Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Survey: Michigan Voters Support No-Fault Reform
Apr 18 2013 // According to a recent statewide poll commissioned by the Coalition for Auto Insurance Reform (CAIR), an overwhelming number of Michigan voters believe their auto insurance premiums are too high and support no-fault reform...
North Carolina Auto Insurance Rating Bill Dies in Committee
Apr 18 2013 // Legislation to overhaul North Carolina’s automobile insurance system was rejected Tuesday by a House committee after Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin and other speakers argued it would raise premiums for...
Risk Retention Association Hails Court Ruling in Nevada Battle
Apr 17 2013 // In a decision the National Risk Retention Association says will help clear any future hurdles faced by risk retention groups in other states, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a District Court ruling that the...
North Carolina’s Auto Insurance System Badly Needs an Upgrade
Apr 16 2013 // It’s easy to understand why many North Carolinians are skeptical of proposals to change how the state regulates auto insurance. In a state where homeowners insurance rates are fairly high, and auto insurance...
Michigan Tells Auto Dealer to Stop Selling Insurance
Apr 16 2013 // Michigan’s Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has ordered a Detroit-area auto dealer to stop selling insurance without a license. The DIFS issued a cease and desist order against Monaco Motors...
Driver Fatigue Causes 20% of Auto Crashes: Study
Apr 15 2013 // A 100-car “naturalistic” driving study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute says that fatigue is a cause of 20 percent of car crashes, rather than the two or three percent previously...
San Francisco Cable Car Accidents Costs Millions
Apr 15 2013 // In this city of innumerable tourist attractions, the clanging, hill-conquering cable cars stand out as a top draw. The quaint conveyances also stand out for the inordinate number of accidents and the millions of dollars...
Move To Allow Computer Vehicle Registration in Colorado
Apr 10 2013 // The Colorado Department of Revenue is asking state lawmakers to allow people to register their vehicles and get titles using their computers. Lawmakers say a measure being considered Wednesday would save a lot of time and...
Florida May Scrap No-Fault Auto Insurance Law
Apr 5 2013 // Frustrated by a recent court decision temporarily blocking part of Florida’s no-fault auto insurance law reformed last year, state lawmakers are considering scrapping the entire law. Current proposals would reinstate...
New Vehicle Safety Ratings Would Reflect New Technologies, Aid Older Drivers
Apr 5 2013 // The U.S. Transportation Department said on Thursday it is looking at ways to expand its vehicle safety ratings in response to rapidly changing technology, including the addition of ratings to help inform older...
Insurer Analyzes Top 10 Driving Distractions Involved in Fatal Car Crashes
Apr 4 2013 // Of the more than 65,000 people in the U.S. killed in car crashes over the past two years, one in 10 were in crashes where at least one of the drivers was distracted, according to an analysis by Erie Insurance. The Erie,...
Seat Belts Not Buckled in 59% of Alabama Car Crash Fatalities
Apr 4 2013 // Alabama Department of Transportation officials said more than half of the people killed in car crashes last year were not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident. State officials released a report based on...
Risk Point, LLC Seeks Agents for New Auto Dealer Physical Damage Program
Apr 3 2013 // New managing general agency Risk Point, LLC, is now accepting applications from independent agents and brokers throughout the United States to provide automobile dealer physical damage coverage for qualified franchised and...
Mass. Regulators Received Over 10K Auto Insurance Complaints, Inquiries in 2012
Apr 3 2013 // Massachusetts regulators said 10,729 consumers had contacted the state’s Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation and its insurance division in 2012 with questions and complaints regarding their auto...
High-Tech Personal Lines: Technology Changing the Way Agents Do Business
Apr 3 2013 // Many believe there is still opportunity for independent insurance agents and their carriers to grab personal lines market share. But to do so they must find a way to compete against the giant direct response and captive...
Georgia Residents Recall Tornado of 40 Years Ago
Apr 3 2013 // Like many people who lived in Athens, Georgia at the time, Anne Shepherd clearly remembers March 31, 1973 — the day the tornado hit. Shepherd, owner of downtown’s Chick Music store, had gone out to a house on North...
19 States Approve ISO’s Telematics-Based Auto Rating Tool
Apr 2 2013 // Insurance technical and policy services organization ISO said it has filed its first vehicle telematics-based rating rule with insurance regulators in 33 states and received approvals in 19 states. The GeoMetric rating...
Everest Re, Arrowhead Agree to Offer Non-Standard Auto Coverage
Apr 1 2013 // Everest Re Group, Ltd. wholly-owned primary insurance subsidiary, Everest Security Insurance Company, (ESIC) has entered into a definitive agreement with Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown...
4 Insurers to Reimburse Mass. Drivers to Settle Allegations of Overcharges
Mar 29 2013 // Four auto insurers have settled allegations that they overcharged Massachusetts consumers relating to auto insurance surcharges that were overturned by the state’s Board of Appeal, or otherwise removed from state...
Ex-New Orleans Policeman Pleads Guilty to Criminal Mischief in Car Crash
Mar 29 2013 // A former New Orleans police officer accused last fall of falsifying a police report to cover up an alleged hit-and-run accident in his personal car has pleaded to a lesser charge. The Times-Picayune reports 39-year-old...
