Latest Auto Headlines
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Distracted Driving: Steering Clear of Liability Risks
Sep 5 2005 // When an employee crashes, so does the bottom line. In many cases, it is employers who bear the human, economic, and legal costs associated with a crash. Consider the following scenario: Your employee is driving down the...
Mass. Auto Insurance Rates: How Low Will They Go for Next Year?
Sep 5 2005 // As the wheel that sets 2006 auto insurance rates in Massachusetts begins spinning, there is no doubt it will be pointing at a negative number when it comes to rest in about two months. The real mystery is just how negative...
SHIFTING COMMUTER HABITS CAN CUT CALIF. AUTO RATES:
Sep 5 2005 // By reducing the number of miles they drive each week, California commuters could reduce their automobile insurance premiums, according to the Insurance Information Network of California. As gasoline prices increase past $3...
Mass. Auto Insurance Rates: How Low Will They Go for Next Year?
Sep 5 2005 // As the wheel that sets 2006 auto insurance rates in Massachusetts begins spinning, there is no doubt it will be pointing at a negative number when it comes to rest in about two months. The real mystery is just how negative...
Distracted Driving: Steering Clear of Liability Risks
Sep 5 2005 // Consider the following scenario: Your employee is driving down the road talking on her cell phone to a client. Distracted by the conversation, your employee swerves and hits what she believes to be a deer. Your employee...
Survey: Auto Insurance Buyers Continue to Use Internet More Often
Sep 2 2005 // The number of visitors who turn to the Internet to seek service or obtain an auto insurance quote has increased considerably, according to a new study released by J.D. Power and Associates. “Consumers compelled to...
Horace Mann Lowers Auto, HO Rates for Ca. Teachers
Sep 1 2005 // Horace Mann Educators Corp. has lowered auto and homeowner insurance rates in California effective Sept. 1, 2005. The rate reductions apply to customers and prospects who are members of the education community. “We...
State Auto Cuts Reinsurance Agreement for Subsidiary
Sep 1 2005 // State Auto Financial told the Securities and Exchange Commission its subsidiary, State Auto National Insurance Co., no longer needs a reinsurance agreement. The reinsurance agreement protected State Auto National from...
Insurers Post Special Toll-Free Numbers to Help Katrina Victims as Storm Moves North
Aug 29 2005 // Policyholders with questions regarding their coverage for damage caused by Hurricane Katrina should contact their insurance agent or company representative. To assist consumers, special toll-free numbers have been set up...
NICB ‘Hot Spots Report’ Shows Car Theft Decreased in Most of Southeast
Aug 25 2005 // Across the Southeast’s major metropolitan areas auto theft deceased dramatically in 2004, accompanied by a slight drop in auto theft nationally, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s annual Hot...
Consumers Need More Auto Insurance Education, Panel Says
Aug 25 2005 // The Colorado Legislature’s Interim Committee on Auto Insurance has concluded that there needs to be more uniformity in presenting and explaining automobile insurance coverage options to residents buying or renewing...
AIA Disturbed by New Federal Motor Carrier Rules
Aug 25 2005 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) is reportedly extremely disappointed that the federal agency overseeing motor carrier safety has approved new rules that would allow commercial truckers to drive more with less...
Brain Injury Assoc. of Pa. Takes Issue with Helmet Law
Aug 25 2005 // The following is an op-ed or “Letters” statement from The Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania passed a law to allow motorcyclists to drive without wearing a helmet. But who pays the medical...
NICB: Rise in S.C. Auto Thefts
Aug 24 2005 // There were more than 22,000 vehicles stolen in South Carolina in 2004 according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, which reports that theft rates rose for the sixth year in a row. NICB reports the Florence, S.C....
Mass. Commissioner Appeals Court Ruling That Blocked Auto Changes
Aug 24 2005 // The Romney Administration has decided to appeal a June court ruling that found that the state’s insurance commissioner exceeded her authority when she tried to change the state’s auto insurance residual...
ACIC Says Calif. is Car Theft Capital
Aug 24 2005 // It’s not surprising that the National Insurance Crime Bureau ranks California as the car theft capital of the United States, according to Sam Sorich, president of the Association of California Insurance...
Mass. AG Calls for 10% Auto Rate Cut
Aug 23 2005 // Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly will seek at least a 10 percent cut in the state’s auto insurance rate when he makes a formal recommendation later this month. Reilly said auto insurers enjoyed hefty...
California Repeats as the Nation’s Auto Theft Hot Spot
Aug 23 2005 //
Miami PD Eliminates Its Auto Theft Unit; Area Agents Predict Higher Policy Rates, Increased Thefts
Aug 23 2005 // Insurance agents in Miami and Dade County were dismayed to discover this morning that, “due to manpower shortages” the Miami Police Department has disbanded its Auto Theft Unit. A PD spokesman told the Miami...
AIG Auto Insurance: Guys Prefer Their Wives, Significant Other with Them in the Passenger Seat
Aug 23 2005 // Move over Paris Hilton! According to a recent survey by AIG Auto Insurance, two-thirds (66 percent) of American men choose to be stuck in traffic with their wife/significant other this Labor Day weekend. Additionally, 44...
