Latest Auto Headlines
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New York Attorney Changes Plea in Ponzi, Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme
Sep 19 2023 // A disbarred New York attorney has changed his plea to guilty in connection with an $19 million Ponzi scheme and a $30 million auto insurance fraud. Robert Wisnicki, 44, of Forest Hills, pleaded to guilty to conspiracy to...
PE Firm Advent Eyes Sale of Car Insurance Software Vendor CCC: Sources
Sep 18 2023 // Private equity firm Advent International is exploring a sale of CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc., a provider of software to the car insurance industry that has a market value of $7.1 billion, people familiar with...
Five More New Orleans Residents Charged for Conspiring to Stage Auto Accidents
Sep 18 2023 // Five more people have been charged with intentionally staging automobile accidents with tractor-trailers in New Orleans to defraud trucking and insurance companies in 2017. United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced...
J.D. Power: Auto Insurance Shopping Reaches All-Time High
Sep 15 2023 // The percentage of American households with cars and without auto insurance rose during the first half of 2023, and the share of customers who say they are shopping for auto insurance reached a record high. J.D. Power...
Insurance Navy Auto Insurance Expanding into Las Vegas
Sep 15 2023 // Insurance Navy Auto Insurance is expanding into Las Vegas, Nevada with its car insurance offerings. Insurance Navy Brokers opened its first location in Las Vegas, at 3266 Las Vegas Blvd N STE 12. The new branch in Las...
EEOC Sues Oklahoma Powersports Vehicle Retailer for Sex Discrimination
Sep 13 2023 // Vicars Powersports, a McAlester, Oklahoma retailer of ATVs, UTVs, dirt bikes, motorcycles and personal watercraft, violated federal law when it fired a female manager because she is a woman, the U.S. Equal Employment...
Driver Killed as Loose Wheel Crashes into Vehicle on Interstate 70 in Indianapolis
Sep 13 2023 // INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A wheel came off a pickup truck on an Indianapolis freeway, bounced over a median and crashed into the windshield of another vehicle, killing its driver Monday, police said. The woman driving the...
Wait ‘Til 2025: The Hartford Won’t See Auto Profit Next Year
Sep 12 2023 // Even after putting through 20% rate hikes over the course of this year, The Hartford needs another round of similar magnitude next year, the insurance company’s leader said recently. The Hartford’s auto book...
Wet Roads, Speed Factored Into Car Crashing Into Texas Denny’s, Police Chief Says
Sep 7 2023 // ROSENBERG, Texas (AP) – A Texas police chief said Tuesday that wet roads and speed factored into the driver of an SUV plowing into a Denny`s restaurant outside Houston on Labor Day, injuring nearly two dozen people...
Vermont Tightens Rules for Out-of-State Car Registrations
Sep 6 2023 // Vermont is implementing new requirements for vehicle registrations using out-of-state addresses. In years past Vermont was happy to register non-residents’ vehicles if they paid the registration fee, which some in...
Boy Struck and Killed by Car in Florida After Dog Chased Him into the Street
Sep 5 2023 // JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy was struck and killed by a car Friday morning in Florida after a dog chased him into the street, authorities said. The boy and his younger brother had been walking on a...
The Most Common Commercial Truck Accidents and Best Practices for Drivers to Avoid Them
Sep 5 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. Protecting your fleet and maintaining steady operations today means implementing risk management practices to combat rising costs and reduce claims. Our...
Rate Hikes Not Bringing Profit to US Auto Insurers: Fitch
Sep 4 2023 // Jumps in rates and written premiums did little to move the needle on underwriting profits for U.S. personal auto insurers, Fitch Ratings reported based on a recent review of midyear results of nine big market...
Arrests Made in ‘Family and Friend’ Auto Insurance Fraud Ring
Sep 4 2023 // An alleged “family and friend” organized auto insurance fraud ring in California was broken up by the Urban Automobile Insurance Fraud Task Force when seven people were arrested on Wednesday in connection to...
Georgia Sheriff Killed Responding to a Call When Car Hits Tree and Overturns
Sep 1 2023 // ABBEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A central Georgia sheriff responding to a call for service was killed when his car went off the road, hit a tree and overturned, authorities said. Wilcox County Sheriff Robert Rodgers died...
Car Premiums to Rise Again as British Insurers Feel the Heat
Aug 30 2023 // Motorists in Britain should brace for another year of steep insurance rises as providers confront cost pressures, industry figures have warned. Admiral Group Plc will continue increasing motor insurance prices and expects...
Former North Dakota Governor Victim of Car Theft
Aug 29 2023 // FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer learned a lesson about his car keys after his vehicle was stolen as he hosted a Fargo radio show. Schafer was guest hosting KFGO`s “News and Views”...
NHTSA Proposing New Rules to Encourage Seat Belt Use by All Vehicle Passengers
Aug 28 2023 // The Department of Transportation is proposing new rules designed to encourage seat belt use by car and truck passengers, including those sitting in the back seat. The new rules proposed by the National Highway Traffic...
Two British Teens and Their Audacious Hack of Nvidia, Grand Theft Auto and Uber
Aug 25 2023 // At 9 p.m. on Sept. 22 last year, a group of City of London police officers waited outside room M15 at the Travelodge Bicester, a one-star budget hotel in Oxfordshire, England, for the right moment to bust in. On the other...
NHTSA Shifts Gears, No Longer Opposes Massachusetts’ Vehicle Data Access Law
Aug 24 2023 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has dropped its opposition to a motor vehicle right-to-repair law in Massachusetts that unlocks vehicle data after the state explained how manufacturers may comply...
