Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nissan Testing Safety System That Beams Warnings to Drivers
Sep 19 2006 // Drivers worried about missing a red light or being hit by cars darting out from hidden alleys in Japan may receive assistance from new technology being developed by Nissan. All the world’s automakers are working on...
Minn. State University Agrees to $5.25 Million Settlement
Sep 18 2006 // Minnesota State University, Mankato,and an insurance company have agreed to a $5.25 million settlement stemming from a crash that killed three students and injured four other students last year in Michigan. Attorney Nick...
Travelers Offers Hybrid Drivers in N.J. 10% Discount
Sep 18 2006 // New Jersey hybrid owners can now take advantage of a 10 percent discount on auto insurance offered by Travelers of New Jersey. The discount comes on the heels of Governor Jon S. Corzine’s announcement last spring...
Texas Mutual Pays $773K Dividend to Lone Star Auto Dealers
Sep 18 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a group dividend of $773,720 to the Lone Star Auto Dealers Association (LSA) purchasing group. LSA has earned over $1.2 million in group dividends since 2002. Group dividends are...
FBI: Overall N.Y. Crime Rate Continues Decline; Car Thefts Down 13%
Sep 18 2006 // Overall crime rates continued to decline in New York during 2005 as vehicle thefts dropped almost 13 percent and robberies edged up from 2004, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation report. The rate of violent...
Conn. AG Says GEICO to Pull ‘Misleading Charo’ Ad
Sep 17 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” in the state that...
Ford to Make Stability Control Standard by Late 2009
Sep 14 2006 // Ford Motor Co. will make rollover-reducing technology a standard feature on all new vehicles by the end of 2009, the company said Tuesday in advance of new government rules on the safety technology. Ford said it was...
Boost in Motorcycle Crash Stats Worries Safety Board
Sep 14 2006 // Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s near-fatal crash on a motorcycle this year reflected a troubling trend: More bikers are getting killed on the road. Roethlisberger’s June 12 accident was one...
Main Street America Elects Van Berkel Chairman
Sep 13 2006 // The Main Street America Group’s president and chief executive officer, Tom Van Berkel, has also been elected chairman of its operating companies’ boards. Van Berkel joined Main Street America in 1990 as vice...
Milwaukee Archdiocese to Keep Fighting Damage Award of $16.8 Million
Sep 12 2006 // The Archdiocese of Milwaukee plans to keep fighting a $16.8 million damage award, upheld on appeal, for an 85-year-old man who was severely injured when his car was hit by a vehicle driven by a church group volunteer. The...
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...
