Latest Auto Headlines
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Unitrin Direct Lowering Auto Rates in Colorado
Jul 27 2006 // Unitrin Direct is lowering auto rates 6 percent in Colorado. The reduction is largely due to recent legislative insurance reform, House Bill 1188, that shifted Colorado from no- fault insurance to a tort system on July 1,...
N.C. Chiropractor Helped Stage Accidents, Treated Patients
Jul 26 2006 // A Rocky Mount, N.C. chiropractor who encouraged people to stage car crashes and then seek fake treatment from him has been sentenced to seven years in prison. For about three years, Mark McKinnon cheated insurance...
Hail Storm Keeps Mt. Washington’s ‘Crashbuster’ Van Totally Busy
Jul 25 2006 // “It was like Armageddon,” independent agent Pam Sakowski says of the hailstorm that hammered Exeter, New Hampshire, on July 11. Sakowski, who owns the Ray F. MacDonald Agency in Durham, was visiting her friends...
Truck Firm in Avon, Conn. Crash Charged with Manslaughter
Jul 25 2006 // After a yearlong investigation, the owner of the runaway dump truck that slammed into a group of cars at the bottom of Avon Mountain in Connecticut a year ago has been charged with manslaughter. David Wilcox, 71, who ran...
OneBeacon Onboard ABC Aviation Property Program
Jul 24 2006 // The ABC Program, a subsidiary of Adrian N. Baker & Co., a national program administrator for regional airports and fixed-based operators, announced that its aviation property program – The ABC Program –...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // Suspicious fires Two suspects were arrested in relation to at least three of a dozen fires in Benton County, Ark., between June 28 and July 4. The fires were considered suspicious by public officials, though at first...
California agency approves change in auto insurance law
Jul 24 2006 // A state administrative office approved changes to California’s insurance law, clearing the way for regulations that will force insurers to base premiums on drivers’ records instead of their address. The action...
Case Law Watch
Jul 24 2006 // Actions and Proceedings Continental Insurance Co. v. The Pamona Redevelopment Agency (California Court of Appeals, May 15, 2006, Unpublished) Ruling: On this appeal, the excess insurer, Continental, sought to intervene in...
Auto Club of SoCal reduced rates take effect in December
Jul 24 2006 // California’s fourth-largest provider of auto insurance has agreed to base its rates on safety and driving frequency rather than primarily on where a driver lives. The plan, to take effect Dec. 1, would cut some $133...
Gov. Bush signs Florida auto insurance fraud legislation
Jul 24 2006 // Florida legislation that promises to reins in auto insurance fraud was signed June 26 by Gov. Jeb Bush. Provisions of House Bill 561 and Senate Bill 1596 and the governor’s approval were applauded by Tom Gallagher,...
Lost … but then found somewhere in Florida
Jul 24 2006 // In a May 2006 news release, AXA Art Insurance announced it was offering a $100,000 reward for credible information leading to the location, recovery and return of seven Milton Avery paintings that were reported missing...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // News Currents While states adopt seat belts laws, 29 still balk at motorcycle helmets In Illinois and Iowa, motorists can get tickets for not wearing seat belts. In Connecticut, they are prohibited from talking on cell...
N.J. auto restrictions: a troubling turn
Jul 24 2006 // You don’t need to conduct any kind of sophisticated market research in order to understand the effects of New Jersey’s 2003 auto insurance reform law. Just drive down the New Jersey Turnpike, where you...
Case Law Watch
Jul 24 2006 // ARBITRATION Allstate Insurance Company v. Great American Insurance Company (Super. Ct. N. J. June 15, 2006) Ruling: Insurance company could contest adverse arbitration finding where plaintiff insurance company improperly...
P/C market takes hold of rapidly developing identity theft solutions
Jul 24 2006 // In today’s marketplace insurers are moving towards a case-managed, victim advocacy approach with far less emphasis placed on the restoration of expense reimbursements. Identity-related fraud is a virulent crime, with...
Provisions of Florida’s anti-auto fraud legislation:
Jul 24 2006 // Corresponding with a 2003 law that established a two-year minimum sentence for anyone organizing or participating in an actual staged auto crash, the new legislation: • Provides for revocation of the driver’s...
Gov. Bush signs Florida auto insurance fraud legislation
Jul 24 2006 // Florida legislation that promises to reins in auto insurance fraud was signed June 26 by Gov. Jeb Bush. Provisions of House Bill 561 and Senate Bill 1596 and the governor’s approval were applauded by Tom Gallagher,...
Case Law Watch
Jul 24 2006 // Actions and Proceedings Continental Insurance Co. v. The Pamona Redevelopment Agency (California Court of Appeals, May 15, 2006, Unpublished) Ruling: On this appeal, the excess insurer, Continental, sought to intervene in...
Auto Club of SoCal reduced rates take effect in December
Jul 24 2006 // California’s fourth-largest provider of auto insurance has agreed to base its rates on safety and driving frequency rather than primarily on where a driver lives. The plan, to take effect Dec. 1, would cut some $133...
New highway safety chief to focus on families, auto safety
Jul 24 2006 // Growing up on Long Island, N.Y., Nicole Nason was taught how to drive by the man in charge of the local highway safety patrol: Her dad. Neighborhood friends knew wearing a seat belt was mandatory and the speed limit would...
