Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Satisfaction with Home Insurance Flat But Gains with Auto
Oct 7 2008 // The gap in customer satisfaction between homeowners and auto insurance providers has steadily widened since 2004, with homeowners insurance customer satisfaction remaining essentially flat during the past five years,...
Universal North America Offers Auto Coverage in Arizona, Nevada
Oct 6 2008 // Universal North America Insurance Co. will begin providing automobile insurance coverage in Arizona and Nevada, the company announced. The Universal family of insurance companies already provides homeowners insurance and...
4 Arrested on Charges of Faking Mississippi Car Accident
Oct 5 2008 // The Mississippi attorney general’s office says four people have been arrested on charges they staged a car accident in Yazoo County to collect insurance money. Attorney General Jim Hood says the four have been...
Crack Found in Kentucky Bridge, Eastbound Truck Traffic Halted
Oct 3 2008 // Inspectors discovered a crack in the eastbound Interstate 275 bridge in northern Kentucky, prompting the state Transportation Cabinet to ban truck traffic from the span, a spokesman said Oct. 1. Eastbound traffic on the...
Texas Rolls Out Insured Driver Database Statewide
Oct 3 2008 // TexasSure, the vehicle insurance verification database designed to reduce the number of uninsured motorists in Texas, is now available to law enforcement statewide, the Texas Department of Public Safety reported. TexasSure...
State Auto Board Elects Valentine Assistant Secretary
Oct 2 2008 // Peter S. Valentine has been elected assistant secretary by the boards of directors of State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. and State Auto Property and Casualty Insurance Co. Valentine, 43, joined the State Auto Insurance...
Boston’s ‘Biggest Loser’ Indicted in Insurance Fraud Case
Oct 1 2008 // A Suffolk County grand jury returned indictments against a Boston man in connection with allegedly attempting to defraud insurance companies by reinsuring expensive jewelry that had allegedly been stolen, and for allegedly...
Kentucky Regulator Takes Action against Global Healing Society
Oct 1 2008 // Under an order issued by the Kentucky Department of Insurance, the Global Healing Society, of Puyallup, Wash., would pay a $30,000 civil penalty and cease operating its unauthorized insurance business in the...
Union General Insurance Offers Public Auto Market
Sep 29 2008 // Concord, Calif.-based Union General Insurance has an “A+” admitted carrier offering a variety of programs to address public auto exposures. The program can handle accounts up to 10 units. Public auto classes...
Consumer Groups Urge California to Approve Auto Repair Fraud Legislation
Sep 29 2008 // The Center for Auto Safety, Consumer Action and Consumers Union are united in urging California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign Assembly Bill AB 2825, designed to protect motorists from auto body repair fraud. The...
Illinois Deer-Vehicle Collisions Increase 25% in Two Year Period
Sep 26 2008 // Each year, deer-vehicle crashes cause more than 200 deaths and tens of thousands of injuries, while racking up $1.1 billion in property damages. Based upon Erie Insurance’s decade of deer-vehicle collision data, we...
PCI Tells U.S. Trade Commission China Insurance Link Important
Sep 24 2008 // In testimony before the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) stressed the “importance of the U.S.-China insurance trade relationship.” The PCI also...
Confie Seguros Acquires West Coast Auto Insurance Services
Sep 24 2008 // Confie Seguros, a provider of auto insurance with an emphasis on serving Hispanic consumers, has acquired auto insurance brokerage West Coast Auto Insurance Services. The acquisition broadens Confie Seguros’ presence...
Universal North Americal Offers Auto Coverage in Arizona, Nevada
Sep 23 2008 // Universal North America Insurance Co. will begin providing automobile insurance coverage in Arizona and Nevada this month, the company announced. The Universal family of insurance companies already provides homeowners...
California Commissioner Proposes Pay-As-You-Drive Regulations
Sep 22 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has proposed regulations that would make a green auto insurance option available for California consumers. If implemented, pay-as-you-drive auto insurance would allow...
Wisconsin Sleep-Related Truck Crash Prompts Federal Call for Research
Sep 18 2008 // Trucking companies should work harder to enforce that their drivers get rest, and the government should move toward mandating the use of alarm systems to alert exhausted truckers, a federal board recommended. While drivers...
Auto Insurers Fail to Catch Most New Shoppers: J.D. Power
Sep 16 2008 // On average, auto insurance companies quote and successfully sign only two percent of all auto insurance shoppers, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Insurance Escaped Shopper Study. The study finds that 36...
Van Gilder Adds Healthcare Practice
Sep 16 2008 // Denver-based Van Gilder Insurance Corp. has announced the creation of a new business unit to meet the risk management needs of the healthcare industry. The new unit will be called the Healthcare Specialty Business...
Bristol West Decreases Washington Auto Rates 10 Percent
Sep 12 2008 // Davie, Fla.-based Bristol West Insurance Co. announced it is decreasin automobile insurance rates up to 10 percent for current and new customers in Washington. The rate decrease is effective Sept. 16, 2008, and is based on...
Everest Subsidiary Offers Non Standard Auto Product in South Carolina
Sep 12 2008 // Everest Security Insurance Co., a U.S. insurance subsidiary of Everest Re Group Ltd., is now offering non-standard automobile insurance in South Carolina through its network of independent agents. Everest Security...
