Insurance

In a US case, Bauserman v. Unemployment Insurance Agency (MiLW No. 06-99941, 29 pages), Jennifer L. Lord is representing plaintiffs accused of benefits fraud based on the results of a computer program called MIDAS, which identified individuals in the Unemployment Insurance Agency for fraudulent activity.

Michael Greco of Fisher Phillips shares his tips for how to avoid cyber breaches of liability with autonomous vehicles.

In 2015 a startup in LA started to make waves with its use of UAVs in the insurance world. DropIn has continued to make progress, with its network of Droperators (drone operators) ready to survey and make an appraisal with live video streaming, facilitated by a UAV, significantly cutting down the time and financial investment normally associated with making a claim.

The Robotic Process Automation (RPA) market will continue to undergo dramatic and rapid maturation in 2019, but RPA companies are finding themselves at a tipping point: They will either grow into their lofty market valuations or we will start to hear the hissing of a deflating bubble and warning signs of a “hype cycle” crash.

The new Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 received its Royal Assent on 19th July. This article reviews the consequences if any of the legislative measure, on the users of Connected and Automated Vehicles or “CAVs”.

As it stands, when an individual suffers an injury following a collision with, or in, a vehicle, as a result of a driver’s negligence, that individual is entitled to make a claim for compensation against that driver’s insurance company.

Liquidware, the leading third-party provider of platform-agnostic end-user computing solutions, today announced the UK leader of legal expenses insurance, DAS, has become a customer with their recent procurement of Stratusphere UX, Liquidware’s user experience monitoring and diagnostics solution.

Alistair Kinsley, director of policy and government affairs at law firm BLM, speaks to the Robotics Law Journal about the issues that manufacturers and insurers face with the advent of driverless cars, as well as how the motor insurance industry is likely to change.

The phrase “driverless cars” has received significant attention in recent years and according to Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, autonomous vehicles have already surpassed “peak hype”.

New rules governing drones in the UK were introduced this year as part of an attempt to create a background of safe operations of drones in a growing market. As new rules take effect, with safety liability concerns at the forefront, new demand for drone insurance has also emerged.

AeroVironment’s Quantix™, an innovative and powerfully simple to use drone delivering real-time actionable intelligence, can now be covered through DroneInsurance.com’s first-of-its-kind drone insurance platform, offering 24/7 ground and usage-based flight coverage options.

According to the US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Aerospace Forecast Fiscal Report 2018-2038, air travel is in a strong place and will continue to grow over the next two decades. The report examines all of American aviation, including the emerging area of unmanned aviation, trends around the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) sector and is targeted at both hobbyists and commercial operators.

While the debate rages on over how to test and integrate autonomous vehicles and whether they will truly be safer, the insurance sector is preparing for the creation of a new and changed insurance market.

Envelop Risk, a global specialty cyber insurance analytics and underwriting firm, announced the launch of its business at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. Envelop Risk provides cyber underwriting to insurers and reinsurers; and partners with cyber security firms to deliver custom cyber insurance products for their customers.

London Market insurers must be quick to react to technology developments – such as automation and increased cyber security risk – if they are to successfully navigate the future claims landscape, according to BLM and the Institute of Directors (IoD).

The SELF DRIVE (Safely Ensuring Lives Future Development and Research in Vehicle Evolution) bill has been passed by the US House of Representatives, with unusually bipartisan support. The bill lays out a basic federal framework for autonomous vehicle regulation, showing that self-driving cars have come into federal lawmakers’ attention.

One of the globe’s foremost drone manufacturers, DJI, has set up a training programme for the development of civilian drones for public safety at the Technology Base in Twente, Netherlands. In preparation of the programme, DJI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Space53, the Enschede-based public-private partnership for developing unmanned systems.

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao has announced that 1,000,000 drones have been registered with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Semafone, the leading provider of data security and compliance solutions for contact centres, sees trouble ahead for companies which don’t have their cyber security in order – but also predicts that new regulations will have a positive impact on the market. CEO Tim Critchley, global solutions director Ben Rafferty, and head of information security Shane Lewis, share their top five predictions for 2018.

A bad first day on the job. Last week, a driverless bus was making its debut on the streets of Las Vegas when it was involved in a collision with another vehicle, just two hours into the trial. It has been determined that the self-driving vehicle was not to blame.