Latest Auto Headlines
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Pittsburgh Officer Put on Leave over Fraud Charges
Aug 26 2011 // A Pittsburgh police officer, already disciplined for his conduct during an off-duty vehicle crash, has been put on paid leave after county prosecutors charged him with insurance fraud in the same incident. The Associated...
Washington Auto Glass Fraud Perpetrator Ordered to Pay
Aug 23 2011 // A Burien auto glass company owner who was sentenced for insurance fraud last week now has been ordered to pay more than $1.6 million in restitution to several insurance companies for the overbilling scam. Michael Alan...
California Lawyer Sentenced in Huge Auto Fraud Case
Aug 22 2011 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced that Susana Ragos Chung, 60, a Los Angeles area based attorney has been sentenced in Alameda Superior Court for Insurance Fraud. Chung entered pleas of no...
MMA Insurance UK Expands Commercial Auto Coverage
Aug 22 2011 // The UK’s auto (motor) insurance market is extremely competitive, and over the past few years usually unprofitable. As a result a number of insurers are reducing capacity and/or contracting their distribution for...
Ohio Insurance Director: Auto, Homeowners Rates Still Competitive
Aug 17 2011 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor says Ohio’s average auto and homeowners insurance rates are among the most competitive in the United States. The department annually compiles...
Washington Court Rules in Single-Car, Underinsured Motorist Case
Aug 17 2011 // A Washington State couple has been turned down on their appeal of a ruling that said Farmers Insurance can deny their uninsured motorist claim following a single-car accident, which they said was caused by another driver...
Michigan Man Loses Bid to Have Insurer Pay for Stem Cell Surgery
Aug 15 2011 // A motorcycle wreck turned a Lenawee County man into a paraplegic. Desperate for any relief, he chose stem-cell surgery in Europe, a procedure that may have improved his health but left him with a $51,000 bill. Now, after...
Exclusive: Unreported Insurance Mergers
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Free Car with Auto Policy
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Man with Tongue Stuck to Peacock Falls Off Burning Bike with No Shorts On, Is Then Saved by Umbrella
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Top 10 Innovative P/C Insurance Products
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Would You Like Risotto with That Auto Policy?
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
CNA Launches Enhanced Motor Truck Cargo Legal Liability Form
Aug 11 2011 // CNA has launched an enhanced version of its motor truck cargo legal liability form that provides cargo liability coverage for motor carriers whether on the road, loading or unloading, or stopped at terminals. Available in...
What New Car Insurance Rules Mean for New Jersey
Aug 9 2011 // New Jersey proposed a sweeping overhaul last week to its regulations for the personal injury protection component of auto insurance, hoping to curb rising premiums. The changes affect how and what doctors can bill for...
Man Arrested for LA Car Arsons Formally Charged
Aug 8 2011 // A convicted arsonist was charged Thursday with setting 10 fires in three days in the San Fernando Valley that burned cars, trucks and motorhomes as part of a larger spree that caused an estimated $1 million in damage. In...
LA Car Arson Suspect May Have Set Fires in Japan
Aug 5 2011 // Fire investigators tried to determine Wednesday whether a man arrested for investigation of a serial arson spree in the San Fernando Valley served time for torching bars and restaurants in Japan a decade ago while he was...
2000 Honda Civic Most Frequently Stolen Car in New York State
Aug 5 2011 // The New York Insurance Association has noted that the 2000 Honda Civic is again the most frequently stolen vehicle in New York State. The Hot Wheels 2011 study released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB)...
’00 Dodge Caravan Again Ohio’s Most Stolen Vehicle
Aug 4 2011 // An insurance industry group says a very specific Chrysler minivan is Ohio’s most stolen vehicle for the third year in a row. Once again, the 2000 model Dodge Caravan tops the annual report from the Ohio Insurance...
Massachusetts Agents Seek Ballot Measure to Ban Insurers’ Use of Credit Scores
Aug 4 2011 // Massachusetts independent insurance agents who oppose the use of credit scores, occupation and education level in auto insurance pricing by the insurance companies they represent are pushing to put a petition to ban such...
Judge Scolds PennDOT for Pursuing Uninsured Woman
Aug 4 2011 // A three-judge Commonwealth Court panel Tuesday upheld the suspension of a Philadelphia woman’s car registration for allowing her insurance to lapse, although one judge scolded the Pennsylvania Department of...
