Latest Auto Headlines
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N.M. Regulator Accused of Intervening on Daughter’s Auto Insurance Claim
May 11 2006 // New Mexico State Insurance Superintendent Eric Serna intervened in an automobile accident insurance claim involving his daughter, according to documents obtained by obtained by a local newspaper, but Serna denies any...
G.J. Sullivan Excess and Surplus Goes Online for Business Owners Policies/Commercial Auto Risks
May 9 2006 // G.J. Sullivan Co., Orange, Calif., has announced that agents in California and Arizona can now go online to www.gjsullivan.com to rate business owners policies and commercial auto risks 24 hours per day.. The online rating...
Insurers Oppose California Auto Repair Dispute Legislation
May 9 2006 // California is scheduled to consider a bill today, May 9, that is designed to resolve auto repair disputes between insurers and policyholders, according to Jeff Fuller, executive vice president and general counsel of the...
California Commissioner Claims Insurance Industry Attempted Blackmail to Derail Auto Rate Regulations
May 9 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi is claiming that he has unveiled an attack campaign by the insurance industry against his efforts to reward good drivers and create a fairer system for the pricing of auto...
Auto Theft Declines for Second Straight Year; West Leads Nation in Car Theft
May 9 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 ten areas with the...
Effort Begins to Educate Californians about Pending Auto Insurance Rate Increases
May 8 2006 // A group of local elected officials, chambers of commerce, tax groups and insurance companies announced that Californians to Stop Unfair Rate Increases (CSURI) will begin distributing educational information to Californians...
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,...
Tornado ploughs across Tenn., Ky., resulting in thousands of claims
May 8 2006 // In the aftermath of a large F-3 to F-4 tornado, hundreds of carriers and insurance agents in northern Tennessee and southern Kentucky are paying hundreds of claims. The storm formed April 7 at about 7 p.m., touching down...
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 –TITLE:...
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...
