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Ballinger Keeps the Beat at the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas
Sep 1 2008 // SLSOT Celebrates its 20th Anniversary This Year Phil Ballinger, executive director of the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas, knows a lot about rhythm. He was a drummer with the Van Wilks Band long before he joined...
Auto Rates Rising for State Farm, Allstate Customers
Sep 1 2008 // Allstate and State Farm are raising their auto rates in Texas. State Farm filed with the Texas Department of Insurance increases of 2.4 percent and 7.3 percent, respectively, for its two auto insurance subsidiaries, State...
Montana Launches Driver’s Ed/Insurance Classroom Training
Sep 1 2008 // Montana State Auditor John Morrison’s office has launched a new auto insurance training program for teen drivers. The program, called “The Road to Understanding Auto Insurance,” is free to high school...
Drunk Driving Fatalities Decline in 32 States But Rise for Motorcyclists
Aug 29 2008 // New national figures show a significant decline in the number of drunk driving-related fatalities occurring nationally and in 32 individual states, according to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters. However, Peters...
Connecticut Says Use of Fake Auto Insurance Cards Growing
Aug 29 2008 // Counterfeit auto insurance cards have been a problem for years, say Connecticut insurance officials, but recently, the department’s fraud and investigations’ divisions have been seeing seen a lot more of the...
AAA Chicago Forecasts Slight Decrease in Labor Day Holiday Travel
Aug 29 2008 // AAA Chicago projects a slight decrease in the number of Americans traveling during the Labor Day holiday weekend. Nearly 34.38 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this Labor Day holiday weekend, down...
California Commissioner Proposes Pay-As-You-Drive Regulations
Aug 27 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has proposed regulations that would make green auto insurance option available for California consumers. If implemented, pay-as-you-drive auto insurance would allow motorists...
Update: Largest Florida Insurers Report Homeowners, Auto and Flood Claims
Aug 24 2008 // Insurers continue to tally claims from Tropical Storm Fay after its fourth landfall occurred on the Panhandle. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation compiled and released the latest numbers from some of the...
Florida Homeowners and Auto Owners File Fay Claims
Aug 23 2008 // The claims are piling up in Florida as Tropical Storm Fay is knocking on the Panhandle’s door. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation compiled and released the latest numbers from some of the state’s...
High Car Stacks Blamed in Rhode Island Recycling Yard Fire
Aug 22 2008 // Officials in Johnston, Rhode Island say firefighters struggled to douse a large recycling plant fire over the weekend because cars there were stacked too high and were piled too close to each other. The blaze at the Metals...
State Farm, Allstate Raising Auto Rates in Texas
Aug 21 2008 // Allstate and State Farm, two of the largest auto insurers in Texas, are raising their rates, saying the boost is needed to offset a rising number of claims. In filings with the Texas Department of Insurance, State Farm...
America’s Safest Drivers Travel the Roads in America’s Heartland
Aug 21 2008 // Residents in Sioux Falls, S.D., continued to top the chart as the safest drivers in the U.S., according to the fourth annual Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report. The average driver in Sioux Falls experiences an...
Study Shows Ohio Car Thieves Target Older Model Vehicles
Aug 21 2008 // A new study shows Ohio car thieves favor older, American-made vehicles over newer models, echoing a nationwide trend. The 1994 versions of the Dodge Caravan, Oldsmobile Cutlass and Buick Century led a list of the...
Honda Civic, Accord Top 2008 List of Most Stolen Cars
Aug 21 2008 // The 1995 Honda Civic was the car stolen the most in 2007, according to “Hot Wheels 2008,” an annual study from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). According to the 2008 report of cars stolen in 2007,...
Study: Buyer Satisfaction Better When Local Agent Plays a Role
Aug 21 2008 // Insurers who disappoint buyers during the shopping and sales process run the risk of losing sales from new and existing customers. Buyers who purchase their auto insurance policies through local agents give higher average...
Four Small SUVs Earn Top Safety Pick
Aug 20 2008 // Automakers are improving the crashworthiness of their vehicles and quickly installing side airbags and electronic stability control, an important crash avoidance feature, on more models, according to the Insurance...
MetLife Auto & Home Introduces Enhancements to Homeowner Pricing in Arizona
Aug 14 2008 // MetLife Auto & Home has announced that it has introduced a new pricing platform in Arizona. The platform, called METRIX, will enable the company to be more aggressive in pricing homeowners insurance. At the heart of...
Wisconsin Insurance Company President Dies in 2 Car Collision
Aug 13 2008 // The president of Mt. Morris Mutual Insurance Co. in Coloma and his 8-year-old grandson have died in a two-vehicle crash in Jackson County, Wis. Seventy-two-year-old Howard Fenske and Blake Fenske died about 5 a.m. Monday...
Insurers Say Higher Gas Prices May Not Lead to Lower Claim Costs
Aug 13 2008 // Insurers caution public policymakers to not conclude that auto insurance premiums should be reduced because the high price of gas may be lowering the number of miles driven. Based on a new paper by the Property Casualty...
Motorcycle Fatalities in Tennessee Increasing
Aug 11 2008 // Fatal motorcycle accidents in Tennessee are increasing corresponding with a rise in the number of people being issued motorcycle licenses. According to the Tennessee Department of Safety, the number of motorcycle licenses...
