Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ringleader caught in auto fraud scheme
Apr 15 2002 // Keith Aaron Hayes was arrested on four counts of auto insurance fraud after a two year investigation revealed he allegedly conspired with others in the filing of false insurance claims. The conspirators included Lynnette...
Insurance Auto Auctions in Okla.
Apr 15 2002 // Automotive salvage and claims processing services provider, Insurance Auto Auctions Inc., is opening a greenfield facility in Oklahoma City, Okla. Located near the Oklahoma City Airport, the 20-acre facility will serve the...
Truck Program
Apr 15 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: The Consumer Division of Royal & SunAlliance USA has introduced a program of insurance and services designed specifically for the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA). Available to both...
Allstate Moves 12 Percent of TX Auto Customer to Unregulated Unit
Apr 15 2002 // Citing poor financial performance at its Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance division, Allstate Insurance Co. announced it was moving 264,000 personal auto customers—12 percent of its customers in Texas—to its...
The Midland Co. Reports Record High Operating Earnings
Apr 12 2002 // The Midland Company, a specialty insurance products and services provider headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, reported that net operating income (net income excluding capital gains/losses and the effects of any changes in...
NAII Maps Out Auto Issues of Joint Concern to Insurers, Repairers
Apr 12 2002 // Diminished value, direct repair, salvage title and competitive crash repair parts top the National Association of Independent Insurers’ (NAII) automotive issues public policy agenda this year, the NAII...
AAI Backs Schumer Auto Fraud Bill in U.S. Senate
Apr 12 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers has voiced its initial support for the Cheaper Car Insurance Act, which would make auto fraud a federal crime punishable by as long as 15 years in prison and as much as $100,000 in fines....
Auto Insurers Agree to Hawaii Fines
Apr 12 2002 // Seven of Hawaii’s largest auto insurance companies who have been under investigation for allegedly using prohibited criteria to determine premiums, have agreed to pay fines totaling $115,500. The seven...
Fair Oaks, Calif., Man Arrested on Fraud Charge
Apr 10 2002 // Stanislav Svinarenko was booked into the Sacramento County (Calif.) Jail with bail set at $5,000 after being arrested on one count of insurance fraud. The Fair Oaks resident faces up to five years in state prison, with a...
NJ Industry and Consumer Groups Launch Campaign for Auto Insurance Reform
Apr 9 2002 // Insurance industry and consumer groups have joined together to launch an extensive advertising campaign aimed at building support for their efforts to bring about reforms in New Jersey’s automobile insurance...
NY’s Serio Sees Federal Auto Fraud Bill as Supporting State Efforts
Apr 9 2002 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio applauded Senator Schumer (D-NY) for his proposals on “federal legislation to help curb auto insurance fraud,” and urged him to focus on the...
Calif. Committee Approves Changes to Low-Cost Auto Program
Apr 9 2002 // A California insurance committee has approved legislation that would indefinitely extend the state’s experimental low cost auto insurance program and could drive up the number of underinsured motorists. “No...
Col. Committee Kills Auto Choice Bill
Apr 5 2002 // The House Appropriations Committee killed House Bill 1351 April 2, which would have given consumers the option of remaining under Colorado’s no-fault auto insurance system or returning to the tort system. “The...
NAII, Insurer Groups Address Truck Crossing Concerns
Apr 4 2002 // The United States Department of Transportation’s (DOT) safety requirements for trucks, buses and drivers entering this country under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) aim at having Mexican carriers meet...
Bay Area Residents Arrested on Fraud Charges
Apr 4 2002 // The California Department of Insurance Fraud Division has arrested Antioch resident Rudolfo Villasenor, 28, for felony insurance fraud and possession of dangerous drugs/narcotics, along with Ruben Rodriguez, Jr., 25, of...
Rochester Man Charged with Auto Insurance Fraud
Apr 3 2002 // NY Insurance Superintendent Gregory V. Serio announced the arrest of Kevin Palmer, 25, of Rochester, on automobile insurance fraud charges. Palmer allegedly “reported on December 1, 2001 that his car had been stolen...
Allianz Study Shows First Minutes Are Crucial in Vehicle Fires
Apr 2 2002 // A research study by the Allianz Center for Technology (ACT) has shown that in the first few minutes after a fire breaks out car occupants can be rescued, generally without danger for the rescuers, as long as the fire does...
NAII Labels Efforts to Revise Low Cost Calif. Auto Program irresponsible and premature
Apr 1 2002 // A legislative effort to save California’s experimental low cost auto insurance program is not based on sound insurance principles and could encourage thousands of California drivers to be chronically underinsured...
CDI Investigates Philadelphia Resident Caught in Auto Fraud Scheme
Apr 1 2002 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced the arrest of John Martin in his residence by the Philadelphia Police Department Felony Warrant Detail. The arrest warrant was issued on Feb. 5 in Orange Superior...
Minn. Gov. Signs Bill Banning Managed Care Services in No Fault Auto Claims
Mar 29 2002 // Minnesotans may need to brace themselves for a sharp rise in auto insurance premiums as a result of legislation recently signed by Gov. Jesse Ventura that severely restricts insurers ability to contain medical costs...
