Latest Auto Headlines
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Auto Insurance, Workers’ Comp Emerge Again as Top Leading Legal Issue Trends
Jan 30 2004 // Workers’ compensation and automobile insurance laws accounted for nearly 40 percent of the new property/casualty-related statutes enacted by state legislatures last year, according to the fifth annual analysis of...
N.J. Man Charged with Stealing Thousands from 9/11 Disaster Programs Notes Additional Scams
Jan 27 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Camden County man previously convicted and sentenced to 10 years in state prison for stealing more than $140,000 in 9/11 survivor benefits has admitted committing...
SHEPARD EXTENDS STATE AUTO OFFER UNTIL FEB. 13:
Jan 26 2004 // Gregory M. Shepard recently 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...
Buttafuoco Among 11 Charged with Auto Repair Fraud
Jan 26 2004 // Nine owners or employees of California auto repair shops were arrested and charged recently with auto insurance fraud following a lengthy investigation by a multi-agency task force headed by the District Attorney’s...
Terms of Credit History Use Still Being Negotiated
Jan 26 2004 // The Texas Department of Insurance held a public hearing Jan. 7, 2004 to consider a proposal that would cap the amount by which insurance companies could increase or decrease rates in personal lines insurance because of an...
EMC Sub to Exit Nonstandard Auto
Jan 26 2004 // Iowa-based EMC Insurance Group Inc. announced that Farm and City Insurance Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary, will discontinue writing nonstandard risk automobile insurance business and institute non-renewal procedures on all...
Confusion Reigns on the Massachusetts Auto Front
Jan 26 2004 // While everyone agrees that something should be done about Massachusetts’ spiraling auto rates and uncompetitive market, no one seems to be able to agree on just what. When the state’s Department of Insurance...
Study Shows Deadly Gaps in State Road Safety Laws
Jan 26 2004 // Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) released its first “Roadmap to State Highway Safety Laws: A Report on States in the Passing Lane, in the Slow Lane and Stopped on the Shoulder” that found many...
Court Invalidates Auto Insurance Discount Law
Jan 26 2004 // A judge invalidated a California state law that would have allowed discounts for longtime auto insurance customers who switch insurers, according to the Associated Press. Superior Court Judge Dzintra Janavs sided with...
Five Monterey County Shop Owners Arrested in Auto Fraud Ring
Jan 23 2004 // Monterey County Sheriff’s Department arrested five business in sting concluding what has turned out to be one of the largest undercover insurance fraud sting operation in the history of Monterey County. Arrested...
USAA Companies to Lower Auto Rates in Louisiana
Jan 23 2004 // The Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission approved a reduction in auto rates for two members of the United Services Auto Association group of companies. According to Associated Press reports, the two companies, United...
USAA Companies to Lower Auto Rates in Louisiana
Jan 23 2004 // The Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission approved a reduction in auto rates for two members of the United Services Auto Association group of companies. According to Associated Press reports, the two companies, United...
Insurance Auto Auctions Opens Greenfield Facility in Tucson
Jan 21 2004 // Insurance Auto Auctions Inc., a provider of automotive salvage and claims processing services in the United States, announced the opening of a new greenfield facility in Tucson, Ariz. This new 16-acre facility will provide...
Toronto-Dominion Bank to Buy Liberty Mutual Auto and Home Units
Jan 21 2004 // Toronto-based Meloche Monnex, a subsidiary of Toronto-Dominion Bank, has agreed to acquire Liberty Mutual Group’s Canadian automobile and homeowner insurance operations for an undisclosed price. When the acquisition...
PIANJ offers DOBI Suggestions on Proof of Auto Ownership
Jan 21 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. said in a comment to the state’s Department of Banking and Insurance, that it supports attempts to remedy confusion about rules for effecting coverage for auto...
NAMIC Applauds Mass. Governor’s Call for Auto Insurance Reform
Jan 20 2004 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has issued a bulletin applauding Governor Mitt Romney’s call for reform of the Massachusetts automobile market. In his State of the State address, the governor...
N.J. Auto Profits’ IIANJ Disputes Findings
Jan 19 2004 // Statistics released by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners last week, have received widespread coverage in New Jersey. They seem to show that, contrary to industry statements, the state’s auto...
Esurance Announces New N.Y. Auto Coverage
Jan 19 2004 // Esurance Inc., a direct-to-consumer personal auto insurance company, will give New York drivers another option to consider when shopping for auto insurance. The company, a subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group,...
NYS Senate to Hold Auto Fraud Hearing
Jan 19 2004 // The New York State Senate Insurance Committee plans to hold a hearing Feb. 9 on New York’s auto insurance fraud problem. Fraud investigators and the insurance department are expected to testify on how staged...
IRC Study Reports Skyrocketing Auto Injury Losses Despite Drop in Serious Injuries
Jan 19 2004 // A new study by the Insurance Research Council (IRC) reportedly finds that reported losses in auto injury claims are escalating in spite of the fact that the rate of serious auto injuries has decreased. In the past five...
