Latest Auto Headlines
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Did Electrified Third Rail Make New York Train Wreck Deadlier?
Feb 10 2015 // It was a hellish scenario investigators had never seen before: 400 feet of electrified third rail snapped into 12 pieces and speared a commuter train during a fiery collision with an SUV. Now officials want to know whether...
Confie Seguros Acquires Texas-Based Baja Auto Insurance
Feb 10 2015 // Confie Seguros, a national provider of personal lines insurance based in Huntington Beach, Calif., announced it has acquired Baja Auto Insurance, which provides auto insurance throughout Texas. Founded in 2006 with one...
Smartcars Pose Cyber Risk to Drivers, Senator Warns
Feb 10 2015 // Automakers are adding wireless technologies into vehicles without enough protection to keep hackers from interfering the operation of a car or stealing personal information, according to a report by U.S. Senator Edward...
P/C Insurers Expanding Use of Predictive Modeling
Feb 9 2015 // Property /casualty insurance executives believe that predictive modeling has become an essential or very important driver of improved performance over the past six years and they are broadening their use of the application...
Michigan High Court May Accept Auto Insurance Records Case
Feb 9 2015 // The Michigan Supreme Court wants to hear more about a dispute over public access to the records of an insurance fund that pays for tragic injuries in car crashes. The state appeals court says records of the Michigan...
10 Things to Know About Business Auto
Feb 9 2015 // The Business Auto Coverage Form (BACF) is the most commonly used form for business auto liability insurance.Autos in the form are defined to include cars, trucks, trailers, vans or other vehicles designed for use on public...
Top Vehicle Claims Trends from 2014
Feb 9 2015 // The top five states in which a person was most likely to file an auto claim last year were all on the East Coast. December had the lowest volume of all vehicle claims of any month. Those are just two of the facts mined by...
Though Rising, Ohio Home and Auto Insurance Rates Still Low
Feb 9 2015 // Combined, average homeowners and auto insurance premiums in Ohio are nearly $500 less than national averages, according to the state’s insurance department. Personal lines premiums in the state are among the lowest...
Oklahoma Senate Proposal Tackles Uninsured Drivers with DUIs
Feb 9 2015 // Oklahoma Sen. Ron Sharp, R-Shawnee, filed legislation to address the state’s high number of uninsured motorists, especially those with DUI convictions. Senate Bill 260 would require an individual convicted of driving...
$17M Lawsuit For Bridge Collapse Filed by Washington
Feb 6 2015 // A lawsuit filed this week by the Washington State Department of Transportation is seeking at least $17 million to recover costs related to the 2013 Skagit River bridge collapse. The lawsuit, filed in Skagit County Superior...
How Large Firm Risk Managers Rate Commercial Lines Carriers, Brokers
Feb 6 2015 // While commercial insurers have traditionally relied upon insurance brokers to manage customer relationships, large company risk managers are looking for both parties to work together to meet their needs, according to a new...
Drivers Criticize New York Crossing Where Train, Car Collided
Feb 6 2015 // The Westchester County rail crossing made Nicole Sanders anxious even before she witnessed this week’s fiery fatal collision between a commuter train and a sport- utility vehicle. “There are a whole lot of...
Jury: Toyota Must Pay $11M Fatal Minnesota Crash
Feb 5 2015 // A federal jury in Minneapolis found that Toyota Motor Corp. must pay nearly $11 million to victims of a fatal 2006 crash after deciding that a design flaw in the 1996 Camry was partly to blame for the Minnesota...
GM Facing 104 Lawsuits Plus Class Action Tied to Car Defects
Feb 5 2015 // General Motors Co., which has come under media, congressional and courtroom scrutiny over fatalities caused by flawed ignition switches, is defending 104 death and injury lawsuits brought by those who blame accidents on...
New York Train Crash Investigators Ask Why SUV Stopped on Tracks
Feb 5 2015 // Federal investigators are trying to determine why a woman driving a Mercedes-Benz sport-utility vehicle stopped in the middle of railroad tracks, leading to the fiery crash of a New York commuter train in Westchester...
Heading a National Ridesharing Outline a Political Gain for Jones?
Feb 4 2015 // A committee of regulators led by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is working on standards on ridesharing that departments of insurance in states across the U.S. can look to as an example. Whether the National...
GEICO Launches Ridesharing Coverage in Virginia
Feb 4 2015 // GEICO has rolled out a new product to meet the insurance coverage needs of ridesharing drivers in Virginia. The product, available now to new and existing customers, covers drivers that Uber (UberX and UberXL), Lyft,...
Transportation Safety Board Investigating New York Train Crash
Feb 4 2015 // The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the fiery rush-hour crash of a New York commuter train in Westchester County that killed six people, the deadliest accident in Metro-North Railroad’s...
Fraud Adds Up to 17% to Auto Insurance Injury Claims: IRC
Feb 4 2015 // A new study estimates that fraud and claim “build-up” add between $5.6 billion and $7.7 billion in excess payments to auto injury claims paid in the United States. The excess payments represented between 13...
GM’s OnStar Ready to Offer Progressive’s Usage-Based Insurance
Feb 4 2015 // Progressive has partnered with OnStar Corp. to bring its usage-based insurance program, Snapshot, to OnStar customers. Starting this summer, buyers of 2016 and most 2015 General Motors vehicles will have the option to have...
