Our Perspective
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Starts and Stops With Autonomous Driving in the U.S.
By Charlie Kingdollar
April 09, 2018 EnglishAutonomous vehicles, both cars and trucks, are being tested in at least a dozen states across the U.S. Commercial use has already begun with autonomous tractor-trailers hauling cargo and rideshare firms transporting passengers in cars in several locations....
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Automated Driving - Impact on Loss Costs Until 2035
By Mathias N. Schubert (guest contributor)
March 23, 2018 EnglishThe effects of driver assistance and automated driving systems on road safety and accident loss costs are the subject of numerous and often speculative prognoses. For some, a massive reduction of road accidents and attendant loss costs is more or less...
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How to Avoid Florida’s Bad Faith Minefield
By Tim Fletcher March 07, 2018 English
It starts innocently enough - a seemingly routine “rear-ender” car accident that involves a policyholder wintering in Florida. The claimant driver of the other vehicle quickly seeks medical treatment and attorney representation. Then the...
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Recent New York Court Decision Poses Peril for Out-of-State Liability Insurers
By Tim Fletcher January 24, 2018 English
New York-domiciled insurers have long been aware of N.Y. Ins. Law Section 3420, which prescribes requirements for liability insurance policies that are “issued for delivery” in New York. These requirements include specific time frames within...
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When Workers’ Compensation & Auto Liability Collide - 5 Things Every Insurer Needs to Know [Presentation]
By Diane Brown
September 07, 2017 EnglishAuto trends often collide with Workers’ Comp results. Auto writers use many tools to help underwrite their risks and contain losses - such as industry historical data, telematics, MVRs, black boxes and smartphone photos and videos. Workers’...
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Revision of the Road Traffic Act (Almost) Paves the Way for Automated Driving in Germany
By Mathias SchubertDeutsch
June 13, 2017 EnglishOn May 12 the Upper House of the German Federal Parliament (Bundesrat) approved amendments to the Road Traffic Act (RTA) setting legal requirements for automated driving beyond “partial automation” in Germany. The revised legislation came...
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