Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
The Jacobson Group Places Remmells at W. Va. National Auto Insurance Co.
Jan 13 2004 // The Jacobson Group assisted another insurance organization in its quest for talent by placing David Remmells, as Chief Financial Officer at West Virginia National Auto Insurance Company of Morgantown, W.Va. “We have...
DM&A to Handle Claims for New Calif. Auto Program
Jan 13 2004 // Los Angeles-based claims administrator David Morse & Associates will be handling all claims for a new non-standard auto insurance program being sold in California by Sun Coast General Insurance Agency. As part of the...
PIANJ President Comments on Progress of N.J. Auto Reforms
Jan 12 2004 // PIANJ President John D’Agostino Jr., CIC, joined Holly Bakke New Jersey’s Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner, and other industry representatives at Governor James E. McGreevey’s press...
Commercial Auto Program
Jan 12 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade/Amstar is offering a commercial auto program for any size truck. Dollars: $500 minimum deductible for liability, $250 minimum for physical damage. Policy limits of up to $1 million CSL. Carrier:...
Has the N.J. Auto Market Seen the Last of 30 Years of Mismanagement’
Jan 12 2004 // Last month the National Association of Independent Insurers issued a bulletin, which described New Jersey’s auto insurance market as “once the nation’s poster child for the dangers of over...
MASS. AUTO RATES NEED REFORM:
Jan 12 2004 // Auto rates in Massachusetts are expected to average $1047 in 2004, up from $936 in 2001, and political leaders say they are willing to consider whether competition can hold down costs better than the state’s unique...
PENN. AUTO TORT DIFFERENTIAL SET:
Jan 12 2004 // Pennsylvania drivers who choose the limited tort system are entitled to save up to 40 percent off their bodily injury, first party benefits and uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage, according to state officials. The...
COURT OF APPEALS LARGELY UPHOLDS N.C. COMMISSIONER’S ORDER TO REDUCE AUTO RATES:
Jan 12 2004 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long recently received word that the North Carolina Court of Appeals has largely upheld his order in the 2001 auto insurance rate case to force insurance companies to drop rates by...
Miami Clinic Owner, Four Others Arrested in Auto Fraud Scheme
Jan 12 2004 // A Miami clinic owner and four others are in jail on charges of reportedly staging an accident after the clinic owner crashed his Humvee into two other cars in a scheme to collect insurance payments, according to...
Meeting the Challenge of Dept. of Motor Vehicles Reporting
Jan 12 2004 // Today, more than 20 states—and the number keeps rising—require insurance companies to report vehicle insurance information to their department of motor vehicles (DMV). The states want the information to enforce laws...
PIANY Seeks Legislators’ Help on Fraud, Other Issues
Jan 9 2004 // At a recent meeting with New York legislators, representatives of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. stressed the need fight to auto insurance fraud; to define the permanent status of the New York...
N.Y. Couple Arrested for Auto Arson Fraud
Jan 9 2004 // A bulletin, issued by New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio, described the arrest of Robert and Mary Smith of the Town of Alden in Erie County, on charges of arson, insurance fraud, attempted...
NAII Calls Mass. AG’s Auto Rate Decision Appeal “Politics as Usual”
Jan 8 2004 // Even if the National Association of Independent Insurers is busy merging with the Alliance of American Insurers (See related national article), its general counsel, Gerald L. Zimmerman, has been keeping an eye on events....
PureSafety Grows Driver Safety Suite to Meet Needs of Fleet Owners, Operators
Jan 7 2004 // Tennessee-based PureSafety announced that the company has expanded its driver safety course library to help meet the comprehensive training & risk management needs of companies operating motor vehicle fleets of any...
Mass. AG Appeals Auto Rate Increase Decision
Jan 6 2004 // Massachusetts’ Attorney General Tom Reilly is appealing the Division of Insurance’s December 15 ruling, arguing that a 2.5 percent increase in the cost of auto insurance is unwarranted and will result in close...
Mass. Bikers Challenge Rate Decision; Seek Return of $100 Million
Dec 31 2003 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance and the Automobile Insurers Bureau are in a legal fight with the Massachusetts Motorcycle Association, which has filed suit in the state’s highest court, claiming the...
Scottsdale-based Auto Claims Direct Expands to 10 Additional States
Dec 29 2003 // AutoClaims Direct Inc. announced the current expansion of the DirectLink appraisal management system and auto appraisal service to 10 additional states. In addition to statewide coverage in California and Arizona,...
NAII Letter to Mass. Editor Again Stresses Need for Auto Insurance Reform
Dec 24 2003 // Gerald L. Zimmerman, Senior Counsel for the National Association of Independent Insurers, followed up yesterday’s letter to a Wall Street Journal editor (See IJ Website Dec.23), with a letter to Steve Smith,...
NAII Letter to WSJ Calls for Mass. Auto Insurance Reform
Dec 23 2003 // In an open letter to Paul A. Gigot, Editor of the Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Page, the National Association of Independent Insurers expressed its strong support for reforming Massachusetts’ auto insurance...
Reliant Offers Non-Standard Personal Auto Program
Dec 22 2003 // Reliant General Insurance Services announces their newest non-standard auto program underwritten through “B+” rated Occidental Fire & Casualty Company of North Carolina. This monthly direct bill program is...
