Latest Auto Headlines
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Missouri Woman Sues GEICO After Contracting STD During Sex in Car Insured by Company
Oct 11 2021 // A Missouri woman is suing GEICO after contracting a sexually transmitted disease in a car insured by the company. The woman, identified in District Court documents as M.O., had a sexual relationship with the insured, M.B.,...
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud After Staging Motor Vehicle Accident
Oct 6 2021 // A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 180 days in the Essex County Correctional Facility as a condition of probation for committing insurance fraud when he staged a motor vehicle accident in Newark, New Jersey. James E....
Southern States Mean Highest Auto Rates
Oct 4 2021 // Four Southern states have some of the least affordable automobile insurance rates in the country, according to a recently published affordability index by the Insurance Research Council (IRC). The index measures the...
Study: Louisiana Auto Insurance Least Affordable in Nation
Oct 4 2021 // Louisiana has the least affordable auto insurance in the United States according to a recently published affordability index by Insurance Research Council (IRC). IRC’s affordability index measures the proportion of...
Ohio Vehicle Parts Maker Faces $1.67M in Fines After Worker’s Death
Sep 29 2021 // Federal workplace safety officials say a Ravenna, Ohio, aluminum parts manufacturer with a history of safety violations now faces $1,671,738 in penalties for 38 safety and health violations following an investigation into...
EPA Urged by 21 States to Toughen Vehicle Emissions Rules
Sep 28 2021 // A group of 21 state attorneys general, the District of Columbia, and several major U.S. cities urged the Biden administration to finalize significantly stricter vehicle emissions rules than it has proposed. The U.S....
Just Insure Raises $8M to Grow Pay-Per-Mile Auto Insurance Platform
Sep 23 2021 // Just Insure, a pay-per-mile insurance technology company that uses telematics to reward safe drivers and reduce insurer bias, announced it has raised $8 million, bringing its total funding amount to $15 million. The new...
Here’s Why Auto Safety Investigators Are Still Probing Takata Air Bag Inflators
Sep 22 2021 // Why are U.S. auto safety regulators opening a new investigation into Takata air bag inflators installed in millions of vehicles built over the past 20 years? Some of those vehicles have the original inflators that were...
Ford, Walmart and Self-Driving Startup Argo AI to Launch Autonomous Vehicle Delivery
Sep 20 2021 // Self-driving startup Argo AI, automaker Ford Motor Co. and Walmart Inc. will together launch an autonomous vehicle delivery service in Miami, Austin, and Washington, D.C, the companies said on Wednesday [Sept. 15]. Initial...
Commercial Auto Insurance Profitability Still Way Down the Road: S&P
Sep 20 2021 // U.S. commercial auto insurers face some blips and disruptions on their road to profitability due to inflation and the spotty post-pandemic economic recovery. According to a Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings...
Obstacles to Wider Acceptance of Usage-Based Auto Insurance Remain
Sep 20 2021 // Usage-based personal auto insurance may be drawing ever-increasing attention. Its wider adoption is stymied, however, by customer age and demographics, privacy concerns, misunderstanding about the technology, and even...
40 Vehicles Damaged, Destroyed by Fire in Indianapolis Auto Yard
Sep 17 2021 // About 40 vehicles have been destroyed or damaged during a fire in an Indianapolis auto yard. The blaze initially was reported about 1:45 a.m. on Sept. 15 as a trash fire, according to the Indianapolis Fire...
People Moves: BMS Australia Hires Gallagher’s Van Dugteren, Aon’s McKenzie; elseco’s Warren to Oneglobal; Miller Appoints WTW’s Goreham to Lead Construction
Sep 14 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at three brokers: BMS, Oneglobal Broking and Miller. A summary of these new hires follows. BMS Australia Names Gallagher’s Van Dugteren, Aon’s...
Commercial Auto Insurance Profitability Still Way Down the Road: S&P
Sep 8 2021 // U.S. commercial auto insurers face some blips and disruptions on their road to profitability due to inflation and the spotty post-pandemic economic recovery. According to a Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings...
Obstacles to Wider Acceptance of Usage-Based Auto Insurance Remain
Sep 7 2021 // Usage-based personal auto insurance may be drawing ever-increasing attention. Its wider adoption is stymied, however, by customer age and demographics, privacy concerns, misunderstanding about the technology, and even...
AM Best Assigns Credit Ratings to ASMI Auto Group Members
Sep 2 2021 // AM Best assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) to ASMI Auto Insurance Co., ECMI Auto Insurance Co. and ESMI Auto Insurance Co. The...
A-MAX Auto Insurance Opens New Branch in South Houston
Sep 2 2021 // A-MAX Auto Insurance, which specializes in providing low-cost insurance to residents and businesses, opened a new branch office in Houston. The branch is located inside an H-E-B grocery store and is the 42nd A-MAX office...
Safety Regulator Reports 12th Tesla Autopilot Car Crash Involving Emergency Vehicle
Sep 2 2021 // U.S. auto safety regulators on Wednesday said they had identified a 12th crash involving Tesla Inc. vehicles using advanced driver assistance systems in incidents involving emergency vehicles and demanded the automaker...
Trio Accused of Staging Auto Accidents in California
Aug 31 2021 // Three people face multiple charges in connection with staged auto insurance accidents Los Angeles, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office reported. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said Eduardo...
New York Volunteer Firefighter Killed by Reversing Fire Truck
Aug 30 2021 // A volunteer with the Hartland fire company was killed on Tuesday evening when a fire truck she was helping to direct reversed into her, authorities said. The Niagara County Sheriff’s office said several fire...
