Latest Drones Headlines
All the headlines from our Drones Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Georgia Lawmakers Eye Regulations for Drones
Feb 5 2014 // Georgia would take the first steps to regulating the use of drones through legislation under consideration in the General Assembly. Rep. Harry Geisinger, R-Roswell, has sponsored a bill that would provide for the lawful...
New Hampshire Bills Seek to Regulate Drones, Protect Citizens’ Privacy
Jan 27 2014 // New Hampshire could join more than a dozen other states in limiting government and public use of drones to protect citizens’ privacy. The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will hold hearings Thursday...
North Carolina Lawmakers Weigh Privacy Regulations for Drones
Jan 23 2014 // General Assembly members began learning more Tuesday about the emerging unmanned aircraft industry and are likely to debate soon what restrictions North Carolina could place on drones to protect people’s privacy. A...
Policing the ‘Dark Side’ of Internet of Things
Jan 13 2014 // The futuristic world of self-driving cars, eyeglasses that e-mail and trash cans that call for pickup is running into the old-fashioned pace of doing business in Washington. Companies from Google Inc. to Bayerische Motoren...
U.S. Opens Skies to Test Use of Aerial Drones
Dec 31 2013 // The U.S. government took a step on Monday toward opening the skies to aerial drones, authorizing six sites where unmanned aircraft can be tested for a variety of uses. The Federal Aviation Administration already had...
Conservative Oklahoma Lawmaker, ACLU Team Up on Privacy Rights
Feb 6 2013 // A conservative Oklahoma lawmaker and the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma are working together to advance legislation to privacy rights of Oklahomans in the face of rapidly advancing technology. State Rep. Paul...
Ex-General Re, AIG Execs May Settle Criminal Case
May 29 2012 // Four former executives at Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s General Re Corp. and one at American International Group Inc. are in talks to settle a long-running criminal case accusing them of engineering a reinsurance...
General Re, AIG Executives’ Convictions Tossed; New Trial Ordered
Aug 2 2011 // Four former executives at Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s General Re Corp. unit and one at American International Group Inc. won the reversal of their convictions over a reinsurance transaction that prosecutors said...
Former General Re Executive Given Probation
Jun 18 2009 // A former business executive was sentenced Tuesday to two years of probation for his role in an accounting scandal that cost shareholders of insurer American International Group Inc. more than $500 million. John...
Judge: Evidence Showed Greenberg Phone Call in AIG/General Re Case
May 21 2008 // A U.S. judge who oversaw the trial of executives accused of helping American International Group Inc. inflate reserves said there was sufficient evidence to show the conspiracy started with a phone call from the...
GlobeXplorer, CDS Business Mapping Partner to Provide Online Aerial Photography in Ins. Analysis
Sep 18 2003 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based GlobeXplorer LLC announced an agreement with CDS Business Mapping LLC to provide online aerial photography for CDS’ insurance analysis packages. GlobeXplorer is a wholly-owned subsidiary of...
CDS Business Mapping Unveils Birdseye Geocoding
Jul 22 2003 // CDS Business Mapping, a provider in online hazard mapping, announced the release of its revolutionary, patent pending, Birdseye Geocoding™ technology. Birdseye Geocoding combines digital street files and aerial images to...
The View from Up There-Insurers Embrace Space Age Technologies
Feb 25 2002 // In the summer of 2001, a U.S. District judge in Arkansas ruled against several farmers accused of filing false crop insurance claims totaling approximately $244,000. Key evidence in the lawsuit—filed on behalf of the...
The View from Up There-Insurers Embrace Space Age Technologies
Nov 12 2001 // The key witness in a recent crop fraud case turned out to be a camera. In June 2001, a U.S. District judge in Arkansas ruled against several farmers accused of filing false crop insurance claims totaling approximately...
