Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
US Auto Insurance Market on the Mend; Homeowners Line Volatile: Fitch
Jun 7 2024 // The U.S. personal insurance sector is positioned for improving underwriting performance in 2024. According to Fitch’s latest U.S. Personal Lines Market Update, the change is predicted amid signs that the previous...
Rhode Island Bars Auto Insurers From Hiking Rates on Widows and Widowers
Jun 6 2024 // A new Rhode Island law prohibits auto insurers from charging policyholders more solely because they have been widowed. The new law bans insurers from treating widows or widowers any differently than married people in terms...
Kansas Man Sentenced to Probation for Auto Insurance Fraud
Jun 5 2024 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced that a Kansas man has been sentenced to six months of probation for insurance fraud. Robert Heidbreder, age 30, pleaded guilty in the District Court of Sedgwick County...
Lobster Monster Truck Gone Airborne Topples Utility Poles, Injuring Spectators
Jun 5 2024 // TOPSHAM, Maine (AP) — A lobster-themed monster truck performing for spectators in Maine clipped an aerial power line, toppling several utility poles and sending two people to hospitals, police said. Others suffered minor...
Orchestrator of $60 Million New York Auto Insurance Fraud Gets 10 Years in Prison
Jun 4 2024 // A New Jersey man who orchestrated a 13-year long, $60 million no-fault automobile insurance scam in New York has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Bradley Pierre was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe...
Japan Auto Safety Scandal Widens; Toyota Halts Shipments of Some Vehicles
Jun 3 2024 // A safety test scandal at Japanese automakers widened on Monday, with Toyota Motor and Mazda both halting shipments of some vehicles after Japan’s transport ministry found irregularities in applications to certify...
Auto Insurance Shopping
Jun 3 2024 // When it comes to understanding why auto rates are up, I feel fairly knowledgeable. After all I spend my working life reviewing and reporting on the property/casualty insurance world, so I hear the industry explain again...
New Jersey: E-Scooter Rider Hit by Car Not Eligible for No-Fault PIP Benefits
Jun 3 2024 // A man injured when he was hit by a car while he was operating a low speed Segway electric scooter is not entitled to personal injury protection (PIP) benefits under New Jersey’s no-fault auto insurance law, the...
Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Auto Insurance Reform Bills to Boost Market Competition
May 31 2024 // Louisiana lawmakers passed a series of auto insurance reform bills that aim to bring availability and competition to the market by cutting down on excessive verdicts and settlements. Legislators passed four bills endorsed...
North Carolina Will Soon Have Some of the Highest Auto Liability Minimums
May 29 2024 // Starting next year, the minimum automobile liability coverage in North Carolina will jump significantly, thanks to a 2023 law that raised the minimum requirement for the first time in 25 years. Since 1999, North Carolina...
Four More Charged in Staged Auto Accident Scheme in Miami
May 29 2024 // Florida authorities have nailed another alleged accident-staging group, one that collected more than $50,000 in personal injury protection benefits from auto insurance companies. Bryan Carlos Hernandez, Rusland Rivero...
California Advances Legislation Cracking Down on Auto Theft, Stolen Goods Resellers
May 24 2024 // The California Senate approved a bipartisan package of 15 bills this that would increase penalties for organized crime rings, expand drug court programs and close a legal loophole to make it easier to prosecute auto...
Airbus Tests Electric Truck With Airliner Cockpit to Study Safer Taxiing
May 24 2024 // Airbus is showing off an unusual vehicle – a truck fitted with basic A350 airliner controls – that it hopes can demonstrate how automated taxiing will make airports safer as concern grows over a spate of...
TransUnion: Auto Insurance Shopping Hit 5-Year High in Q1 2024
May 22 2024 // The number of U.S. consumers who shopped for auto insurance in rose in the first quarter, largely driven by consumers in the West and Midwest. The findings show a continuation of strong growth in shopping at the end of...
Auto Insurers’ Digital Channels ‘Remarkably Resilient’, Finds J.D. Power Study
May 21 2024 // Auto insurance websites and apps are doing a good job of delivering foundational functional capabilities, bringing in more customers than agents and call centers. But far fewer are providing the type of value-added...
Child Is Among 3 Killed When Amtrak Train Hit Pickup Truck in Upstate New York
May 21 2024 // A child was among the three victims killed when a passenger train hit a pickup truck, officials said. The northbound Amtrak train hit a Dodge truck Friday evening in North Tonawanda, New York, a small town along the...
Canada Plans Harsher Laws, Equipment Bans to Fight Car Theft
May 21 2024 // Canada’s government is banning key-programming machines and other equipment used to steal cars, while implementing harsher penalties to combat a rising number of auto thefts across the country. Minister of Justice...
Markets/Coverages: MGA OpenRoad Enters Collector Vehicle Insurance Market
May 21 2024 // Managing general agency Open Road Insurance announced its entry into the marketplace for collector vehicle auto insurance with its first license in Texas, and plans to launch in other U.S. states later this...
Auto Insurance Shopping ‘Hot,’ Consumers Switching ‘Sizzling’: LexisNexis
May 17 2024 // Shoppers in the U.S. aren’t ready to accept higher auto insurance rates, choosing to shop around for the best deal and coverage, a new report finds. U.S. consumer auto insurance shopping activity registered as...
Four in Florida Charged with Faking Auto Accident Injuries to Gain PIP Payouts
May 15 2024 // Florida authorities this week charged four people with falsifying injuries from an auto accident and attempting to defraud three insurance companies out of personal injury protection payments. Maria Campos, Isabella...
