Latest Drones Headlines
All the headlines from our Drones Topic Page, ordered by recency.
What Do You Get When You Combine Drones and Self-Driving Cars?
Jun 20 2016 // That’s one small step for drones, and no steps needed for mankind. Autonomous drone transport for humans. Why not? We’re eventually getting autonomous cars so you don’t have to do the driving, and drones...
Nevada Chosen as Test Site for Passenger-Carrying Drones
Jun 13 2016 // A company that manufactures passenger-carrying drones will be testing its system in Nevada. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that EHang Inc., which is headquartered in Guangzhou, China, is partnering with the Nevada...
What Do You Get When You Combine Drones and Self-Driving Cars?
Jun 9 2016 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv That’s one small step for drones, and no steps needed for mankind. Autonomous drone transport for humans. Why not? We’re eventually getting autonomous cars so you don’t have...
FAA Creates Drone Advisory Panel, Lifts Barrier to Education
May 23 2016 // The Federal Aviation Administration is establishing a broad-based advisory committee to provide advice on key unmanned aircraft integration issues. Also, under a new policy, the FAA will also make it easier for students to...
Drones: An Emerging Market Quickly Taking Flight
May 23 2016 // So what is all the buzz about? Lately it is about unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or drones, which are emerging as a valuable component in a vast array of American businesses and markets. While UAVs are generally associated...
Arizona Governor Signs Legislation to Enforce Statewide Rules on Drones
May 13 2016 // Cities and towns will be barred from making their own rules regulating drone use under legislation signed this week by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey that was designed to prevent a patchwork of regulations that would make it...
World Drone Business to Grow More Than 6000% by 2020 in $127B Market: PwC
May 10 2016 // Drones will soon be boosting crop yields, verifying insurance claims, and assisting in future Hollywood blockbusters in a business that’s due to boom by more than 6,000 percent by the end of the decade. The global...
FAA Creates Drone Advisory Panel, Lifts Barrier to Education
May 9 2016 // The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is establishing a broad-based advisory committee to provide advice on key unmanned aircraft integration issues. Also, under a new policy, the agency will also make it easier for...
Drones Will Be Used to Investigate Cause of Alberta Wildfires
May 9 2016 // Fire-ravaged Alberta will use drones to investigate the cause of a huge blaze that has scorched the Canadian province and displaced some 88,000 people. Elevated Robotic Services, which has also deployed drones for mining...
Willis Programs Launches DroneGuard for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
May 2 2016 // Willis Programs, a unit of Willis Towers Watson, and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), an industry association for unmanned systems, have partnered to develop DroneGuard, an insurance...
Large Insurers Eager But Cautious About Drone Insurance Market
Apr 29 2016 // A growing number of insurance companies envision a large, robust insurance market for liability and property coverage associated with drone use. However, many insurers currently are proceeding with caution in light of...
One-Size Doesn’t Fit All in Today’s Evolving Homeowners Market
Apr 20 2016 // The homeowners insurance line, not often thought of as a bastion of change, is actually quietly evolving beyond the traditional “one-size-fits-all” business. Some of the puzzle pieces that make up homeowners...
Declarations
Apr 18 2016 // Drone Ban “That shows how progressive we are. The whole nation is aware of the importance of implementing a drone policy.” —Augusta, Ga., Commission member Bill Lockett on the city’s recent ban on...
RIMS 2016: Star Trek Tools, Workers Comp’s Future Help Draw Biggest Crowd in 13 Years
Apr 15 2016 // Workers’ compensation, geopolitical risks, recalls, disaster response, the captive industry and cyber security were among the topics of sessions held throughout the final day of the annual RIMS conference for risk...
Pilots: Don’t Underestimate Safety Threat Posed by Drones
Apr 7 2016 // You’re landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on the “expressway” approach—it’s called that because you come in low enough to buzz the Grand Central Parkway and Mets’ Citi Field...
Augusta, Georgia Approves Drone Ban Over Crowds
Apr 5 2016 // Augusta, Ga., has approved one of the region’s first local drone laws, which bans the unmanned aircraft from flying in areas where 100 or more people might gather. Officials with the Association County Commissioners...
First Autonomous Urban Drone Delivery in Nevada
Mar 30 2016 // A drone has delivered a package to a residential location in a small western Nevada town in what its maker says is the first fully autonomous, federally approved urban drone delivery in the United States. Flirtey CEO Matt...
The Future of Commercial Drone Use
Mar 29 2016 // There could be 7 million small drones in the sky by 2020, according to U.S. aviation officials, who believe that as many as 2.7 million of them will be used for commercial purposes. These same officials predict that small...
ISO Introduces Drone Coverage Options for Commercial Inland Marine Market
Mar 28 2016 // ISO has launched inland marine insurance forms for businesses using commercial drones to protect them from the costs potential crashes, including damage to the drones, their equipment, and their cargo. The new ISO forms...
HOT Markets: Drones, Cyber and More
Mar 21 2016 // Looking for new sales and opportunities in 2016? Here are a few of the top market sectors that just might deliver hot opportunities for agents and brokers in the property/casualty insurance industry this year. Sky’s...
