Read More
West News Software Allows Drones to Monitor Social Distancing, Face Masks June 16, 2020 Airspace Systems, a California startup company that makes drones that can hunt down and capture other drones, last Thursday released... Read More
Supreme Court Rules Gay, Transgender Employees Protected From Bias June 15, 2020 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a watershed victory for LGBT rights, ruling that a landmark federal law forbidding... Read More
Thought Leadership The Causation Gap: Why Workers’ Comp Files Stall and What Changes It Presented by Wisedocs A workers’ comp story claims professionals know all too well — and what’s finally changing it. Somewhere in a claims...
Midwest News Wildfire Expert Warns Against July 3 Mount Rushmore Fireworks Show June 15, 2020 A July 3 fireworks display planned at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial would be “ill advised” because of the abnormally... Read More
West News Crews Battle Arizona Wildfires on Several Fronts in Extreme Heat June 15, 2020 Crews took advantage of cooler temperatures overnight to complete a burnout in advance of a wildfire to stop it from... Read More
How COVID-19 Court Lockdowns May Turn the Social Inflation Tide June 15, 2020 Defense attorney Ellen Greiper reported receiving more than the usual number of phone calls from plaintiffs attorneys earlier this month,... Read More
Southeast News South Carolina Conservation Groups Warn Charleston Development Will Worsen Flooding June 15, 2020 Conservation groups in South Carolina are challenging a 3,000-acre (12,100-hectare) development project in Charleston over concerns that a loss of... Read More
Southeast News Alabama City Will Pay $300K in Bitcoin Ransom to End Computer System Hack June 15, 2020 A city in northern Alabama will pay a ransom worth $300,000 in Bitcoins in response to a hack of its... Read More
Editor's Picks International News Edge Computing, Supply Chains, Deepfakes Among 2020’s Top Emerging Risks: Swiss Re June 15, 2020 Pandemic threats were once on the list of potential emerging risks facing the insurance industry and society. Now that this... Read More
Safety Agency Warns of Tail Strikes, Off-Course Flying by Near-Empty Airplanes June 15, 2020 One nearly empty passenger jet “climbed like a rocket,” prompting the pilots to exceed their assigned altitude. Others have scraped... Read More