Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Rate Growth Slows, Moving Violations Increase: The Road Ahead for Auto
Jun 16 2025 // The auto insurance market is shifting gears. Last year, the sector saw premium growth, lower retention rates and improved loss ratios, leading to a softening market and increased profitability. However, it’s a...
Connecticut Hopes to Curb Auto Claims Arbitration by Shifting Cost to Insurers
Jun 16 2025 // Connecticut lawmakers have passed a measure to shift the cost of auto insurance arbitration hearings between claimants and insurers over damage claims to the insurance industry. Currently the department of insurance...
Auto Insurance Satisfaction Rankings: High Lifetime Value Customers Most at Risk
Jun 13 2025 // “It’s Now a Buyer’s Market for Auto Insurance, J.D. Power Finds.” That headline on top of an announcement about the release of the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Auto Insurance Study this week summed up a key...
Former Cowboys Player Charged in Dallas Crash That Killed Motorcyclist
Jun 12 2025 // Former NFL player Kelvin Joseph is facing charges for his involvement in a crash that killed a female motorcyclist on a Dallas-area freeway, The Dallas Morning News reported. Police in the Dallas suburb of Richardson said...
North Carolina Auto Rates to Rise for Second Time This Year After Agreement
Jun 11 2025 // North Carolina automobile insurance rates are poised to increase statewide by a 5% average this fall as part of an agreement reached between state regulators and the insurance industry. The increase comes six months after...
World’s Auto Supply Chain Is in Hands of a Few Chinese Bureaucrats
Jun 6 2025 // In a hulking grey building just east of Tiananmen square in Beijing, a small team in China’s Ministry of Commerce is deciding the fate of the global auto industry, one rare earth magnet export permit at a time. China...
Burning Ship Abandoned in Pacific Carried Several Chinese Car Brands
Jun 5 2025 // A cargo ship that was abandoned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after catching fire Tuesday was carrying cars from several Chinese automakers, according to people familiar with the matter. The Morning Midas was shipping...
Ex-Police Officers Plead Guilty to Conspiring in Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jun 4 2025 // Two former police officers have pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with an auto-insurance fraud scheme, according to U.S. Attorney for Maryland Kelly O. Hayes. Michael Anthony Owen, Jr., a former Prince...
Maryland Car Dealer Accused of Denying Employee’s Service Dog for PTSD
May 28 2025 // Criswell Chevrolet, Inc., a Maryland car dealership group, violated federal law by refusing to allow a parts department worker to have a service dog at work as a reasonable accommodation for his post-traumatic stress...
NCDOI Fines Builders Mutual for Repeat Violations in Commercial Auto
May 22 2025 // Builders Mutual Insurance and its subsidiary, Builders Premier, have agreed to pay a $39,000 penalty after a North Carolina market conduct examination again found issues with producer licensing, nonrenewals and subrogation...
Shortage of Overnight Truck Parking Blamed for 2023 Fatal Bus Crash in Illinois
May 21 2025 // Overnight parking for long-haul truckers at interstate rest stops is critically short and was a key contributor to a 2023 Greyhound bus crash in Illinois that killed three people, federal regulators said Tuesday. The...
Senate Will Try to Block California Vehicle Standards to Phase Out Gas-Powered Cars
May 20 2025 // The U.S. Senate will move this week to block California from enforcing a series of vehicle emissions standards that are tougher than the federal government’s, including first-in-the-nation rules phasing out the sale...
Staged Auto Accidents: A Costly and Dangerous Threat for Fleets
May 20 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. Motor vehicle crashes cost employers $60 billion annually — some of which are not actually “accidents.” Staged auto accidents — in which...
Auto Coverage Under a CGL Policy
May 19 2025 // Everyone knows that an ISO Commercial General Liability (CGL) policy does not cover the use of autos other than some limited coverage such as accidents arising from, for example, valet parking on or next to owned or rented...
Three Killed in Fiery Truck-Car Pileup on Georgia Interstate
May 15 2025 // CALHOUN, Ga. (AP) — Three people were killed and two others injured in a fiery wreck involving multiple vehicles and semi-trailers on the interstate that connects Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tennessee, authorities said. The...
Maine Weighs What to Do When Religion Collides With Auto Insurance
May 13 2025 // Maine lawmakers today are expected to consider a measure that would allow followers of the Mennonite religion to self-insure for motor vehicle insurance. Rep. Steve Foster (R-Dexter) introduced the bill on behalf of his...
United Security Insurance Expands Personal Lines Auto to Arizona
May 13 2025 // United Security Insurance Company has expanded its personal lines auto insurance product into Arizona. The product was developed by USIC and is marketed by Warrior Insurance Network. Arizona is the first state in WIN...
Police: Truck Crossed Center Line in Crash With Tour Van That Killed 7 Near Yellowstone
May 13 2025 // A pickup truck that collided with a tour van near Yellowstone National Park last week, killing seven people, crossed the highway’s center line and hit the van, according to Idaho State Police. Investigating troopers...
Lemonade Posts Q1 Loss on Wildfires, Spending; Auto Product Positioned to Grow
May 6 2025 // Insurtech Lemonade reported a first quarter 2025 net loss of about $62.4 million compared to a loss of $47.3 million a year ago during the same time. The decline, according to a letter to shareholders, was due primarily to...
Auto Insurance Market Stays Rational Despite Improved Trends, Says Allstate
May 5 2025 // Allstate Corp. CEO Tom Wilson said he does not expect auto insurers to get more aggressive on pricing as the industry’s rate increases seem to have leveled off. For the most part, Wilson explained to analysts during...
