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Mar 22 2010 // Cheryl Celcer has joined wholesale insurance provider Swett & Crawford after a nearly 30-year career with The Hartford, in which she held the position of executive select customer sales representative. Celcer will work...
Florida Court to Hear Rental Car ‘Vicarious Liability’ Case
Mar 22 2010 // An accident victim’s lawyer has urged the Florida Supreme Court to rule that rental car companies can be held liable for damages in an accident they did not cause in the state, even though a new federal law is...
Driver Error Possible in New York Prius Crash, Says Safety Agency
Mar 19 2010 // U.S. safety officials believe driver error may be behind the crash in New York of a Toyota Motor Corp. Prius that has been investigated as a possible case of unintended acceleration, federal investigators said...
Report: Mazda Tribute I Least Expensive Vehicle to Insure
Mar 19 2010 // The Porsche Carrera GT2 two-door coupe is the most expensive vehicle to insure among 2010 models, according to Insure.com’s annual ranking of average car insurance premiums. According to the company’s ranking,...
Massachusetts Warns Car Dealers over Insurance Advice
Mar 15 2010 // Auto dealers in the Bay State must be careful of what they tell car-buyers about purchasing insurance, the Massachusetts Division of Insurance warns dealers in a newly issued bulletin. State law prohibits anyone without an...
American Claims Management Announces New Business Relationship With Starr Indemnity
Mar 15 2010 // San Diego, CA, 03/15/10 – American Claims Management, Inc. (ACM) announced a new business relationship with Starr Indemnity & Liability Company (Starr Indemnity), a wholly owned subsidiary of Starr International...
Calif. Low Cost Auto Insurance Program Participation Up 30%
Mar 15 2010 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that in February, the California Low Cost Auto Insurance Program (CLCA) saw the highest number of enrollees in any one month during the past three years. The CLCA...
West Virginia to Create Electronic Auto Insurance Verification System
Mar 15 2010 // West Virginia lawmakers want to give police and the courts an easy way to verify whether a driver has required liability insurance. The House has approved a measure previously backed by the Senate to instruct the Division...
Lawsuits Over Lost Vehicle Value Could Cost Toyota $3 Billion
Mar 10 2010 // Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japanese auto giant $3 billion or more, according to an...
UK’s Jubilee Agency to Underwrite Amateur Auto Race Drivers
Mar 9 2010 // Specialist Lloyd’s insurer, Jubilee Managing Agency Limited, has been appointed to provide dedicated amateur motor sport personal accident coverage for amateur race and rally drivers who hold UK Motor Sport...
Two Lawyers Named to Minnesota Auto Insurance Plan Governing Committee
Mar 9 2010 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Glenn Wilson has appointed two public members to the governing committee of the Minnesota Automobile Insurance Plan (MAIP). Thomas J. Evenson is an associate with Lind, Jensen, Sullivan...
Toyota to Investigate Prius California Police Say Accelerated
Mar 9 2010 // The driver of a 2008 Toyota Prius said his car uncontrollably accelerated to over 90 miles per hour on a San Diego County freeway before a California Highway Patrol officer helped him stop the car, police said. The driver,...
Utah Considers Changes to Motor Vehicle Insurance Coverage, Liability
Mar 9 2010 // Utah state Sen. Stephen Urquhart is hoping to change the law on motor vehicle coverage by proposing three bills that would affect uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, liability and arbitration for accident...
American Family Insurance Cuts Arizona Auto Rates 5.9%
Mar 8 2010 // American Family Mutual Insurance Co. is lowering Arizona auto insurance rates by an average of 5.9 percent starting March 1, saving its Arizona auto insurance customers $13.7 million, the Madison, Wis.-based insurer...
It Figures
Mar 7 2010 // 14.6% Auto thefts in Michigan in 2008 declined by 14.6 percent compared to 2007. Michigan’s H.E.A.T. (Help Eliminate Auto Thefts) said 2008 statistics — the latest year for which data is available —...
New Vehicle Registrations in Wisconsin Down 46% Since 2000
Mar 4 2010 // New vehicle registrations in Wisconsin are nearly half of what they were in 2000. Registrations dropped 46 percent — a hit that’s felt well beyond the state’s auto dealerships. Thousands of jobs have...
Toyota Sued in Caliornia Over Deaths in Crash Blamed on Acceleration
Mar 4 2010 // Relatives of a California state trooper and three family members whose fatal car wreck helped spark Toyota’s wide-ranging safety recall have sued the automaker for defects they say caused the vehicle to speed out of...
Toyota Ranks on Insurance Institute’s Top Safety Picks List
Mar 4 2010 // Although Toyota recently has come under fire for not addressing gas pedal problems in its vehicles that led to accidents and injuries, the company has had some positive safety news: The Scion xB and Toyota Corolla have...
Rental Car Firm Vicarious Liability Case Reaches Florida Supreme Court
Mar 3 2010 // An accident victim’s lawyer this week urged the Florida Supreme Court to rule that rental car companies can be held liable for damages in an accident they did not cause in the state, even though a new federal law is...
Georgia Supreme Court Defines ‘Accident’ in Multiple Vehicle Case
Mar 2 2010 // Is an auto accident that kills one bicyclist and then within seconds injures a second considered one event or two under Georgia insurance law? The Georgia Supreme Court ruled on March 1 that under Georgia law, this...
