Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mass. Auto Rates Certain to Go Down in 2006 as Bureau Calls for 5.4% Cut
Sep 30 2005 // One thing is known: auto insurance rates in Massachusetts will be going down in 2006. How much remains a matter for Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler to decide by the end of the year. Bowler today received her third...
Mass. AG Recommends 18% Rate Cut for Auto Insurance
Sep 29 2005 // Massachusetts drivers should see an 18 percent decrease in the cost of auto insurance, said Attorney General Tom Reilly. The recommendation, being filed today with the state Department of Insurance (DOI), would reduce the...
Okla. Officials Say Flooded Cars Could Come to State
Sep 28 2005 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson and Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland this week warned of yet another potential impact from the hurricanes that recently hit the gulf coast. Flood-damaged cars could soon be making...
N.J. Court: Jury Should Spread Damage Award Beyond Car Maker
Sep 28 2005 // A New Jersey appeals court in Trenton is giving DaimlerChrysler the chance to reduce the amount of money it must pay the family of a woman who was killed when another vehicle’s tire crushed the roof of a minivan. A...
Letter to the Editor: FMCSA Says Article Based on Speculation, Not Fact
Sep 28 2005 // The following letter is from FMCSA Administrator Annette Sandberg in response to a recent Insurance Journal article on the new Federal hours-of-service rule for truck drivers: To the editor: “It is unfortunate that...
American Family Reducing Auto Insurance in Wis.
Sep 27 2005 // American Family Mutual Insurance Co. said Monday it is reducing premiums for Wisconsin auto insurance customers. Homeowners insurance customers who have remained claims-free for five years or more will also pay less. Auto...
N.C. Falls to Fifth Lowest Auto Insurance Rates in Nation
Sep 26 2005 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has announced in Raleigh, N.C. that the state now ranks as having the fifth lowest auto insurance rates in the nation, an improvement of three places over last year’s ranking as the...
Database to Track Cars Damaged by Hurricane Katrina
Sep 26 2005 // A new, expanded database to track vehicles flooded by Hurricane Katrina has been set up to prevent them from turning up on used car lots around the country, the Associated Press and New Orleans Times-Picayune...
Colo. Democrats Question Claims That Auto Insurance Rates Have Declined
Sep 25 2005 // Democrats questioned claims by the auto insurance industry and Colorado state insurance commissioner that rates declined after the state switched from a no-fault system to a tort system, saying 48 of 200 companies have not...
Deadly Trucking Crash Leads to Calls for Tighter Insurance Rules in Conn.
Sep 25 2005 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has called on the Motor Vehicles Department to demand proof of insurance from all trucking companies in Connecticut. The request came after survivors of a fiery, 20-vehicle...
Auto Reform Advocates in Mass. Take to TV, Radio to Drive Message
Sep 23 2005 // An insurance industry-backed group that calls itself Fairness for Good Drivers is going on television to advance its program for changes in the auto insurance system in Massachustetts. The group has bought advertising time...
N.D., S.D., Iowa Drivers Enjoy Lowest Auto Rates: NAIC Report
Sep 23 2005 // According to the NAIC’s “State Average Expenditures & Premiums for Personal Auto Insurance in 2003,” North Dakota drivers enjoy the lowest average auto insurance premiums in the nation. North...
MADD of N.J. Marks 25 Years with Help from Auto Insurers, Dealers
Sep 23 2005 // Acting New Jersey Governor Richard Codey today officially launched the New Jersey celebration of Mothers Against Drunk Driving’s 25th Anniversary. A $10,000 anniversary gift to MADD was presented by N.J.-based...
S.C. Woman Receives Eight Years for Burning Her Vehicle
Sep 22 2005 // A South Carolina woman has pleaded guilty to one count of insurance fraud after she claimed her vehicle was stolen and burned, according to state Attorney General Henry McMaster. Shaunta M. Dukes told police she had been...
Conn. Gov. Rell: Close Insurance Loophole Truck Drove Through
Sep 22 2005 // An irate Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell said she would propose legislation to close a loophole that allowed American Crushing & Recycling, the owner of a truck involved in a July 29 fatal accident at the foot of...
Ky. DOI Discovers Bogus ‘Auto Bonds’ Being Sold as Auto Insurance Substitute
Sep 22 2005 // According to the Kentucky Office of Insurance in Frankfort, a Washington state company is selling Kentuckians bogus “auto bonds,” claiming that the product is a viable substitute for mandatory automobile...
Ark. Announces Changes to Auto Club License Rules
Sep 20 2005 // The Arkansas Insurance Department issued a reminder that Act 506 of 2005 amended Arkansas Code § 23-77-107(a)(2), now states that an automobile club or association may be penalized (suspended or revoked) if it no longer...
Aon Names Van Dellen Sr. VP
Sep 20 2005 // Aon has appointed Henry Van Dellen as a senior vice president and Minneapolis office Health & Welfare practice leader for Aon Consulting, effective immediately. Van Dellen joins Aon from Willis, where he most recently...
FAIA Studying Windstorm ‘Vehicle’
Sep 19 2005 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents has announced it will study “another avenue” for covering hurricane wind damage in Florida and would like to establish its own “vehicle” to insure...
Case Law Watch
Sep 19 2005 // This recurring feature examines insurance coverage decisions in the Midwest’s appellate courts, as compiled by the New York-based law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLC and edited by insurance lawyer Kevin T. Merriman...
