Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Austin Riders Look to Craigslist after Exit of Uber and Lyft
May 19 2016 // After a car wreck last year put Akhila Sivakumar in the hospital for more than a month and left her with burns and bruises across her body, she was hesitant to drive again. So when the 22-year-old began to look for jobs...
Georgia Studying Semi-Only Lanes to Reduce Traffic, Improve Safety
May 19 2016 // Georgia transportation officials are studying how to add semi-only lanes for truck traffic on Interstate 75 between Macon and Atlanta’s southern suburbs. Georgia is trying to deal with a port of Savannah that’s...
Vehicle Problems Not New for Bus Company in South Texas Crash
May 17 2016 // The small South Texas bus company involved in a rollover crash that killed eight people and injured 44 others had twice been ordered by Louisiana state inspectors in 2015 to take one of its buses off the road to fix brake...
Allstate App Helps Insureds Get Price Quotes, Schedule Car Repairs
May 17 2016 // Allstate has teamed up with Openbay, an online marketplace for non-collision auto-repair and maintenance services, to allow consumers to receive multiple price quotes and schedule auto repairs for anything from an engine...
NJM to Offer Motorcycle, ATV Coverage in New Jersey
May 16 2016 // NJM, a property-casualty insurer offering coverage in New Jersey, has partnered with American Modern Insurance Group to offer coverage for motorcycles, ATVs and similar vehicles. The program offers coverage for standard...
Promise of Robot Cars Includes Surges in Traffic Congestion and Miles Driven
May 16 2016 // Self-driving cars are expected to usher in a new era of mobility, safety and convenience. The problem, say transportation researchers, is that people will use them too much. Experts foresee robot cars chauffeuring children...
In Iowa, Technology Changes Rapidly Altering Trucking Industry
May 13 2016 // In the trucking industry, technology is driving change. Todd Smith, chief operating officer at Decker Truck Line Inc. in Fort Dodge, Iowa, told The Messenger that by the end of 2017 it will be mandated that all trucks have...
Progressive CEO Renwick to Retire; Griffith Chosen as Successor
May 13 2016 // The Progressive Corp. announced that Glenn Renwick, president and chief executive officer, will retire after more than 15 years as CEO and almost 30 years with the company, effective July 1, 2016. Tricia Griffith,...
2 Charged with Insurance Fraud in Oklahoma Buried Truck Case
May 12 2016 // Two Oklahoma men accused of burying a pickup truck that was later reported stolen are now charged with insurance fraud. Arrest warrants have been issued for Robert Campbell II, 49, of Langley and Larry Ezell, 25, of...
Usage-Based Auto Insurance, Slow at First, Picking Up Speed
May 12 2016 // Usage-based auto insurance will explode globally in the next seven years, a new industry analysis asserts. IHS Inc.’s IHS Automotive predicts that 142 million customers will sign up globally for the...
Two-Car Crash On Rainy Texas Highway Kills 5
May 11 2016 // Five people are dead following a two-car crash on a rainy Texas highway on Mother’s Day. The Texas Department of Public Safety tells the Austin American-Statesman it happened Sunday afternoon near the town of...
Workers at Ohio Auto Glass Plant Warn of Unsafe Conditions
May 11 2016 // Workers alleging unsafe working conditions at an automotive glass manufacturing plant in southwestern Ohio have filed a complaint with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The complaint filed this...
Allstate Absorbed Higher Catastrophe Losses, Lower Investments in Q1
May 9 2016 // Catastrophe losses including those from two severe hailstorms left their mark on the Allstate Corp. in the first quarter, with net income during the period plunging more than 65 percent. Echoing trends from other...
White House Urged to Protect Wireless Spectrum for Connected Vehicles
May 6 2016 // More than 50 automakers, state transportation agencies and other groups urged the White House and other federal policymakers on Thursday not to open a portion of the wireless spectrum reserved for connected vehicles in the...
Arkansas Regulators: In Separate Cases 2 Plead Guilty to Auto Insurance Fraud
May 6 2016 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr announced two recent guilty pleas resulting from separate criminal investigations of insurance fraud. On May 2, Becky Brand, 34, of Lonoke entered a guilty plea to one count of...
How Driverless Cars Could Disrupt Investors
May 5 2016 // The development of self-driving cars is a good example of how, and why, the future may be a less profitable place for investors. Volvo Cars, one of scads of technology and automotive firms working along the same lines,...
Utah Doghouse Highway Death Results in Wrongful Death Lawsuit
May 4 2016 // A northern Utah woman whose husband and 4-year-old daughter were killed when a doghouse fell out of a man’s truck and caused a highway pileup has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Alyssa Chambers filed the suit last...
Vandal Causes $400K in Damage at South Dakota Construction Site
May 3 2016 // Police in Sioux Falls, S.D., are looking for the vandal who damaged construction equipment to the tune of $400,000. Police spokesman Sam Clemens says the vandal was able to turn on a backhoe and tipped over a pickup truck,...
Commercial Auto Insurance Remains a Loser on the Whole: Fitch
May 3 2016 // While the property/casualty industry has reported three consecutive years of significant underwriting profits, the commercial auto market as a whole reported an underwriting loss for the fifth consecutive year in 2015. In...
State Auto Financial Q1 2016 Results Fall, Combined Ratio Rises
May 2 2016 // Ohio-based State Auto Financial Corp. announced first quarter 2016 net income of $3.0 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, versus net income of $24.7 million, or $0.60 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2015. Net...
