Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
ACORD to Provide N.J. Auto ID Cards
Nov 6 2003 // The Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD) announced that it will soon be providing temporary as well as permanent auto ID cards in New Jersey, as part of a major change in the...
Alliance: Ohio Top Court Gets It Right on Commercial Auto Cover
Nov 6 2003 // A decision by the Ohio Supreme Court to overturn its own previous ruling on commercial auto insurance coverage has finally corrected an injustice in the legal system, according to the Alliance of American Insurers. The...
TDI Schedules Hearing on Change to Auto Rating Manual
Nov 3 2003 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced it will hold a public hearing Nov. 6, 2003, to consider a staff initiated petition that concerns amendments to the Texas Automobile Rules and Rating Manual (Manual). The...
Motor Truck Cargo & Commercial Auto Physical Damage
Nov 3 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade-Amstar has available a program for motor truck cargo and commercial auto physical damage. Appointed brokers have immediate access; others must call for an appointment. Market offers on hook...
No Surprise: Tailgating is the Worst Driver Offense
Nov 3 2003 // For those who regularly travel the nations’ freeways, a study finding that inadequate following distance, or tailgating, is the most common error made by drivers comes as no surprise. However, Smith System Driver...
FISHER TO GIVE UP STATE CAR:
Nov 3 2003 // After pleading no contest to a charge of driving while intoxicated, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher agreed to give up his official state car, according to Associated Press reports. He was driving his state...
ISO In Agreement with ProcessClaims to Provide Insurers Streamlined Claims Handling Via Web Services
Oct 31 2003 // Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has signed an agreement to integrate its ClaimDirectorSM auto physical damage (APD) claim score with the ClaimsPortTM solution from ProcessClaims to enable systematic evaluation of...
Wis. Weighs Scores, ‘Sponsor’ Auto Cover
Oct 29 2003 // A Wisconsin Assembly bill that would prohibit insurers from using credit information in rating or underwriting auto or homeowners insurance would undermine the state’s stable insurance market and could increase...
State Auto 3Q Profit Up 165% Over Year-Earlier
Oct 28 2003 // Columbus, Ohio-based insurer State Auto Financial Corp. (STFC) reported third-quarter net income increased to $15.5 million, or 38 cents per diluted share, versus $5.8 million, or 15 cents per diluted share for the same...
Safeco Produces Strong Underwriting Results in Auto, Homeowners and Surety
Oct 28 2003 // Safeco – which recently announced a clear focus on Property & Casualty insurance – reported strong third-quarter underwriting results in most insurance lines. “We generated healthy underwriting...
Danger: Deer on the Road
Oct 28 2003 // The Insurance Council of Texas distributed a reminder that the next few weeks are one of the most dangerous times of the year for motor vehicle collisions involving deer. The highest number of auto accidents involving deer...
Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. Reports Successful Q3 Numbers
Oct 28 2003 // Alabama-based Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation, a provider of personal automobile insurance with an emphasis on nonstandard auto insurance, reported net earnings for the third quarter of $15.0 million or $0.72...
Report USAA Will Reduce NJ Auto Rates
Oct 27 2003 // The United Services Automobile Association Group, which insures around 91,000 New Jersey drivers, will reportedly begin lowering rates as of the 1st of December. According to a report that appeared in the NJ Star-Ledger,...
Oklahoma’s Fisher to Relinquish His Official Vehicle
Oct 27 2003 // After pleading no contest to a charge of driving while intoxicated, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher agreed to give up his official state car, according to Associated Press reports. He was driving his state...
N.Y. Court of Appeal Rejects Reg 68 Challenge, Praised as Victory Against Fraud
Oct 22 2003 // The New York Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld the state Insurance Department’s right to implement the reforms contained in Regulation 68, which would require notice of a “no-fault” claim to be...
Proformance to Acquire Sentry’s N.J. Auto and Homeowners
Oct 21 2003 // New Jersey’s Proformance Insurance Company announced that it has agreed to acquire the New Jersey auto and homeowners insurance business of Sentry Insurance, a Mutual Company of Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Proformance...
Texas Auto Theft Prevention Agency Budget Cut 34%
Oct 20 2003 // Sharing 1,250 miles of border with Mexico makes Texas an inviting target for auto thieves, which is why 12 years ago the state legislature voted to slap a $1 surcharge on all auto insurance policies to fund the Texas Auto...
New Auto Rating Symbols:
Oct 20 2003 // Texas Insurance Commissioner José Montemayor has adopted Commissioner’s Order No. 03-0942, containing new and/or adjusted 2002 and 2003 model private passenger automobile physical damage rating symbols for the Texas...
Home, Auto Credit Hearings:
Oct 20 2003 // The Texas Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing on Oct. 22, 2003 to address issues related to homeowners and auto insurance, and the use of credit information in certain personal lines insurance. The hearing...
No Surprise: Tailgating is the Worst Driver Offense
Oct 20 2003 // For those who regularly travel the nations’ freeways, a report finding that inadequate following distance, or tailgating, is the most common error made by drivers likely comes as no surprise. However, Smith System...
