Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
MOST KAN. COMPLAINTS REGARD AUTO INSURANCE:
Aug 23 2004 // The recently released Kansas 2003 Consumer Complaint Ratio Report shows that 38 percent of complaints related to auto insurance, more than any other line of business. During 2003, the Kansas Insurance Department (KID)...
NORTH CAROLINA COMMISSIONER SETTLES TRIO OF AUTO CASES:
Aug 23 2004 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long recently announced the resolution of three auto insurance rate cases—a settlement that will result in potential maximum savings of $1.2 billion for North Carolina drivers....
Legal Liability for Motor Truck Cargo
Aug 23 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. broadened and simplified its carrier-for-hire cargo coverage, which addresses a trucker’s legal liability when carrying cargo under contract. Key...
Three Suspects Arrested for Alleged Auto, Work Comp Insurance Fraud
Aug 23 2004 // Investigators arrested three people Aug. 3 on numerous felony charges after a 3-year California Department of Insurance (CDI) investigation into a chiropractic office, which uncovered numerous alleged auto insurance and...
Next Day Auto Gives Agents Opportunity to Earn Extra Cash
Aug 23 2004 // Looking to provide a valuable additional service to your clients? Next Day Auto is a Southern Calif.-based referral service that gives agents and brokers an opportunity to earn a little extra cash and gives insureds the...
Virginia Bureau Offers Teens Auto Coverage CD
Aug 20 2004 // The Virginia State Corporation Commission’s (SCC) Bureau of Insurance now offers a free educational compact disc (CD) geared to teenage drivers. The 15-minute CD is designed to give teens a basic understanding of...
N.J. Man Pulled Over in Auto Theft Ring
Aug 20 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Hudson County man has been charged by the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor with being the leader of an auto theft...
J.D. Power Study: Satisfaction High for Auto Insurance Consumers Using the Internet
Aug 19 2004 // A small but growing group of customers are turning to the Internet rather than phone calls or office visits to communicate with their auto insurance provider, according to J.D. Power and Associates’ 2004 National...
Norwich Union Tests ‘Pay-as-you-Go’ Auto Insurance
Aug 18 2004 // Norwich Union, the U.K.’s largest P/C insurer, announced plans to begin testing a pilot scheme called “Pay As You Drive”(TM) insurance, which it says could revolutionize the way auto coverage is...
Westfield Taps Corbett to Run Nonstandard Auto Division
Aug 16 2004 // Ohio-based property/casualty carrier Westfield Insurance has named Brian G. Corbett named executive of personal lines and nonstandard auto. His responsibilities include managing the profitability and expansion of Defender,...
Mass. Auto Insurers Seek 5.8% Increase
Aug 16 2004 // If Massachusetts private passenger auto insurers get their way, the rates they charge drivers in this state will increase an average 5.8 percent next year. The Automobile Insurers Bureau of Massachusetts (AIB) has...
GEICO Returns to N.J. Auto Market
Aug 16 2004 // New Jersey state officials this morning announced that GEICO has “good news” for state residents. Beginning today GEICO will be selling private passenger automobile insurance in the state. “This is a very...
Texas Jury Awards $24.7 Million in Drunk Driving Case
Aug 13 2004 // A Harris County, Texas jury awarded $24.7 million to the family of a woman who died in a crash with a drunken driver four years ago, the Associated Press reported. The civil jury found Jeffrey Lamont Tate responsible for...
Lemac Offers New Market for Auto Repair & Service Ops
Aug 13 2004 // David Gorin, president of Lemac General Agency in Orange, California has recently added a new market for Automobile Repair & Service Operations. The market is rated “A” by A.M. Best. Eligible classes...
Michael E. James Offering Free Cabo Trips for Agents
Aug 12 2004 // Mike James, president of Michael E. James Insurance Agency plans to send agents out of the country to Mexico next year by implementing a reward program that enables qualifying agents and brokers to win an all expense paid...
Most Kan. Complaints Regard Auto Insurance, Says DOI Report
Aug 11 2004 // The recently released Kansas 2003 Consumer Complaint Ratio Report shows that 38 percent of complaints related to auto insurance, more than any other line of business. During 2003, the Kansas Insurance Department (KID)...
Vehicle Destruction May Be Ultimate Sanction for Uninsured U.K. Drivers
Aug 11 2004 // Concerned by the high percentage of accidents involving uninsured motorists, the British Government announced plans for a crackdown that could ultimately allow police to seize and eventually destroy the cars they...
DOT Reports Low Highway Fatality Rate for 2003
Aug 11 2004 // The fatality rate on the nation’s highways in 2003 was reportedly the lowest since record keeping began 29 years ago, the U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta announced. The number of crash-related injuries...
Former Fla. Car Dealer to Pay Restitution
Aug 10 2004 // The former owner of a Milton, Florida automotive dealership has entered a plea of no contest to racketeering and organized fraud and has been ordered to begin making deposits of $5,000 a month into an escrow account that...
Farmers Insurance Cautions Vehicle Owners on Windshield Replacement Scams
Aug 10 2004 // Driving with a cracked or broken windshield puts both drivers and their passengers at risk. In fact, insurance companies in some states are required by law to waive the deductible for damaged or broken windshields in an...
