Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
News Briefs
Aug 8 2005 // National Poll Reveals Americans’ Views on Aging: A poll by the MetLife Mature Market Institute conducted by Zogby International shows that 60 percent of Americans believe “old” is age 71 and over, but...
Federal Highway Bill Bans Vicarious Liability of Car Leasing Firms
Aug 1 2005 // When President George Bush signs the federal highway bill, New Yorkers will likely get a special bonus – the return of vehicle leasing, according to the car leasing industry. The federal bill includes a ban on...
AMEX Enters N.J. Auto Insurance Market Via Internet Sales
Aug 1 2005 // AMEX Assurance Company,of the American Express Property Casualty companies, is now writing insurance policies in New Jersey. AMEX is entering the New Jersey market exclusively through the Internet. Its web site is...
Royal & Sun Alliance Agrees to Sell Viking Insurance to Sentry Insurance
Jul 29 2005 // Charlotte, N.C.-based Royal & Sun Alliance has agreed to sell Viking Insurance, its specialty U.S. non-standard auto business to Sentry Insurance, of Stevens Point, Wisc. for $200 million in cash. The purchase is...
California Auto Repair Dealers Bill Temporarily Stalled
Jul 29 2005 // A California bill allowing vehicle owners to authorize their insurer to act on their behalf to arrange automobile repairs to their insured vehicle is, for all practical purposes, in the repair shop until 2006. After a...
Colorado Lawmakers Say They Have No Plans to Return to No-fault Auto
Jul 29 2005 // State lawmakers said July 27 they have no plans to return Colorado to no-fault auto insurance, but they questioned the savings claimed by state regulators in switching to a system that puts the financial burden for...
Air Force Recruits Bikers to Motorcycle Safety Course
Jul 27 2005 // Many motorcyclists say there is nothing like the feeling of flying down the highway on two wheels with a sunset stretched out ahead. But before hitting the open road, Airmen and civilians, and many throughout the Air...
Progressive Settles 80 Percent of Hurricane Dennis Fla. Auto Claims
Jul 26 2005 // Hurricane Dennis hit the Florida Panhandle 16 days ago, yet Progressive, Florida’s fourth largest auto insurer reports it has settled 80 percent of its auto claims resulting from the hurricane. “The phones...
Lawyers Plead Guilty in SoCal Car Insurance Fraud Ring
Jul 25 2005 // Two attorneys pleaded guilty Friday in connection with a Southern California insurance fraud ring that allegedly staged vehicle collisions and filed false insurance company claims, officials said. Curtis Mitchell Shaw, 61,...
Neb. Man Paralyzed in Crash Loses Fight With Insurer
Jul 25 2005 // A man paralyzed in a crash with a Scotts Bluff County, Neb., sheriff’s cruiser that also killed his fiancee lost his fight to get money from the county’s insurance company, according to the Associated...
Survey Says: Myths About the Cost of Auto Insurance Persist
Jul 25 2005 // The color of a car influences how much it costs to insure it, Comprehensive coverage protects drivers in all situations because, after all, it’s “comprehensive,” and car insurance companies can charge...
Canadian Auto Insurers, Consumer Group Clash Over Ontario Premiums
Jul 24 2005 // Canada’s auto insurers are disputing a recent study that showed Ontario drivers’ auto insurance rates are as much as 45 percent higher than those for British Columbia motorists. The Insurance Bureau of Canada...
N.J. Approves National Atlantic’s Auto Insurance Loyalty Discount
Jul 20 2005 // Proformance Insurance Company, the largest subsidiary of National Atlantic Holdings Corporation and a domestic New Jersey insurer, today announced that its Loyalty Loss Free Discount Program for its auto insurance...
$120,000 In ‘Ditched’ Vehicles Offered ‘For Sale’ to DFS Undercover Officers
Jul 20 2005 // Eight individuals have been apprehended in West Palm Beach, Fla. for attempting to claim more than $120,000 in auto insurance theft benefits; but, there was one hitch, they attempted to “ditch” the vehicles by...
Boston Mayor Opposes Romney Auto Insurance Plan
Jul 19 2005 // Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino has sent letters to both Senate President Robert Travaglini and House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi asking for their support in opposing Governor Mitt Romney’s plan to reform auto insurance...
Motorcycle, Garage Keepers and Open Lot
Jul 18 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: MBA Holdings’ subsidiary, National Motorcycle Dealers Association has entered into an agreement with Universal Underwriters Group to underwrite insurance products to franchised motorcycle dealers....
Allocation
Jul 18 2005 // Wooddale Builders vs. Maryland Casualty Co. (Minnestoa Court of Appeals, May 3, 2005) -Ruling: Appropriate end date for time-on-the-risk allocation is date of remediation.House builder brought action against commercial...
News Briefs
Jul 18 2005 // ILLINOIS Segal Sentencing Delayed Indefinitely for Psychiatric Evaluation Former Chicago insurance broker Michael Segal’s sentencing for a federal conviction on 19 counts of fraud and racketeering related to nearly...
Crawford & Co.’s CAT Communications Truck Performs Well in Pensacola, Fla. Hurricane Dennis Tryouts
Jul 18 2005 // A stable source of power and wireless communications to field units and adjusters was provided last week when Crawford & Co. dispatched a new satellite Catastrophic Services (CAT) communications truck to Pensacola,...
AUTO RATES UP 4% IN 2004
Jul 18 2005 // The average cost of an auto insurance policy in Michigan increased 4 percent in 2004, according to a study by the Insurance Institute of Michigan. The average auto insurance premium in 2004 was $1,130, compared to $1,086...
