Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
NAII Hears N.Y. Sen. Seward Cite Fraud as Cause for Auto Premium Increases
Oct 17 2003 // In an address at the National Association of Independent Insurers Fall Legislative Meeting, Sen. James L. Seward, chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Insurance, stressed the need for serious fraud reform in New...
NAII Supports Mass. House Bills on Auto Rates
Oct 15 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers has issued a bulletin noting that two redrafted bills in the Massachusetts Lower House, would change the effective date of the state’s Insurance Commissioner’s...
Calif. Trio Pleads Guilty to Auto Fraud Scheme
Oct 14 2003 // Three men pleaded guilty to multiple felony counts on Sept. 10 involving an automobile insurance fraud scam that was exposed during a three-year joint investigation by CDI, California Highway Patrol, National Insurance...
Court of Appeals Largely Upholds N.C. Commissioner’s Order to Reduce Auto Rates
Oct 13 2003 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long last week 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...
PIANJ Optimistic on Auto Reform Bill’s Effects
Oct 13 2003 // Judging from recent reports from the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc., the state’s auto reform bill, passed earlier this year, is beginning to have some welcome and quite positive effects in...
Safeco Plans Use of New Business Automation
Oct 10 2003 // In a major enhancement to its point-of-sale automation, Seattle-based Safeco has unveiled plans for a single, unified web-based technology platform that will reportedly make it faster and easier for independent...
N.J. Mother, Son Sentenced for Auto Fraud & Official Bribery Scam
Oct 9 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that an East Orange mother and son were sentenced for their reported participation in an organized scheme to illegally obtain valid police accident reports in order to...
Montemayor Adopts Auto Rating Symbols
Oct 9 2003 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that Insurance Commissioner José Montemayor has adopted Commissioner’s Order No. 03-0942, containing new and/or adjusted 2002 and 2003 model private passenger automobile...
ISO Claims Database Offers Access to Motor Vehicle Reports
Oct 8 2003 // Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has expanded its claims database — ISO ClaimSearch — to provide access to countrywide Motor Vehicle Reports (MVRs) for enhanced claims analyses and investigations capability. ISO...
NACE 2003 CONFERENCE OFFERS 45+ EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
Oct 6 2003 // The Inter-national Autobody Congress & Exposition (NACE) 2003 Conference will include 45+ educational sessions covering shop management, general interest, small shop, vehicle repair, lifestyle, jobber and insurance...
