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DETROIT – A government investigation has found that a design flaw in Tesla’s Autopilot semi-autonomous driving system and driver inattention combined to cause a Model S electric car to slam into a firetruck parked along a California freeway. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the driver was overly reliant on the system and that […]
By Greg Meckbach | September 4, 2019
2 min read
Three months after Edward Kent and Teresa Tomsky bought their Edmonton home, they noticed a musty smell in their basement. It turns out a foundation crack, which they were led to believe was minor, was actually quite serious. The foundation was deteriorating because water was coming in through it. In Kent v. MacDonald, released Aug […]
By Greg Meckbach | September 3, 2019
4 min read
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Thermo-sensing cameras were installed in Alaska to help the fire department locate, analyze and monitor wildfires, officials said. The security-like thermography camera is meant to help the Anchorage Fire Department respond to fires faster by providing a more precise location, The Alaska Energy Desk reported Friday. The $12,000 camera is now one […]
CALGARY – Melody Garner-Skiba and her family have had some tough conversations since a wildfire raged into Waterton Lakes National Park in southeastern Alberta two years ago, spread into nearby grassland and destroyed their horse-breeding ranch. “It’s definitely taken a toll on our family, but we’re strong and we’re perservering,” said Garner-Skiba, who lived at […]
By Greg Meckbach | August 30, 2019
A newly-proposed flood model can provide a real-time prediction of urban flooding caused by heavy rainfall in a changing climate, but it may not be of particular interest to insurers. “The model can be used not only for real-time flooding prediction and early-warning, which require as much lead time as possible for evacuation preparation, but […]
By Jason Contant | August 29, 2019
3 min read
HALIFAX – Heavy rain was reported Thursday in parts of the Maritimes as Erin, now a post-tropical weather system, advanced toward the region. Environment Canada issued rainfall warnings for southeastern New Brunswick, parts of western and northern Nova Scotia and western Prince Edward Island. Big downpours were reported in communities west of a line extending […]
By The Canadian Press | August 29, 2019
VANCOUVER – An Oklahoma court ruling that found Johnson & Johnson helped fuel the state’s opioid crisis and ordered the company to pay US$572 million could persuade drug manufacturers to settle a similar lawsuit in British Columbia, legal experts say. The decision in the United States does not directly apply to B.C. because it found […]
By Greg Meckbach | August 28, 2019
Collision claims are approaching “a new era” of data collection, intensifying the debate between the insurance industry and vehicle manufacturers over who owns the data. Thanks to the advent of connected vehicles, data generated in these cars provide valuable information to insurance companies that must handle a claim – including speed, traffic conditions, and passenger […]
By Adam Malik | August 28, 2019
A new strain of ransomware caught the attention of one cyber insurer after it experienced a surge in claims over the past few months. The Sodinokibi strain first came to the attention of specialist insurer CFC in April. Cyber criminals exploited a bug in Oracle WebLogic, a piece of software that servers use for running […]
By Jason Contant | August 28, 2019
When it comes to the most dangerous form of aggressive driving, speed stands above the rest as most likely to cause a crash. Research from the University of Waterloo has found that speeding is more likely than hard braking, hard acceleration and hard cornering to cause a vehicle to crash. The university combed through 28 […]
By Adam Malik | August 27, 2019
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