Latest Auto Headlines
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Car Thefts Down in Most Ohio Cities
May 19 2010 // An insurance industry group reports car thefts were down last year in 15 of Ohio’s 16 largest metro areas. The only exception was the Marietta area in southeast Ohio. The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) says a report...
Insurance Group Reports Staged Car Wreck Rings in Oklahoma City
May 18 2010 // A national insurance group says two apparent staged car wreck rings found by authorities in the Oklahoma City metro is part of a nationwide trend. The National Insurance Crime Bureau says the number of schemes involving...
Arizona Auto Thefts Down
May 18 2010 // Auto thefts in Arizona are declining with law enforcement and insurance industry partnerships to reduce crime and losses. Recent national data from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) shows the Tucson and Phoenix...
Declarations
May 17 2010 // No Bogus Charges Allowed “Some repair shops have abused consumers by refusing to return a vehicle until the consumer pays bogus charges.” —Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller. A new law took effect May 1 in Iowa...
2010 A Revolutionary Year for Truckers Insurance
May 12 2010 // The year 2010 might be considered revolutionary, as it is ushering in more changes for those who provide insurance for truckers than the industry has seen in a decade. Motor carriers, defined as anyone who uses a vehicle...
Mississippi City Seeks Split of Damages in Police Chase
May 11 2010 // For the fourth time in the last year, a Hinds County, Mississippi circuit judge has ruled against the city of Jackson in cases involving a police chase. The latest ruling comes from a lawsuit filed by a former Richland...
Seven North Jersey Residents Charged In Auto “Give Up” Scheme
May 6 2010 // Seven New Jersey residents have been charged with insurance fraud and related charges for lying to police that their cars had been stolen in order to collect insurance money, the New Jersey Attorney General’s office...
North Carolina Begins $50 Million in Auto Insurance Refunds This Week
May 4 2010 // This week begins the first phase of a process that will see about 1 million North Carolina policyholders begin to receive refund checks from their auto insurance companies totaling more than $50 million. The refund...
Lo Jack Device Helps in Recovery of $45K in Stolen Property in Louisiana
May 4 2010 // Louisiana State reported that information from Lo Jack Inc. related to a stolen 2006 Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle in the LaPlace area aided in the recovery of $45,000 worth of stolen property. The Suzuki was reported stolen...
Lo Jack Device Helps in Recovery of $45K in Stolen Property in Louisiana
May 3 2010 // Louisiana State reported that information from Lo Jack Inc. related to a stolen 2006 Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle in the LaPlace area aided in the recovery of $45,000 worth of stolen property. The Suzuki was reported stolen...
Universal Casualty Allowed to Sell Auto Insurance in Missouri Again
May 3 2010 // The company had ‘demonstrated to the Director that it has implemented operational changes necessary to improve its business practices.’ The Missouri Department of Insurance has lifted its restrictions on the...
State Auto Income Up for Q1 2010
Apr 29 2010 // State Auto Financial Corp.(STFC), based in Columbus, Ohio, has reported first quarter 2010 net income of $12.9 million versus a net loss of $14 million. The company’s combined ratio for the first quarter of 2010 was...
Grinnell Mutual Issues First Oklahoma Auto Policies
Apr 28 2010 // Iowa-based Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company has issued its first auto policies in the state of Oklahoma, the company announced. Through its longtime relationship with Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Okarche,...
Families Settle for $2.25M with New Jersey City over Car-Trunk Deaths
Apr 27 2010 // The families of three New Jersey boys who died in the trunk of a parked car as police searched for them have settled lawsuits against the city of Camden. The families of 11-year-old Anibal Cruz, 6-year-old Daniel Agosto...
Ohio’s State Auto Insurance Reaches ‘Million Billion’ Milestone
Apr 26 2010 // The State Auto Insurance Group, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has reached a significant milestone in its sales of personal lines insurance: one million policies and one billion dollars in premium. “Success in our...
Spring Brings New Crop of Fraud Laws in Northeast
Apr 23 2010 // Fraud bills are blooming like azalea bushes around the East this spring, and statehouses are rife with upside potential for substantive new fraud laws in 2010. This counters the recent logic that many state lawmakers are...
Fiesta Auto Insurance Opens 20 Locations Nationwide
Apr 23 2010 // Huntington Beach, Calif.-based Fiesta Auto Insurance, a franchise system to combine insurance and tax preparation under one roof, announced it has opened 20 new locations during the past 90 days. The company’s...
Earth Day: How Insurance Coverages Respond to Greening of America
Apr 22 2010 // Green energy, sustainable food, recycling, hybrid vehicles – environmental awareness is impacting the lives of Americans everyday. Many consumers are choosing to make both small and large changes to reduce their...
Hospitals Shifting Costs to Auto Insurance System, Study Finds
Apr 22 2010 // Low reimbursements from public health insurance programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, have prompted hospitals to shift costs to automobile insurance companies—raising auto injury claim costs and forcing auto...
Progressive Launches Car Insurance App for Google’s Android Smart Phone
Apr 22 2010 // Progressive Insurance has launched a car insurance app for smart phones using the Google Android operating system, one of the fastest growing smart phone platforms. “We’ve seen a 30 percent increase in visits...
