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Mich. AAA Oppose Lawmakers’ Attempt to Repeal State Helmet Law
May 26 2006 // An informal AAA poll of state lawmakers suggests that the Michigan House of Representatives has the number of votes needed to repeal the state’s 37-year-old mandatory motorcycle helmet law. It is estimated that the...
Insurers Fight Push to Increase S.C. Auto Financial Responsibility Law
May 26 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is urging South Carolina legislators to oppose legislation (HB 4622) that would increase insurance premiums for many consumers and put more uninsured motorists on the...
Arizona Vehicle Repair House Bill Dies in Committee
May 26 2006 // An Arizona House Bill that would have made it more difficult for insurers to provide consumers information about automobile and glass repair facilities has died in the Senate Rules Committee, according to Kelly Campbell,...
California Commissioner Says Insurers Earning “Excess Profits”
May 25 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has released a new report on the profitability of homeowners and private passenger automobile insurance companies. According to the Commissioner’s office, “the...
Auto Carrier Sponsoring Racing Car in ‘Indy 500’
May 24 2006 // United Automobile Insurance Group is sponsoring a Vision Racing Indy car driven by Ed Carpenter in this weekend’s Indianapolis 500 race. United is a North Miami Beach, Fla.-based privately held property and casualty...
Upstate N.Y. Auto Parts Couple Charged in Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 23 2006 // The New York State Insurance Fund has reported the arrest of a husband and wife in connection with an alleged workers’ compensation premium fraud scheme in upstate Jefferson County, New York. Gordon Dobbins, 73, and...
What Happens If P/C Industry Catches the Flu; Program Best Practices; Giant Program Guide Highlight IJ Magazine
May 23 2006 // The potential exposures for the property casualty insurance industry have fallen under the radar in the discussions of the effects of an Avian flu or other pandemic. Most people keeping watch on the possible effects have...
California Resident Arrested for Auto Insurance Fraud
May 23 2006 // A Twentynine Palms, Calif., resident has been charged with three felony counts of insurance fraud. Jacob Leatherberry, 32, is charged with three felony counts of insurance fraud related to a 2005 auto accident and was...
Investor insights
May 22 2006 // Today, it’s not a fun time to be an insurance investor or analyst,” said Ray Joseph, vice president of Los Angeles-based Capital Research Co. Joseph should know; he is an investment analyst with research...
West leads nation in car theft; Auto theft declines for second straight year
May 22 2006 // Des Plaines, Ill.-based National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that for calendar year 2005, the West, and particularly California, leads the nation in auto theft. All of the nation’s top 10 areas with the...
Auto insurance costs hold steady; industry cites safety, less accidents as the cause
May 22 2006 // The cost of auto insurance is expected to rise by just 0.5 percent in 2006, the smallest increase in six years, reports the Insurance Information Institute. A declining number of auto accidents, safer cars and...
Blackmail allegations heat up California auto reforms debate
May 22 2006 // John Garamendi has called for an investigation into an apparent campaign attacking him and his proposed auto insurance rate regulations in California. Supposedly waged by insurance industry officials and advocates,...
West leads nation in car theft; Auto theft declines for second straight year
May 22 2006 // News Currents Des Plaines, Ill.-based National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that for calendar year 2005, the West, and particularly California, leads the nation in auto theft. All of the nation’s top 10...
Top 10 vehicle theft areas
May 22 2006 // 1. Modesto, Calif. 2. Las Vegas/Paradise, Nev. 3. Stockton, Calif. 4. Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale, Ariz. 5. Visalia/Porterville, Calif. 6. Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue, Wash. 7. Sacramento/Arden-Arcade/Roseville, Calif. 8. San...
Auto theft declines for second straight year
May 22 2006 // Des Plaines, Ill.-based National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that preliminary FBI data shows a 2.1 percent decrease in motor vehicle thefts during January to June 2005 when compared with the same period in 2004....
NAMIC believes such fees are a form of double taxation applied only to those responsible drivers carrying auto insurance
May 22 2006 // Ominous Trend: Growth of municipal accident response fees Across the country and in most Midwestern states, insurance companies are facing the growing phenomenon of cash-strapped municipalities billing insurers for police...
West leads nation in car theft; Auto theft declines for second straight year
May 22 2006 // News Currents Des Plaines, Ill.-based National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that for calendar year 2005, the West, and particularly California, leads the nation in auto theft. All of the nation’s top 10...
Investor insights
May 22 2006 // Today, it’s not a fun time to be an insurance investor or analyst,” said Ray Joseph, vice president of Los Angeles-based Capital Research Co. Joseph should know; he is an investment analyst with research...
Auto insurance costs hold steady; industry cites safety, less accidents as the cause
May 22 2006 // News Currents The cost of auto insurance is expected to rise by just 0.5 percent in 2006, the smallest increase in six years, reports the Insurance Information Institute. A declining number of auto accidents, safer cars...
Top 10 vehicle theft areas
May 22 2006 // 1. Modesto, Calif. 2. Las Vegas/Paradise, Nev. 3. Stockton, Calif. 4. Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale, Ariz. 5. Visalia/Porterville, Calif. 6. Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue, Wash. 7. Sacramento/Arden-Arcade/Roseville, Calif. 8. San...
