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Holiday Season Will Unleash Hordes of Novice Hobby Drone Operators in Need of Insurance
The next wave of hobby drones will be wrapped in boxes underneath Christmas trees before they fill the skies. If industry sales projections come true, the holiday season will put tens of thousands of ...
Drone Makers Wary About National Registry Plans
Some drone industry representatives are reacting cautiously to plans by the Obama administration to combat a growing safety threat by requiring buyers to register their drones with the government. ...
FAA Aims to Send Message With $1.9 M Penalty For Drone Photographer
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is proposing the largest fine to date against a drone operator as the agency cracks down on the booming use of unmanned aircraft in congested skies over ...
Fitch Upgrades Rating for American Family Insurance
Wisconsin's American Family Insurance is the beneficiary of an upgrade from Fitch Ratings, thanks to such factors as strong capitalization and favorable reserves. Fitch said it upgrade the mutual ...
Claims Process Will Gain From Drones, AI and the IoT: Strategy Meets Action
Drones, artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are considered the top three technologies that will impact claims, according to a new report by Boston-based insurance research ...
Drone Permits Soar as FAA Develops Rules for Their Use
The Federal Aviation Administration is issuing permits for the commercial use of drones at a rate of about 250 a month as it tries to meet the growing demand for unmanned aircraft while it develops ...
Pilotless Commercial Flights on Google’s Radar Screen
The chief of Google Inc.'s experimental cargo-drone program wants to see automated flight go beyond pilotless planes and extend to commercial air travel. Just as automation has proved its worth in ...
Consumers Conditionally Support Commercial Drone Use: Chubb Survey
As businesses and insurance companies alike push for use of commercial drones, consumers themselves only embrace them conditionally, a new Chubb survey found. A small majority – 59 percent of ...