Latest Auto Headlines
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Another Insurance Association Joins Fight to Defeat Colorado Auto Rate Bill
Apr 17 2008 // Another insurance association is joining in the fight to defeat Colorado House Bill 1389. The Fair Accountable Insurance Rates Act is expected to be heard in the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee on Thursday,...
Mich. House Passes Auto Insurance Bills; No Vote Taken on Credit Ban
Apr 17 2008 // The Democrat-led Michigan House has passed bills supporters say could make auto insurance more affordable for some Michigan residents. The bills approved on Tuesday would give state regulators power to order refunds if...
Minnesota Lawmakers OK Compromise on Suing Home, Auto Insurers
Apr 16 2008 // The Minnesota Legislature approved this week a compromise bill giving consumers more clout in court when they disagree with their home and auto insurance companies. The legislation passed the Senate 47-15 and the House...
OneBeacon Agents Can Access Hagerty Collector Car, Boat Coverages
Apr 11 2008 // OneBeacon Insurance Group and Hagerty Insurance Agency and Hagerty Classic Marine Insurance Agency, collector car and classic boat insurance agencies, are now collaboratively providing property and casualty insurance...
Agents Balk as Mass. Permits 6-Month Auto Insurance Policies
Apr 10 2008 // Massachusetts will permit auto insurers to sell six-month policies in another change under the state’s newly operational managed competition system that gives insurers more freedom and drivers more...
7 Accused in Mass. Auto Insurance Accident Staging Conspiracy
Apr 9 2008 // Seven people have been indicted in Essex County (Massachusetts) for allegedly conspiring to stage automobile accidents to collect insurance payments. A grand jury returned the indictments last Friday against two attorneys,...
Auto Insurer Progressive Reports Q1 Profit Down 34%
Apr 9 2008 // Progressive Corp., one of the largest U.S. auto insurers, Wednesday said first-quarter profit fell 34 percent, as premiums declined. Net income for the Mayfield Village, Ohio-based company dropped to $239.4 million, or 35...
New Jersey Court: Injured Delivery Driver Can’t Collect Damages
Apr 9 2008 // A truck driver struck by a car while making an early-morning delivery stop at a New Jersey Taco Bell cannot collect damages from his employer because his injuries entitled him to workers’ compensation benefits, a...
Colorado Legislation Threatens Auto Insurance Savings, Insurers Say
Apr 8 2008 // The Colorado Legislature is considering a bill that would add bureaucratic red tape and costs to the state’s automobile insurance system, claims the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), which is...
WNS Acquires U.K.’s Auto Insurance Claims Processor Call 24/7
Apr 7 2008 // WNS (Holdings) Limited, a business process outsourcing company, reported that it has acquired Call 24/7 Ltd., an auto insurance claims processing services provider in the United Kingdom. WNS has acquired all shares of...
Main Street America Adds States to Personal Auto Program
Apr 7 2008 // The Main Street America Group introduced its new Personal Auto MVP (multivariate rating program) product to its independent insurance agents in Maryland and Tennessee, bringing the total now to nine states. Personal Auto...
Agents in the East Find Recession Hurts Others More Than Them
Apr 7 2008 // How agents from Mass. to Virginia are faring as the economy slows, competition quickens and government changes the rules Agents across New England and the Mid-Atlantic states are worried about how they and their customers...
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Apr 7 2008 // The Governing Board of the California Earthquake Authority has hired Glenn A. Pomeroy as CEO. Pomeroy has extensive experience in public service positions, including former commissioner of insurance of North Dakota. In...
N.C. Agent Told to Hide His Fire Truck
Apr 7 2008 // State Farm insurance agent Darin Morton has had a fully functioning fire truck parked in front of his office in the Charlotte, N.C. suburb of Pineville for six years. But The Charlotte Observer reports that...
Texas’ Minimum Auto Liability Limits Increase April 1
Apr 7 2008 // The minimum amount of automobile liability insurance Texas drivers are required to carry for bodily injury/property damage will increase on April 1 from $20,000/$40,000/$15,000 (20/40/15) coverage to 25/50/25 coverage,...
Insurers Urge California Policyholders to Oppose Vehicle Repair Bill
Apr 7 2008 // Three insurance associations are urging Californians to contact their legislators to oppose a bill that they say would influence where consumers get their vehicles repaired following an accident. The bill, SB 1167 by Sen....
Game Plan For College and University Safety on the Road
Apr 7 2008 // Transporting student athletes to sporting events can pose great liability risk for schools When the NCAA Men’s Final Four made their way to San Antonio at the beginning of April, no doubt the players and coaches were...
Virginia Students Take Spin in ‘Safety Bug’ that Mimics Drunk Driving
Apr 4 2008 // Salem (Virginia) High School students got firsthand experience with drunken driving on a recent morning. Almost 100 students buckled into the Safety Bug, a yellow Volkswagen Beetle designed to mimic the effects of drunken...
Mass. AG Says State Auto Insurance Web Site Misleads Consumers
Apr 3 2008 // A state Web site intended to educate consumers about Massachusetts’ newly deregulated auto insurance market instead gives them inaccurate rate comparisons, Attorney General Martha Coakley said Tuesday on the day the...
Missouri House Endorses Bill Making Helmets Optional for Adult Cyclists
Apr 3 2008 // Motorcyclists who are at least 21 years old could ride without helmets under a House bill (HB 1393) given initial approval Tuesday. For decades, state law has required all motorcycle riders to wear helmets. But for years,...
