Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Top 25 US Areas for Auto Theft
Apr 11 2001 // The top 25 U.S. metropolitan areas in rates of stolen vehicles last year, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s analysis of FBI figures. Listed cities include their ranking last year in parenthesis,...
This Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words
Apr 9 2001 // Following a 14-month investigation by the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch, four Southern California residents were arraigned in Los Angeles Superior Court. Lynnette Ammons, 37, of Inglewood; Anthony Graham Jr., 21, of...
AMWEST HALTS COMM. AUTO
Apr 2 2001 // Amwest Insurance Group Inc. announced March 19 that it would immediately cease writing new commercial automobile policies. The decision to discontinue this product line follows the company’s plan of reorganization...
Red-Light Runners on Film
Mar 26 2001 // Flash, flash, flash-it looks just like Oscar Night as car after car speeds through the intersection on a red light. Those of us calmly awaiting the next green shake our heads-“Can you believe that guy?” Each...
AMWEST EXITS COMM. AUTO
Mar 26 2001 // Amwest Insurance Group Inc. announced that it will immediately cease writing new commercial automobile policies. The decision to discontinue this product line follows the company’s plan of reorganization previously...
CPIA Takes National Sales & Marketing Education Conference to San Diego
Mar 26 2001 // Members of the Certified Professional Insurance Agent (CPIA) Society enjoyed a valuable National Sales & Marketing Education Conference March 7-10 in San Diego’s balmy climate. Attendees had the opportunity to...
Car Parts Monopoly Bill Defeated
Mar 23 2001 // The North Dakota House voted 74-to-22 Wednesday to reject the bill that, in its original form, would have created a car manufacturer monopoly on auto repair parts and higher costs for consumers. “The [National...
Amwest Discontinues Commercial Auto Program
Mar 20 2001 // Amwest Insurance Group Inc. announced that it will immediately cease writing new commercial automobile policies. The decision to discontinue this product line follows the company’s plan of reorganization previously...
KINGSWAY ENTERS U.S. AUTO MARKET
Mar 19 2001 // Kingsway Financial Services has entered into an agreement with The Access Group to underwrite private passenger auto insurance in the United States, beginning in Georgia, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Lincoln...
New Players on the Block – YouZoom.com expands into Texas; Progressive unveils homeowners market
Mar 19 2001 // Two companies made substantial entries into Texas last week. YouZoom.com will offer Texas agents the opportunity to sell insurance products online. Progressive, which up until now only offered auto coverage in Texas,...
UM/UIM Developments
Mar 19 2001 // Insurance covers accidents. In the legal world, we call these “fortuities”, but it all boils down to accidental happenings. First-party insurance, for example property insurance, covers financial losses...
DRAMA in the Nonstandard Arena: The NONSTANDARD AUTO MARKET gets ready for action that will include
Mar 19 2001 // The nonstandard auto market enjoyed above-average growth and profitability across the country through much of the 1990s. In fact, by the late ’90s, low entry barriers, including modest surplus levels required to...
Hanging On to Market Share (Sell ‘Em More Stuff)
Mar 19 2001 // As a distribution channel, independent agents are doing a fairly good job of holding down the fort. The Independent Insurance Agents of America recently examined market share among the three channels: direct response,...
CPIA Holds Sales, Marketing Conference in San Diego
Mar 14 2001 // Members of the Certified Professional Insurance Agent Society attended an educational National Sales & Marketing Education Conference March 7-10 in San Diego. With a smaller-than-anticipated turnout, attendees had the...
DRAMA in the Nonstandard Arena
Mar 12 2001 // The NONSTANDARD AUTO MARKET gets ready for action that will include increased RATES, risking LOSSES and overall market VOLATILITY. The nonstandard auto market enjoyed above-average growth and profitability across the...
Western Motorcycle Market Cruises Along
Mar 12 2001 // In at least one way, there is a strong parallel between learning to ride a motorcycle and insuring motorcycle operators. For the novice rider, the first 90 days of vehicle ownership is an especially risky period for...
Hanging On to Market Share (Sell ‘Em More Stuff)
Mar 12 2001 // As a distribution channel, independent agents are doing a fairly good job of holding down the fort. The Independent Insurance Agents of America recently examined market share among the three channels: direct response,...
Kingsway To Offer Private Passenger Auto Insurance in U.S.
Mar 8 2001 // Kingsway Financial Services has entered into an agreement with The Access Group to underwrite private passenger auto insurance in the United States, beginning in Georgia, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Lincoln...
Liberty Mutual Assists in Probe of Car Theft Ring
Mar 6 2001 // Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. lent its cooperation in an investigation, conducted by the Westchester district attorney’s office, the Westchester County Dept. of Public Safety, the New York State Police and the New...
Fireworks at the Capitol
Mar 5 2001 // Commercial auto deregulation was supposed to be a yawner for the 77th Legislature. Sure, there was opposition, but with the Texas Department of Insurance backing the measure, no one could have expected the fireworks...
