Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Alliance Explores Marketability of Low Cost Auto Program
Aug 9 2004 // The American Agents Alliance has just completed a survey of independent insurance producers regarding the Low Cost Auto Insurance program enacted by the Legislature in 2000. The Alliance was approached by Senator Jackie...
Commercial Auto
Aug 9 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services (BTIS) announced a new online commercial auto program intended for up to four vehicles with a maximum GVW of 45,000 lbs. Classes of business include...
Franchised Truck Dealers
Aug 9 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Myers, Benner Corp. is offering a franchised truck dealers program to insure franchised heavy truck dealers for property, garage liability, open lot, workers’ compensation and umbrella...
Losses Drive High Cost of Detroit Metro Auto Coverage, Insurance Lobby Says
Aug 9 2004 // Higher claims frequency and severity make it twice as expensive for insurers to offer full auto and homeowners coverage to residents in metropolitan Detroit than the state as a whole, according to a recent study conducted...
PCI: Mandatory Auto Insurance Doesn’t Reduce Number of Uninsured Drivers
Aug 9 2004 // Although unlicensed and uninsured drivers comprise a significant traffic safety concern across the country, the solution to the problem is not compulsory automobile liability insurance, according to the Property Casualty...
N.J. Auto Reforms Bring Rewards to Drivers
Aug 6 2004 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly Bakke recently commended Liberty Mutual’s decision to return nearly $15 million to more than 200,000 policyholders. Liberty Mutual’s decision brings the total...
Ark. Urges Insurers Not to Deny Auto Coverage to Returning U.S. Armed Forces
Aug 6 2004 // The Arkansas Insurance Department reported it has received information indicating some automobile insurance companies are denying reinstatement, refusing to write, or raising premium rates for members of the U.S. Armed...
