Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurers Warn California’s Inaction Threatens Auto Policies
Sep 27 2022 // Top U.S. insurance companies and associations say California is risking a crisis in the nation’s largest automobile insurance market by refusing to approve any rate increases for more than two years, since the start...
Multiple Crashes, Two Deaths Reported at ‘Pop-Up’ New Jersey Car Rally
Sep 27 2022 // A pop-up car rally over the weekend in southern New Jersey led to multiple crashes and the deaths of at least two people riding in a golf cart, officials say. Wildwood Mayor Pete Byron told NJ Advance Media on Sunday that...
Pennsylvania Recovers $1.7M for Buyers of Car Repair Coverage Service Contracts
Sep 23 2022 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said his office has secured a court order for more than $1.7 million in restitution against a car service coverage firm he said denied claims for services and refused to refund...
Truck Driver Had Heart Attack, but Accident Still Compensable in North Carolina
Sep 23 2022 // Workers’ compensation carriers in North Carolina continue to be bound by a 44-year-old presumption that a death during work duties is work-related, even when a doctor testifies that a heart condition was the cause of...
Massachusetts Car Dealer Denies Racial Bias Charges: ‘We Would Be Hurting Ourselves’
Sep 22 2022 // Management at a Massachusetts car dealership accused in a lawsuit filed by the state of illegally charging Black and Hispanic customers more for remote starters, paint protection and other add-on products than it does for...
Rising Auto Rates Affecting ‘Bundle’ Strategy: J.D. Power
Sep 21 2022 // Bundling home and auto insurance may have hit a roadblock as consumers have started to break up policies largely due to increases in auto insurance premiums, according to J.D. Power. Overall satisfaction and retention...
Massachusetts Auto Dealer Accused of Racial Bias in Pricing
Sep 21 2022 // A Massachusetts car dealership illegally charged Black and Hispanic customers hundreds of dollars more for remote starters, paint protection and other add-on products than it did for white customers, the state attorney...
Auto Loss Costs Not Coming Down; Bigger Rate Hikes Ahead: Allstate CEO
Sep 20 2022 // Higher auto loss costs are here to stay, according to the leader of Allstate, who also said that his company will be pushing up auto insurance prices higher, and at a faster pace, for the balance of the year. Speaking at...
InsureScan Expands Auto Insurance Tech Approach to Alabama
Sep 19 2022 // InsureScan, a company that says its software can help agents quote and bind auto coverage in a few minutes, has expanded to Alabama. CEO Mark Chappell, who is based in Alabama, said that while some insurance companies are...
Automated Rate Filings Put Root Ahead of Auto Insurance Competitors: CEO
Sep 16 2022 // At a time when auto insurers react to inflation shocks by filing rate increases at a frenetic pace, an insurtech CEO says automation of the activity is speeding his company’s actuarial rate indications onto...
Outlook Negative: AM Best Revises U.S. Personal Lines as Auto Results Weaken
Sep 9 2022 // AM Best said it held the belief that the U.S. personal auto line would right the ship following weakening performance in 2021, but headwinds such as inflation remain too strong and the rating agency revised its outlook for...
Ohio Auto Parts Company Cited for Safety Violations
Sep 8 2022 // A Clayton, Ohio company was cited for exposing workers to fires and failing to train them on initial stage fire identification and use of fire extinguishers after federal safety investigators received a referral from a...
Pennsylvaina Auto Body Shop Owner Accused of $426K in False Insurance Claims
Sep 7 2022 // The owner of a Chalfont, Pennsylvania auto body repair shop submitted 289 false insurance claims over several years to four insurance companies, pocketing more than $426,000 in payouts, according to the Bucks County...
Hot Spots for Hot Cars: Colorado Leads U.S. in Vehicle Theft Rate, California in Overall Thefts
Sep 6 2022 // Texas, California, Florida, Illinois, and Colorado are all places where your car is most likely to be gone in 60 seconds. Vehicle thefts have skyrocketed in many areas of the U.S., according to the recently released...
Missouri Collision Between Car and Horse and Buggy Leaves 5 Injured
Sep 1 2022 // Five people were injured when a car struck a horse and buggy southeast of Kansas City during the weekend, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. A vehicle driven by a 71-year-old man hit the back of the buggy on Saturday...
California Electric Car Rule Includes Equity Goals
Sep 1 2022 // Discounted prices, car-share programs and at least one million more public charging stations are among the ways California will try to make electric cars easier to buy and drive as it phases out the sale of gas-powered...
Commercial Auto Insurtech Fairmatic Raises $42M
Aug 31 2022 // Insurtech Fairmatic, founded by Jonathan Matus, a former Android and Facebook mobile executive, announced a $42 million Series A funding round to further expand its investment in the performance-priced fleet insurance...
Insurtech Accelerant Launches $175M Sidecar Investment Vehicle Flywheel Re
Aug 31 2022 // Accelerant, an insurtech platform that aims to provide underwriters with risk exchange, data analytics and long-term capacity commitments, announced a new $175 million sidecar vehicle, Flywheel Re. Flywheel will provide...
Vehicle Pedestrian Safety Systems Struggle to See in the Dark: IIHS
Aug 30 2022 // Many of the automatic braking systems automakers are using to prevent vehicles from hitting pedestrians do not work well in the dark, according to test results released Tuesday by the U.S. non-profitgroup Insurance...
USAA Settles Mississippi Class Action Over Underpaid Auto Claims
Aug 29 2022 // Another national insurance company has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it underpaid hundreds of auto insurance claims. A federal court in Mississippi this month signed off on a confidential settlement in a...
