Latest Auto Headlines
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Former New Jersey Police Officer Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Mar 6 2009 // A former Camden City, New Jersey police officer has been sentenced for insurance fraud for falsely claiming that vans used by his patient transportation business were only being driven for personal use, according to state...
A.M. Best: Positive Impact on MEEMIC of Sale to Michigan Auto Club
Mar 6 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has placed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of MEEMIC Insurance Co. in Michigan under review with positive implications. These rating...
Auto Club Insurance to Buy GMAC Affiliate MEEMIC in Michigan
Mar 5 2009 // Auto Club Insurance Association, a Dearborn, Michigan-based insurer, reported it has agreed to acquire MEEMIC Insurance Co. and its insurance agency affiliate, MEEMIC Insurance Services Corp. ACIA is the second largest...
Wyoming House Passes In-Car Breathalyzer Bill
Mar 5 2009 // The Wyoming House of Representatives approved a bill to mandate in-car breathalyzers for some convicted drunken drivers. Senate File 88 was one of three DUI bills proposed during the session, but the only one to make it...
12 Michigan Auto Insurers Pledge Rate Freeze
Mar 4 2009 // Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s call for auto insurance companies to freeze their rates has won over 12 companies thus far, although most of the state’s largest insurer have not consented to the freeze. In a...
MetLife Auto & Home Picks Sebastiani To Grow Company in San Diego
Mar 3 2009 // MetLife Auto & Home announced the appointment of San Diego resident Rodrigo Sebastiani to the position of regional sales manager, overseeing the company’s growth plans in the San Diego market. Sebastiani has...
Nebraska Trial in Florida Insolvent Insurer Case Put on Hold
Feb 25 2009 // The Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered a judge to put a new trial on hold in a multimillion-dollar insurance dispute and follow the high court’s ruling from last summer. Last June, the Supreme Court threw out the...
Arkansas Motorcycle Helmet Bill Stalls
Feb 25 2009 // A proposal requiring motorcyclists to make a choice between wearing a helmet or carrying thousands of dollars in health insurance has been thwarted by a state Senate panel. The bill, which would have required motorcyclists...
Without Insurance, Race Car’s Theft May Mean End of Racing Team
Feb 25 2009 // A pickup truck and a trailer containing an expensive open-wheel race car have been stolen from the parking lot of an Oklahoma City motel, police said. Eugene Nolen of Indianapolis said the $250,000 loss could mean the end...
A Few Small Market Insurers Agree to Michigan Auto Rate Freeze
Feb 24 2009 // Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s call for auto insurance companies to freeze their rates has won over eight companies thus far, although they are insurers with small share of the market in the state. In a Feb. 3...
One Quarter of Oklahoma Bridges Structurally Deficient
Feb 24 2009 // In 2004, a football-sized piece of concrete fell from a bridge and crashed through Yvonna Osborn’s windshield while she was driving home on Interstate 35 in Oklahoma. The 52-year-old Irving, Texas, mother of two died...
Declarations
Feb 22 2009 // Drunken System “It is surprising to the authors that these tragedies do not occur more frequently than they do in Kansas. As we studied this issue, we found many things that need attention, and many parts of the...
Industry Blasts Granholm’s Rate Freeze, Advocate’s Report
Feb 22 2009 // Insurance trade groups have come out swinging against Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s call for auto insurers to freeze rates until lawmakers can enact some of the reforms in a report by the state’s insurance...
Priceless
Feb 22 2009 // In a bold and gutsy move in the face of an economy in downward spiral and unemployment levels approaching record highs, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has called for a freeze on price increases by all hospitals,...
Industry Questions Wisconsin Gov.’s Hike in Auto Insurance Limits
Feb 20 2009 // A proposal in Wisconsin Gov Jim Doyle’s budget would increase mandatory auto insurance limits and drive up costs for many drivers as much as 40 percent, according to the insurance industry. The governor would raise...
South Dakota Weighs Change in Auto Damage Disclosure
Feb 19 2009 // There’s a move afoot in Pierre to change South Dakota’s damage disclosure law for motor vehicles. SB98 would require vehicle titles to contain a statement as to whether the vehicle had been damaged in excess of...
Judges: Jury Should Hear Florida Carbon Monoxide Suit
Feb 19 2009 // A federal judge was wrong to dismiss a lawsuit that blamed an auto muffler maker for the carbon monoxide poisoning of a 19-year-old Florida woman and her boyfriend, rather than let a jury decide, an appeals panel ruled...
Allstate Lowering Rates on Colorado Auto Policies
Feb 18 2009 // Colorado’s Division of Insurance announced that Allstate Insurance Group has decreased its rates for private passenger automobile policies in the state, providing a savings of $6.8 million to consumers through...
Police: New York Man with Anti-DWI Device in DWI Crash
Feb 18 2009 // Police say a Long Island man whose car was outfitted with an anti-drunken-driving device rented another car and crashed it while intoxicated. Police say 27-year-old Marvin Rice, Junior, of Shirley, lost control of a rental...
Large Pickups Fare Poorly in Insurance Institute Safety Crash Tests
Feb 13 2009 // Three large pickup trucks, which serve as workhorses for construction crews, farmers and small business owners, are not providing good protection in side crashes, according to tests conducted by the insurance industry. The...
