Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
ALLSTATE TO REFUND $3.44M:
Dec 15 2003 // According to the Texas Attorney General’s Office, Allstate and its affiliated insurance companies agreed to a settlement that will result in refunds of $3.44 million to more than 23,000 Texas auto policyholders who...
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...
NAII Says N.J. Auto Market Emerging from ’30 Years of Mismanagement’
Dec 11 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers has issued a bulletin, which indicates that New Jersey’s auto insurance market, which it described as “once the nation’s poster child for the dangers of...
Proformance to Acquire MetLife Auto & Home’s Agency Produced N.J. Business
Dec 9 2003 // New Jersey’s Proformance Insurance Company announced that it will acquire the independent insurance agency-produced New Jersey auto and homeowners insurance business of MetLife Auto & Home for $10 million in...
N.J. DOBI Issues Advisory on Incorrect Auto Ratings
Dec 9 2003 // Holly C. Bakke, New Jersey’s Commissioner of Banking and Insurance has issued an advisory bulletin too “all private passenger automobile insurers authorized or admitted in this state,” concerning...
NAII, Alliance, AIA Unanimous in Opposing N.J. “Verbal Threshold” Bill
Dec 5 2003 // Representatives of the National Association of Independent Insurers, the Alliance of American Insurers and the American Insurance Association voiced unanimous opposition to changes in New Jersey’s “verbal...
Allstate to Refund $3.44 Million to Texas Auto Policyholders
Dec 4 2003 // The Texas Attorney General’s Office announced that Allstate and its affiliated insurance companies have agreed to a settlement that will result in refunds of $3.44 million to more than 23,000 Texas auto policyholders...
Motor Vehicle Service Agreement Entities Told to Cease Operations in Fla.
Dec 3 2003 // Two entities that were reportedly engaged in the motor vehicle service agreement business have been ordered to immediately cease operations, in Florida, and a licensed agent has been ordered to cease business related to...
State Auto Financial Corrects Dividend Record Date
Dec 3 2003 // Columbus, Ohio-based insurer State Auto Financial Corp. announced that the record date for its quarterly cash dividend of 4 cents per share, payable Dec. 31, 2003, is hereby corrected to be payable to shareholders of...
IBC Says Partnerships Are Key in Fight Against Auto Theft
Dec 1 2003 // Insurance Bureau of Canada recently joined with Toronto Police in announcing the initial results from Project Heat (Help Eliminate Auto Theft). In the first three weeks of the latest round of Project Heat, Toronto Police...
9 Programs That May Just Fit the Bill
Dec 1 2003 // The December 2002 Insurance Journal “program directory” issue highlighted eight programs that the editorial staff considered to be unique, interesting or tough to find. This year we’ve added one more to...
9 Programs That May Just Fit the Bill
Dec 1 2003 // The December 2002 Insurance Journal “program directory” issue highlighted eight programs that the editorial staff considered to be unique, interesting or tough to find. This year we’ve added one more to...
Canadian Study Examines Government Role in Auto Insurance
Dec 1 2003 // The Centre for Spatial Economic and Shift Central Inc. have released a study, commissioned by Insurance Bureau of Canada on behalf of brokers, agents and insurers in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick, that sheds new...
Fiorile, Blackburn Named to State Auto Mutual Board
Nov 30 2003 // Michael J. Fiorile and Mark A. Blackburn were elected to the Columbus, Ohio-based insurer State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co.’s board of directors at its Nov. 21 meeting. Fiorile has been president and CEO of the...
AIG Private Client Group Unveils Collector Car Insurance
Nov 25 2003 // AIG Private Client Group, a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), announced the launch of the AIG Private Client Group Auto Program, a new insurance...
MexiPass Notes 30% Commission Rate for Personal Auto Program
Nov 24 2003 // MexiPass Global Assurance, an MGA for insurance in Mexico, announced a new commission rate of 30 percent and On-line Policy Issuance, under the MexiPass exclusive Personal Automobile Programs underwritten by...
Auto Club Cuts Rates for Total Loss Victims Of Wildfires
Nov 24 2003 // The Auto Club’s affiliated Interinsurance Exchange has gained state insurance department interim approval for its emergency request to reduce insurance rates for its policyholders whose houses were destroyed by the...
State Auto Financial Declares 50th Consecutive Dividend
Nov 24 2003 // The board of directors of Columbus, Ohio-based insurer State Auto Financial Corp. declared a quarterly cash dividend of 4 cents per share, payable Dec. 31, 2003, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Dec....
V Unveils Call Center Solution for Detecting Fraudulent Workers’ Comp and Car Claims
Nov 20 2003 // V, a provider of layered voice analysis technology (LVA) in North America and markets throughout the world, announced at the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference this week, immediate availability...
N.J. DOBI Gives Details on “Dollar-a-Day” Auto Policy
Nov 19 2003 // New Jersey’s Department of Banking and Insurance has issued an information statement on its website – www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/dobi/paip/paipmenu.cgi, giving details for consumers who may be eligible for the...
