Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mich. Auto Insurers Failing to File Data Face Penalties
Apr 5 2004 // Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) Commissioner Linda Watters said that two insurance companies that failed to submit information requested through an auto insurance data call by March 15, 2004 now...
Flood, Credit Rank Among Top 2004 Maryland Issues as Session Ends
Apr 5 2004 // As the 2004 Maryland legislative session draws to a close, a myriad of property/casualty insurance bills reportedly benefiting consumers in providing disaster relief and fair underwriting and rating practices are...
OneBeacon Expands Auto Product for Maine Drivers
Apr 2 2004 // The family with a car each for dad, mom, the college sophomore and the high-school senior. The tenant in apartment 2B who’s never had a ticket or an accident in 20 years of driving. The distracted shopper who backed...
PCI Study Examines State Residual Auto Markets
Apr 2 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has released its analysis of “residual auto market populations” and has found a connection between such assigned risk plans and state rating laws. The study...
IBC to Focus on Auto Theft, Organized Crime
Apr 2 2004 // The Insurance Bureau of Canada has announced plans to concentrate its investigative efforts exclusively on auto theft and organized crime, and has therefore discontinued investigations of individual claims as of April...
Dozens Arrested for Auto Body Insurance Fraud in Northern California
Apr 1 2004 // A multi-agency enforcement unit conducted a sweep April 1 that has to date resulted in the arrests of 27 suspects following a year-long undercover investigation into auto body insurance fraud. Warrants were issued by the...
New ISO Symbols Rate Cars By Make and Model for Liability, No-Fault/Medical Payments Insurance
Apr 1 2004 // Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO) has introduced a personal auto rating program carriers can use to tailor the cost of insurance for bodily injury and property damage liability and no-fault/medical payments coverage...
Former Mass. Official D’Amato Heads Consumer Group
Mar 31 2004 // A former director of the State Rating Bureau (SRB) within the Massachusetts Division of Insurance and frequent critic of the industry and its regulators has signed on to be executive director at the Center for Insurance...
AIADA Notes Older Drivers Safety Concerns
Mar 31 2004 // The American International Auto Dealers Association (AIADA) has indicated that traffic safety of aging Americans is fast becoming one of the greatest public safety concerns of government, auto manufacturers, and insurance...
Colorado Legislature Preserves Access to Motor Vehicle Reports
Mar 30 2004 // The Colorado Legislature defeated a bill (SB-52) on March 30 that would have kept Motor Vehicle Reports (MVRs) confidential for up to the first six points of driving violations, according the American Insurance Association...
Nine “Insider Insurance” Conspirators Arrested in California
Mar 30 2004 // State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the arrests of nine suspects today by the California Urban Auto Fraud Task Force for embezzlement, conspiracy and tax evasion in connection with an...
I.I.I. Reports Auto Insurance Rate Increases Dropping By More than Half
Mar 30 2004 // The cost of auto insurance is expected to rise by 3.5 percent in 2004, the smallest increase in four years, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). The declining number of auto accidents due to better...
MetLife Auto & Home in Alliance with Home Depot
Mar 25 2004 // MetLife Auto & Home and The Home Depot announce that they will be joining forces to provide repair materials and installation services for MetLife Auto & Home customers. This enhanced service will be available...
PCI Says N.J. Auto Reform ‘On the Right Track’
Mar 24 2004 // A bulletin from the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America praised New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey’s announcement Monday of three new automobile insurance reforms. The recently adopted measures will...
Vesta Notes Filing of Registration Statement for Non-Standard Auto Sub
Mar 22 2004 // Alabama-based Vesta Insurance Group Inc. announced that its non-standard auto subsidiary, Affirmative Insurance Holdings Inc., filed a registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for a...
Consumer Protections Added for N.J. Drivers
Mar 22 2004 // New Jersey Governor James McGreevey took further steps Monday toward a consumer-directed, competitive auto insurance market, announcing the adoption of additional consumer initiatives as part of his auto insurance reforms...
MASS. INSURER SUES OVER HIGH RISKS:
Mar 22 2004 // Hanover Insurance Co, a unit of Allmerica, has upped the stakes in the battle over high risk auto business in Massachusetts by suing for $20 million it says it has suffered in losses plus damages because of an alleged...
Package and Commercial Auto
Mar 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. is offering a package and commercial auto program featuring a replacement cost with optional ACV, no coinsurance and property value guard automatic increases....
Specialized Truck Equipment
Mar 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: With its newly enhanced STEP SPICE policy endorsement, The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. unveiled new additions to its multi-line program for manufacturers, distributors, installers and...
CINFIN VP REPORTED IN CRITICAL CARE AFTER AUTO CRASH:
Mar 22 2004 // Kenneth S. Miller, a senior vice president for insurer Cincinnati Financial Corp., was hospitalized in critical condition after an auto accident Feb. 29 in Fairfield, according to a statement released by the company....
