Latest Auto Headlines
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Miss. Legislators Debate Raising Auto Liability Limits
Feb 4 2005 // The Mississippi Legislature is considering raising automobile liability limits which could increase insurance premiums in the state. The Mississippi House and Senate each passed legislation on Thursday that for the first...
Five Northern Californians Arrested on Charges of Insurance Fraud
Feb 4 2005 // On Jan. 13, 2005, Victor Morales Delgado and his brother-in-law, Jose Guerrero, both of Sacramento, self-surrendered to investigators with the California Department of Insurance Organized Auto Insurance Task Force (Task...
Texas AG Reaches Final Settlement with Insurers for Auto Repair Overcharges
Feb 4 2005 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced the last two in a five-year series of settlements with various insurance companies to give refunds to Texas policyholders who paid more out of pocket on claims for auto repairs...
N.C. Rate Bureau Asks Insurance Commission for 11.5 Percent Auto Premium Increase
Feb 3 2005 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has expressed doubts about new methodology used by the North Carolina Rate Bureau, which has just requested an 11.5 percent statewide increase in private auto insurance rates....
Opponents Win Stay of Mass. Auto Market Changes
Feb 2 2005 // Opponents of changes to the way the Massachusetts auto insurance system handles high risk drivers have won a court stay of rules that were to begin going into effect this week. In granting the injunction, Superior Court...
AAA Insurance Affiliate Files 8.7% Auto Rate Reduction
Feb 1 2005 // AAA Texas County Mutual Insurance Company, the insurance affiliate for AAA Texas, has filed for an 8.7 percent average automobile insurance rate reduction effective today for new business and March 14 for renewing...
No-Charge Auto Insurance Pioneer Out to Sell More VWs, Convince Skeptics Rating Model Works
Feb 1 2005 // Volkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to offer car buyers, regardless of their risk profile, auto insurance at...
Ohio Has 4th Lowest Homeowners Rates, 16th Lowest in Auto Insurance
Feb 1 2005 // Ohio insurance consumers continued to benefit from a healthy property and casualty market in 2004 and rates are not expected to change significantly in 2005, the state’s insurance department announced. Homeowners...
Three-year Sentence Imposed for Selling Fake Vehicle Insurance Cards
Feb 1 2005 // A Riviera Beach, Fla. man who sold fake motor vehicle insurance cards to nearly 200 South Florida drivers has been sentenced to three years in prison and more than a dozen of his customers are facing charges that they...
Nine Plead Guilty to Faking S.C. Auto Wrecks, Filing False Claims
Jan 28 2005 // Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today in Columbia, S.C. that nine individuals pleaded guilty between Oct. 21, 2004 and Jan. 13, 2005 to 16 counts of Presenting False Claims for Payment, a felony violation of...
Southeastern Mass. Payroll Scam Busted
Jan 27 2005 // Five individuals have been charged in federal court with participating in a massive tax and insurance fraud scheme in connection with their operation of temporary employment agencies in Southeastern Massachusetts. They are...
Fla. Auto Shop Owners Charged with Fraud
Jan 26 2005 // The owners of a Florida auto repair shop were arrested this week on insurance fraud charges stemming from an investigation that reportedly showed they underreported payroll to avoid paying thousands of dollars in...
Study: Injury Claims are Common Despite Lower Auto Accident Rates, Fewer Serious Injuries
Jan 25 2005 // More than one in four auto accidents resulted in bodily injury liability (BI) claims in 2003, according to a recent study by the Insurance Research Council (IRC). The study, Trends in Auto Injury Claims, 2004 Edition,...
Insuring the Young and the Carless
Jan 24 2005 // VW Seeks a Sales Charge Out of No-Charge Insurance to Car Buyers Volkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to...
COMMERCIAL AUTO RESULTS TAKE U-TURN
Jan 24 2005 // Commercial auto underwriting results took a U-turn in the right direction from 1999 to 2003, according to a new study by Conning Research and Consulting Inc. The study, Commercial Automobile Markets: Solid Sectors, Worthy...
N.Y. RANKS AUTO INSURERS ON COMPLAINTS:
Jan 24 2005 // With only one upheld complaint, Amica Mutual Insurance Co. of Rhode Island, a perennial top 10 finisher, ranked the best among 49 auto insurers or groups ranked by the New York State Insurance Department in its most recent...
VW Seeks a Sales Charge Out of No-Charge Insurance to Car Buyers
Jan 24 2005 // VW Seeks a Sales Charge Out of No-Charge Insurance to Car Buyers Volkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to...
COMMERCE SUES OVER AUTO PLAN:
Jan 24 2005 // The Commerce Insurance Company has filed an action in Massachusetts Superior Court, Suffolk County, in response to the rules published by the Division of Insurance for a new automobile residual market system. Commerce is...
VW Seeks a Sales Charge Out of No-Charge Insurance to Car Buyers
Jan 24 2005 // Insuring the Young and the Carless Volkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to offer car buyers, regardless of...
Setting Yourself on Fire is not a Good Idea
Jan 24 2005 // People may think they’re being clever when they try to cheat insurance companies, but often they end up making mistakes that get them caught, injured and sometimes even killed. The Progressive group of insurance...
