Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Alfa Insurance Ties Homeowners Coverage to Auto in Alabama
Oct 21 2011 // Alabama residents who have their homeowners insurance through the state’s second largest property insurer must now include their auto coverage as part of their insurance package. Alfa Insurance Co. announced it will...
Michigan Democrats Oppose Auto Insurance Changes
Oct 20 2011 // Democrats in the Michigan House said they would oppose proposed changes to Michigan’s auto insurance laws, including a measure seeking to end the state’s unique requirements for covering people injured in...
New System Allows for Faster Transfer of Vehicle Crash Records in Texas
Oct 19 2011 // Crash records are now easier to transfer with the recent launch of a new, secure web-based application that allows law enforcement agencies to send reports to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) electronically,...
Travelers Launches IntelliDrive Mileage-Based Auto Insurance
Oct 18 2011 // Travelers has launched a program to help low-mileage drivers reduce annual vehicle expenses with its mileage-based auto insurance product, IntelliDrive. Travelers IntelliDrive customers may receive an immediate discount of...
State Auto Financial Estimates Around $60M in Cat Losses in Q3
Oct 18 2011 // State Auto Financial Corp. estimates its third quarter 2011 results will include between $60 million and $63 million in pre-tax catastrophe losses, which includes approximately $25 million of prior period development from...
Myself, the Car: Aggressive Driving Linked to Personality
Oct 18 2011 // Those who view their car as an extension of themselves have stronger aggressive driving tendencies, a new study finds. The study “Aggressive Driving: A Consumption Experience,” by a Temple University Fox School...
Europe’s Fleet Vehicle Market Valued at $23 Billion
Oct 18 2011 // New research by Finaccord, a specialist market research consulting firm, estimates that the market for motor insurance for fleet vehicles across ten European countries is worth €15.8 billion [$21.77 billion] in premiums...
Michigan House Panel OKs Auto Insurance Changes
Oct 17 2011 // A Republican-led state House committee has approved a proposal that would change Michigan’s auto insurance coverage requirements for people injured in accidents. The House Insurance Committee approved the measure...
Auto Insurers’ Loss Ratios Rise in Q2 2011
Oct 17 2011 // Tornadoes and thunderstorms in the South and Midwest made the 2011 second quarter tumultuous for U.S. property writers. The industry loss ratio, before consideration of reinsurance, climbed to 70.6 percent, marking the...
Allstate, Encompass Fined for Violating Delaware Auto Law
Oct 17 2011 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart has fined Allstate Insurance Co. and its subsidiary Encompass Insurance Co. a total of $50,000 for violations of Delaware insurance law. The Allstate consent order...
Google Secretive About ‘Super Safe’ Robot Car Crash
Oct 17 2011 // In July, an astute observer was driving in Mountain View, Calif., when he came across a multiple car fender-bender. A Toyota Prius had hit a Prius, and that Prius hit an Accord, which hit an Accord, which hit a...
Driverless Car Navigates Berlin Streets
Oct 17 2011 // It can talk, see, drive and no longer needs a human being to control it by remote. The car of the future — completely computer-controlled — is on the streets of Berlin. All summer, researchers from the city’s...
One Frustrated Florida County Decides to Tackle Auto Insurance Fraud On Its Own
Oct 17 2011 // One county in Florida has decided not to wait on state lawmakers’ promise to address the insurance fraud and fix the state’s automobile no-fault law. It has passed its own ordinance to crack down on fraudulent...
Ohio Motorcycle Fatalities Decline This Year
Oct 14 2011 // Ohio is seeing fewer deaths from motorcycle crashes, even as more Ohioans are becoming eligible to drive choppers. State Department of Public Safety numbers show 120 people have died in motorcycle accidents since the...
New Jersey Looks to Put a Lid On Its Auto Insurance ‘Pot of Gold’
Oct 13 2011 // New Jersey’s auto insurance personal injury protection (PIP) regulations are due for an update. The state’s law requires that the Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) revisit the rules every two...
FBI Gets Immunity for Wreck of Ferrari in Michigan Insurer Case
Oct 12 2011 // A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the U.S. government over the wreck of a $750,000 Ferrari driven by an FBI agent, saying federal law grants immunity if property is being held by law enforcement. The wreck of the...
Foremost Launches Upgraded Auto Program in Texas
Oct 11 2011 // Foremost Insurance Group’s enhanced auto program is now available in Texas. The Foremost program features more competitive rates, new discounts, increased coverage options and improved online processing features. The...
Mississippi Lawsuit Against Bar Over Drunk Driving Death Leads to $15M Judgment
Oct 7 2011 // A lawsuit and the state’s dram shop law have led to a $15 million judgment in Mississippi against Slippery Nick’s Saloon and Grill. However those who brought the suit do not expect to collect since the bar had...
Auto Insurers’ Loss Ratios Rise in Q2: SNL Insurance
Oct 6 2011 // Tornadoes and thunderstorms in the South and Midwest made the 2011 second quarter tumultuous for U.S. property writers. The industry loss ratio, before consideration of reinsurance, climbed to 70.6 percent, marking the...
Mass. Agents Gathering Signatures for Insurance Credit Score Ban
Oct 6 2011 // A Massachusetts independent agents group said it is confident that banning auto insurers’ use of credit scores and other socioeconomic factors will become a state law in coming months. The Massachusetts Association...
