All the headlines from our Drones Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 13 2017 // The government’s registration system for owners of civilian drones would be restored in a defense policy bill agreed to by House and Senate negotiators.The measure boosting aviation regulators’ ability to...
Nov 3 2017 // Unmanned aircraft helped a Nacogdoches, Texas, business survey hurricane damage with a degree of speed and safety once thought impossible.The Daily Sentinel reports after Hurricane Harvey battered the Texas coast and...
Oct 26 2017 // President Donald Trump launched a program on Wednesday to expand testing of drones to include flights over people, nighttime operations and flights out of sight of the operator, the White House said.The pilot program aims...
Oct 16 2017 // Reports of safety incidents involving civilian drones have surged to an average of 250 a month, leading to a federal “emergency” action to approve drone flights in restricted areas, according to a government...
Oct 16 2017 // Drones may already be impacting the world of workers’ compensation.Fewer workers on communications towers are falling to their deaths, according to Todd Schlekeway, executive director of the National Association of...
Oct 16 2017 // One major insurance carrier already has a program underway to train claims adjusters to visit accident sites and fly drones to gather data.American Family Insurance started working on developing a drone program around...
Oct 12 2017 // In the wake of three devastating hurricanes this season, many carriers and vendors used drones and airplanes to assess structural storm damage. This use of aerial imaging combined with machine learning has fostered...
Oct 11 2017 // A panel of industry and law enforcement officials couldn’t agree on how civilian drones should be tracked by authorities, adding uncertainty to the push for expanded commercial uses.The advisory committee,...
Oct 6 2017 // Federal investigators have opened their first probe of a mid-air collision between a civilian drone and a traditional aircraft.An Army UH-60 helicopter was flying east of Staten Island on Sept. 21 when it collided with a...
Oct 4 2017 // One major insurance carrier already has a program underway to train claims adjusters to visit accident sites and fly drones to gather data.American Family Insurance started working on developing a drone program around...
Oct 3 2017 // Drones may already be impacting the world of workers’ compensation.Fewer workers on communications towers are falling to their deaths, according to Todd Schlekeway, executive director of the National Association of...
Sep 27 2017 // Talk about rising above the masses. Dubai staged the first public test of its drone taxi service on Monday, offering a peek at what it might—or will—be like to commute by flying car.The self-piloting, electric...
Sep 18 2017 // When it comes to commercial drones usage, 61 percent of risk managers are concerned about the potential for invasion of privacy, according to a 2017 survey conducted by Munich Reinsurance America (Munich Re, US). Other...
Sep 11 2017 // Insurers are scrambling to find inspectors in Texas and Florida after fierce hurricanes battered the states one after the other, causing tens of billions of dollars’ worth of property damage in less than two...
Sep 7 2017 // When it comes to commercial drones usage, 61 percent of risk managers are concerned about the potential for invasion of privacy, according to a 2017 survey conducted by Munich Reinsurance America (Munich Re, US). Other...
Aug 31 2017 // Hurricane Harvey has set a U.S record, according to the National Weather Service, dumping 51.88 inches of rain in parts of Texas. As the tropical storm moves over southern Louisiana, claims catastrophe teams are moving in...
Aug 30 2017 // Fleets of commercial drones are primed to hover over the destruction from Tropical Storm Harvey in an unprecedented test of unmanned aircraft’s ability to assess billions of dollars in damage for the insurance...
Aug 30 2017 // Aviation regulators imposed a prohibition on hobbyist drones and other civilian aircraft flying in the area affected by Tropical Storm Harvey after concerns were raised about potential interference of rescue efforts.The...
Jul 27 2017 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has partnered with insurtech startup Flock to launch on-demand drone insurance in the UK market through a mobile app for commercial and recreational users.To be available in...
Jul 27 2017 // British officials announced plans Saturday [July 22] to further regulate drone use in a bid to prevent accidents and threats to commercial aviation.The new rules will require drones that weigh eight ounces (226.79 grams)...