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XL Catlin Launches Auto Terror Protect Coverage for Vehicle Terrorist Attacks
Jun 8 2018 // XL Catlin’s has launched a new insurance product for companies with fleets of vehicles which could be used as a weapon in a terrorist attack. According to Mark Steddon, senior underwriter, Terrorism & Political...
Westlake Launches Spot Insurance for Auto Dealers in California
Jun 8 2018 // Westlake Financial Services has launched the Spot Delivery Insurance program, underwritten by Knight Management Insurance Services, LLC, for its dealer partners in California. Westlake’s new Spot Insurance program is...
Oklahoma Selects New Vendor for Auto Insurance Verification System
Jun 5 2018 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak is notifying auto insurers operating in the state that a new contract has been awarded for the operation of the insurance department’s Oklahoma Compulsory Insurance...
Louisiana Insurance Man Rescues Elderly Woman from Kidnapping, Robbery
Jun 5 2018 // He wouldn’t call himself a hero, but the 83-year-old woman Dennis P. Neyland rescued from a carjack/kidnapping and robbery on the streets of downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, probably would. Neyland, an insurance...
Malaysia to Penalize Owners Who Don’t Replace Takata Airbags
Jun 5 2018 // Malaysia’s transport minister said Saturday that owners of more than 71,000 affected Honda cars will be penalized if they fail to replace flawed Takata air bags, in a drastic move to curb fatalities. The deaths of...
North Dakota’s NI Holdings to Acquire Direct Auto Insurance
Jun 4 2018 // North Dakota-based NI Holdings Inc. has agreed to purchase Direct Auto Insurance Co. (Direct Auto), headquartered in Chicago. Direct Auto underwrites specialty automobile insurance in Illinois through independent agents....
Nevada Motorists Face July 1 Auto Insurance Rate Increase
Jun 4 2018 // Nevada state officials are reminding as many as 600,000 vehicle owners they could face auto insurance rate increases July 1, when minimum liability coverage requirements go up. Officials announced earlier that almost one...
GM Settles Suit with Motorcyclist Hit By Autonomous Vehicle in California
Jun 4 2018 // General Motors Co. agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a motorcyclist involved in a minor crash with one of its self-driving cars in San Francisco late last year, the U.S. automaker said on Friday. Oscar Nilsson sued GM in...
Delaware Seniors See Average Decrease of More Than $100 in Car Insurance Rates
Jun 4 2018 // Delaware’s House Substitute 1 for House Bill 80 (HS 1 for HB 80), signed into law on August 1, 2017, went into effect on May 1 of this year. As a result of the legislation, Delaware consumers with policies through...
State Farm to Cut Personal Auto Rates by 3% in Alabama
Jun 4 2018 // Approximately 950,000 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. personal auto insurance customers in Alabama will see rate reductions starting this month, according to the nationwide insurance company. Thanks to the...
Uber Ends Self-Driving Program in Arizona Following Fatality
Jun 4 2018 // Uber has shut down its self-driving car operation in Arizona two months after a fatal crash involving one of its vehicles, the company said last month. Uber Technologies Inc. is not shuttering its entire autonomous vehicle...
Policymakers Take On Distracted Driving Nationwide
Jun 4 2018 // Over the course of several decades, auto crash rates and fatalities had been on the decline. This reduction offset slightly increased crash severity and helped to moderate the cost of auto insurance. However, starting in...
How Carmakers Raise Prices for Spare Parts Based on ‘Perceived Value’: Reuters
Jun 3 2018 // Carmakers including Renault, Jaguar Land Rover and Peugeot have boosted revenues by over $1 billion in the past decade by using sophisticated pricing software, according to sales presentations prepared by the software...
Kemper, Infinity Shareholders Approve Merger
Jun 1 2018 // Kemper Corp. and Infinity Property and Casualty Corp.reported that the companies’ respective shareholders approved proposals related to the agreement announced in February under which Kemper will acquire...
How Safe Must Driverless Vehicles Be to Be Accepted? Very Safe.
May 31 2018 // The race is on for companies to present their driverless cars to the public, but recent collisions involving autonomous vehicles developed by Uber Technologies Inc. and Tesla Inc. have led to doubts about whether these...
Marijuana, Opioids Found in High Percentage of Drivers Killed in Car Crashes
May 31 2018 // More than half of drivers killed in car accidents who were tested for drugs had marijuana, opioids or a combination of the two in their system, according to a new report. The report from the Governors Highway Safety...
Rampant Brazil Cargo Theft Disrupts Retail, Drives Up Insurance Rates
May 31 2018 // In a bunker-like room in a gritty suburb of Sao Paulo, retired police colonel Antonio Marin and a dozen employees track the location of hundreds of cargo trucks on a bank of monitors. During his 34 years in Sao Paulo...
Tesla Hits Parked Police Vehicle in California, Driver Blames Autopilot
May 30 2018 // The driver of a Tesla Inc. Model S crashed into an unoccupied, parked police vehicle in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Tuesday and the driver told investigators the Tesla was in “Autopilot” mode at the time, police...
Uber Disabled Brake of Self-Driving Car in Arizona Fatal Crash
May 25 2018 // Uber had disabled an emergency braking system in a self-driving vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Arizona in March even though the car had identified the need to apply the brakes, the National Transportation Safety...
Uber Ends Self-Driving Program in Arizona Following Fatality
May 24 2018 // Uber has shut down its self-driving car operation in Arizona two months after a fatal crash involving one of its vehicles, the company said on Wednesday. Uber Technologies Inc is not shuttering its entire autonomous...
