Latest Auto Headlines
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Truck Driver Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud in Texas
Oct 16 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County court sentenced Jerry S. Amaya of Cedar Creek, Texas, on workers’ comp fraud-related charges. The court sentenced Amaya to one year of probation and...
Hull & Company Newport Beach adds Market for Commercial Auto
Oct 13 2006 // Hull & Company in Newport Beach, Calif., has added an “A,” IX A.M. Best -rated carrier offering commercial auto in California. Classes written on an admitted basis include public auto (church buses,...
Deer Breeding Season Creates Driving Hazards in Kan.
Oct 12 2006 // Kansas state troopers are urging motorists to watch out as deer breeding season gets under way. The season, which lasts from October to December, causes an increase in car-deer collisions as bucks roam widely in search of...
Direct Seller 21st Century Enters N.J. Auto Market
Oct 12 2006 // 21st Century Insurance Group, one of the pioneers of selling insurance direct to consumers, today began offering private passenger automobile insurance to drivers in New Jersey. The company becomes the seventh auto writer...
La. Motorist Dies in Crash After Fleeing Insurance Checkpoint
Oct 10 2006 // A motorist speeding off from an insurance checkpoint in Louisiana after struggling with a state trooper there was killed in a car crash, authorities said. The driver, Wilson Jackson III, 24, of New Orleans, died about 11...
Calif. attorney general sues automakers over global warming
Oct 9 2006 // Automakers should be held liable for contributions to global warming, according to California Attorney General Bill Lockyer. Thus, he recently filed a lawsuit against leading U.S. and Japanese auto manufacturers, alleging...
COUNTRYWIDE LAUNCHES AUTO PRODUCT IN ARIZONA
Oct 9 2006 // Countrywide Financial Corp. has announced that Countrywide Insurance Group’s auto insurance product is now available to consumers in Arizona. Quotes can be obtained by calling a licensed auto insurance agent at...
Trucking benchmarks and best practices
Oct 9 2006 // The number one way to prevent crashes in fleets: hire high-quality drivers with clear driving records. In fact, company fleets in which more than 60 percent of drivers hold clear motor vehicle records had a 42 percent...
Is it private passenger, business use or commercial auto?
Oct 9 2006 // You’re an independent agent, primarily writing property casualty coverages for individuals. A long-time customer comes in and announces that he’s out of the rat race — he’s quit his job and...
GEICO cancels Charo
Oct 9 2006 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said that GEICO insurance company has said it will no longer run what Blumenthal claims is “a false and misleading television advertisement” that claims the...
Calif. attorney general sues automakers over global warming
Oct 9 2006 // Automakers should be held liable for contributions to global warming, according to California Attorney General Bill Lockyer. Thus, he recently filed a lawsuit against leading U.S. and Japanese auto manufacturers, alleging...
Countrywide launches auto product in Arizona
Oct 9 2006 // Countrywide Financial Corp. has announced that Countrywide Insurance Group’s auto insurance product is now available to consumers in Arizona. Quotes can be obtained by calling a licensed auto insurance agent at...
Is it private passenger, business use or commercial auto?
Oct 9 2006 // You’re an independent agent, primarily writing property casualty coverages for individuals. A long-time customer comes in and announces that he’s out of the rat race — he’s quit his job and...
Trucking benchmarks and best practices
Oct 9 2006 // The number one way to prevent crashes in fleets: hire high-quality drivers with clear driving records. In fact, company fleets in which more than 60 percent of drivers hold clear motor vehicle records had a 42 percent...
La. State Police Checking for Compliance with Auto Insurance Law
Oct 6 2006 // The Louisiana State Police announced that its Troop E is conducting several insurance checkpoints Oct. 5 through Oct. 9. Checkpoints were tentatively scheduled for Oct. 5, 2006, in Grant and Rapides Parishes; Saturday,...
N.Y. Man Pleads Guilty in N.J. Auto Theft Ring
Oct 5 2006 // A New York man has pleaded guilty for his leadership role in an auto theft and insurance fraud ring in New Jersey, according to New Jersey officials. New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner and Criminal Justice Director...
Mich. Orders Auto Shop to Stop Writing Bogus Insurance Certificates
Oct 3 2006 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) has issued a Cease and Desist order against a Roseville auto repair shop for selling Michigan no-fault auto insurance certificates without a license. David...
LWCC Stresses Driver Safety in the “Mobile Workplace”
Oct 3 2006 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) is reminding employers throughout the state to educate their employees about driving safely in the “mobile workplace.” As part of this campaign, the...
Auto Premium Rating Error Cost U.S. Auto Insurers More Than $16 Billion
Oct 3 2006 // San Francisco-based Quality Planning Corp., the rating integrity solutions company, today released its annual Premium Rating Error report, showing premium rating errors remain a drag on auto insurer profitability. QPC...
Pacific Coast E&S Offers Business Auto Market
Sep 29 2006 // Pacific Coast E&S Services has a new business auto market available in California. Market covers business auto, liability and physical damage, light and medium vehicles; and local and intermediate radius. Most drivers...
