Archive for April 2016

The automotive and tech companies pursuing the driverless car share a utopian belief: Autonomous vehicles will benefit society, eventually saving most of the nearly 33,000 people each year killed in road accidents in America alone. “If the situation was reversed, … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

A group of companies including Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Ford Motor Co. and Uber Technologies Inc., are forming a coalition to advocate for safety regulations for self-driving cars and to bring them to American roads. The group, which also includes Volvo … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

The California Public Utilities Commission has approved new regulations for ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft, including where identifying logos should go and stricter vehicle inspections. The San Francisco Examiner reported that the companies will now need to open their … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

A man who worked as an Uber driver is charged in the sexual assault of a 16-year-old passenger in Hawaii. Uber deactivated the driver, who was charged with two counts of first-degree sexual assault and one count of attempted sex … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

The first major product of General Motors Co.’s $500 million investment in Lyft Inc. was a short-term car-rental program. Last month, the companies began leasing Chevrolets in Chicago for up to eight weeks as part of the Express Drive program, … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

The coming Atlantic hurricane season should produce a near-average 12 named storms before it ends in November, according to Phil Klotzbach, lead author of the pioneering Colorado State University forecast. At least five of those storms will reach hurricane status, … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

He changed the way the world looks at hurricanes, and in later years he challenged the science behind climate change, but most people will probably remember Bill Gray as the creator of the modern seasonal forecast for Atlantic storms. Gray … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

A federal jury in Phoenix, Ariz. on Friday awarded $17 million in damages to the family of a retired civilian employee of the U.S. Navy who died from the fatal asbestos disease mesothelioma after working for years in the Norfolk … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Bellevue, Wash.-based Ultra Risk Advisors has named Karen McDonald underwriting director for its program providing liability coverage for senior living facilities. McDonald has more than 10 years of underwriting experience in the senior living sector. Ultra Risk Advisors is a … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal