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Main Street America Finished 2015 Strong
Mar 16 2016 // Super regional property/casualty insurer The Main Street America Group reported record net income of $91.4 million and a combined ratio of 99.8 for the 2015 calendar year. The Florida-based independent agency...
Driverless Car Supporters Urge National Laws to Override State, Local
Mar 16 2016 // A patchwork of state laws governing the operation of self-driving cars threatens to stall their development, supporters told lawmakers as U.S. senators began consideration of a national standard for robotic...
Parr Insurance Launches Ridesharing Policy for Electric Vehicle Fleets in Chicago
Mar 15 2016 // Parr Insurance Brokerage, an independent insurance agency, has created a new policy for electric vehicles (EV) ridesharing in Chicago. Parr developed the policy for Chicago-based E-Rive, an electric-vehicle car sharing...
At Least 32 Injured in Amtrak Train Derailment in Kansas
Mar 15 2016 // An engineer noticed a significant bend in a rail and applied the emergency brakes before a passenger train derailed in western Kansas early on March 14, an official said. The Amtrak train apparently was travelling at about...
Vermont Fines 2 Insurers for Non-Compliance
Mar 15 2016 // Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) Commissioner Susan L. Donegan announced that Travelers Insurance Co. and Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. have paid Vermont $154,000 in fines and repaid consumers another...
GM Tells Ignition Switch Jury: ‘Sometimes Accidents Just Happen’
Mar 15 2016 // “Sometimes, accidents just happen,” a lawyer for General Motors Co. told a U.S. jury in defense of the carmaker at a test trial over a deadly flaw in millions of ignition switches. The accident was one of...
Telematics-Based Car Insurance Policies in UK Increase by 40%: BIBA Survey
Mar 15 2016 // The number of live telematics-based motor insurance policies, including black box policies, in the UK has increased by 40 percent, according to the latest annual research by the British Insurance Brokers’ Association...
Regulations Create Roadblock for Automated Cars Without Human Controls
Mar 14 2016 // Existing U.S. laws pose few barriers to adoption of autonomous vehicle technology so long as cars and trucks stick with existing designs allowing humans to take control, the agency overseeing traffic safety said...
Federal Safety Agency Asking Google About Self-Driving Car Accident
Mar 11 2016 // The top U.S. auto safety regulator said Thursday the agency is seeking additional details of a recent crash of an Alphabet Inc. Google self-driving car in California. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief...
New Jersey Couple, Son Accused of Torching $139K Bentley for Insurance
Mar 10 2016 // Authorities announced that a Hudson County, New Jersey, couple, along with their adult son and the manager of a car dealership, have been charged with conspiracy, insurance fraud, and other offenses for allegedly...
Gunson Appointed VP, Auto and Liability Claim at CNA
Mar 8 2016 // Chicago-based CNA appointed Jim Gunson as vice president, Auto and Liability Claim. He will report to Andy Pinkes, executive vice president, Worldwide P&C Claim. Gunson joins CNA with nearly two decades of executive...
Thinking Outside the Glove Box to Get Recalled Autos Repaired
Mar 8 2016 // The 63,000 spectators crowded in late January inside Atlanta’s Georgia Dome for a battle of college marching bands didn’t know they’d also be schooled in auto safety. Between the Lincoln University Orange...
Insurers Could Find an Early-Mover Advantage from Telematics: Fitch
Mar 7 2016 // The motor insurance industry faces a significant shake-up from two waves of technological innovation – the growth of telematics and the development of driverless cars, according to Fitch. Over the short term, telematics...
Google Self-Driving Car Hits Bus in California Crash
Mar 7 2016 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google self-driving car struck a municipal bus in a minor crash, in what may be the first case of one of its autonomous cars hitting another vehicle. In a Feb. 23 report filed with California...
State Auto Says Corrections Underway After Disappointing 2015
Mar 7 2016 // State Auto Financial Corp. ended 2015 with a steep drop in net income and a combined ratio that landed above 100. Executives blamed a bad year for the insurer’s auto lines but added that they’ve taken...
Auto Insurer 2015 Underwriting Performance Loses Traction
Mar 7 2016 // Private passenger automobile insurance remains one of the most competitive segments in the U.S. property/casualty industry, with a number of large, well capitalized organizations battling for market share and searching for...
10 Things to Know About Luxury Auto
Mar 7 2016 // James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 made its big screen appearance 52 years ago in “Goldfinger.” The car sported concealed Browning machine guns, tactical oil slicks, ejector seats and a 5-speed, 4.0 L engine...
Valen Analytics Releases Risk Scoring Model for Commercial Auto Insurers
Mar 4 2016 // Valen Analytics, a provider of proprietary data, analytics and predictive modeling for property and casualty insurers, has launched Risk Score for commercial auto insurance within its InsureRight Platform. The predictive...
Regulators Back Nebraska Driver Who Wouldn’t Drive Unsafe Truck
Mar 4 2016 // Federal regulators want to punish a southeast Nebraska company that the regulators say wrongfully fired a driver who refused to operate a truck that violated Iowa law. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
Compare.com CEO Encouraged by Admiral Group’s Record 2015 Profit
Mar 3 2016 // Admiral Group plc on Thursday announced record profit for last year, and the CEO of one of its biggest brands is taking that as an endorsement of his popular online insurance shopping business model. Compare.com CEO Andrew...
