Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. Truck Driver Pulled Over for Falsifying Insurance Claim
Mar 16 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi reported the arrest of Jesus Lerma, 51, from Riverside, after an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division revealed that it was not him,...
Insurers Hit Mass. Bill Directing Anti-Fraud Savings Refunds
Mar 15 2006 // Some Massachusetts politicians want to make sure that good drivers in communities that crackdown on auto insurance fraud reap the savings. But insurers contend that an overhaul of the entire auto insurance system, rather...
Calif. Law Office Manager Sent to Prison in Large-Scale Auto Fraud
Mar 15 2006 // A California man, who with his brother managed a law office reportedly involved in a large-scale auto insurance fraud ring, was sent to state prison and ordered to make restitution of $1.5 million, the Los Angeles County...
UPDATE: Insurers Tally Storm Damage to Auto, Property in Midwest
Mar 14 2006 // Insurance companies in the Midwest are beginning to tally claims connected to hundreds of tornadoes and severe storms that hit a five state region in the Midwest late Saturday and early Sunday. Illinois, Indiana, Missouri,...
Fresno, Calif., Qualifies for State’s Low-Cost Auto Insurance Program
Mar 14 2006 // Insurance Commissioner Garamendi has announced that the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program will launch in Fresno County on April 1, bringing an opportunity for eligible low income good drivers to get...
Colorado Emergency Medical Payments Coverage Bill Killed in Committee
Mar 13 2006 // Legislation forcing Colorado drivers to purchase additional emergency medical insurance coverage as part of their auto insurance policies was defeated in the state’s Senate Appropriations Committee by a vote of...
Abram Interstate Offers New Program for Garage Insurance
Mar 13 2006 // Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif., is offering a new program for garage insurance in California and Arizona. The targeted classes are: new and used car dealers, private passenger auto repair...
S&P Bulletin Recognizes AXA’s Auto Policy Securitization
Mar 10 2006 // The London office of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a statement indicating that it will “recognize a capital relief in its capital adequacy model for AXA Group (core insurance operating...
N.C. Schedules June Auto Insurance Rate Hearing
Mar 10 2006 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has announced a hearing on auto insurance rates will be held in Raleigh in June and recently requested rate increases will be denied until after the hearings. This...
Insurance Crime Bureau Lists Top 10 Cities for Staged Accident Scams
Mar 10 2006 // In a worst-case scenario of greed-driven criminal activity, Waurd Demolaire, 25, of Brooklyn, New York, was convicted Feb. 16 by a Queens County jury of killing a 71-year-old grandmother in 2003. Demolaire intentionally...
With Eye on Federal Monies, More States Adopting Primary Seat Belt Laws
Mar 9 2006 // Seventeen-year-old Brittney Hudson wasn’t wearing her seat belt when it mattered most, the moment her 2004 Toyota Celica rolled over along a rural stretch in western Colorado and ejected her from the vehicle. The...
Auto, Homeowners Coverage for Police, Firefighters Offers Unique Benefits
Mar 8 2006 // St. Louis, Mo.-based Stuckey and Company unveiled a new a homeowners and auto insurance program designed exclusively for police and firefighters. “We believe that police and firefighters are deserving of special...
Four Riverside, Calif. Residents Arrested for Alleged Fradulent Auto Theft Claim
Mar 7 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced the arrests of three Riverside, Calif., residents on charges that they allegedly filed a fraudulent auto theft claim on a car that was later found in an orange...
Freberg Environmental Launches Excess Auto Liability Program
Mar 7 2006 // Environmental Insurance Program Manager, Freberg Environmental, Inc. (FEI) has launched an excess automobile liability program with an A.M. Best rated “A VIII” domestic insurance company. The excess auto...
Shooting not Covered by Auto Insurance Policy, Ark. Court Says
Mar 3 2006 // An auto insurance company does not have to defend a customer in St. Francis County who, while sitting in his pickup truck, shot another person through the wall of a house, the Arkansas Court of Appeals has ruled. Judges...
Grange Expands Identity Theft Coverage to Ohio Auto Policyholders
Mar 3 2006 // Grange Insurance will offer its Identity Theft victim resolution and education program coverage to auto policyholders in Ohio. The program is being offered in partnership with Identity Theft 911, a national fraud solutions...
NAMIC Supports Sunset of Florida’s No-Fault Auto Law
Mar 3 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has announced it supports Floridians for Lower Insurance Costs and opposes the reinstatement of the state’s no-fault auto insurance law and will state its...
Florida Auto No-Fault Claim Costs Climb as Injury Seriousness Declines
Mar 3 2006 // Florida personal injury protection (PIP) claim costs (claimed economic losses and actual claim payments) increased at double-digit rates between 2002 and 2005, far outpacing the rate of inflation, according to a new...
Progressive Drives Commercial Auto Into W.Va.
Mar 2 2006 // The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies has announced it is now offering commercial auto insurance in West Virginia. While Progressive’s commercial coverages are available directly to consumers by phone and over...
PCI : Study Shows Need for No-fault Reform in Minn.
Mar 2 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is calling for reform of Minnesota’s no-fault system. According to the national trade association, drivers in Minnesota pay more for insurance than drivers in...
