Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sacramento Couple Arrested on Felony Auto Fraud Charges
Jul 26 2002 // Two Sacramento county area residents, Julie Ann Gonzales, 30, and Umberto Rene Gonzales, 32, were arrested on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud. The arrests are the result of an investigation by the California...
New Market: Motor Truck Cargo
Jul 25 2002 // Cascade/Amstar is offering a motor truck cargo program. Gas haulers are okay, no containers, no target items and no hazardous items. Call for appointment. Policy limits of $150,000, with deductibles starting at $500....
Garden State Auto Fraud Scheme Broken
Jul 25 2002 // New Jersey investigators report they have broken up a fraud ring that allegedly set up nearly 100 auto crashes and cost insurance companies some $2 million in bogus claims, according to the Associated Press. Grand juries...
Ala. Commissioner Sets Auto Rate Hearing
Jul 24 2002 // The Alabama Insurance Commissioner will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. on Aug. 21, at the offices of the Alabama Department of Insurance, 201 Monroe Street, Suite 1700, Montgomery, to discuss a Revision of Alabama private...
Safelite AutoGlass Partners with OneBeacon
Jul 23 2002 // Ohio-based Safelite AutoGlass, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has partnered with OneBeacon Insurance Group, Boston, under which Safelite will provide auto glass and claims management services for OneBeacon’s...
Body Shop Goes Belly-Up for Fraud
Jul 22 2002 // An investigation by the California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR), the Kings County District Attorney’s Insurance Fraud Unit, and the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division led to the conviction...
Motor Truck Cargo
Jul 22 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade/Amstar is offering a motor truck cargo program. Gas haulers are okay, no containers, no target items and no hazardous items. Call for appointment. Dollars: Policy limits of $150,000. Deductibles...
Palm Springs Man Sentenced to 5 Years
Jul 22 2002 // James Keith Simpson, of Palm Springs, was sentenced to five years in state prison by the Indio Superior Court, after pleading guilty to one count of insurance fraud. He was also ordered to pay $11,128.84 in restitution to...
La. Auto Rates Rising
Jul 22 2002 // Citing increasing medical and repair costs, a weak stock market, and the effects of state laws enacted in 1998, Louisiana insurance regulators anticipate a rise in auto rates in their state. The Times-Picayune reports that...
Nonstandard Auto
Jul 22 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Viking Insurance of Madison, Wis., is reintroducing its Viking brand of nonstandard auto insurance. Characteristics of the Viking auto insurance product include shorter policy terms, (30 days typically),...
Palm Springs Man Sentenced to 5 Years
Jul 22 2002 // James Keith Simpson, of Palm Springs, was sentenced to five years in state prison by the Indio Superior Court, after pleading guilty to one count of insurance fraud. He was also ordered to pay $11,128.84 in restitution to...
Body Shop Goes Belly-Up for Fraud
Jul 22 2002 // An investigation by the California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR), the Kings County District Attorney’s Insurance Fraud Unit, and the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division led to the conviction...
La. Auto Rates Rising
Jul 22 2002 // Citing increasing medical and repair costs, a weak stock market, and the effects of state laws enacted in 1998, Louisiana insurance regulators anticipate a rise in auto rates in their state. The Times-Picayune reports that...
Insurance Auto Auctions Makes Mo. Acquisition
Jul 19 2002 // Illinois-based Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a provider of automotive salvage and claims processing services in the United States, acquired Southern Missouri Insurance Pool, Inc., a 27-acre operation located in...
Auto Theft Charges Brought Against Pair of Fla. Men
Jul 19 2002 // The Florida Office of Statewide Prosecution has charged Ramy Vaserman and Joseph Korinek with five counts each of grand theft after the two allegedly bought 31 cars at auto auctions using bad checks. An investigation by...
Calif. Authorities Bust Major Auto Fraud Ring
Jul 18 2002 // In its largest bust to date, the Los Angeles County Organized Auto Fraud Interdiction Task Force and 120 law enforcement officers and investigators executed arrest warrants July 16 for 28 individuals charged with insurance...
ISO Integrater Expanded to Include Commercial-Auto Rating Information
Jul 17 2002 // Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has expanded ISO IntegRater™ to deliver commercial-auto advisory loss costs and rating factors so insurers can directly incorporate the information into their rating and...
New Market: Nonstandard Auto
Jul 12 2002 // Viking Insurance of Madison, Wisconsin is reintroducing its Viking brand of nonstandard auto insurance. Characteristics of the Viking auto insurance product include shorter policy terms (typically 30 days), low down...
State Farm: No New LA. Auto Policies
Jul 8 2002 // Indicating it is seeking a 16 percent rate increase for auto policies in Louisiana, State Farm Insurance Co. has stopped writing new auto policies in that state. The company estimates that the rate increase would generate...
State Farm: No New LA. Auto Policies
Jul 8 2002 // Indicating it is seeking a 16 percent rate increase for auto policies in Louisiana, State Farm Insurance Co. has stopped writing new auto policies in that state. The company estimates that the rate increase would generate...
