Latest Auto Headlines
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Indiana Woman Arrested After Driving Car Into Building She Thought Was `Israel School`
Nov 8 2023 // INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A woman who allegedly drove her car into a building in Indianapolis after watching coverage of the Israel-Hamas war told officers she believed the building was an “Israel school,”...
UK Weighs Criminal Liability for Self-Driving Car Companies
Nov 7 2023 // Self-driving car companies could face criminal action in the UK if their vehicles fail to meet safety standards in the most serious cases. New legislation, introduced in today’s speech by King Charles III, who...
Maryland Mechanic Sentenced for Filing $223,000 in False Claims for Auto Repairs
Nov 7 2023 // A Maryland mechanic who filed false claims for automobile repairs and was paid more than $223,000 by insurers will have to spend at least a few years behind bars after he was sentenced this week. Kenneth Wayne Collins, 36,...
Commercial Auto Up Against Persistent Headwinds to Underwriting Profit: AM Best Report
Nov 6 2023 // Underwriting losses in U.S. commercial auto have returned to pre-pandemic levels and rate increases have not been enough to keep up with severity trends. “The liability component has been more problematic than the...
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Escape Clause in Progressive Auto Liability Policy
Nov 6 2023 // Acuity and Progressive Specialty Insurance Co. disputed who should pay after a 16-year-old boy borrowed a friend’s car and crashed it into a utility pole in Streetsboro, Ohio. The driver was insured by Acuity through...
California’s 3Q Auto Market Registrations Continued to Rise Helped by EV Sales
Nov 2 2023 // A new report shows a 14.3% increase in California’s new vehicle registrations compared to the first nine months of 2022 pushed by rising electric vehicle sales. The 3rd quarter 2023 Auto Outlook report from the...
Auto Claims Satisfaction Scores Are Up Despite Longer Repairs; Amica Tops List
Oct 27 2023 // An auto parts shortage combined with longer cycle times for repairs has contributed to repairs taking an average of about 23 days in 2023, up an average of a little more than 6 days from 2022 and more than double the...
New Jersey Man Admits Role in Interstate Luxury Car Theft Ring
Oct 27 2023 // A New Jersey man has admitted his role in a conspiracy to steal and transport across state lines luxury cars stolen from towns in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, reported U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger. Malik Baker...
Texas Women Want Careers as Truck Drivers Say They Can’t Get a Job Because of Their Gender
Oct 27 2023 // Ashli Streeter entered truck driving school with high hopes of the open road and a well-paying job. The 27-year-old from Killeen took out a $7,000 loan for school and received her commercial driver’s license in May....
Atlanta Temporarily Closes 3 Fire Stations Amid Firefighter, Truck Shortage
Oct 25 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — The city of Atlanta has temporarily closed three of its more than 30 fire stations because of truck breakdowns and a shortage of firefighters. Atlanta Fire Rescue Chief Roderick Smith told a City...
Theft of 2 Million Dimes Linked to Truck Cargo Robbery Spree
Oct 25 2023 // Federal authorities have released more details and unsealed charges in the theft of more than 2 million dimes earlier this year from a tractor-trailer that had picked up the coins from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The...
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Escape Clause in Progressive Auto Liability Policy
Oct 23 2023 // Acuity and Progressive Specialty Insurance Co. disputed who should pay after a 16-year-old boy borrowed a friend’s car and crashed it into a utility pole in Streetsboro, Ohio. The driver was insured by Acuity through...
4 Cows Killed in Truck Rollover Crash in Connecticut; Another 6 Euthanized
Oct 23 2023 // A tractor-trailer carrying 44 dairy cows crashed on a Connecticut highway exit ramp early Thursday, killing eight of the animals immediately while another six had to be euthanized because of their injuries, state police...
Nebraska Sheriff Charged With Filing Fraudulent Auto Insurance Claim
Oct 20 2023 // ORD, Neb. (AP) – A small-town Nebraska sheriff has been charged with filing a fraudulent auto insurance claim to get the repairs to his yellow 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo paid for. The complaint filed against Valley...
Viewpoint: California’s Personal Auto Market: Steering Through Change
Oct 20 2023 // The withdrawal of major homeowners insurance companies in the California market made national headlines, but news just as concerning and impactful is California’s private passenger auto insurance market. Much like...
S&P: Struggles in Personal Auto Insurance to Subside Slower Than Expected
Oct 19 2023 // S&P Global Market Intelligence projects that personal auto results will improve from 2022’s worst-in-decades combined ratio of 112.2%, though not as rapidly as the organization’s experts previously...
Colorado Train Derails, Spilling Train Cars and Coal onto Highway and Killing Truck Driver
Oct 17 2023 // A semi-trailer truck driver was killed when a train derailed and a bridge collapsed, spewing coal and mangled train cars across a highway near Pueblo, Colorado, on Sunday, authorities said. The driver has died, but no...
New Jersey High Court to Hear E-Scooter Rider’s Bid for No-Fault Auto Benefits
Oct 16 2023 // David Goyco says he was like a bicyclist when he was injured while riding his low-speed electric scooter and hit by a car. Thus, he contends, he is entitled to personal injury protection (PIP) benefits from his auto...
Is It Auto or CGL … or Both or Neither?
Oct 16 2023 // For many people, the outdoor grilling season is about over. Notice that I said “grilling” season and not “BBQing” season. Being a Southerner, we know that outdoor cooking is known as...
Study: Most Commercial Auto Insurance Businesses Researching Telematics
Oct 12 2023 // Approximately 78% of commercial auto insurers are in the research phase of preparing for usage-based insurance (UBI) products, according to a new report from The National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research and...
