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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...
Report: Vehicle Theft Falls, California Still Dominates Top 10 List
Jun 20 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...
Rates for Good Drivers in Cities Too High, Too Variable, Says Consumer Group
Jun 19 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...
Alabama Readies Online Auto Insurance Verification System
Jun 19 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. State Revenue Commissioner Julie Magee said the Insurance...
GEICO Appoints VP of Claims in Chevy Chase, Md., Home Office
Jun 18 2012 // GEICO, a Chevy Chase, Md.-headquartered auto insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, appointed Rick Hoagland as vice president of claims based in the home office. He succeeds Nancy Pierce, who was recently named regional...
Dallas Hailstorm Insured Losses Could Reach $2 Billion
Jun 18 2012 // Inspecting hail damage. AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Nathan Hunsinger Insured losses from the massive hailstorm that struck the Dallas area on Wednesday could reach as much as $2 billion, making it one of the most...
How Predictive Modeling Has Revolutionized Insurance
Jun 18 2012 // The use of predictive modeling has forever changed the way insurance policies are priced. The revolutionary tool allows insurers to design ever-more-sophisticated models that tap ever-more-detailed data sets to refine...
West Virginia to Start Auto Coverage Verification Program
Jun 18 2012 // The West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles is taking steps to educate motorists about electronic verification of insurance coverage. Vehicle owners will soon begin receiving an informational insert when they get...
North Carolina Keeps Newer Car Inspections
Jun 18 2012 // North Carolina drivers that own newer cars will still have to undergo an annual vehicle inspection after state lawmakers scuttled a proposal to exempt them from the requirement. The Joint Transportation Oversight Committee...
Future Vision: Will Driving Become Too Safe to Insure?
Jun 18 2012 // What would happen to the auto insurance industry if automobile safety improves to the point that vehicle collisions become relics of the past? That’s the question explored by global consulting and research firm,...
Second Member of Alleged Auto Theft Crime Family Nabbed
Jun 14 2012 // Louis Miller, 55, has been arrested on felony charges related to an organized automobile theft ring that was operating in Northern California’s Bay Area. Miller’s bail has been set at $1 million. If convicted...
Better Vehicle Design Is Saving Lives, Reducing Injuries
Jun 14 2012 // Better-designed, safer vehicles have contributed to an overall decline in crashes, deaths and injuries on U.S. roadways. In fact, design improvements between model year 2000 and model year 2008 cars helped save 2,000 lives...
