Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Progressive to Enter Mass. Auto Market– Commercial Lines
Sep 11 2006 // Massachusetts is about to get a new auto carrier—for commercial, not personal, lines. Progressive Insurance is awaiting approval of rate and form filings from the Massachusetts Division of Insurance in preparation for...
Inductis Notes ‘Emerging Trends in Auto Insurance Pricing’
Sep 11 2006 // Inductis, a global management consulting and analytics services firm, has released a white paper on “Emerging Trends in Auto Insurance Pricing.” The paper, written by Mr. Arnab Dey, a Principal, Ritesh...
Kulongoski Floats Insurance Fee to Fund Oregon State Police
Sep 11 2006 // Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski has floated the idea of a state fee on car insurance policies to help put more Oregon State Police troopers on the state’s roads and highways. The Democratic governor also said he is...
Thousands Hawaii Residents Affected in Freeway Accident
Sep 8 2006 // Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle defended shutting down all six westbound lanes of the H-1 Freeway, which is used by 200,000 vehicles a day, saying it was a safety decision. An excavator being towed by an Army truck slammed into a...
California Legislature Takes Action on Workers’ Comp, Punitive Damages
Sep 6 2006 // The Legislature ended its 2005-2006 session last week, passing bills affecting workers’ compensation, State Compensation Insurance Fund and punitive damages, among other issues. The governor has until midnight Sept....
R&M Report Says U.K. Online Auto May Have 29% Market Share by 2009
Sep 5 2006 // Dublin-based consultants Research and Markets has produced a report, “Five Factors That Will Shape the Future of UK General Insurance,” which “provides five key predictions for the state of the UK general...
Case Law Watch
Sep 4 2006 // bh:Auto Liability American Freedom Insurance Co. v. Uriostegui (Ill. App., 1st Dist., July 13, 2006) Ruling: Insured’s regular use of auto barred coverage under non-owned auto policy. The court considered whether an...
Get your motor runnin’ — not stolen
Sep 4 2006 // California received the dubious honor of most motorcycle thefts in the nation in 2005, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The Golden State recorded 9,110 thefts in 2005, compared with 9,213 in 2004. The...
News Currents
Sep 4 2006 // Chubb, State Farm reducing auto rates in California State Farm Insurance, California’s largest auto insurer, has applied for an 8 percent average reduction for its policyholders while simultaneously implementing new...
Putting the brakes on paratransit operator losses
Sep 4 2006 // Today, paratransit operators are having difficulty with their financial bottom line. Increases in fuels costs and insurance premiums are high on the list of causes. Reductions in rates paid by transportation management...
Editor’s Note: Kick start my heart … but don’t steal my “bike”
Sep 4 2006 // A refrain from an old tune by Motley Crew probably sums up the feelings of motorcycle enthusiasts who have been caught in the web of rising thefts in recent years. The National Insurance Crime Bureau just released its...
Get your motor runnin’ – not stolen
Sep 4 2006 // California received the dubious honor of most motorcycle thefts in the nation in 2005, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The Golden State recorded 9,110 thefts in 2005, compared with 9,213 in 2004. The...
News Currents
Sep 4 2006 // Study hits states without helmet laws According to a study by Jeffrey Coben, M.D., a researcher at West Virginia University, states that do not require motorcycle riders and passengers to wear helmets may be contributing...
It Figures
Sep 4 2006 // -16% The percentage that Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., Rhode Island’s dominant workers’ compensation insurer, plans to reduce rates on average. The company, which has roughly 14,500 policyholders, says it...
Kick start my heart … but don’t steal my “bike”
Sep 4 2006 // A refrain from an old tune by Motley Crew probably sums up the feelings of motorcycle enthusiasts who have been caught in the web of rising thefts in recent years. The National Insurance Crime Bureau just released its...
Chubb, State Farm reducing auto rates in California
Sep 4 2006 // State Farm Insurance, California’s largest auto insurer, has applied for an 8 percent average reduction for its policyholders while simultaneously implementing new auto rate regulations, according to the Department...
Declarations
Sep 4 2006 // Motorcycle deaths “Almost nine percent of all U.S. traffic deaths are attributed to motorcycle riding. In 2004 more than 4,000 people were killed in motorcycle accidents – an 89 percent increase since 1997...
Pursuing Auto Insurance Fraud as Organized Crime Pays Off
Sep 1 2006 // Investigators across the country are trying new tactics to crack down on the old problem of auto insurance fraud, using wiretaps, undercover agents and prosecutors who view the schemes and scams the same way they do...
Maine Jury Awards Widow $4.2M in Forklift Death
Aug 31 2006 // A federal jury has awarded $4.2 million to a Sanford woman whose 48-year-old husband was killed three years ago in a workplace accident involving a forklift truck, but the amount she stands to receive will be considerably...
Experts: Gas Prices a Factor in Insurance Fraud Car Fires
Aug 31 2006 // Faced with high gas prices, low trade-in values and other economic pressures, some people are setting fire to their cars and reporting them stolen in hopes of collecting insurance, business and law-enforcement experts...
