Speed cameras rank among the most cost-effective social policies, saving both money and lives according to research conducted at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. Using the 140 speed cameras in New York City as a case study, researchers analyzed … Source: Claims Journal

Aerospace and innovation have gone hand-in-hand since the days of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Airplanes were once simple metal tubes powered by propellers. Long-haul flying meant four engines and at least three pilots on the flight deck at all times. … Source: Claims Journal

A limousine service operator was charged Wednesday with criminally negligent homicide in a crash that killed 20 people, while police continued investigating what caused the wreck and whether anyone else will face charges. Nauman Hussain, 28, showed little emotion as … Source: Claims Journal

U.S. auto safety regulators are moving to allow a new generation of brighter, self-dimming headlights that won’t blind other drivers on the road ahead. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is proposing to permit so-called adaptive driving beam headlights on … Source: Claims Journal

Hurricane Michael will probably end up causing at least $25 billion in economic losses. About $3 billion of that will fall on the federal flood insurance program and private insurers may get hit with $9 billion to $10 billion in … Source: Claims Journal

The state of Arizona announced the formation of the Institute for Automated Mobility to advance the safe deployment of automated vehicles. This unique public-private consortium will focus on the liability, regulatory and safety implications of automated vehicles and will work … Source: Claims Journal

The wife of a limousine driver involved in a New York state crash that killed 20 people says her late husband had expressed concerns about the company’s vehicles. Kim Lisinicchia told CBS in an interview broadcast on Wednesday that there … Source: Claims Journal

For the fifth consecutive year, many Kansas business owners will pay less for workers’ compensation insurance again in 2019, according to Ken Selzer, CPA, Kansas Commissioner of Insurance. “With another rate decrease, Kansas companies will potentially have more money to … Source: Claims Journal

Moist air, warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, and ideal wind patterns supercharged Hurricane Michael in the hours before it smacked Florida’s Panhandle. Hurricane Michael was barely a hurricane Tuesday morning, with winds of 90 mph. A little over … Source: Claims Journal

Medata Expands Operations, Opens New Office in Nevada Medata, the leading medical cost containment technology company in workers’ compensation and auto liability lines, just opened a new office in Henderson, Nevada. Medata selected Henderson to expand its geographic footprint, according … Source: Claims Journal