Latest Auto Headlines
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Zander Insurance, Answer Financial to Offer Home, Auto Insurance Nationwide
Apr 19 2012 // Zander Insurance Group has partnered with Answer Financial to offer home and auto insurance to its customers nationwide. Zander Insurance offers a range of personal insurance products, including term life, disability,...
The Hartford to Offer Electric Vehicle Discount
Apr 19 2012 // The Hartford is now offering drivers of electric vehicles a discount of five percent on their auto insurance policies. The discount is available to new policyholders with electric vehicles in Ala., Ariz., Calif., Ill.,...
J.D. Power: Auto Insurance Claims Satisfaction Drops
Apr 18 2012 // Customer satisfaction with the auto claims experience declined for the first time in three calendar quarters, according to the Westlake Village, Calif.-based J.D. Power and Associates 2012 U.S. Auto Claims Satisfaction...
Data Show Risk Highest for New Motorcycle Riders
Apr 17 2012 // Jeff Foley got a motorcycle for his 40th birthday last year followed by the weekend training course that gave him a New York license. Within the first few months, the 450-pound, low-slung cruising bike fell over twice...
Michigan Governor Signs Bill Making Motorcycle Helmets Optional
Apr 17 2012 // A decades-long fight to eliminate Michigan’s helmet law roared into the victory lane on April 13 when Gov. Rick Snyder announced he signed the repeal into law. The repeal took effect immediately, making Michigan the...
North Carolina Auto Insurance Reform Postponed Until Next Year
Apr 16 2012 // North Carolina lawmakers have decided to postpone any major effort to reform the state’s automobile insurance market until next year citing the complexity of the subject and a lack of time due to a shorten...
Young Agents Survey
Apr 16 2012 // How the Next Generation is Leading the Way There’s a change happening in the insurance industry — a big change. Young independent insurance agents are leading a revolution. It’s a revolution of means more...
Ariz. Bill to Tow Vehicles Without Liability Defeated
Apr 16 2012 // A bill in Arizona that would have changed the current mandatory auto insurance laws to empower law enforcement to tow and impound vehicles if they are driving without liability insurance was defeated in the House...
New York State Senate Passes Auto Insurance Fraud Measures
Apr 16 2012 // New York lawmakers want to slam the brakes on the auto insurance fraud. Late last month, the state’s Senate passed three bills to fight auto insurance fraud. These measures are now in the state Assembly for...
Florida Food Truck Bust
Apr 16 2012 // Florida officials said they have busted an alleged $800,000 insurance claims scam in which food trucks were used to stage accidents. Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced the arrests of 15 defendants for...
DriveFactor Expands Usage-Based Auto Insurance Programs
Apr 13 2012 // DriveFactor, previously known as Crimson Informatics, is offering new auto insurance programs that enable insurers to effectively rate driver performance based on safety and driving habits through mobile technology and...
State Auto Estimates Q1 Storm Impact Could Reach $21M
Apr 13 2012 // Ohio-based State Auto Financial Corp. has estimated first quarter 2012 results will include between $19 million and $21 million in pre-tax catastrophe losses. The company announced that the estimate reflects anticipated...
Auto Insurance Fee Rekindles Michigan Law Debate
Apr 13 2012 // An increase in the amount Michigan drivers will pay into a fund for accident victims with brain damage, paralysis and other catastrophic injuries is renewing a call by some lawmakers for more transparency in how the rates...
N.J. Regulator Offers Advice for Avoiding Auto Insurance Fraud
Apr 12 2012 // Consumers often face important decisions on insurance, medical treatment and auto repair in the aftermath of an auto accident. But unfortunately, they can end up paying unnecessary expenses or even become victims of fraud...
GEICO Appoints 2 Vice Presidents in New York Regional Offices
Apr 12 2012 // GEICO, a Chevy Chase, Md.-headquartered auto insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, appointed two vice presidents in New York regional offices. John Pham has been named vice president of GEICO’s Woodbury, N.Y.,...
Mississippi All-Terrain Vehicle Law Questioned
Apr 12 2012 // Most people who ride their four-wheelers do so on their own property. WTVA-TV reported that occasionally someone will drive them on the road, and in Mississippi, that’s somewhat legal. Mississippi law allows...
Grim Statistic: Auto Fatalities Spike on Tax Deadline Day
Apr 12 2012 // More than 200 years after Benjamin Franklin declared the only things certain in life are death and taxes, Canadian researchers have discovered a grimmer connection: U.S. auto fatalities spike on the deadline day for filing...
Maryland Regulators Offer Tips on GAP Insurance
Apr 10 2012 // The Maryland Insurance Administration is offering advice to car owners about risks of a total loss and how GAP insurance can help them. The officials said that car owners sometimes assume − incorrectly − that if their...
Texas Bus Inspections Get Lax Oversight Despite Crashes
Apr 4 2012 // Months after their state-certified vehicle inspection station was cited by federal authorities for failing to notice defects in a bus that crashed in North Texas, killing 17 passengers, brothers Alam and Cesar Hernandez...
State Auto Companies Name New Officers
Apr 3 2012 // State Automobile Mutual and State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Cos. have named a number of associates officers of the companies. Scott Jones, vice president, chief investment officer, started with State Auto in...
