Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Michigan Governor Signs Order Creating New Insurance Department
Jan 28 2013 // Snyder also Supports Auto Insurance Reform; Fraud Prevention In his “State of the State” address in mid-January, Michigan Gov. Rick Synder recognized the importance of the insurance industry in the state,...
Auto Insurance Claimants Happy with Speedier Settlements
Jan 25 2013 // Auto insurance customers continue to be pleased with not only with their claims settlement amounts but also with how quickly their claims are being settled. Also, insurance claims adjusters are doing a better job of...
Texas Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Auto Insurers
Jan 24 2013 // A Bryan, Texas, chiropractor has entered a plea of guilty to engaging in a conspiracy to defraud various automobile insurance companies of more than $3 million, according to United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Chase...
Michigan Regulators Warn of Bogus No-Fault Auto Insurance Certificates
Jan 23 2013 // The Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) are warning Michigan drivers that they may have unknowingly purchased fraudulent automobile insurance certificates from an unlicensed individual reportedly issued...
Maine Car Buyers Warned to Avoid Deals That Seem Too Good to Be True
Jan 23 2013 // Maine residents in the market for a new car are being warned to stay away from deals that appear too good to be true. Experts say some of the estimated 250,000 vehicles damaged during flooding caused by Superstorm Sandy...
Auto, Homeowner Complaints Dropping in Texas
Jan 17 2013 // Texas drivers are filing fewer and fewer complaints against insurance companies these days, an insurance trade group reported. Last year represents the lowest number of justified or confirmed auto insurance complaints...
Met P&C Settles With Mass., Will Refund Alleged Overcharges
Jan 16 2013 // Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Company (Met P&C) — a unit of MetLife — has settled allegations in Massachusetts concerning auto insurance surcharge premiums. It was alleged that the...
Florida Drivers Can Challenge Presumption of Fault
Jan 14 2013 // Florida’s high court has ruled that drivers that cause an automobile accident by striking another car from behind can still sue the other driver for damages depending on the circumstances of the accident and the...
North Carolina Insurers Split Over Auto Insurance Rate System
Jan 14 2013 // A divided auto insurance industry will try again this year to change a unique regulatory system in North Carolina, which enjoys some of the lowest rates in the country. The industry will use the argument that average costs...
California Court: Parks Not Liable for Bumper Car Injuries
Jan 14 2013 // Amusement parks are not financially responsible for injuries suffered on bumper cars, the California Supreme Court ruled in an opinion published in January. The high court said people who ride bumper cars under normal...
President Obama Signs Bill Repealing Car Dealer Insurance Requirement
Jan 11 2013 // President Barack Obama has signed a law repealing an outdated requirement that car dealerships keep on hand an information booklet about insurance. The bipartisan legislation, H.R. 5859, passed the Senate in December by...
Judge Says Michigan Car Insurance Fund Records Are Public
Jan 4 2013 // An insurance fund that slaps a fee on every Michigan car to pay for catastrophic injuries suffered in accidents has been ordered to open its books and demonstrate how it sets the annual rate. The decision by an Ingham...
California Court: Parks Not Liable For Bumper Car Injuries
Jan 2 2013 // Amusement parks are not financially responsible for injuries suffered on bumper cars, the California Supreme Court ruled in an opinion published Monday. The high court said people who ride bumper cars under normal...
Michigan Man Who Beat Odds Fights No-Fault Insurance Reform
Jan 2 2013 // Sam Howell could barely speak seven years ago. He pointed at letters on a board to communicate. He struggled to stand by himself in his driveway. Recently, Sam, 26, opened the door for me at his home. He spent the next...
Worker’s Comp Reforms, Portable Persistency Top West’s 2012 Headlines
Dec 31 2012 // Dec. 21, 2012 came and went and the apocalypse was so lackluster as to be forgotten among the year’s myriad headlines. Now that we are all well and good, and past doomsday, here are Insurance Journal’s best...
Program Specialists: Thriving in All Market Conditions
Dec 31 2012 // There is a strain of thinking that says generalists can adapt and survive in most environments whereas specialists are more at the mercy of their environment. That may be the case for some species but it’s...
Insurers Divided Over North Carolina Auto Insurance Rate System
Dec 28 2012 // A divided auto insurance industry will try again next year to change a unique regulatory system in North Carolina, which enjoys some of the lowest rates in the country. The industry will use the argument that average costs...
Florida Court Allows Drivers to Rebut Presumption of Fault in Rear-End Crashes
Dec 28 2012 // Florida’s high court has ruled that drivers that cause an automobile accident by striking another car from behind can still sue the other driver for damages depending on the circumstances of the accident and the...
GEICO Names Assistant VP of Regional Claims in Virginia
Dec 27 2012 // GEICO, a Chevy Chase, Md.-headquartered auto insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, recently named Jeremy Connor as assistant vice president of regional claims operations at GEICO’s regional office in Fredericksburg,...
Congress Repeals Insurance Booklet Mandate at Car Dealerships
Dec 26 2012 // The U.S. Senate has approved legislation that would eliminate the requirement that new-car dealerships keep on hand an information booklet about insurance. The bi-partisan legislation, H.R. 5859, endorsed by the National...
