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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...
New York Commuter Train in Deadly Crash
Feb 4 2015 // A northbound Metro-North Railroad train ferrying commuters from New York City struck a car during evening rush hour Tuesday in New York’s Westchester County, killing at least six people. Among the dead were...
Though Rising, Ohio Home and Auto Insurance Rates Still Low
Feb 3 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...
Bloomberg: Google Is Developing Competitor to Uber
Feb 2 2015 // Uber faces an ever-growing cast of adversaries that includes dubious regulators, litigious drivers, hostile members of the press, and some well-funded rivals. But the most significant threat to the app-based transportation...
Fatal Houston Fender-Bender Shows Shortcomings of Recalls
Feb 2 2015 // By the time Carlos Solis IV laid eyes on the silver Honda Accord in a Texas used-car lot last April, the sedan had changed hands twice, been in at least two crashes and still had a defective air bag that had been recalled...
Top Vehicle Claims Trends from 2014
Jan 30 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 facts are just two of those mined...
MetLife to Provide ‘Complete’ Rideshare Insurance for Lyft Drivers in Colorado
Jan 29 2015 // MetLife Auto & Home and Lyft, a nationwide transportation network company (TNC), have launched an auto insurance policy in Colorado tailored specifically for Lyft drivers that covers every stage of the trip. The...
