Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
American Motorcycle Assn. and Nationwide Form Partnership
Apr 5 2006 // The American Motorcyclist Association and Columbus-Ohio-based Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company have announced a new partnership. The new affiliation makes Nationwide the AMA’s “Motorcycle Insurer of...
California’s Low Cost Auto Insurance Program Expands to Six New Counties
Apr 5 2006 // The California Low Cost Automobile program (CLCA) is now available in San Bernardino, Riverside, Alameda, Fresno, Orange and San Diego counties for low income good drivers at less than $400 per year. Senate Bill 20...
Maryland Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Auto Insurance Fraud, AG Reports
Apr 4 2006 // A Gaithersburg man has been sentenced in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County after having pleaded guilty to felony insurance fraud last October, according to Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. The...
The Hartford Lowers Auto Rates in Nevada
Apr 4 2006 // Following similar announcements in Indiana and Utah, The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. will also offer lower auto insurance prices to many Nevada drivers under its Dimensions personal auto insurance program, which...
Case Law Watch
Apr 3 2006 // Actions and ProceedingsBechtel Petroleum Operations Inc. v. The Continental Insurance Co. (California Court of Appeals, 2nd District, March 6, 2006) res judicata. Prior to that decision, the court held that the pollution...
Keys left in car? Arizona bill would allow insurance hit
Apr 3 2006 // The Arizona Senate wants to provide a financial incentive for motorists to think twice before leaving their keys in an unattended vehicle. The Senate has approved, 16-13, a bill (SB1059) sponsored by Republican Sen. Linda...
Report ranks the nation’s top most and least expensive automobiles to insure
Apr 3 2006 // Darien, Ill.-based Insure.com has released its second-annual report naming the “Top 10 Least Expensive Autos to Insure” for 2006, along with its companion report, “The Top 10 Most Expensive Autos To...
FLOOD-DAMAGED VEHICLES SURFACE ON USED CAR LOTS
Apr 3 2006 // An estimated 500,000 cars were damaged by hurricanes last year. Unfortunately, many of these vehicles have been purchased by dishonest auto dealers, cleaned up and then sold, with their flood damage history illegally...
Closer Look: Auto Fraud
Apr 3 2006 // PIP case referrals to state fraud fighters have soared 327 percent from 2002-2003 to 2004-2005. Actual street arrests have grown nearly 75 percent, and cases sent for possible prosecution have soared nearly 50 percent,...
Case Law Watch
Apr 3 2006 // Auto-Liability Fields v. American Central Insurance Co. (La. App., 2nd Dist., March 8, 2006) Undated named driver exclusion endorsement sufficient to defeat coverage: Lensing was involved in a June 18, 2003, auto accident...
Report ranks the nation’s top most and least expensive automobiles to insure
Apr 3 2006 // Darien, Ill.-based Insure.com has released its second-annual report naming the “Top 10 Least Expensive Autos to Insure” for 2006, along with its companion report, “The Top 10 Most Expensive Autos To...
Keys left in car? Arizona bill would allow insurance hit
Apr 3 2006 // News Currents The Arizona Senate wants to provide a financial incentive for motorists to think twice before leaving their keys in an unattended vehicle. The Senate has approved, 16-13, a bill (SB1059) sponsored by...
Case Law Watch
Apr 3 2006 // Bechtel Petroleum Operations Inc. v. The Continental Insurance Co. (California Court of Appeals, 2nd District, March 6, 2006) Ruling: At issue on this appeal was whether the insurers had a duty to defend lawsuits filed by...
Big players, like big tractor trailers, cannot get in and cover the territories that smaller, independent insurance ag
Apr 3 2006 // Non-Standard Auto Times Have Changed. Are you still driving this business? Can independent agents compete in the nonstandard auto market? The big boys are better organized, financed and dominating the byways. They also are...
Flood-damaged vehicles surface on used car lots
Apr 3 2006 // An estimated 500,000 cars were damaged by hurricanes last year. Unfortunately, many of these vehicles have been purchased by dishonest auto dealers, cleaned up and then sold, with their flood damage history illegally...
Institute’s Revamp of Crash Tests Puts Manufacturers in Driver’s Seat
Mar 30 2006 // The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says that frontal offset crash tests it has conducted since 1995 have prompted huge improvements in how vehicles protect people in frontal crashes. Now that consumer information...
His ‘Indignation’ Rising, Nader Vows to Restart Auto Safety Engine
Mar 30 2006 // More than 40 years after “Unsafe at Any Speed” shook up the auto industry, Ralph Nader is returning to his roots. The longtime consumer advocate and former presidential candidate contends the auto industry has...
Combined Group Rolls Out Online Service for Commercial Auto
Mar 30 2006 // The Combined Group, headquartered in Carrollton, Texas, announced the launch of a new online tool to help agents efficiently make binding offers for commercial automobile business. The Automatic Commercial Auto Application...
The Hanover Launches Highly-Segmented Connections Auto in Conn.
Mar 29 2006 // The Hanover Insurance Group announced the Connecticut launch of Connections Auto, a state-of-the-art, multi-variate auto product with nearly limitless customer segmentation capabilities. Connections Auto is now available...
PCI Denounces Okla. Bill Promoted by Salvage Dealers
Mar 29 2006 // Property Casualty Insurers Association of America announced it took aim at a bill promoted by salvage dealers in Oklahoma that the association says would create an environment of collusion. House Bill 3085 by Bill Case (R-...
