Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Colo. Drivers Could Pay Extra $10 to Subsidize Ambulances
Jan 26 2006 // Colorado drivers could be asked to pay about $10 extra on their annual car registration renewals in order to subsidize ambulance services under a proposed change to the state’s new car insurance system. First...
Americans More Fearful of Car Crashes, Terrorist Hits than Avian Flu
Jan 25 2006 // A new national survey of 1,000 Americans revealed that Americans are more fearful of car accidents, natural disasters and terrorist attacks than they are of the Avian Bird flu. The national survey was conducted by HCD...
Calif. Commissioner, Auto Club Warn Consumers of Flood-Damaged Cars
Jan 24 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi joined the Automobile Club of Southern California Tuesday to warn Southland used-car buyers who might be duped into purchasing a flood-damaged vehicle hauled from...
Virginia Gov. Unveils Transportation Plan with Auto Insurance Fee Hike
Jan 23 2006 // Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine is proposing an increase in the state’s auto insurance premium fee and a hike in the auto sales and use tax as part of a broad multi–year transportation initiative. The $3.7...
Ark. Court: Insurers Don’t Have to Pay for Wreck
Jan 23 2006 // An insurance company doesn’t have to defend or pay the claims of a Pulaski County woman whose 15-year-old son wrecked the family car, the Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled. The court upheld a judge’s ruling that...
Calif. Commissioner Wants to Expand Low Cost Auto Program to 8 Counties
Jan 23 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced plans to expand the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program CLCA) to eight counties in 2006. Recent legislation — Senate Bill 20 — recently...
Case Law Watch
Jan 23 2006 // Auto liability Allstate Insurance Company v. Reid (1st Cir. Nov. 30, 2005) Ruling: Coverage Not Available for Damage to Boat Towed by Insured. Defendant and his friend, May, were returning from a fishing trip. Defendant...
Fla. Insurance Council predicts hurricane coverage utmost concern
Jan 23 2006 // Florida Insurance Council Executive Vice President Sam Miller predicts hurricane insurance will be the most significant property and casualty issue in 2006, just as it was in 2005, on the state level. “Congress, at a...
Wash. anti-fraud auto insurance bill wins committee approval
Jan 23 2006 // In Olympia, Wash., a legislative committee amended and passed legislation that is designed to assist consumers injured in intentional “road rage” collisions — and protect insurers against auto insurance...
Garamendi’s proposed auto rate regs will likely cause rate hikes
Jan 23 2006 // Insurers’ estimates say 61 percent of California drivers could pay more. Concern continues to build against California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s plan to impose new regulations for determining auto...
Colo. legislators to tackle auto insurance in 2006 session
Jan 23 2006 // The 2006 legislative agenda for property/ casualty insurers in Colorado will be dominated by automobile insurance and regulatory issues, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), based in...
ARIZ. SENATOR WANTS TO DENY FUNDS TO DRIVERS WHO LEAVE KEYS IN CAR
Jan 23 2006 // Glendale, Ariz., Republican Sen. Linda Gray is pushing legislation that would allow insurers to refuse to reimburse drivers if companies can prove that the keys were left anywhere in the vehicle, and not just the ignition,...
Mercury Insurance Group CEO proposes voter initiative
Jan 23 2006 // The head of Mercury Insurance is trying to get an initiative on the November election ballot to restore portable persistency discounts. George Joseph, CEO of Los Angeles-based Mercury General Corp., submitted a proposed...
Low-Cost auto Insurance expands to six Calif. counties
Jan 23 2006 // A new California law will allow low-income residents in Alameda, Fresno, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties, to purchase driver’s insurance for less than $400, beginning April 1. Until now, a...
Garage Program
Jan 23 2006 // Nuts & Bolts: Yates & Associates Insurance Services is offering a new garage program targeting new and used car dealers, private passenger auto repair shops, RV dealers and repair, motorcycle dealers and repair,...
Calif. puts more drive into new laws for residents hitting the road
Jan 23 2006 // New penalties for drunk drivers, street racers, and “pocket bike” riders–along with improvements to California’s teen driving requirements–are among the laws that took effect Jan. 1, 2006,...
GEICO REDUCING COLO. AUTO RATES
Jan 23 2006 // GEICO began reducing auto insurance rates for new policyholders in Colorado on Jan. 5. The company also said it would be reducing rates for existing policyholders beginning Feb. 20. According to the company,...
IRC: Insurance Fraud, Buildup Add Some $400M to Calif. Auto Injury
Jan 23 2006 // A recent Insurance Research Council (IRC) study of auto injury insurance claims puts a hefty price tag on the cost of claim abuse in California. In 2002, between $319 million and $432 million in bodily injury liability...
Editor’s Note: 2006 Begins with Politics Up Front; State Legislatures Tackle Auto Issues
Jan 22 2006 // Midwesterners have never been known to take a “back seat” on anything. Seizing the opportunity seems to come naturally to us. A case in point is the recent scramble by three Midwestern congressmen to jump into...
Ark. Court: Insurers Don’t Have to Pay for Wreck
Jan 22 2006 // An insurance company doesn’t have to defend or pay the claims of a Pulaski County woman whose 15-year-old son wrecked the family car, the Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled. The court upheld a judge’s ruling that...
