Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
PIFC WANTS HELMET LAW TO REMAIN
Jan 28 2002 // A bill that would permit motorcyclists 18 and older to discard their helmets will do nothing but increase the number of motorcycle-related injury accidents and deaths in California, according to the Personal Insurance...
20 Arrested as NY Auto Fraud Unit Breaks Up Another Insurance Scam
Jan 25 2002 // Six weeks after arresting 112 persons on various charges of insurance fraud, (See IJ Website Dec. 6) New York’s Auto Insurance Fraud Unit has struck again with the arrest of 20 persons accused of being part of...
Auto Dealers Become First to Self-Insure Under Calif. DIR Plan
Jan 21 2002 // The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) announced that it had recently approved a plan allowing some private sector groups to self-insure workers’ compensation liabilities. California Motor Car...
Highway and Auto Safety Advocates Urge Favorable Report on SB8
Jan 21 2002 // Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) is urging the Transportation and Interstate Cooperation Committee to favorably report SB8, which permits a local authority to make the determination of whether to use...
NYSID’s Frauds Bureau Posts Record Year
Jan 17 2002 // The New York State Insurance Department’s Frauds Bureau (FB) set new records last year for the investigation and apprehension of persons suspected of committing insurance fraud in the State. I investigations resulted...
Insurance Auto Auctions Appoints New CIO
Jan 17 2002 // Illinois-based Insurance Auto Auctions Inc., which provides automotive salvage and claims processing services across the U.S., appointed Edward N. Fares as the company’s new chief information officer (CIO). Insurance...
MetLife Auto and Home Joins Trusted Choice Branding Initiative
Jan 16 2002 // MetLife Auto & Home has signed on as a company partner of Trusted ChoiceSM the new consumer marketing brand created by the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA), announced IIAA CEO Robert A. Rusbuldt...
Hartford Sues NJ Auto Fraud Ring
Jan 15 2002 // The Hartford has filed a civil action in Morris County State Court against 27 New Jersey residents, charging that they conspired to stage motor vehicle accidents and fake injuries to generate hundreds of thousands of...
PIFC Expects an Increase in Death and Injuries If Present Helmet Law Repealed
Jan 15 2002 // A bill that would permit motorcyclists who are 18 and older to discard their helmets will do nothing but increase the number of motorcycle injury accidents and deaths in California, according to the Personal Insurance...
TDI Proposes Mile-Based Auto Insurance Rules
Jan 14 2002 // In late December 2001, the Texas Department of Insurance proposed rules that would allow auto insurers to voluntarily offer mile-based insurance rates to those consumers who drive less often than others. The proposed...
Automobile Dealer Surety Bonds: What Constitutes A Breach of Condition’
Jan 14 2002 // Many surety bonds are tailored for particular relationships or statutory requirements—one such example is the motor vehicle dealers bond required by Section 503.033 of the Texas Transportation Code. While there are few...
Four Driven to Fake Collision Sentenced
Jan 11 2002 // Terry Thomas, 31, a resident of Downey, Calif., was sentenced in Los Angeles Superior Court on Jan. 4, to five years in state prison for his conviction on one count of insurance fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit...
Hammond Elected Insurance Co-Chair for Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Jan 1 2002 // Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), elected a pair of co-chairs to lead the organization in 2002, including Dale Hammond, executive vice president, personal lines group, Kemper Insurance Companies. Its two...
California Motorists Face New Laws in 2002
Dec 31 2001 // California motorists will face a number of new state laws enacted this year, including laws supporting child passenger safety, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California. “Many of the new laws target...
Auto Club rings in 2002 With Free Tipsy Tow Service on New Year’s Eve
Dec 28 2001 // To help keep New Year’s Eve safe for all motorists, the Automobile Club of Southern California will offer free Tipsy Tow rides home for drinking drivers and their vehicles. Between 6 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and...
NYSID’s Auto Complaint Rankings for 2000
Dec 28 2001 // The New York State Insurance Department has published its annual ranking of consumer complaints to the Department involving the insurance companies who write automobile coverage in the State. Each year, the NYSID handles...
Plymouth Rock Provides Actual Rates for Auto Renewals
Dec 18 2001 // Boston-based Plymouth Rock Assurance Company, Massachusetts’ 9th largest auto insurer, has come up with an innovative plan for giving policyholders their renewal premium rates – it’s providing them with...
INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS EXPANDS
Dec 17 2001 // Insurance Auto Auctions Inc., a Schaumberg, Ill-based auto salvage and claims processing service provider, announced the opening of a new greenfield facility in Longview, Texas. The new facility, IAA’s seventh in...
Top 10 Stories of 2001
Dec 17 2001 // Recollections and Renewal: Looking Back at 2001 with an Eye to the Future This is the year that was. It is one that many people will be glad to see come to an end because the new year always brings hope—for a rebirth,...
Calif. Thieves Prefer a Toyota or Honda
Dec 13 2001 // In a report released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau, thieves in California’s urban areas prefer Toyota Camrys and Honda Accords, mirroring a national trend. But in rural and border regions, pickup trucks and...
