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NAMIC: FAA’s Proposed Drone Rules Raise Liability Concerns
With commercial use of unmanned aerial systems, also known as drones, expected to increase markedly, the door is open for the insurance industry to take on the challenge of insuring this emerging ...
Two Verisk Divisions Address Cyber and Hail Risks With New Products
Hail and cyber attacks are two of the bigger property/casualty risks, one long-standing and the other, a fast-evolving problem. Two Verisk Analytics subsidiaries have rolled out new products designed ...
Ex-White Mountains CEO Gains New Director Role at Third Point Re
Steven Fass, a former CEO of White Mountains Insurance Group and a 39-year insurance veteran, has been named Lead Independent Director at Third Point Reinsurance. Third Point Re created the position. ...
Asiana Airlines, Dozens of Passengers, Reach San Francisco Crash Settlement
Asiana Airlines Inc settled with 72 passengers of its flight that crashed at the San Francisco airport in 2013, a spokesman of the South Korean carrier said on Wednesday. The spokesman declined to ...
Apple Exploring Resolution of Lawsuit From Electric Car Battery-Maker
Apple Inc is discussing a settlement in a lawsuit brought by electric car battery maker A123 Systems, which accused the iPhone maker of poaching top engineers to build a large-scale battery division. ...
RMS Targets South Korea With Wide-Ranging Cat Flood Risk Catalog
RMS is rolling out a wide-ranging series of flood risk models for South Korea, the catastrophe modeling firm has disclosed. Known formally as the South Korea Probabilistic Flood Maps and Scenario ...
Physicians Surveyed Say Climate Change Impacts Human Health
The American Thoracic Society has published the results of a survey of its members on climate change finding that the majority believe climate change is real and that it is having a negative impact ...
Climate Change Modeling on Cusp of Paradigm Shift
In the face of growing interest in climate change impacts, several big catastrophe modelers said they've heard from more clients interested in receiving climate-related data and they believe the ...