Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Miami Clinic Owner, Four Others Arrested in Auto Fraud Scheme
Dec 19 2003 // 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...
Insurance Media Association Elects van Aartrijk President; Angelone and DeMartine Also Named to Offices
Dec 19 2003 // Peter van Aartrijk Jr., CIC, a marketing communications professional with 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, has been elected the first president of the Insurance Media Association. Walter Podgurski,...
Buttafuoco Among 11 Charged With Auto Repair Fraud
Dec 19 2003 // Nine owners or employees of area auto repair shops were arrested and charged today with auto insurance fraud following a lengthy investigation by a multi-agency task force headed by the District Attorney’s Bureau of...
PIANJ Statement Stresses Consumers’ Right to Choose Auto Insurance
Dec 18 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc., in a written statement to New Jersey’s Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI), supported the department’s goal to educate consumers regarding their...
IBC Selects “Top Ten” Canadian Insurance Frauds of 2003
Dec 18 2003 // Insurance fraud isn’t a uniquely American phenomenon, as the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s recent announcement shows all too clearly. Our neigbors north of the border have also chosen their “top ten”...
Mutual of Enumclaw Offers Internet Auto Endorsement Processing through IBQ Systems
Dec 17 2003 // Wash.-based Mutual of Enumclaw announced that agents can process auto endorsements via the Internet using the IBQ Systems platform. The company’s agents currently use IBQ’s platform for rating and applying for...
London American Offers More Commerical Auto Markets
Dec 16 2003 // London American General Agency Inc. continues its growth as they obtain more commercial auto markets for contractors and more. London American has up to four markets for commercial auto. Classes include: contractors,...
Shepard Extends State Auto Offer Until Feb. 13, 2004
Dec 16 2003 // Gregory M. Shepard today announced a second extension of the expiration date of the tender offer made by himself and his wholly owned subsidiary, STFC Acquisition Corp., for 8 million shares of Columbus, Ohio-based insurer...
Industry People Making Moves in 2003
Dec 15 2003 // As you will probably notice from this list, it is not scientific, preferential, etc. We retraced news coverage of this past year and tried to come to an agreement on who made headlines. We likely left off a few...
