Latest Auto Headlines
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States Rate Poorly on Consumer Insurance Information on Web
Jan 11 2009 // A national consumer group says state insurance departments vary in the quality of the information they provide consumers online, with differences in the usefulness of information such as the rates and practices of...
Merchants Offers New Personal Auto Policy in New York
Jan 9 2009 // Buffalo, New York-based insurer, Merchants Insurance Group, has launched a new personal auto product in New York. The product, called Merchants Flexible Choice Auto, features significant rate reductions along with new...
Aon Completes Sale of Auto Insurance Specialists to Mercury General
Jan 7 2009 // Chicago-based insurance broker Aon Corp. has completed the sale of AIS Management, LLC, which is the parent company of Auto Insurance Specialists, LLC, to Mercury General Corp. Aon said it received $120 million in cash at...
Fatalities on New Hampshire Roads up in 2008
Dec 31 2008 // Fatal motor vehicle crashes are on the rise for the second year in a row according to the New Hampshire Department of Safety. The numbers released on Monday include all fatalities from Jan. 1 to Dec. 22, 2008. A fatality...
North Carolina Auto Insurance Rate Hike In Escrow Until Court Rules
Dec 29 2008 // Auto insurers may increase premiums on North Carolina drivers by up to 9.4 percent starting Jan. 1, but a court ruling will determine whether they can keep the extra money. The North Carolina Rate Bureau, which represents...
New Hampshire Attorney General Warns of Auto Insurance Scam
Dec 29 2008 // New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte is warning consumers to beware of an insurance scam reported in the Midwest. Ayotte says consumers reported getting calls from scammers claiming there was a problem with the...
AAA Reports: 2 Million Michigan Residents Plan Holiday Travel
Dec 22 2008 // An estimated 2 million Michigan residents — almost the same number as last year — will travel 50 miles or more from home during the upcoming Christmas holiday period, according to AAA’s latest travel...
Arkansas Lawmaker: Helmetless Motorcyclists Must Have Insurance
Dec 19 2008 // Helmetless motorcyclists should be able to prove that they have enough health insurance to pay for any injuries they may incur while driving, an Arkansas state lawmaker has proposed. Sen. Kim Hendren, R-Gravette, filed...
Mississippi Approves Alfa Auto Insurance Rate Decrease
Dec 18 2008 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says Alfa Insurance customers are about to pay less for their automobile coverage. Chaney has approved Alfa’s plan to decrease auto rates by as much as 2.1 percent,...
Study: Identifying At-Risk Auto Customers Critical for Carrier Retention
Dec 17 2008 // Although 85 percent of auto insurance customers indicate they are loyal to their carrier, more than one-third of auto insurance policyholders shopped for a new insurance provider, says a new industry study released...
Insurers’ Backing Sought for Car Key That Jams Teen Drivers’ Cell Phones
Dec 12 2008 // University of Utah researchers have developed an automobile ignition key that prevents teenagers from talking on cell phones or sending text messages while driving. The inventors are hoping the insurance industry will back...
Hawaii Compares Auto Insurance Rates, Carriers’ Complaint Ratios
Dec 9 2008 // The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Insurance Division has published motor vehicle insurance premium comparisons for all islands, as well as published customer complaint ratios for carriers in the...
Truck Drivers Teach West Virginia Teens About Road Safety
Dec 9 2008 // Professional truck drivers will be in West Virginia this week demonstrating to teens how to avoid accidents with tractor-trailers. Share the Road is an outreach program of the American Trucking Association that educates...
Five Tow-Truck Workers Arrested in Alleged New Jersey Theft Ring
Dec 9 2008 // Five workers at a north Jersey tow truck company face charges they took cash to steal cars and report them as stolen to insurance companies. North Bergen police say an owner of High Point Towing, which operates in Union...
New Federal Safety Rules Target Medically Unfit Truck, Bus Drivers
Dec 4 2008 // Federal safety regulators have begun taking steps to get medically unfit truck drivers and bus operators off the road. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says it will require states to merge commerical truck...
Car Thieves Work Year Round, Even on Holidays, Warns Crime Bureau
Dec 4 2008 // The good news is that of all the days in the year, a car is least likely to be stolen on Christmas Day. The bad news is that car thieves never take a holiday. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB),...
Louisiana Regulators Take Auto Theft Awareness to Public Schools
Dec 4 2008 // The Department of Insurance Louisiana Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (LATIFPA) has been conducting presentations at middle schools in Bossier City, Benton and Plain Dealing on Auto Theft...
Premium Rating Errors Cost Auto Insurers $16 Billion, Report Claims
Dec 4 2008 // Premium rating errors by insurance companies resulted in the loss of $16.1 billion of auto insurance premium revenues in 2007, slightly down from the 2006 figure of $16.6 billion — but still almost 10 percent of the...
Louisiana Revises Online Auto, Homeowners Comparison Rate Guides
Dec 2 2008 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced revised online auto and homeowners rate comparison guides are now available for viewing on the Department of Insurance Web site at www.ldi.state.la.us. “The...
Ohio Director Warns Consumers About Auto Insurance Phone Scam
Dec 2 2008 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently issued a warning about a telephone scam targeting auto insurance customers. Department Director Mary Jo Hudson said on Dec. 1 that victims are receiving calls saying their...
