Archive for May 2018

Uber Technologies Inc.’s self-driving vehicle wasn’t programmed to stop for obstructions in its path, including the pedestrian it struck and killed last March in Arizona, according to federal investigators. Sensors on an Uber SUV being tested in Tempe detected the … Source: Claims Journal

A Tesla that crashed while in Autopilot mode in Utah this month accelerated in the seconds before it smashed into a stopped firetruck, according to a police report obtained by The Associated Press. Two people were injured. Data from the … Source: Claims Journal

U.S. government forecasters said Thursday that they were expecting an active Atlantic hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast calls for 10 to 16 named storms, with five to nine hurricanes. One to four hurricanes could be “major” … Source: Claims Journal

Dr. Lauren Morris’s dental office is in sight of one of the pumping stations designed to push water out of New Orleans. But despite that proximity, the roughly year-old business has already flooded. Now with a storm in the Gulf … Source: Claims Journal

Survivors of a devastating high-rise fire in London wept Monday as relatives paid tribute to some of the 72 victims at the opening of an inquiry into Britain’s deadliest blaze in decades. The Grenfell Tower inquiry is beginning with two … Source: Claims Journal

Aon Names CEO of Captive & Insurance Management Business Aon named John English chief executive officer, Aon Captive & Insurance Management effective June 1, 2018. English is currently chief operating officer of Aon Captive & Insurance Management & managing director … Source: Claims Journal

ALI members voted at The American Law Institute’s 2018 Annual Meeting to approve Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance. The project reporters are Tom Baker of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Associate Reporter Kyle D. Logue of Michigan … Source: Claims Journal

The kind of materials that fed a fire below a metro Atlanta, Ga., highway overpass which collapsed last year will no longer be stored under state bridges, officials said. The Georgia Department of Transportation has officially declared that “only non-combustible … Source: Claims Journal

Operation Rent-To-Burn: $187,000 Arson-for-Profit Crime Ring Taken Down Three Florida residents were arrested following a joint investigation conducted by the Miami-Dade Police Department’s Economic Crimes Bureau Arson Squad and CFO Jimmy Patronis’ Bureau of Fire and Arson Investigations. Yamina Grafal, … Source: Claims Journal

Consumer trust in self-driving cars has plummeted following high-profile roadway fatalities, with almost three-quarters of Americans now saying they are too afraid to ride in an autonomous vehicle, according to a new survey. The survey by the American Automobile Association … Source: Claims Journal