Latest Auto Headlines
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Florida CFO Appoints Former Lawmaker, Car Dealer Attorney to Citizens’ Board
Feb 11 2025 // Florida’s chief financial officer has named a Pensacola lawyer and businessman to the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Board of Governors. Frank White, general counsel for one of northwest Florida’s largest...
Allstate to ‘Lean Into’ Turnaround in Auto Business, and Grow
Feb 7 2025 // Allstate’s plan to correct its auto insurance business has “restored profitability back to target levels,” said the insurer’s head of personal insurance. During an earnings call with analysts, Mario...
NC Rate Bureau Wants 23% Hike in Auto Insurance Rates
Feb 6 2025 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau, basing its filing on input from insurers in the state, has requested a 22.6% average increase in auto insurance rates, starting Oct. 1. The state insurance commissioner will have input and,...
Lawsuit Alleges City Failed to Protect Revelers in New Orleans Truck Incident
Feb 3 2025 // A group of victims of the New Orleans New Year’s Day terror attack have filed suit against city officials and contractors, saying they failed to protect revelers from a “preventable” truck ramming...
Tesla Sees Another Quarterly Decline in California Auto Sales Report
Feb 3 2025 // Tesla sales fell in California in the fourth quarter of 2024, bringing down overall sales of the popular vehicle further for the year, according to a new report. The California New Car Dealers Association released its...
Pennsylvania Says It Blocked $180 Million in Auto, Home, Other P/C Insurance Hikes
Jan 31 2025 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) reported that in 2024 it refused to approve $180.3 million in annual property/casualty (P/C) insurance premium increases in the state through its rate review processes. The PID...
Diminished Value Not Covered by Standard Auto Policy, Massachusetts High Court Says
Jan 31 2025 // The Massachusetts standard auto policy does not require an insurer to pay inherent diminished value (IDV) to a claimant whose vehicle is damaged by one of its insureds. The Massachusetts Supreme Court in a 6-0 ruling has...
Uber Alleges Fraud Scheme by New York Groups Faking Car-Crash Injuries
Jan 31 2025 // Ride-sharing giant Uber Technologies Inc. filed a racketeering lawsuit against a group of law firms, doctors and pain-management clinics it claims staged fake car accidents and performed unnecessary surgeries to take...
Oklahoma Issues Cease-And-Desist Against Unlicensed Auto Warranty Company
Jan 29 2025 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) has issued a Cease-and-Desist Order against Select Auto Inc., doing business as Select Auto Protect, due to the unauthorized sale of auto warranty contracts in Oklahoma. Effective...
‘World’s Largest Truck Stop’ Fined $390K by EPA
Jan 28 2025 // Two truck stops in Iowa and Missouri – Iowa 80, advertised as “the world’s largest truck stop,” and Joplin 44 – agreed to pay a combined $390,784 to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean...
Lawsuit Filed Against City of New Orleans Over Fatal Truck Attack
Jan 27 2025 // Six people who were injured and the father of a man who was killed in the New Year’s truck attack have filed a lawsuit against the City of New Orleans and two contractors, claiming they failed to protect revelers...
Fire Chief Fatally Shot While Helping Couple Whose Car Hit a Deer in Alabama
Jan 24 2025 // A man fatally shot a Georgia fire battalion chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer in rural Alabama, authorities said. The Coweta County, Georgia, fire department is mourning the death of James Bartholomew...
Family of Alabama Man Killed by Police Will Get $750,000 Settlement
Jan 16 2025 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama city will pay $750,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit against a police officer who fatally shot one person and wounded another in 2019, after defendants appealed the original...
Fiesta Auto Insurance Expands in Texas With Katy Location
Jan 15 2025 // Fiesta Auto Insurance and Tax Services announced the signing of new a deal to open its latest location in Katy, Texas. The office will be located at 3939 N. Fry Road, Suite B. This new location will mark Fiesta’s...
New Auto Liability Minimums Take Effect This Year in North Carolina
Jan 15 2025 // This year, the minimum automobile liability coverage requirements in North Carolina will jump to 50/100/50, among the highest minimums in the country. The change is the result of Senate Bill 452, approved in 2023 and which...
Lawsuit Filed Against City of New Orleans Over Fatal New Year’s Truck Attack
Jan 13 2025 // Six people who were injured and the father of a man who was killed in the New Year’s truck attack filed a lawsuit Thursday against the City of New Orleans and two contractors, claiming they failed to protect revelers...
Massachusetts to Hike Some Mandatory Auto Insurance Coverage Limits in 2025
Jan 10 2025 // Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey recently signed legislation increasing the minimum coverage limits of auto insurance for some mandatory coverages. These new limits will apply to policies issued or renewed on or after...
Rising US Auto Insurance Rates Are Disproportionately Hurting Classic Car Owners:
Jan 8 2025 // The Meteoric Rise in U.S. Auto Insurance Rates is Being Subsidized by Collector Car Owners According to Classic & Collector Insurer OpenRoad Standard auto insurers continue their efforts to recover from the...
Clearcover Expands Non-Standard Auto Coverage to Texas
Jan 8 2025 // Digital car insurer Clearcover announced the launch of Clearcover General Agency to serve the non-standard auto insurance market in Texas. Policies will be underwritten by Old American County Mutual Fire Insurance Company,...
Man Is Charged With Truck Arson While Out on Bail on Other Arson Charge
Jan 7 2025 // A Maine man out on bail for an April 2024 arson charge has been charged with a new arson incident. According to officials, on the evening of January 5, the Maine State Fire Marshal (FMO) assisted with an investigation of...
