Accident avoidance features in vehicles, such as automatic braking, adaptive cruise control, and lane departure prevention, are becoming more prevalent and will lead to lower accident frequency in the next five-to-ten years, a benefit for auto insurers. Longer term, self-driving … Source: Claims Journal

The Toyota Prius v is the only midsize car out of 31 evaluated to earn a good rating in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s first-ever headlight ratings. The best available headlights on 11 cars earn an acceptable rating, while … Source: Claims Journal

In 2015, there were 1,403,054 water damage claims filed—an increase of just one percent over 2014’s total of 1,389,277, according to a new report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). From January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2015, a … Source: Claims Journal

The Brussels terrorist attacks show how subway passengers can be even more vulnerable than airline travelers. But that’s not where public attention – or federal security spending – has gone in the U.S. The Transportation Security Administration, created after the … Source: Claims Journal

A federal judge on Thursday gave Volkswagen AG and U.S. regulators until April 21 to agree on a fix for the nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles on U.S. roads caught up in VW’s massive emissions cheating scandal. U.S. District Judge Charles … Source: Claims Journal

Reports of errant drones flouting U.S. regulations including flying too close to passenger airliners and other aircraft surged late last year to an average of four incidents per day, according to Federal Aviation Administration data. The 1,200 incident reports in … Source: Claims Journal

Understanding the difference between objective and subjective data is of utmost importance when handling a claim, said Don Myles, a partner with the Arizona law firm of Jones, Skelton and Hochuli. Myles, a presenter at the annual Combined Claims Conference … Source: Claims Journal

Most doctors – 99 percent – are prescribing highly addictive opioid medicines for longer than the three-day period recommended, according to a national survey. Twenty-three percent prescribe at least a month’s worth of opioids. Also, according to the survey by … Source: Claims Journal

Today’s windshields are poised to start thinking for themselves – but at what cost? When windshields were introduced in the early 1900s, they were not sophisticated devices. In fact, they were optional. Motorists got to choose whether their new car … Source: Claims Journal

Don’t ask for a demand. That’s one recommendation from Ed Hochuli, a National Football League referee and partner with Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, who offered tips on settlement negotiation do’s and don’ts in an interview with Claims Journal during the … Source: Claims Journal