Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mass. personal lines: a surplus of disagreement
May 8 2006 // Claims by Massachusetts regulators that the combined surplus of the insurers serving the state’s homeowners market is inadequate and that changing the auto system will help boost the homeowners market are untrue,...
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May 8 2006 // Tornado ploughs across Tenn., Ky., resulting in thousands of claims In the aftermath of a large F-3 to F-4 tornado, thousands of carriers and insurance agents in northern Tennessee and southern Kentucky are paying...
Proposed Calif. regulations would stress driving record over zip code in pricing auto insurance
May 8 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has unveiled enhancements to his proposed regulations that he said follow through on the promise voters sought when they approved Proposition 103 in 1988 -namely, that the...
Fla. SB 1596, HB 561 Tighten Grip on Insurance Fraud
May 5 2006 // Passage by Florida’s Legislature of Senate Bill 1596 and House Bill 561, sponsored by Sen J.D. Alexander and Rep. David Rivera, Florida’s Legislature has tightened the grip on insurance fraud artists who steal...
AXA Art Insurance Offers $100,000 Reward for Missing Artworks
May 4 2006 // AXA Art Insurance announced it is offering a $100,000 reward for credible information leading to the location, recovery and return of seven Milton Avery paintings that have been reported missing while en route from Boca...
N.H. Safety Officials Looking for Ways to Curb Motorcycle Deaths
May 3 2006 // The last couple of years haven’t been very safe for motorcycle riders in New Hampshire, so with bikes already out of winter storage and even more expected on the road this summer because of high gasoline prices,...
Auto Insurance Costs Holding Steady; Average Nationwide Premium at $867
May 3 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...
Update: State Farm Refutes ‘Allegations’ in Wis. Title Agreement
May 2 2006 // In a recent Insurance Journal Website story, it was reported that Wisconsin residents have collected more than $2 million in reimbursements in a multistate settlement with State Farm Insurance Co. over vehicle...
Van Gilder Insurance Corp. Names Van Gilder CEO
May 2 2006 // Michael Van Gilder has been appointed CEO of Denver-based Van Gilder Insurance Corp. Van Gilder, who has served on the board of directors as managing director for more than 10 years, succeeds his father, Dell Van Gilder...
Wis. Residents Collect $2 Million from State Farm in Auto Title Settlement
May 1 2006 // Wisconsin residents have collected more than $2 million in reimbursements in a multistate settlement with State Farm Insurance Co. over vehicle titles, Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager announced late on Friday, April...
Progressive Drives Commercial Auto Into North Carolina
May 1 2006 // The Progressive Group of Insurance Co.’s, the third largest auto insurance group in the country, is offering commercial auto insurance through Drive Insurance from Progressive local independent agents in North...
Industry Group Airs New Ads to Support Auto Reforms in Mass.
May 1 2006 // The insurance industry-backed advocacy group, Fairness for Good Drivers, has released new television and radio ads focusing on what the group says is a lack of fairness and choice in the Massachusetts auto insurance system...
California Auto Bill Passes Assembly Insurance Committee
Apr 27 2006 // California Assembly Bill 2840, co-authored by a bipartisan group of lawmakers including Assemblymembers John J. Benoit, R-Palm Desert; Joe Canciamilla, D-Pittsburg; Nicole Parra, D-Hanford; Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale; and...
California Releases New Regulations Governing Pricing of Auto Insurance
Apr 27 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has unveiled enhancements to his proposed regulations that will follow through on the promise voters sought when they approved Proposition 103 in 1988 – namely, that...
Insurers Say Auto Insurance Bill is ‘Good Public Policy’
Apr 26 2006 // The California Assembly Insurance Committee is considering a bill today that the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) says would prevent the Department of Insurance from altering auto insurance rating...
Geico Sells 7 Millionth Auto Policy
Apr 21 2006 // On the evening of March 13, 2006, Geico sales representative Stephanie Hall, of Buffalo, N.Y. made history by selling the company’s seven millionth policy. Hall, who has been with the company since December 2004,...
Insurer Targets Market for Off-Road Recreational Vehicles for Retirees
Apr 21 2006 // No more rocking chairs and shuffleboard. Today, more retired Americans are apparently heading off-road for recreation and adventure. To better serve this active and growing population, The Hartford Financial Services...
Conn. Cracks Down on Temporary Plates, Inspections for Large Trucks
Apr 20 2006 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has accepted the Department of Motor Vehicles’ recommendations to stop the prolonged use of temporary commercial plates on large trucks that have not had safety...
Colorado Senator Kills $10 Per Vehicle Fee for Trauma Care
Apr 19 2006 // Facing a difficult election year and a “buzz saw” of opposition from a range of powerful groups, a state senator on Monday pulled his plan to charge drivers a $10-per-vehicle fee to shore up the state’s...
Pennsylvania Truckers Back Database of Drivers’ Drug Test Results
Apr 18 2006 // In search of a new tool to weed out problem truckers, a Pennsylvania trucking association is pushing for a statewide database that would compile employer records on drivers’ drug test results. Traffic violations and...
