Latest Auto Headlines
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U.S. Adds Automatic Braking to Recommended Car Safety Features
Jan 23 2015 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to add what it considers two “cutting-edge” automatic emergency braking systems to the recommended safety features included under its rating system for...
5 Accused in Houston-Area Truck Crash ATM Theft
Jan 23 2015 // Five individuals are facing aggravated robbery charges after police in suburban Houston arrested them for allegedly robbing an ATM from a gas station. Police in Humble say several men used a stolen truck to ram into the...
Insurance Groups Criticize Massachusetts Rideshare Regulations
Jan 20 2015 // Insurance industry associations say Massachusetts’ newly developed rideshare regulations are vague and woefully deficient in addressing the insurance concerns. The regulations, crafted by Massachusetts Department of...
Bank Customer Car Burglary Ring Busted in Louisiana
Jan 20 2015 // Police in Lake Charles, La., say they have broken up a crime ring that would scout banks for people leaving with money, follow them, then burglarize their unattended vehicles. The American Press reports Lake Charles Police...
Reinsurance Execs See Market Adjusting to New Realities
Jan 20 2015 // Aon Benfield’s Reinsurance Market Analysis describes the participants as having “reached the end of a 15 year journey, featuring chronological stages of alternative capital’s significance, completion and...
Auto Parts Suppliers Under Pressure Following Recalls
Jan 19 2015 // Auto-parts suppliers are feeling the pressure as car companies move to raise quality standards after a record year for U.S. vehicle recalls in 2014. In Japan, parts makers that sell to automakers worldwide say...
Michigan Driverless Vehicle Test Site to be Operational This Spring
Jan 15 2015 // Officials expect a Michigan testing site for connected and driverless cars that will simulate a cityscape to be operational this spring. Called “M City,” the 32-acre site is taking shape on the University of...
Snow Problem When It Comes to Self-Driving Cars, Says Google
Jan 15 2015 // Google Inc. sees Detroit’s snow as a bigger barrier than Washington’s regulators for its self-driving car. The technology giant doesn’t intend to offer a self-driving car to areas where it snows in the...
It’s Time to Act on Trucking Safety Ideas, Says NTSB
Jan 14 2015 // Highway regulators have failed to act on more than 100 recommendations to improve truck safety at a time when fatalities have risen for four straight years, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety...
Texas Auto Injury, Fatality Crashes Rise Again in 2014
Jan 13 2015 // Contrary to a nationwide trend, Texas automobile crashes resulting in injuries and fatalities have risen for the past three years, the Insurance Council of Texas reports. Nationally, roadway crashes involving injuries and...
N.Y. Gov. Announces Nearly $4M Awarded to Combat Auto Theft, Insurance Fraud
Jan 12 2015 // New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced more than $3.7 million in grant funding to fight against motor vehicle theft and insurance fraud. The grant awards will go to district attorneys’ offices and police departments...
Historical Analysis of Auto Thefts in New York, Massachusetts
Jan 12 2015 // Auto thefts in New York and Massachusetts have fallen by 90 percent or more from their peak years, according to a historical analysis by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). From its peak auto theft year in 1990...
Auto Crash Fatalities, Injuries in Decline Nationally
Jan 12 2015 // A report released in December 2014 by federal transportation officials shows that motor vehicle crash fatalities decreased in the United States in 2013 compared with the previous year. The report issued by the U.S....
Ohio, Nebraska See Vehicle Crashes, Fatalities Increase in 2014
Jan 12 2015 // Ohio saw more traffic deaths and Nebraska had an increase in vehicle crashes in 2014, according to authorities in both states. Preliminary data indicate the number of Ohio traffic deaths for the past year might end up...
Auto Crash Fatalities, Injuries in Decline Nationally
Jan 12 2015 // A report released in December 2014 by federal transportation officials shows that motor vehicle crash fatalities decreased in the United States in 2013 compared with the previous year. The report issued by the U.S....
Nebraska Court Agrees with Insurer on Denial of Dog Bite Coverage
Jan 12 2015 // A woman who had part of her lower lip bitten off by a dog she was watching for friends has no right to seek payment of medical expenses from the owners’ home insurance company, the Nebraska Supreme Court...
Private Auto Premiums See Largest Q3 Growth in 10 Years: SNL
Jan 12 2015 // Private auto insurance industry direct premiums written rose 5.13 percent in the third quarter of 2014, the largest third-quarter year-over-year growth in the past 10 years, according to an analysis by SNL Financial. The...
Personal Auto Rates Rose 2.1%, Homeowners 3.5% in 2014: RateWatch
Jan 12 2015 // Personal auto insurance companies increased their rates by an average of 2.1 percent countrywide in 2014, according to insurance consulting firm Perr & Knight’s RateWatch reports. The three states with the...
5 Arrested in N.Y. for Alleged Accident Staging, Insurance Fraud
Jan 9 2015 // New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the arrests of five individuals for their alleged roles staging auto accidents in New York’s Nassau and Suffolk counties to fraudulently receive insurance...
Google Poised to Enter U.S. Auto Insurance Market: Report
Jan 9 2015 // Giant search engine Google, which already offers auto insurance online in the United Kingdom, could soon be selling auto insurance online in the U.S. Google Compare Auto Insurance Services Inc., its online auto insurance...
