Latest Auto Headlines
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State Auto Fills Key Spots in Sales, Development, Risk Management
Nov 5 2007 // The State Auto Insurance Cos. today announced the names of individuals that will fill key positions within the company. One of those named was industry veteran Clyde H. Fitch Jr. who will lead the company’s sales and...
N.J. court: UM covers drive-by shooting victim
Nov 4 2007 // A woman injured by a bullet from a drive-by shooting is entitled to recover under her uninsured motorist coverage, according to a New Jersey Appellate Division ruling, even though she was not in her car at the time of the...
News Currents
Nov 4 2007 // N.Y. department prevails in liquidation bureau audit New York state’s highest court has ruled that the state auditor does not have the authority to audit an obscure division of a state agency managing $3.3...
News Currents
Nov 4 2007 // Mass. caps car insurance hikes at 10%; smaller insurers eye 2.5% cut The first moves toward competitive rating for auto insurance in Massachusetts indicate that rates for drivers insured by insurers with small market share...
Declarations
Nov 4 2007 // Declarations Award reversed “Doctors, nurses, I’m suffocating. Please help me to be born. I want to play baseball. I want to hug my mother. I want to tell her that I love her. Help me.” — The Ohio...
National Insurance Crime Bureau: Vehicle Theft Drops Again in 2006
Nov 4 2007 // In 2006, nearly 1.2 million motor vehicles were reported stolen, which is 42,417 fewer than the number stolen in 2005 — representing the third year in a row that vehicle theft has declined. Even so, every 26.4 seconds a...
Oregon Motorcycle Fatalities Rise With Aging Riders
Nov 4 2007 // The motorcycle fatality rate in Oregon is climbing along with the size of bikes’ engines and the age of riders. The number of riders who are killed, as measured by deaths per 10,000 registered motorcycles and per...
Calif. Approves AAA’s 6.5% Auto Rate Reduction
Nov 4 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner along with officials from California State Automobile Association Inter-Insurance Bureau (CSAA-IIB, or AAA of Northern California) in Sacramento and San Francisco announced...
Calif. Low Cost Auto Program Implemented
Nov 4 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced his final determination of need for the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program in Alpine, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Inyo, Lassen, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono,...
10 Calif. DOI partners with CAL FIRE
Nov 4 2007 // Groups aim to prevent fire losses during height of wildfire season 10 Hawaii approves 19.3% workers’ comp decrease NCCI recommended 16.8 percent drop 10 Calif. approves AAA’s 6.5% auto rate reduction Carrier...
Satisfied buyers of homeowners coverage obtain additional products
Nov 4 2007 // Homeowners insurance policyholders who subscribe to at least one additional policy with their insurer tend to be more satisfied than those who only have a homeowners insurance policy, according to the J.D. Power and...
Court Suspends Rather than Disbars N.H. Lawyer for Insurance Fraud
Nov 2 2007 // A New Hampshire lawyer who admitted to insurance fraud has been suspended for two years. The Supreme Court punishment was longer than one conduct committee recommended for James Grew, but much less than that suggested by...
GIA Launches Pricing Program for Personal Auto
Nov 2 2007 // Grange Insurance Association based in Seattle has launched a new pricing program for personal auto in Colorado, Idaho, Oregon and Wyoming “GIA’s tiered auto program will position our agents to be more...
N.J. Court: Underinsured Motorist Policy Covers Drive-by Shooting Victim
Oct 30 2007 // A woman injured by a bullet from a drive-by shooting is entitled to recover under her uninsured motorist coverage, even though she was not in her car at the time of the shooting, according to a New Jersey Appellate...
Calif. Low Cost Auto Program Implemented Statewide
Oct 29 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced his final determination of need for the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program in Alpine, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Inyo, Lassen, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono,...
Fla. brings back no-fault auto insurance
Oct 27 2007 // Gov. Charlie Crist signed legislation that will reinstate 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 by...
Declarations
Oct 27 2007 // The rules of attraction “The program is an effort to attract more property and casualty providers to our state and to increase the private market capacity by 15 percent.” — Louisiana Commissioner of...
Luxury doesn’t always buy safety
Oct 27 2007 // Owning a BMW, Mercedes, Lexus or Volvo may mean a driver will ride in style, but when it comes to safety, such luxury vehicles don’t necessarily have the same cachet. According to recent studies by the Insurance...
Editor’s Note: A good news/bad news story
Oct 27 2007 // A recent report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) says auto theft statistics from 2006 indicate vehicle theft declined for the third year in a row. According to the NICB, 1,192,809 motor vehicles were...
Luxury doesn’t always buy safety
Oct 27 2007 // Owning a BMW, Mercedes, Lexus or Volvo may mean a driver will ride in style, but when it comes to safety, such luxury vehicles don’t necessarily have the same cachet. According to recent studies by the Insurance...
