Latest Auto Headlines
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Drivers living near restaurants pose higher risks than church neighbors
Jan 1 2006 // Why people who live close to restaurant are more likely to pay more for auto insurance. Drivers who live within a mile of a church are far less likely to have a car accident than drivers who live more than a mile from a...
New year brings lowered rates for Mass. drivers
Jan 1 2006 // Private passenger auto insurance rates will be cut an average 8.7 percent in Massachusetts in 2006 under a ruling by insurance commissioner Julianne M. Bowler. The new rates translate to an average decrease of $95.14 per...
Mich. AG warns consumers about dangers of buying flood damaged vehicles
Jan 1 2006 // Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox warned consumers about the danger of flood-damaged vehicles. A Consumer Alert, Used Vehicle Buyers Watch for Flood Damage, posted to the attorney general’s Web site provides...
IJ Exclusive: Colorado Commissioner David Rivera Has Age-and Experience
Jan 1 2006 // When David Rivera was appointed Insurance Commissioner by Colorado Governor Bill Owens in April 2005, he was the youngest commissioner in the United States. Despite his age, however, Rivera already had a wealth of...
Auto-Liability
Jan 1 2006 // Co. v. Dennison (Hawaii Court of Appeals, Oct. 11, 2005) Ruling: The insurer in this case filed a declaratory judgment action against its insured, alleging that it was not liable for emotional distress damages caused when...
Used vehicles need flood damage background checks
Jan 1 2006 // Flood damage checks are an essential buyer’s tool so used car purchasers and insurance companies can determine if a used car for sale by an owner in Atlanta or by a car dealer in Tampa, Fla., were not submerged in...
Calif. insurance commissioner announces new regulations for auto insurance rates
Jan 1 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced he is introducing new regulations that require insurers to base auto rates primarily on a driver’s record and not on ZIP code. According to the...
Calif. Puts More Drive Into New Laws for Residents Hitting the Roads
Dec 30 2005 // New penalties for drunk drivers, street racers, and “pocket bike” riders – along with improvements to California’s teen driving requirements – are among the laws taking effect as of Sunday,...
From New England to Virginia, Courts Made Insurance Headlines in 2005
Dec 30 2005 // From Maine to Virginia, many of the insurance headlines in 2005 dealt with compensation and reinsurance probes, just as they did across the country, casting the industry’s reputation in a bad light. But much of the...
State Auto Financial Named “Best Managed” by Forbes
Dec 29 2005 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Financial Corporation has been named by Forbes Magazine as its Best Managed Company in the insurance industry for the year 2006. State Auto’s ranking appears in the January 9, 2006...
Courts Rule Truck Insurer Must Pay for Damaged Airplane
Dec 29 2005 // Two Michigan courts have ruled that the insurer of a truck must pay $18,000 for damage caused to a small airplane that crashed after clipping the truck as the pilot tried to land in a grassy airfield. Cincinnati Insurance...
2005, a Year to Remember: Busiest Hurricane Season of the Century for United States
Dec 29 2005 // The hurricane season made 2005 a year-to-remember, with the southeast encountering the busiest hurricane season of the century, with 26 named storms and 13 hurricanes, meteorologists used up the list of 21 proper names and...
N.Y. Rates Auto Insurers on Complaints
Dec 29 2005 // The New York State Insurance Department’s 2005 Annual Ranking of Automobile Insurance Complaints shows Progressive Insurance Group placed highest among the 10 auto insurers with the largest New York market share,...
Study Reveals Communication Key in Collision Repair Process
Dec 27 2005 // J.D. Powers and Associates has ranked Erie Insurance highest in customer satisfaction with the collision repair process for a second year in a row. Maintaining a comprehensive and consistent dialog with the consumer...
Calif. Insurance Commissioner Announces New Regulations for Auto Insurance Rates
Dec 23 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced that he will introduce new regulations next week that require insurers to base auto rates primarily on a driver’s record and not on ZIP code. According...
Truck Insurer Ordered to Pay for Plane Damage Under Michigan No-Fault Law
Dec 22 2005 // Two courts in Michigan have ruled that the insurer of a truck must pay $18,000 for damage caused to a small airplane that crashed after clipping the truck as the pilot tried to land in a grassy airfield. The truck was...
Auto Dealers Compensation of Calif. Returns $9.6 Million in Equity
Dec 21 2005 // The Trustee Board of the Auto Dealers Compensation of California Inc. (AD-COMP(R)), has announced an equity distribution of approximately $9.6 million to its auto dealership members. AD-COMP(R), formed in 2002, is a...
IBC Picks Canada’s 2005 “Top Ten” Insurance Crimes
Dec 21 2005 // The Insurance Bureau of Canada has released its annual Top Ten Insurance Crimes list, which highlights “some of the strangest and most audacious insurance frauds and auto theft cases uncovered by insurance...
California Insurers Charge Drivers in Black, Latino Neighborhoods More, Report Indicates
Dec 20 2005 // Insurers charge good drivers living in California’s predominantly African-American and Latino zip codes substantially more for automobile insurance than good drivers in predominantly white communities, claims an...
Michigan AG Provides Tips to Avoid Purchasing Flood Damaged Vehicles
Dec 20 2005 // Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox warned consumers today about the danger of flood-damaged vehicles. A Consumer Alert, Used Vehicle Buyers Watch for Flood Damage, posted to the attorney general’s Website...
