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ISO Equips Own Fleet with Devices to Monitor Driving Behavior

Sep 21 2010 // ISO has announced that it will equip more than 600 ISO company vehicles with telematics devices to monitor and record data about driving behavior. Information will include Global Positioning System (GPS) and On-Board...

Pennsylvania Ponders Increased Auto Liability Limits

Sep 20 2010 // A new bill introduced to the Pennsylvania senate would double the minimum liability amounts of auto insurance policies in the state. Current laws set minimum liability limits for bodily injury at $15,000 per person and...

Sep 20 2010 // Highway Deaths Lowest Since 1950 Highway deaths fell to 33,808 in the United States for the year 2009, the lowest number since 1950. The decline in traffic fatalities occurred even while estimated vehicle miles traveled in...

3 Win Progressive Insurance X-Prize for Fuel Efficient Vehicles

Sep 17 2010 // An ultralight, gas-powered car that can get 102 miles per gallon is among the winners of the $10 million Automotive X Prize, a contest to develop highly efficient, production-ready vehicles. While it’s not likely to...

Cincinnati Police Caution Car Owners About Thefts

Sep 14 2010 // Cincinnati police are placing notes on cars parked around the city, cautioning owners not to leave laptop computers, GPS devices or other equipment in their vehicles where it can be seen by would-be thieves. Police say the...

Highway Deaths Lowest Since 1950

Sep 10 2010 // Highway deaths fell to 33,808 in the U.S. for the year 2009, the lowest number since 1950. The decline in traffic fatalities occurred even while estimated vehicle miles traveled in 2009 increased by 0.2 percent over 2008...

Car Booster Seats Make Gains in Insurance Testing

Sep 9 2010 // Car booster seats have made strides in ensuring a proper fit for children in the back seat, according to a review by the insurance industry. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave its top marks to 21 of 72 booster...

Aon Benfield Appoints Van Slooten to Head International Research Team

Sep 9 2010 // Aon Benfield has appointed Mike Van Slooten as head of the International Research team, which monitors and analyzes reinsurers and market trends. He will be responsible for “organizing market security and research...

Two Massachusetts Agents Appointed to CAR Governing Committee

Sep 9 2010 // Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers, which oversees Massachusetts’ residual market for auto insurance, has appointed two members to its governing committee. The new committee members are Joseph P. Leahy Jr., a...

Chartis Introduces Alternative Fuel Deductible Option on Commercial Auto

Sep 7 2010 // Chartis has introduced an Auto Physical Damage Alternative Fuel Incentive Deductible designed to assist business customers in their efforts to be environmentally responsible. The enhancement allows customers to be...

New York to License Self-Storers, Open Up Car Rental Coverage Options

Sep 6 2010 // Self-storage company operators in New York will be allowed to obtain insurance licenses to sell contents coverage to their clients, under a law signed recently by Gov. David Paterson. The law allows the state’s...

Road Tech

Sep 6 2010 // Technology — especially cell phones and texting technologies — gets a bad rap when it comes to safety while driving. Of course, it’s not the technology that’s unsafe — it’s people and their need to...

Road Tech

Sep 6 2010 // Technology — especially cell phones and texting technologies — gets a bad rap when it comes to safety while driving. Of course, it’s not the technology that’s unsafe — it’s people and their need to...

Pennsylvania Ponders Increased Auto Liability Limits

Sep 3 2010 // A new bill introduced to the Pennsylvania senate would double the minimum liability amounts of auto insurance policies in the state. Current laws set minimum liability limits for bodily injury at $15,000 per person, and...

Connecticut Arson Cop Charged in Car Fire Conspiracy

Sep 2 2010 // The top arson investigator in Connecticut’s largest city has been arrested in alleged fire-for-hire plot to burn her car for the insurance money. Veteran Bridgeport police Detective Kimberly Biehn is facing charges...

New Jersey Court: Construction Worker Can Sue Employer

Aug 31 2010 // New Jersey workers’ compensation laws do not prevent a construction worker injured in a trench collapse from suing his employer, a state Appeals Court has ruled. The lawsuit — which was originally dismissed by...

Motor Vehicle Crash Injuries Costing $99 Billion a Year, or $500 per Driver

Aug 27 2010 // In a one-year period, the cost of medical care and productivity losses associated with injuries from motor vehicle crashes exceeded $99 billion – with the cost of direct medical care accounting for $17 billion. A new...

Bristol West Auto Insurance Renamed Foremost

Aug 27 2010 // Foremost Insurance Group announced it has re-branded Bristol West Auto Insurance to the Foremost brand to support the company’s market strategy. Both Foremost and Bristol West were acquired by Farmers Insurance Group...

Aon UK Warns Car Rental Companies on Upswing in ‘Crash for Cash’ Claims

Aug 26 2010 // A bulletin from Aon UK, notes that Britain’s Insurance Fraud Bureau “has claimed that “crash for cash” schemes, in which car accidents are staged in order to claim on another drivers’...

New York to License Self-Storers, Open Up Car Rental Coverage

Aug 18 2010 // Self-storage company operators in New York will be allowed to obtain insurance licenses to sell contents coverage to their clients, under a law signed by Gov. David Paterson. The law allows the state’s Department of...