Latest Auto Headlines
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New Crash Avoidance Features Reduce Claims, Says Insurance Safety Institute
Jul 10 2012 // Advanced crash avoidance technologies include some clear success stories when it comes to preventing crashes, insurance claim analyses by the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) show. Forward collision avoidance systems,...
Worker Hit, Killed by Dump Truck in Work Zone
Jul 5 2012 // Authorities say a construction worker was killed in an eastern Missouri freeway work zone when a loaded asphalt truck backed over him. The Missouri State Highway Patrol did not immediately identify the the man killed at...
More Gen Y’ers Passing on Driving
Jul 2 2012 // To Shoshana Gurian-Sherman, driving seemed like a huge hassle. “Part of it was laziness,” the 23-year-old Minneapolis resident recalled. “I didn’t really want to put in the effort to learn how to...
RSA Inks Agreement w/ The Co-operative Insurance for Auto Claims
Jul 2 2012 // The UK’s RSA and The Co-operative Insurance have announced a bilateral agreement to settle outstanding motor recoveries. RSA said it is “designed to remove frictional costs, limit the need for claims handlers...
Florida’s Anti-Fraud Auto Insurance Law Now in Effect
Jul 2 2012 // A trio of constitutionally questionable measures and legislation designed to crack down on no-fault auto insurance fraud are among about 150 new Florida laws going into effect Sunday. A law that bans state and local...
Alabama Readies Auto Insurance Verification
Jul 2 2012 // Alabama’s Revenue Department is launching an online system that will allow county license plate officials to verify whether a vehicle has liability insurance. The Legislature passed a requirement last year that the...
City Drivers’ Rates Too High, Too Variable, Says Consumer Group
Jul 2 2012 // The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) says that most good drivers — those with no accidents or moving violations — who live in moderate-income areas in 15 cities are being quoted what the group maintains are high...
Report: Vehicle Theft Falls, California Still Dominates Top 10 List
Jul 2 2012 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau reported 2011 is on track for another consecutive year of declining vehicle thefts, but California still dominates the top 10 list for areas highest auto theft rates. Seven of the top 10...
J.D. Power: Auto Insurance Satisfaction Reaches All-Time High
Jul 2 2012 // Overall customer satisfaction with auto insurance companies has reached an all-time high, according to the Westlake Village, Calif.-based J.D. Power and Associates’ 2012 U.S. Auto Insurance Study. The satisfaction...
CFA: Rates for Good Drivers in Cities Too High, Too Variable
Jul 2 2012 // The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) says that most good drivers — those with no accidents or moving violations — who live in moderate-income areas in 15 cities are being quoted what the group maintains are high...
Helping Policyholders Understand Auto Glass Repair Or Replacement Options
Jul 2 2012 // Did you know that the most frequent of vehicle claims is glass damage at the rate of 7.5 million per year, and 80 percent of those are windshield damage versus side or back glass? When a policyholder experiences windshield...
Texas Regulators Fine Auto Insurer for Improper Ads
Jul 2 2012 // Texas regulators have fined Loya Insurance Co. $300,000 for what investigators call unfair and deceptive business practices. The Department of Insurance also says Loya failed to file accurate information on rates for its...
Consumer Watchdog Failure Could Help Auto Discount Initiative
Jun 29 2012 // Santa Monica, Calif.-based Consumer Watchdog’s proposed ballot measure to require health insurance companies to get approval before raising their rates narrowly missed qualifying for November’s ballot by...
Esurance Extends Discounts to Same-Sex Couples in Domestic Partnerships
Jun 27 2012 // Esurance, the direct-to-consumer personal car insurance company, is offering new car insurance savings to same-sex couples in domestic partnerships and civil unions in 21 new states across the country. Same-sex couples who...
National Glass Exchange, AmTrust to Offer Windshield Protection Plans
Jun 27 2012 // The AmTrust Group of insurance carriers and its sister company, Warrantech, will now be supporting the National Glass Exchange’s (NGE) Windshield Protection Plans. Through the new agreement, AmTrust will provide the...
Association’s Suit Seeks Information from Michigan Auto Claims Administrator
Jun 26 2012 // The Brain Injury Association of Michigan (BIAMI) announced it has filed a lawsuit against the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA) to obtain vital financial information, specific claimant records and actuarial...
Customer Satisfaction with Auto Insurers at New High: J.D. Powers
Jun 26 2012 // Overall customer satisfaction with auto insurance companies has reached an all-time high, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 U.S. Auto Insurance Study. The satisfaction rate was driven primarily by increases...
Trade Group: 70K Vehicles Damaged in Dallas Area Hailstorm
Jun 25 2012 // Approximately 70,000 vehicles were damaged in the June 13 hailstorm in the Dallas, Texas, area and car rental companies are feeling the pinch, according to an insurance industry trade group. Car rental companies are...
Penn. Man Sentenced for Staging 15 Car Crashes for Insurance Money
Jun 21 2012 // An Erie, Pennsylvania, man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced for heading a fraud ring that staged auto accidents to collect about $37,000 from insurance companies. The Erie Times-News reports 38-year-old Edgar...
Kansas Researchers: Most Large Truck Crashes Caused by Driver Error
Jun 21 2012 // Two Kansas State University civil engineers working to make Kansas roads and highways safer by reducing the number and severity of vehicular crashes that involve large, cargo-carrying trucks, say the majority of such...
