Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Three ways to bag more personal lines sales
Mar 26 2007 // The Post Office isn’t the only way to deliver insurance marketing materials. Inserts, e-mails, Web site downloads, and hand delivery are some of the other options that are available. The first three methods are...
Arizona Offers Auto Insurance Comparison Guide
Mar 26 2007 // The Arizona Department of Insurance has released the latest edition of its “Automobile Insurance Premium Comparison” to aid consumers with comparison shopping for auto insurance. The publication contains price...
News Currents
Mar 26 2007 // R.I., Mass. safest while Wyo., Ark. deadliest states for truck crashes Wyoming and Arkansas are the deadliest states for truck crashes, according to a safety group that has called for tougher federal regulation to reduce...
Tank containers and the inland marine market
Mar 26 2007 // They’re more difficult to handle, but the cargo carriers are aware of the risks,” said Ben Armistead, chairman of Greenwich Transportation Underwriters (GTU) in Nashville, Tenn. “A lot of things can...
Three ways to bag more personal lines sales
Mar 26 2007 // The Post Office isn’t the only way to deliver insurance marketing materials. Inserts, e-mails, Web site downloads, and hand delivery are some of the other options that are available. The first three methods are...
Thieves in Montreal Targeting Cars from U.S.
Mar 23 2007 // Like many northern New Englanders, Burlington, Vermont contractor Greg Giro likes to make an occasional trip to take in some big-city life in Montreal. But increasingly, they are being targeted by car thieves, say Canadian...
Ill. Zurich Adds Director for Auto Technical Unit
Mar 23 2007 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Zurich announced today that Cathy Benton has been named Automobile Line of Business director for its Technical Center unit in North America. According to Gary Kaplan, chief underwriting officer for...
Ohio State Auto Elects New Officers
Mar 22 2007 // Lester Brue and Chris Johnson have been elected assistant vice presidents by the board of directors of Columbus, 0hio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. Brue, State Auto’s director of acquisition...
Colo. Bill Would Raise Car Insurance Rates, Associations Say
Mar 21 2007 // The Colorado Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to vote on Friday on a bill that insurance associations say would force drivers to pay for mandated coverage that most consumers now choose to reject. Senate Bill...
Aon Study: Homeowners More Volatile than Private Passenger Auto
Mar 21 2007 // The homeowners insurance line was three times more volatile than private passenger auto druing the 14-year period 1992-2005, due in large part to the active 2004 and 2005 Atlantic hurricane seasons, according to a recent...
Pa. Town Rescue Workers Train for Hybrid Car Accidents
Mar 20 2007 // The Uniontown, Pennsylvania volunteer fire department has taught its workers to safely respond to hybrid car accidents in hopes of paving the way for similar programs nationwide. With more than 1 million gas-electric...
AXA to Buy Korean Direct Auto Insurer
Mar 19 2007 // France’s Axa Group announced that it has reached an agreement with Kyobo Life to acquire its 75 percent stake in Kyobo Auto, a major South Korean direct automobile insurer. The announcement did not state the purchase...
Gainsco Offering Auto Insurance in New Mexico
Mar 16 2007 // Dallas-based GAINSCO Auto Insurance, which insures drivers across the Southern United States, has expanded its operations into New Mexico and will sell its personal auto policies through a network of independent insurance...
R.I., Mass. Safest While Wyo., Ark. Deadliest States for Truck Crashes
Mar 15 2007 // Wyoming and Arkansas are the deadliest states for truck crashes, according to a safety group that has called for tougher federal regulation to reduce fatalities hovering above 100 a week nationwide for years. The safest...
Mich. Catastrophic Fund Assessment to Decrease
Mar 15 2007 // An assessment paid by auto insurance carriers to cover catastrophic injuries resulting from auto crashes will decrease on July 1. The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA) assessment, which covers costs for...
Firefighters Still Fighting Calif. Blaze Started with Stolen Car
Mar 14 2007 // Highway security videotape could hold clues about who torched a stolen car and triggered a fierce wildfire near the hills southeast of Los Angeles. Investigators believe the 2,036-acre brush fire in the Anaheim Hills...
NY Teacher, Animals Shaken up in Car Crash
Mar 13 2007 // Police sent to investigate a traffic accident found more than they expected – a small zoo. A kindergarten teacher known as the “Critter Lady” and her menagerie – including a boa constrictor,...
With Auto Surcharge Failing, Ore. Lawmakers Look to Lottery
Mar 13 2007 // With Ore. Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s proposed surcharge on auto insurance to pay for more state troopers not gaining any traction, some lawmakers are pushing for a proposal to set aside $65 million in lottery proceeds to...
State Farm announces $1.2 Billion mutual auto policyholder dividend
Mar 12 2007 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. recently announced it will pay $1.25 billion in dividends to its mutual auto insurance policyholders in 46 states, the District of Columbia and the Canadian province of New...
Declarations
Mar 12 2007 // Child safety “None of us wants to — as we each have done — meet with another family who has lost a child, in what is clearly a preventable death.” Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., spoke in...
