Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NJM Partners with American Modern to Offer Enhanced Collector Car Insurance
Mar 13 2017 // NJM Insurance Company has announced an expanded partnership with American Modern Insurance Group for coverage available in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. American Modern offers comprehensive collector car insurance policies....
Fraud Investigations in Washington Lead to 2 Guilty, 2 Charged
Mar 9 2017 // Two people were found guilty of felonies and two others were charged in connection with insurance fraud investigations in Washington by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s criminal investigations unit. Alhagie...
WikiLeaks Documents Shows CIA Worried About Connected Vehicle Cybersecurity
Mar 9 2017 // WikiLeaks documents showing the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency considered a “mission” against connected car technology underscores auto industry concern that the science behind the next generation of vehicles...
Insurance Agents Can Help Nonprofits Deal with Changes Ahead
Mar 8 2017 // Nonprofit organizations are a loyal bunch, often sticking with their insurance agents and brokers for years. But there is room for new agents who can help nonprofits fill some coverage gaps, cope with political changes...
PURE COO on Mutual Growth, Home and Auto
Mar 6 2017 // Martin Hartley, executive vice president and chief operating officer of PURE Group of Insurance Cos., sees ample growth opportunities for mutual carriers despite a soft market. Some of those opportunities are in the form...
Texas Number 1 in Fatal Crashes, Alcohol-Impaired Driving
Mar 6 2017 // Texas highways continue to be deadly, with an increase in traffic crashes involving injuries and fatalities. Last year, 3,390 traffic crashes resulted in 3,757 fatalities and 175,347 traffic crashes resulted in 263,536...
Liberty Mutual’s Q4 Net Income Takes a Hit from Auto Liability Losses
Mar 3 2017 // Liberty Mutual Holding Co.’s 2016 fourth quarter net income declined substantially, due mostly to higher U.S. personal and commercial auto liability losses. But the number was up for the full year. The insurer booked...
UK Auto Insurers Face Disruption from Mobile Phone & Tech Companies
Mar 3 2017 // Auto insurance may be on the brink of an incursion from mobile-phone and technology companies. Telefonica SA’s O2 unit — one of the first mobile operators in Britain to offer car insurance — expanded its...
Many Ontario Drivers Don’t Recognize Insurance Fraud’s Effects on Premiums
Mar 2 2017 // A recent survey of Ontario, Canada drivers raises concerns about their ability to recognize, and therefore reject and report, auto insurance fraud. The survey conducted by Ipsos for the Financial Services Commission of...
State Farm Lost $7 Billion on Auto in 2016
Mar 1 2017 // State Farm joined the ranks of property/casualty insurers reporting challenges in their auto insurance line of business. State Farm said it lost $7 billion on its auto insurance underwriting in 2016. The State Farm...
Self-Driving Nissan Car Begins Tests on Streets of London
Feb 27 2017 // Guided by cameras and radars, and negotiating traffic and roundabouts, a self-driving Nissan car took to the streets of London on Monday for the Japanese company’s first European tests of an autonomous...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Insurance Keeps Growing and Hiring Despite Auto, Reinsurance Blips
Feb 27 2017 // Even though Berkshire Hathaway’s GEICO chalked up an underwriting loss in the fourth-quarter 2016, with full-year profit coming in basically even with 2015, the company is poised to take advantage of competitor...
Arizona Senate Votes to Raise Minimum Auto Liability Insurance
Feb 27 2017 // The Arizona Senate approved a bill to raise the minimum amount of liability coverage drivers are required to carry on auto insurance policies, a proposal backers say is needed to protect accident victims from loss. The...
Trump Administration Reviewing Obama’s Autonomous Vehicle Guidance
Feb 27 2017 // U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said on Sunday she is reviewing self-driving vehicle guidance issued by the Obama administration and urged companies to explain the benefits of automated vehicles to a skeptical...
Jury Awards $5M to Man Injured in 2013 Michigan Food Truck Blast
Feb 26 2017 // A jury has awarded $5 million to a man who was injured during a food truck explosion at a northern Michigan festival. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports Gary Leonard was burned on nearly half his body following the...
Californian Sentenced for Felony Insurance Fraud in Sacramento
Feb 24 2017 // The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office in California reported that Paige Nolasco, who pled no contest to felony insurance fraud, has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and five years’ formal probation,...
GMI Insurance Taps Falls Lake as Primary Carrier for Auto Programs
Feb 24 2017 // GMI Insurance, a program administrator specializing in commercial auto exposures, has added Falls Lake Insurance Companies as the new primary carrier for its auto programs. Effective Feb. 1, GMI Insurance programs offers...
What is Lidar and Why Are Autonomous Car Makers Fighting Over It?
Feb 24 2017 // Spacecraft use it to measure distance. Farmers use it to work out which fields need fertilizer. Archaeologists use it to map topography. And, crucially for Uber Technologies Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo,...
Now’s the Time to Invest in ’80s-Era Classic Cars
Feb 24 2017 // Thirty years ago, a person of means could walk into an import car dealership, drop a sum that would double the average annual household income, and drive out with a grand touring coupeāa two-door, four-seater powered by...
Maine Lawmaker Wants to Block Car Insurance Hikes Based on Age
Feb 23 2017 // A Maine state senator is looking to protect senior citizens in the state from having car insurance rates go up because of their ages. Sen. Bill Diamond, a Windham Democrat, says his bill follows up on insurance giant...
