Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fontana Man Pays to Steal Own Car
May 27 2002 // Nahu Bautista, 26, of Fontana, was arrested on two counts of insurance fraud for allegedly paying someone to get rid of his vehicle for him. Bautista later filed a stolen vehicle report with the Fontana Police Department...
Home Healthcare-PL; Truck Physical Damage and Cargo
May 27 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: APG Insurance Services is offering a program for home healthcare- professional liability and truck physical damage and cargo. Dollars: Minimum premiums of $1,000. Carrier: Rated States Available:...
Non-Standard Auto
May 27 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Carnegie General Insurance Agency has available a program for non-standard auto. The program includes Nation Safe Driver Motor Club membership. Approved brokers. Dollars: Policy limits of 15/30/5 or...
NAMIC Calls on NY Legislators to Reform No-Fault Auto Laws
May 24 2002 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) added its weight to the growing demand for reform of New York’s Personal Injury Protection or “no-fault” auto insurance laws. Roger...
Storms Expected to Impact State Auto Financial Earnings
May 24 2002 // Ohio-based State Auto Financial Corporation estimates that storms would contribute between $20 to $22 million to losses in the second quarter, adding 9 to 10 direct loss ratio points to second quarter results. The company...
NY Fraud Investigators Charge 12 in Stolen Car Insurance Scam
May 24 2002 // Twelve persons have been arrested in a sting operation in Queens, charged with falsely reporting that their vehicles had been stolen and collecting the insurance proceeds, totaling around half a million dollars. The...
Copart Opens Auction Site in Somerville NJ
May 21 2002 // Copart, Inc., the national auto salvage provider, announced that it has opened a second auction facility to serve the state of New Jersey in Somerville next to US-206 in the community of Hillsborough. Copart now has 91...
Atty. General Asks Mich. Insurers to Explain
May 20 2002 // Attorney General Jennifer Granholm has released the results of a statewide survey her office conducted into the practice of insurance redlining in Michigan. In releasing the results—which showed disparities in auto...
Insurers Detour Major ‘Hits’ In Final Minutes of Colo. Session
May 20 2002 // The insurance industry emerged from the just-concluded state legislative session in Colorado with few significant “hits” although the one-year extension of the no-fault auto insurance law was longer than most...
ISO’s New Auto Loss-History Database Offers Insurers Comprehensive Information for Assessing Auto Po
May 17 2002 // Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has launched its new Automobile-Property Loss Underwriting Service (A-PLUSTM) database to provide insurers, brokers and agents comprehensive automobile loss information, so they can...
Low CAPA Complaint Ratio Validates AAI’s Belief in Quality of Certified Generic Aftermarket Repair P
May 16 2002 // Complaint data released recently by the Certified Automotive Parts Association (CAPA) confirms the Alliance of American Insurers’ long-held belief that certified generic parts are equal or superior to auto company...
NJ Auto Insurance Coalition Steps Up Reform Campaign
May 15 2002 // The Coalition for Auto Insurance Competition (CAIC) announced the launch of an additional wave of advertising as part of its continuing statewide media campaign aimed at reforming New Jersey’s auto insurance system...
Colo. Legislature Acts to Extend No-Fault Law One Year as Session Ends
May 14 2002 // During the hectic final days of its 2002 session, the Colorado Legislature passed legislation extending the sunset of the no-fault auto insurance law to July 2003. In a flurry of last-minute activity, the Senate wrapped a...
Los Angeles Family Members Plead No Contest to Auto Fraud Charges
May 13 2002 // Three Los Angeles residents have pled no contest earlier in the week to charges of auto insurance fraud. David Chatalbashyan, 26, and his wife Aida Karapetyan, 26, of Glendale, and Chatalbashyan’s mother, Knarik...
CALIF. CITIES MAKE DUBIOUS TOP 10 IN AUTO-THEFT LIST
May 13 2002 // Fresno, Calif., Sacramento, Calif., and Stockton, Calif. made a rather unwanted list—the top 10 in a study and list naming the metropolitan areas with the most auto thefts in the nation for 2001—according to the San...
TDI Rejects State Farm’s Request for Higher
May 13 2002 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor has denied a second request in three months by State Farm Insurance Co., to raise its auto insurance premiums. According to the Austin American Statesman, State Farm raised auto...
NYSID Frauds Bureau Receives Kane Award from Auto Theft Investigators
May 10 2002 // The Northeast Chapter of the International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI) recognized the New York State Insurance Department’s Frauds Bureau for outstanding achievement in the field of fraud...
PIANJ Joins Coalition for Auto Insurance Reform
May 9 2002 // The Coalition for Auto Insurance Competition announced that the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey (PIANJ) has joined the Coalition in the effort to bring much needed reform to the state’s auto insurance...
OII Praises Ohio Highway Patrol for Auto Recovery Efforts
May 9 2002 // In a ceremony held recently in Columbus, the Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) recognized the state’s highway patrol for the recovery of over 37,600 vehicles worth more than $177 million since the inception of the law...
AIA In Opposition to Bill to Expand Calif. Low-Cost Auto Program
May 9 2002 // A measure under consideration in the California Legislature would allow California’s low-cost auto insurance program to compete directly with private insurance companies, according to the American Insurance...
