Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Safe Drive Systems Radar Collision Avoidance Technology is Implemented in a Pilot Conducted with Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies
Mar 20 2020 // New York, NY, March 20, 2020 − Safe Drive Systems (SDS), a leading developer and distributor of aftermarket advanced auto safety technologies, and its partner, Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies, have announced...
California Calling for 60-Day Premium Grace Period Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
Mar 19 2020 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is asking insurers for a grace period on paying premiums. Lara today issued a notice requesting that all insurance companies provide their policyholders with at least a 60-day...
Report: Testers in California Logged 2.8M Autonomous Miles Last Year
Mar 17 2020 // Each year technology’s promise of having autonomous vehicles ruling the roads seems to be a bit more fleeting, or at least a bit further off, but that hasn’t stalled the efforts of would-be makers of...
Insurers Win Antitrust ‘Steering’ Lawsuits Filed by Body Shops
Mar 16 2020 // A federal appellate court threw out most of the claims by automotive body shops in Indiana, Utah and Mississippi that alleged that major insurers violated antitrust laws and engaged in anticompetitive practices by steering...
Driver Injured in Accident Not Eligible for Workers’ Comp After Failing to Wear Seat Belt
Mar 16 2020 // The Court of Appeals of Virginia has upheld a Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission decision that workers’ comp benefits cannot be awarded to a truck driver injured in an accident after failing to wear a...
VW Launches Software It Hopes Will Make Car Accidents Obsolete by 2050
Mar 13 2020 // Volkswagen will launch a new software operating system this year that it hopes will make accidents involving its cars a thing of the past by 2050, the company said on Thursday. Next generation cars will be equipped with...
China Non-Life Insurers See Big Drop in Car Accident Claims in Coronavirus Silver Lining
Mar 12 2020 // Chinese non-life insurers are discovering a silver lining to the cloud spreading over China’s economic performance from the coronavirus outbreak – a sharp drop in car accident claims. Beijing’s efforts to...
Idaho Woman Acknowledged She Sought Auto Coverage After Vehicle Hit Deer
Mar 12 2020 // An Idaho woman has been charged for insurance fraud over damage to her vehicle from a deer. Callene Zink, of Jefferson County, was charged and pled guilty to insurance fraud in violation of Idaho code 41-293(1)(c). Zink...
Louisiana Governor Backing Bills Prohibiting Discrimination in Insurance Rate Setting
Mar 11 2020 // There’s no doubt that auto insurance will be a dominant theme during this year’s legislative session in Louisiana. So far most of the buzz has been aimed at tort reform as a method of bringing down the cost of...
UK to Spend £2.5B on Road Repairs; Potholes Cause 90% of Auto Insurance Claims
Mar 11 2020 // Britain will spend an extra 2.5 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) repairing 50 million potholes in roads over the next five years, the government said ahead of new finance minister Rishi Sunak’s first budget on...
Lawsuit: Teens’ Bodies Misidentified, Switched After Fatal Florida Car Crash
Mar 10 2020 // The parents of two teenagers killed in a car crash are suing the Florida Highway Patrol and others, claiming the bodies of their daughters were misidentified and switched. The lawsuits follow a July 29 crash in the...
Louisiana Republicans, Business Aligned on Auto Insurance, Tort Reform
Mar 10 2020 // Business groups see an opportunity with the new, more conservative Republican-led Louisiana Legislature to gain traction on a top goal, to rein in civil lawsuits and damage awards against them. GOP lawmakers have made the...
Auto Insurer Windhaven National Ordered Into Liquidation by Texas Court
Mar 9 2020 // Texas-based private passenger auto insurer Windhaven National Insurance Co. (WNIC), a subsidiary of Windhaven Insurance, has been ordered into liquidation at the request of the Texas Department of Insurance, which was...
Drivers at Risk: Why Delivery Apps Might Leave Clients Without Coverage
Mar 9 2020 // Why Delivery Apps Might Leave Clients Without Coverage Just a few years ago, a grocery run or a run to Chick-fil-A was to get something you needed and bring it home. These days, it seems like a run anywhere can include a...
Logic & Language, Forms & Facts: The Case of the ‘Holey’ Insurance
Mar 9 2020 // For a number of years, I’ve done a workshop called “The Adventures of Ace Insura, Claims Detective.” Participants assist Ace in solving a variety of coverage and claims mysteries. Each case has one or...
Why Banning Rating Factors Could Hurt Auto Even More
Mar 9 2020 // Auto insurance affordability is an important issue for consumers and the industry. Insurers take a wide variety of actions to make auto insurance as affordable as possible for consumers because they recognize that its cost...
Windhaven Insurance Ceasing Operations; Texas Placing Windhaven National into Receivership
Mar 9 2020 // Auto and home insurer Windhaven Insurance has alerted its agents and employees that it is winding down the insurance operations of its entities, including Windhaven National Insurance Co., ClutchAnalytics and The Hearth...
California Father and Son Charged With Auto Insurance Fraud
Mar 9 2020 // A father and son from California have been charged with felony counts of auto insurance fraud after allegedly falsifying an insurance claim in order to receive an undeserved payout from an insurance company. The charges...
Alleged Family-Run Auto Insurance Fraud Ring Snared in California
Mar 9 2020 // California Department of Insurance detectives arrested seven suspects on 31 felony charges of auto insurance fraud for their alleged involvement in a family-run organized auto fraud ring dubbed Operation Car...
Auto Insurance Reform, Minimum Wage Hike on Louisiana Governor’s Legislative Agenda
Mar 4 2020 // Gov. John Bel Edwards said on March 2 that he would renew his fight to raise Louisiana’s minimum wage in the upcoming legislative session, but he offered little insight into whether he would agree to Republican...
