Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Markel American to Sell Collector Car Coverage
Jan 23 2008 // Markel American Insurance Co. introduced a new Collector Vehicle Insurance program. This program joins its other specialty personal lines, such as motorcycle and various boat products. The program provides coverage for a...
AI Risk’s LexExpress Delivers Excess Auto Liability for Truckers
Jan 22 2008 // AI Risk Specialists Insurance, Inc., a brokerage subsidiary of American International Group, Inc., has unveiled LexExpress, excess auto liability insurance for small to medium sized fleets in the trucking industry. It is...
California AG Approves Uninsured Motorist Ballot Initiative
Jan 22 2008 // A proposed measure that would require California state and local law enforcement officers to remove the license plates of any vehicle lacking proof of insurance and current valid registration is one step closer to reaching...
State Auto Middle Market Open House to Celebrate Move to Texas
Jan 22 2008 // Announcing plans for major growth in the Texas marketplace, State Auto Middle Market Insurance (SAMMI), said it will host an open house Jan. 28 in its new office in Austin to celebrate the unit’s entrance into the...
Kan. Firefighter, Wife Charged with Arson, Insurance Fraud
Jan 18 2008 // A Kansas firefighter and his wife are charged with multiple felonies in an alleged insurance fraud-arson scheme. Shawnee Heights Fire District firefighter Laramie McPherson and his wife Christine McPherson are accused of...
N.C. Legislative Committee Examining Auto Insurance Rate Methods
Jan 18 2008 // North Carolina’s automobile insurance rates are among the country’s lowest, but a special pool covering motorists for hundreds of thousands of vehicles doesn’t work very well, industry officials told...
MetLife Auto & Home to Expand Texas Homeowners Line, Agency Force
Jan 15 2008 // MetLife Auto & Home plans to introduce a new enhanced homeowners insurance program in the state of Texas, the company announced. Under the MetLife Auto & Home Residential Property Program (RPP), agents can work...
Maine Records Fewest Train-Vehicle Collisions in 20 Years
Jan 14 2008 // Maine recorded four crashes involving trains and motor vehicles in 2007, Maine Operation Lifesaver said. It was the fewest since the nonprofit railroad safety organization started keeping records 20 years ago. The four...
Subprime Contagion: Where Will the Litigation Wave Spread Next?
Jan 13 2008 // The subprime mortgage meltdown has been a leading story on the front pages of newspapers around the country for the past few months. The uproar also has led to a flood of new lawsuits and to concerns about how much further...
Montana Directs Auto Insurers to Avoid Steering
Jan 13 2008 // Montana State Auditor John Morrison is reminding property and casualty insurers doing business in the state that a new law recently went into effect to protect Montanans’ right to choose an auto body repair shop...
Mass. Insurance Chief, AG Differ Over How to Regulate Auto Rates
Jan 11 2008 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes and Attorney General Martha Coakley are at odds over how best to regulate the state’s new competitive auto rates. Coakley thinks some insurers are being stingy with...
Insurers Defend Profits; Deny They Overcharge, Under-deliver on Home, Auto Policies
Jan 11 2008 // A national consumer organization has charged that property/casualty insurers are unfairly overcharging for home and auto insurance at the same time they are reducing payments to insureds. According to the Consumer...
Progressive Buys Naming Rights to Cleveland Indians’ Ballpark
Jan 11 2008 // In March of 1937, Steve O’Neill was managing the Cleveland Indians, the team was at spring training in New Orleans and preparing for another season at League Park at Lexington and East 66th Street in Cleveland. At...
Web Site, Ads to Help Agents Keep Mass. Auto Market Share
Jan 9 2008 // Massachusetts independent insurance agents, who now write more than 80 percent of the auto insurance market in the state, are getting some marketing help to protect that market share as they enter a new competitive rating...
N.J. Man Dies after Being Trapped Under Own Car
Jan 7 2008 // An elderly man from New Jersey died after being crushed beneath his own car while trying to maneuver around a shopping cart. Eighty-one-year-old William Peters had the door of his 2000 Mercury open as he was trying to back...
No Charges for R.I. Lawmaker Who Left Scene of Minor Accident
Jan 4 2008 // Rhode Island Rep. Timothy Williamson will not face charges after leaving the scene of a minor car accident last month, an incident police have described as a hit-and-run. Williamson, a West Warwick Democrat and the town...
N.J. Relaxes Rules for Writing Personal Auto Insurance
Jan 4 2008 // New Jersey auto insurance agents will have a lot easier time quoting and writing new policies under a bill signed yesterday by Gov. Jon S. Corzine. The bill, which had awaited his signature since last month, eliminates the...
Montana Directs Auto Insurers to Follow Anti-Steering Law
Jan 4 2008 // Montana State Auditor John Morrison is reminding all licensed property and casualty insurers doing business in the state that a new law recently went into effect to protect Montanans’ right to choose an auto body...
Survey: Teens Want Friends to be Safer on Roads
Dec 31 2007 // With motor vehicle accidents claiming between 5,000 and 6,000 teen lives each year, a new survey commissioned by Allstate Insurance reveals that many teens do not take personal responsibility for safe driving and continue...
No-Fault Auto Insurance Requirement Back in Force in Florida Jan. 1
Dec 31 2007 // Florida drivers will have personal injury protection coverage added to their policies Jan. 1 as the state returns to a no-fault system after a three month break. Most people won’t have to do anything to comply with...
