Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mass. Insurance Chief Urges Agents to Seize Opportunity in Auto Deregulation
Oct 23 2007 // Exclusive Video: Commissioner Interview Mass. Commissioner Burnes: Effect of Managed Competition on Mass. Agents Some Massachusetts insurance agents are anxious about the state’s move to a deregulated auto insurance...
Insurance Group Answers Consumer Questions Raised by Wildfires
Oct 23 2007 // After a wildfire, people usually have questions about the coverage provided by a typical homeowners or auto insurance policy. The Insurance Information Network of California offers answers to some of these basic...
Urban Lawmakers Eye Ban on ‘Proxies’ in Mass. Auto Insurance Pricing
Oct 22 2007 // Lawmakers representing urban drivers in Massachusetts are challenging the Patrick administration’s auto insurance plan, saying new regulations leave loopholes for companies to charge higher rates to minorities and...
Mich. Gov. Proclaims Oct. 22-26 Auto Theft Prevention Week
Oct 19 2007 // Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has deemed the week of Oct. 22-26 as “Turn Up the H.E.A.T. Week.” The purpose is to activate residents to increase their awareness of auto theft prevention measures and to...
Premier Insurance in Mass. Changing Brand to Travelers
Oct 19 2007 // As Massachusetts gears up for a switch to a more competitive personal auto insurance market, one of its domestic auto insurers, Premier Insurance Co., will adopt the well-known brand of its parent, Travelers...
Mich. Senate Okays ‘Opt-out’ Option for State’s Helmet Law
Oct 18 2007 // A Michigan Senate Committee passed legislation on Wednesday, Oct. 17 that would enable motorcyclists to ride without their helmets on Michigan roads. The bill is expected to be voted on by the State Senate in the near...
Some Auto Insurance Rates to Drop in Mississippi
Oct 17 2007 // State Farm Mutual Insurance, the largest writer of automobile coverage in Mississippi, will lower its rate on Nov. 12, while Allstate’s rates will go up. State Farm will drop its rates an average of 3.6 percent. The...
Neb. Man Sentenced for Charging Insurers for Bogus Auto Glass Repairs
Oct 17 2007 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance announced earlier this month that James Almond III, dba Viking Glass, was sentenced by District Court Judge Thomas Otepka on three felony counts of insurance fraud. Almond had been...
Abram Interstate Offers a Preferred Program for Personal Auto
Oct 15 2007 // Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif., is offering a personal auto program in California. The policy provides collision coverage, comprehensive coverage, bodily injury liability, property damage...
Mich. House Passes ‘Opt Out’ Option for State’s Helmet Law
Oct 12 2007 // The Michigan State House passed legislation on Thursday, Oct. 11th that would enable motorcyclists to ride without their helmets on Michigan roads. The newest proposal includes an “opt-out” solution. Michigan...
Ill. American Service Insurance Offers New Auto Product
Oct 12 2007 // Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based American Service Insurance (ASI) recently released its new public auto product in the states of Indiana and Missouri. The auto product provides coverage for non-emergency paratransit,...
Crash Tests: Some Midsize SUVs Perform Worse than Cars
Oct 12 2007 // Results of crash tests for six sport utility vehicles show frontal crash protection has improved, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety based in Arlington, Va. However, the tests reveal significant...
Fla. Gov. Crist Signs Bill to Bring Back No-Fault Auto Insurance
Oct 11 2007 // Governor Charlie Crist signed legislation that will re-enact Florida’s Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law and ensure that drivers have $10,000 worth of health care benefits through personal injury protection or PIP coverage...
S.C. Vehicle Theft Rate Climbs for 8th Straight Year
Oct 10 2007 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau says the 1995 Honda Accord was the most likely automobile to be stolen in South Carolina in 2006. The 1999 Chevrolet full size C/K 1500 pickup ranked second on the list, followed by the...
Mass. Bans Credit Scores in Both Rating, Underwriting in New Auto Plan
Oct 9 2007 // Auto insurers in Massachusetts will not be able to use credit scores to price or underwrite risks when the state enters its managed competition market next April. Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes sided with consumer...
Vehicle Theft Drops Again in 2006
Oct 9 2007 // In 2006, 1,192,809 motor vehicles were reported stolen which is 42,417 fewer than in 2005, representing the third year in a row that vehicle theft has declined. Even so, every 26.4 seconds a vehicle is stolen in the United...
Texas agents: Be ready for financial responsibility verification
Oct 8 2007 // In early 2008, most drivers in Texas (read, “many of your insureds”) will come under the new Financial Responsibility Verification Program aimed at reducing the number of drivers without proper proof of...
Markel employees build custom motorcycle
Oct 8 2007 // It’s not a secret that Waukesha, Wis.-based Markel American Insurance Co. insures motorcycles and other recreational vehicles, but it is a surprise that its employees are accomplished builders of motorcycles. The...
It Figures
Oct 8 2007 // $130 million October and November are two of the most dangerous months in Michigan for car-deer crashes, according to AAA Michigan Motor Club. “Car-deer crashes in Michigan cause at least $130 million in damage...
Mass. consumer groups say auto deregulation plan needs work
Oct 8 2007 // A Massachusetts consumer group and Attorney General Martha Coakley urged Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes to incorporate more consumer protections and ban the use of credit scores in her proposed auto insurance...
