Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mass. Rating Bureau Denies Auto Rate Hike Request
Oct 8 2002 // The Massachusetts State Rating Bureau announced it has filed a recommendation for a statewide 2 percent increase for private passenger auto insurance rates in 2003, denying the 7 percent increase requested by auto...
State Auto to Use InsBridge Rating and Product Management Systems
Oct 3 2002 // InsBridge Inc., a Plano, Texas-based provider of rating and product management solutions for the insurance industry, announced that State Auto Insurance Companies of Columbus, Ohio has selected the InsBridge...
CDI Orders Cease and Desist on State Farm Mutual Auto
Oct 3 2002 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) served a Cease and Desist order on State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) for marketing and selling long-term care (LTC) insurance policies in violation of...
AAI Applauds Decision in After-Market Parts Case
Oct 3 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers issued a statement applauding the decision of the Illinois Supreme Court to hear an appeal from the $1.2 billion damage award in a class-action lawsuit against State Farm for sanctioning...
Progressive.com Honored in WebAward Competition
Oct 2 2002 // Progressive.com, the Web site of Ohio-based Progressive, has been named as “Best Insurance Website” in the Web Marketing Association’s (WMA) 2002 WebAward Competition. The award was based on an expert...
N.Y. Governor Signs Spousal Auto Liability into Law
Oct 1 2002 // New York Gov. George Pataki signed a bill into law Sept. 26 that enables the state’s drivers to sue their spouses and collect damages under joint auto liability coverage. The National Association of Independent...
Modesto Woman Accused of Auto Ins. Fraud
Sep 30 2002 // Lakisha Nicole Langston, 22, of Modesto, Calif., surrendered to authorities in Stanislaus County on three counts of insurance fraud. Langston purchased an auto insurance policy from Infinity Insurance Company on Sept. 21,...
Man Reveals Inconsistencies in Claim
Sep 30 2002 // Steven M. Smith, 24, of Woodlake, Calif., was charged with six counts of felony insurance fraud for allegedly staging the theft of his 2000 Dodge Neon. According to CDI investigators, Smith filed a claim with his insurance...
Couple Arrested in Auto Fraud Scheme
Sep 30 2002 // Ricardo Ramirez, 25, and his wife Nicole Barlow, 23, both of Alta Loma, Calif., were recently arrested by CDI Investigators. Ramirez was arrested at a business location in Orange, Calif. and Barlow was arrested at her...
Why Costs Go Up and What Your Customers Can do to Save Money
Sep 30 2002 // As renewal notices go out in the mail, insurance agents across California are answering calls from their policyholders, some of whom are facing the rising homeowners and auto insurance rates. Unfortunately, several factors...
Why Insurance Costs Go Up and What Customers Can Do To Save Money
Sep 30 2002 // As renewal notices go out in the mail, insurance agents across Texas are answering calls from their policyholders, some of whom are facing rising homeowners and auto insurance rates. Texas law requires proof of financial...
CDI Arrests, Charges Two in Felony Fraud Case
Sep 27 2002 // John Lee Sullivan, 50, of Applegate, Calif. and Debra Michell Sprigg, 42, of Sacramento were arrested and charged with two counts of felony insurance fraud. According to California Department of Insurance Criminal...
N.Y. Files Auto Fraud Charges Against 25 People
Sep 26 2002 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Insurance Superintendent Gergory Serio announced charges have been filed against 25 people allegedly involved in two auto insurance fraud rings operating in New York...
CAIC Appeals to N.J. Consumers to Push for Auto Reform
Sep 26 2002 // The Coalition for Auto Insurance Competition (CAIC), an organization advocating reforms of New Jersey auto insurance laws, has begun launching television and newspaper ads in an effort to enlist consumer support for its...
Non-Standard Personal Auto
Sep 26 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. is offering a non-standard personal automobile insurance program for select producers through its personal lines division. Dollars: BIPD limits available up to...
Insurance Auto Auctions Opens Greenfield Facility in Baton Rouge
Sep 20 2002 // Insurance Auto Auctions Inc., which provides automotive salvage and claims processing services in the U.S., announced it is opening a greenfield facility in Baton Rouge, La. The new 24-acre facility is Insurance Auto...
NAII Opposes N.Y. Auto Rental Liability Bill
Sep 19 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) has denounced a bill recently approved by the New York Assembly that would shift liability for rental car damage from auto rental agencies to...
Hagerty Collector Car Agency to Offer Exclusive 24-Hour Roadside Assistance Program
Sep 18 2002 // Hagerty, the nation’s largest collector car insurance agency, has a new program for collector car owners. It will implement the first 24-hour, seven days a week flatbed towing service exclusively for collector cars,...
AIA: N.J. Auto Crisis Will Persist Despite DOBI Efforts
Sep 17 2002 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) has devised a program to assist the state’s auto policyholders find new coverage in light of State Farm Indemnity’s pending non-renewal of 4,000 polices...
La. Governor Wants Lower Auto Rates
Sep 17 2002 // On his weekly radio show, Louisiana Governor Mike Foster told his audience he plans to meet with various insurance industry groups to discuss ways to lower the state’s auto insurance rates. According to the New...
