Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NetBank Launches Auto Insurance Through Affiliate
Apr 15 2003 // Internet bank NetBank®, based in Atlanta, announced it is now offering insurance products to consumers through its sister company, NetInsurance Inc., a national insurance agency offering products from many of the...
Trio of N.J. Residents Charged with Receiving Stolen Cars, Fraud
Apr 14 2003 // New Jersey’s Acting Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that three North Jersey men have been charged via separate Passaic County Grand Jury indictments with conspiracy, receiving stolen property and theft by...
Progressive Seeks Damages Against Fla. Chiropractic Clinic for Fraud
Apr 14 2003 // Four Progressive Corp. subsidiaries have filed a civil suit against First Chiropractic Clinic of Orlando, First Chiropractic Clinic of Pine Hills and its principal, Mirlourdes Beliard-Hopkins, and chiropractors Jodie Ellis...
Halifax Launches ‘Quote & Buy’ Car Insurance in Branches
Apr 14 2003 // Halifax has announced that it will become the first high street bank to offer a face-to-face ‘quote and buy’ service for car insurance in its branches. The service is designed to complement the company’s...
U.S. Congress Hears of N.J. Auto Insurance Crisis
Apr 11 2003 // Federal lawmakers Thursday learned that New Jersey’s auto insurance crisis has impacted more than a quarter million people within the past three years alone, forcing drivers to search for auto insurance in a market...
Progressive Steps Up Claims Service
Apr 9 2003 // Leading auto insurer Progressive Insurance Co., well known for its claims service, is now stepping up that service to the next level, according to a statement released by the company. The Mayfield Village, Ohio-based...
NAII Fears Vermont Uninsured Auto Bill Could Raise Rates for All Drivers
Apr 8 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers fears that a bill dealing with uninsured motorist coverage, passed by the Vermont Senate, could drive auto insurance prices higher in an already hard market. “Because...
Kemper Auto and Home Certifies IBQ Systems for Real-time XML Rating
Apr 8 2003 // Kemper Auto and Home (KAH) announced the certification of IBQ Systems for real-time XML rating of its products. KAH agents can now get quotes and apply for policies through IBQ’s SEMCI interface. The certification...
INSURANCE BUREAU OF CANADA SAYS INDUSTRY REACHED A ‘NEW LOW’ IN 2002
Apr 7 2003 // Borrowing a phrase from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth the Insurance Bureau of Canada labeled the year 2002 an “Anni horribiles” as it reported that the financial results for the country’s P/C insurers...
Long Negotiates Auto Rate Settlement in N.C.
Apr 4 2003 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced a settlement in the 2003 auto insurance rate case that could save consumers nearly $500 million in premiums from current rates. The agreement, reached between the...
Nationwide Mutual Purchases Non-Standard Auto Business From Prudential
Mar 31 2003 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has agreed to purchase THI Holdings Inc. — the domestic, non-standard auto business of Prudential Financial Inc. that is marketed under the Titan Insurance Co. and Victoria Insurance Group...
NYSID Announces Arrest of Camillus Man for Fraudulent Auto Theft Claim
Mar 24 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that an investigation into a suspected fraudulent motor vehicle theft insurance claim has resulted in the arrest of Steven P. Oslica, of Camillus, New...
Does the economy drive sub-standard automobile insurance in California’
Mar 24 2003 // Have we finally arrived at the point where the economy is a critical factor in personal automobile insurance? Not quite but it is my opinion that we are closing in. Although insurance company annual statements do not...
Is the Economy Driving the Sub-Standard Auto Market in Texas’
Mar 24 2003 // Have we finally arrived at the point where the economy is a critical factor in personal automobile insurance? Not quite, but it is my opinion that we are closing in. Although insurance company annual statements do not...
AUTO INSURANCE, WORKERS’ COMP EMERGE
Mar 24 2003 // New state laws concerning workers’ compensation and automobile insurance make up the majority of the property/casualty-related insurance laws enacted by state legislatures last year, according to an analysis of...
Coalition, Alliance Hail Senate Passage of NJ Auto Reform Bill, Now Look to Assembly for Action
Mar 21 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers and the Coalition for Auto Insurance Competition both hailed the passage by the full New Jersey Senate, by a vote of 30-4-7, of legislation aimed at reforming what the Alliance called...
AIA Commends NJ Senate on Passage of Auto Insurance Reform Bill
Mar 20 2003 // The American Insurance Association commended the New Jersey Senate Commerce Committee “for its leadership and bipartisan action in passing historic legislation (Senate Committee Substitute/Senate 63) aimed at...
N.J. Senate Commerce Committee Unanimously Passes Auto Reform Bill
Mar 19 2003 // All that lobbying and demonstrating has apparently begun to pay off for New Jersey’s insurance community (See IJ Website Mar.18), as the state’s Senate Commerce Committee unanimously passed an amended version...
Big Day for NJ Auto Reform Supporters
Mar 18 2003 // St. Patrick’s Day in Trenton NJ took on a decidedly political character as supporters of proposals to change the state’s restrictive automobile insurance regulations gathered at the state capital both inside...
NAII Says Calif. Law Treats Service Contracts, Express Warranties Separately
Mar 17 2003 // DaimlerChrysler Corporation and the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) are urging the California Supreme Court to keep separate the treatment of vehicle service contracts and automobile express warranties...
