Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurer Ordered to Pay Mother Who Saw Son Die in Motorcycle Crash
Mar 21 2011 // An Ohio insurance company must pay benefits to a Detroit-area woman who witnessed the death of her son on a motorcycle. A Michigan appeals court said Gale Boertmann of Clinton Township can collect on her auto policy...
MetLife Auto & Home Launches Combo Package Policy in 28 States
Mar 18 2011 // MetLife Auto & Home has will roll out its personal lines “combo” policy into 28 new states over the course of 2011. The policy combines multiple insurance products into one package with one bill and one...
Risk Retention Group Seeks Court Order in Nevada Auto Liability Case
Mar 18 2011 // The National Risk Retention Association has filed an amicus (friend of the court) brief protesting the Nevada Department of Insurance’s efforts stop a risk retention group from issuing automobile liability first...
MDS Acquires 50% Stake in Portuguese Auto Insurance Specialist
Mar 18 2011 // MDS Holdings, the Iberian and Latin American insurance broking group, announced that it has acquired a “50 percent stake in Coral, the former Portuguese in-house broker of Salvador Caetano Group, the largest...
Chubb Adds Pet Injury Coverage, Other Enhancements to Auto Policy
Mar 17 2011 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. is adding up to $2,000 in coverage to its automobile policy for pets injured or killed in a crash or other covered loss. The policy will help pay to treat, board or replace domestic pets,...
Florida Senate Moves to Curb Liability Suits Against Car Makers
Mar 17 2011 // The Florida Senate has approved a bill that would change the apportionment of damages in product liability cases so that a judge or jury must consider the fault of all parties. The bill is designed to shield or limit the...
Kentucky to Penalize Lawyers Who Solicit Auto Accident Victims
Mar 16 2011 // Nearing the close of its regular legislative session, Kentucky lawmakers enacted bills designed to crack down on fraudulent auto personal insurance claims and bring the state in line with new federal tax requirements for...
North Carolina Senators Want to End Car Inspections
Mar 15 2011 // Getting a car inspected can be a hassle, and a legislative report criticized North Carolina’s annual vehicle safety program. But law enforcement and a group representing drivers are opposing an effort at the General...
Progressive Goes National with Usage-Based ‘Snapshot’ Car Insurance Program
Mar 14 2011 // Progressive has begun national advertising for its “Pay-As-You-Drive” program, Snapshot, which offers drivers discounts of as much as 30 percent based on real-time analysis of their driving habits. Over the...
Missouri DOI Fines Auto Insurer $256K; Orders Operational Changes
Mar 11 2011 // A Chicago-based auto insurance company has paid $256,000 in fines and is required to more quickly process, investigate and pay claims under a settlement reached with the Missouri Department of Insurance, the department...
Alabama Senate Approves Auto Insurance Verification Database
Mar 11 2011 // The Alabama Senate has voted to set up a computer database that would allow county tag officials and law enforcement to instantly check whether a vehicle has liability insurance. The Senate voted 35-0 Wednesday for a bill...
Mississippi Senate Passes Auto Insurance Verification Bill
Mar 11 2011 // A bill designed to force compliance with Mississippi mandatory insurance laws passed this week in the Senate, and was among several proposals facing a legislative deadline. The bill would allow the state Department of...
California to Extend Low-Cost Auto Program to Same Sex Spouses
Mar 10 2011 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has filed regulations to add the category of “spouse” to the application form for the state’s Low Cost Auto Insurance Program. “The definition of...
Nationwide Insurance Lowering Ohio Car Insurance Rates 10% for New Customers
Mar 10 2011 // Nationwide Insurance Company announced it is lowering car insurance rates in Ohio 10 percent for new customers. The company is also offering savings on auto insurance rates for current customers who meet eligibility...
Progressive Extends Pet Injury Coverage to Commercial Auto Customers’ Pets
Mar 8 2011 // Business owners can now protect their dogs and cats with Progressive’s free Pet Injury coverage. How it works: If a dog or cat is hurt in a vehicle accident, Progressive will pay vet bills up to $1,000. Key Points:...
Reducing Car Crashes One Reason to Thin Deer Herd in Indiana
Mar 8 2011 // One in 140 drivers in Indiana is likely to a hit a deer this year. That’s the statistic the State Farm insurance agency formulated last year when it studied the number of deer-vehicle collisions across the...
Kruse Joins Condon & Skelly
Mar 8 2011 // Pennsylvania-based NSM Insurance Group has named Jim Kruse as program director for Condon & Skelly, the specialty car insurer the NSM acquired last year. Kruse is a collector car owner with over 18 years experience in...
E&O Insights: Common Auto, Homeowners Errors
Mar 7 2011 // An Estimated 30% of All Agency E&O Claims Arise from Handling Auto and Homeowners Business When dissecting Errors & Omissions claims frequency, it is apparent there is real E&O exposure for agencies writing...
4 Consumer Misconceptions About Personal Lines
Mar 7 2011 // Agents, Don’t Be on Spring Break When Customers Need You to Prepare for Summer As spring draws near, it’s time to reconnect with your clients. There is no better time than now to reach out and address some...
Newer Web Sites Gaining Online Auto Insurance Market Share
Mar 7 2011 // Newer auto insurance and aggregator sites are attracting an increasing share of the online auto insurance market that has been dominated by GEICO and Progressive, according to a new report. In the fourth quarter of 2010,...
