Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Established Mass. Auto Insurers Decry ‘Free Ride’ For Incoming Players
May 5 2008 // Existing carriers complain that plan to give 3-year high risk exemption to newcomers creates uneven playing field The Patrick administration is pushing a rule that exempts new auto insurers in Massachusetts from having to...
Auto Exempted From Colorado Fair Accountable Insurance Rates Act
May 5 2008 // After much testimony and deliberation on Colorado House Bill 1389, the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee has amended a controversial bill that insurance associations said would have imposed a prior approval...
Car Crash Deaths Increase Starting at Age 12, Study Finds
May 5 2008 // Child passengers ages 12 to 16 are more likely to die in a car crash than younger children, according to a study released in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. That risk increases with each teenage...
Court Denies Allstate’s Request to Avoid Rate Decrease
May 5 2008 // A San Francisco judge has refused Allstate’s request to block a 15.9 percent automobile insurance rate decrease. Thus, the California Department of Insurance said the rate decrease should take effect immediately, and...
Colorado Motorcycle Fatalities Reach Record High
May 5 2008 // Motorcycle fatalities are on the rise in Colorado, doubling from 45 in 1995 to an all-time high of 90 deaths in 2007, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). In the past five years (2003-2007) in...
National Insurance Crime Bureau: West Has Highest Vehicle Theft Rates
May 5 2008 // The West has the highest per capita rates for vehicle thefts, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, which ranked the top metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) with the highest per capita rate for vehicle thefts...
N.Y. Car Repair Shops Can Rebate Deductibles
May 5 2008 // Allowing car repair facilities to pay all or part of a deductible to an insured does not constitute a rebate prohibited under New York law, lawyers for the state’s insurance department have decided. The reasoning?...
Industry Douses Consumer Group Praise for Prior Approval of Auto Rates
May 5 2008 // A nationwide consumer study of automobile insurance regulation says that rates have risen more slowly over the past two decades in the 15 states that require insurers to receive advance approval of rate increases from the...
How to Successfully Market yourself as a Car Insurance Agent
May 2 2008 // Becoming a successful car insurance agent has a lot to do with the marketing plan that you have in place. If this is something that you take seriously, you will find that your business is growing at a higher pace than ever...
Colorado Senate OKs Requiring Car Insurers to Offer Medical Coverage
May 2 2008 // Colorado drivers would be nudged into buying medical coverage on their car insurance policies under a proposal backed by the state Senate on April 29. Under the bill, insurance companies would have to include $5,000 in...
Volvo’s 2020 Vision: The Injury-Proof Automobile
May 1 2008 // The destruction of the orange sedan with its slapdash paintwork may have been intentional but it was far from wanton. It was all part of Volvo’s bid to create an injury-proof car by 2020. While that vehicle of the...
Allstate to Comply with Order to Lower Calif. Auto Rates by 15.9%
May 1 2008 // California automobile insurance units of Allstate Corp. will lower rates by 15.9 percent by a May 12 deadline, complying with an order by the state’s insurance regulator that it had challenged, a company spokesman...
Excessive Speed, Stunts, Could Mean Prison Time for Florida Motorcyclists
May 1 2008 // Florida motorcycle riders would face increased fines and could end up in prison for excessive speeding and stunt riding under a bill that will now head to the governor’s desk. The purpose of the bill is to stop the...
Progressive Begins Selling Mass. Auto Online; Casco Looks to Enter
May 1 2008 // Progressive Insurance begins selling personal auto insurance online in Massachusetts today. Meanwhile, Casco Indemnity, which writes auto insurance in the other New England states on behalf of several mutual fire insurers,...
Ark. Regulators: MLK Director Made Misrepresentations in Auto Claims
May 1 2008 // The new director of Arkansas’ Martin Luther King Commission made misrepresentations in insurance claims for traffic accidents tied to an insurance fraud ring, according to a circuit court case filed by the Arkansas...
Farmers Offers Discount to Owners of Vehicles with Stability Control
Apr 30 2008 // Farmers Group Inc. is offering an auto insurance discount to Texas policyholders who have vehicles equipped with electronic stability control (ESC) technology. The 5 percent discount begins May 1. It will apply to the...
Michigan Auto Insurance Bill Would Give Motorists Choice in Med Coverage
Apr 30 2008 // A bill being considered by the Michigan legislature would let motorists save up to 16 percent on their auto insurance by choosing less medical coverage. Michigan is the only state to require unlimited personal injury...
Auto Fraud Suspect Arrested in California
Apr 29 2008 // A Desert Hot Springs, Calif., resident was arrested for allegedly defrauding his insurance company of $26,000, the California Department of Insurance reported. Robert Andrew Nelson, 44, was arrested in Cathedral City,...
Maryland Car Dealership Fire Causes $3M in Damage
Apr 29 2008 // Fire investigators say a blaze at a car dealership in Prince Frederick, Maryland did $3 million worth of damage. In addition to the main showroom at Bayside Automotive, five vehicles belonging to the dealership and to...
California Court Denies Allstate’s Request to Avoid $250 Million Rate Reduction
Apr 25 2008 // A San Francisco judge has refused Allstate’s request to block a 15.9 percent automobile insurance rate decrease. According to the California Department of Insurance, the rate decrease should take effect immediately,...
