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Progressive’s Drive Enters Mass. Commercial Auto Market
Jan 10 2007 // Drive Commercial Auto, part of The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, announced plans to offer commercial auto insurance to Massachusetts business owners available exclusively through independent agents. With its...
AIX Group Unveils Program for Auto Physical Damage Cover for Trucking
Jan 10 2007 // Windsor, Conn.-based AIX Group Inc. announced a new program to provide automobile physical damage coverage to commercial trucking operations. This program will be targeting operations with above average loss experience and...
Report: Nearly 20% of Customers Consider Switching Insurers After Collision
Jan 9 2007 // Nearly one out of every five customers considers switching insurance companies after experiencing the collision claim process, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2006 Collision Repair Satisfaction...
New Mexico Insurance Division Offers Auto Premium Comparision Guide
Jan 9 2007 // New Mexico drivers now can compare personal auto insurance rates on the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s Web site: www.nmprc.state.nm.us. The guide to compare premiums can be accessed by clicking on the...
Drive Insurance from Progressive lowers auto rates in Colorado
Jan 8 2007 // The Drive Group of Progressive Insurance Companies is lowering auto insurance premiums in Colorado by an average of 5.2 percent for new customers effective Sept. 6 and existing customers effective Oct. 16, the company...
Mexican truck travel still limited
Jan 8 2007 // Mexican trucker Brigido Moctezuma lives in a city just south of Mexico’s border with Texas, far from talks on whether he’ll be able to drive his loads of vehicle air bags all the way to assembly lines in...
8 Drive Insurance from Progressive lowers Colo. auto rates
Jan 7 2007 // Tort system helping to reduce costs 8 Gov.-elects appoint insurance department heads Colorado picks Mayor Morrison, Idaho picks Rep. Deal 8 Calif. workers’ comp reforms working Yet outgoing commissioner says still...
Purdue Study: Drivers’ Age and Gender Major Factors in Severity of Accident Injuries
Jan 5 2007 // Understanding the differences among drivers in different gender and age categories is crucial to preventing serious injuries, according to researchers in a new study showing stark statistical differences in...
State Farm Drops Auto, Homeowners Rates Nearly $500 Million in Calif.
Jan 4 2007 // State Farm and California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced that the company’s nearly 3 million auto and 1.4 million homeowners, renters and condo owners in California will see about $500 million in...
Report: Traffic Accidents’ Share of Workers’ Comp Losses Grows
Jan 3 2007 // Work-related injuries due to traffic accidents are relatively costly and are on the increase as a growing share of workers compensation loss costs. According to the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc., the...
N.J. Eyes Capping Doctors’ Charges for Auto Accident Patients
Jan 3 2007 // New Jersey regulators are considering limiting how much doctors can charge insurers for treating people injured in vehicle accidents, a move meant to cut prices but one foes argue will make it hard to get medical care. The...
Fire Deaths Down, Motorcycle Fatalities Up in Maine
Jan 3 2007 // Fire deaths near record low, motorcycle deaths grow, in 2006 Received by Newsfinder from AP Jan 1, 2007 10:23 Eastern Time • Photo Advisory Y The number of Maine fire deaths came close to a record low in 2006, the number...
Mass. Auto Insurers Among Largest Donors to Patrick Inaugural
Jan 2 2007 // Four of the nine top contributors to Gov.-elect Deval Patrick’s inaugural are major auto insurers, whose businesses could be greatly affected by any efforts by Patrick to reform the state’s highly regulated...
Despite 2004 Ruling, Mexican Truck Travel Still Limited
Jan 2 2007 // Mexican trucker Brigido Moctezuma lives in a city just south of Mexico’s border with Texas, far from talks on whether he’ll be able to drive his loads of vehicle air bags all the way to assembly lines in...
Builders & Tradesmen’s Offers Commercial Auto Program in California
Jan 2 2007 // Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services Inc., Rocklin, Calif., has a new commercial automobile market available in California underwritten by Commerce West Insurance Co. The program is designed for vehicles up...
Ga.-Based Auto Writer AssuranceAmerica Expands to Louisiana
Dec 29 2006 // AssuranceAmerica Corp., an Atlanta based insurance holding company, has written its first auto insurance policy in Louisiana. The company now writes in six states including Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Alabama and...
Parents Confused Over Child Safety Seats, Fed Survey Says
Dec 29 2006 // Many parents are confused about the proper way to install child safety seats in their vehicles despite attempts to simplify the system, the government said. About 40 percent of parents still rely on seat belts when...
Drive Insurance from Progressive Lowers Auto Rates in Colorado
Dec 28 2006 // The Drive Group of Progressive Insurance Companies announced that it is lowering auto insurance premiums in Colorado by an average of 5.2 percent for new customers effective Sept. 6 and existing customers effective Oct....
EPA Approves Exemptions for Classic Car Emission Testing
Dec 27 2006 // Collectable cars and trucks can soon skip emissions testing in Arizona’s Maricopa and Pima Counties. The Environmental Protection Agency approved Arizona legislation that will allow vehicles 15 years or older to skip...
Chrysler Recalls Vehicles to Reprogram Brake System Computers
Dec 27 2006 // DaimlerChrysler AG’s Chrysler Group said Friday it was recalling more than 60,000 vehicles to reprogram a brake system computer to avoid the loss of antilock brakes and traction control. The recall involves 62,369...
