Latest Auto Headlines
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U.S. Olympian Says Gold Medal Stolen From Car in Atlanta
Jun 10 2016 // An American Olympian is searching for his 1992 gold medal after he says it was stolen by thieves who broke into his car in Atlanta. Joe Jacobi won a gold medal for the U.S. in the two-man canoe slalom event in Barcelona,...
What Do You Get When You Combine Drones and Self-Driving Cars?
Jun 9 2016 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv That’s one small step for drones, and no steps needed for mankind. Autonomous drone transport for humans. Why not? We’re eventually getting autonomous cars so you don’t have...
Security Vendors, Partnerships Offer Key to Simplifying, Selling Cyber Insurance Online: CoverHound CEO
Jun 9 2016 // CoverHound CEO Keith Moore has a vision of simplifying cyber insurance sales that involves underwriting the security vendors used by insureds—a model that could ultimately allow small business customers to bind their...
The One Auto Insurance Commercial That Really TICKS Me Off
Jun 9 2016 // I’ll spare you the suspense, the one auto insurance commercial that really ticks me off (and I mean it causes a physical and even visceral response) is the Good2Go Auto commercial. This is not a word-for-word recount...
Delta Lloyd to Raise $226M with Sale of Stake in Van Lanschot
Jun 9 2016 // Delta Lloyd NV may raise as much as 198.4 million euros ($226 million) through the sale of its stake in wealth manager Van Lanschot NV after shares were priced at 16 euros apiece. The offering size was 180 million euros...
Here’s How Autonomous Car Sales Will Accelerate in Next Two Decades
Jun 9 2016 // Global sales of autonomous vehicles will reach nearly 21 million vehicles by 2035, a substantial increase from previous estimates, according to a forecast from the automobile industry information firm IHS Automotive. By...
Confie Acquires Auto Dealer POS Provider ExpressLink in California
Jun 8 2016 // Confie has acquired ExpressLink Inc., a Calabasas, Calif.-based provider of auto dealer point of sale insurance and related products and services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Brian Murphy will continue as...
Ohio Insurers Group: 11 Metro Areas in State See Decline in Auto Thefts
Jun 7 2016 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) reported that 11 of the 15 Ohio metro areas (MSAs) in the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) Hot Spots report show a decline in auto thefts between 2014 and 2015, based on...
Driverless Car Demo’d in Pennsylvania as State Bill, Task Force Press On
Jun 7 2016 // Think of it as driver education with the car as the student and you as the instructor. That’s what it’s like in the latest version of Carnegie Mellon University’s self-driving car, a 2011 Cadillac SRX on...
Michigan House Passes Repeal of Inadvertent Auto Insurer Tax Credit
Jun 6 2016 // The Michigan Legislature is close to repealing an annual tax break worth tens of millions of dollars that was inadvertently given to auto insurers four years ago, a move agreed to as part of a state budget deal. The...
Top 100 Metro Areas for Vehicle Theft: NICB’s ‘Hot Spots’
Jun 6 2016 // When it comes to vehicle theft, California’s on top. California owns eight of the top 10 hot spots for vehicle theft in 2015, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) latest Hot Spots...
New Jersey Regulator: State’s Marketplace Is Strong, Vibrant
Jun 6 2016 // Richard J. BadolatoNew Jersey’s insurance marketplace is strong and continues to grow, with new market entrants bringing more competition and products for the benefit of consumers, the state’s top regulator...
Do Millennials Want Cars? Loan Data Says ‘Yes’
Jun 6 2016 // Millennials are less interested than older folks in owning their own cars, right? Maybe not, according to auto loan data showing young Americans are increasingly active in the car buying market. Despite the belief that...
Encompass Insurance Exits North Carolina Personal Lines
Jun 6 2016 // Encompass Indemnity Insurance, an Allstate Insurance company that sells business through independent agents, has exited the North Carolina personal lines market. As of May, Encompass is no longer renewing business in the...
Worldwide Facilities Appoints Moulder as VP, Adds Transportation Markets
Jun 3 2016 // Worldwide Facilities, LLC, a nationwide wholesale brokerage and managing general agent, has appointed Chris Moulder as vice president and broker at its Atlanta office, bringing expanded access to commercial auto and...
Pennsylvania’s York County Sees Sharp Rise in Roadside Deaths
Jun 2 2016 // Nita Stout of York, Pennsylvania, was known in some parts of Lewisberry as “the walker.” It was what the Bangladeshi mother of four boys liked to do, usually in the mornings. She did it for exercise and as a...
Michigan Auto Repair Bill Passed Without Original Parts Requirement
Jun 2 2016 // The state Senate has given final approval to a bill that would affect auto parts at Michigan repair shops. The Senate approved the House version of the legislation. It’s now headed to Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk...
Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Lapsed Auto Insurance Payment Plan Bill
Jun 2 2016 // A Baton Rouge lawmaker’s bid to create payment plans for people struggling to pay unpaid fines from lapsed car insurance coverage is headed to the governor’s desk. With a 94-0 vote, the House gave final passage...
Delta Lloyd to Sell 30.2% Stake in Wealth Manager Van Lanschot to Raise Capital
May 31 2016 // Delta Lloyd NV started selling its entire 30.2 percent stake in wealth manager Van Lanschot NV as part of the insurer’s plan to boost capital. A total of 11.3 million existing depository receipts of Van Lanschot are...
Loan Data Discredits View That Millennials Do Not Want Cars
May 26 2016 // Millennials are less interested than older folks in owning their own cars, right? Maybe not, according to auto loan data showing young Americans are increasingly active in the car buying market. Despite the belief that...
