Latest Auto Headlines
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Auto Shopping Continues
Sep 2 2024 // Auto insurance shopping volume set a new record for the second consecutive quarter of 2024. The number of U.S. consumers shopping for auto insurance was up 7%, compared to Q2 2023, according to TransUnion’s latest...
4 Killed, 10 Injured When Passenger Van Rolls Over in Texas Highway Crash
Aug 30 2024 // ALVORD, Texas (AP) — Four people were killed and 10 were injured when a van rolled multiple times after the driver veered off a Texas highway and then overcorrected Wednesday, authorities said. The crash happened just...
Man Accused of Starting California Wildfire by Throwing Firework out Car Window
Aug 29 2024 // A 26-year-old man has been accused of igniting a destructive California wildfire in early July by throwing a firework from a car window during hot, dry and windy weather. Spencer Grant Anderson, of Oroville, was charged...
Overweight Dump Truck Left Hole in Covered Bridge When It Crashed Into River
Aug 26 2024 // The driver of a dump truck learned the hard way that it’s best not to tempt fate on a covered bridge originally built before the Civil War. The loaded vehicle crashed into the Presumpscot River on Friday afternoon,...
Personal Auto Driving P/C Insurers to 2024 Underwriting Profit
Aug 19 2024 // S&P Global Market Intelligence is forecasting a combined ratio of 99.2 for the U.S. P/C insurance industry overall in 2024, signifying a return to underwriting profitability for the first time since 2021. According to...
Auto Insurance Shopping Elevated As Loss Costs Potentially Moderate
Aug 16 2024 // As industrywide auto insurance loss costs appear to be moderating, consumers continue to shop policies at elevated rates, according to the latest quarterly Insurance Personal Lines and Perspectives report from...
US Auto Insurers’ Strong Performance to Continue Through 2025: Fitch
Aug 15 2024 // More favorable mid-year 2024 results of U.S. personal auto insurers are likely to continue through the end of 2024 and into 2025 due to material price increases and a moderation of claims severity trends...
What Latest Inflation Report Shows Overall and for Auto Insurance, Medical Costs
Aug 14 2024 // The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.2 percent in July, after declining 0.1 percent in June. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 2.9...
Staged Auto Accident Leads to Murder, Conviction in Georgia
Aug 12 2024 // First, he orchestrated a staged auto accident in Georgia. Then he murdered a co-conspirator in 2019 in a disagreement over payment from insurance proceeds related to the faked crash. Today, Norman Uriah Simmonds Jr., 45,...
Trucordia Transportation Unwraps MVR Monitoring for Truck Drivers and Motor Carriers
Aug 12 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Trucordia. Trucordia Transportation Practice Leader, Todd Lykke discusses what MVR monitoring is and how it can make a big difference in the trucking industry. Trucordia...
Colorado Man Sentenced for Role in $268K Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme
Aug 2 2024 // A Colorado man who aided a former insurance claims adjuster in an auto insurance claims scheme was sentenced this week. In 2020, Brassfield, 55, of Aurora, reportedly aided former Travelers Insurance employee Colette...
Black Bear and Cub Destroy Car After Getting Trapped Inside
Jul 29 2024 // Trapped inside a car, the adult black bear and cub thrashed about. The horn was blaring and the radio blasting. Outside the car, a second cub ran around in apparent distress by the Connecticut home. State environmental...
Niagara Falls Hopes Insurer Can Solve Mystery of Last Year’s Car Crash, Explosion
Jul 26 2024 // A police investigation into the crash and explosion that killed two people in a high-powered luxury car at a Niagara Falls border crossing last year has concluded with the crash’s cause still a mystery, authorities...
J.D. Power: Auto Insurance Shopping Hits New High, Could Drop With Rate Adequacy
Jul 24 2024 // The national auto insurance shopping and quoting rate reached a new high between April and June, but many insurers appear to have achieved or are approaching rate adequacy, “which should lead to less rate activity...
Truck Driver Charged in Ohio Interstate Crash That Left 6 People Dead
Jul 23 2024 // A truck driver in Ohio has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide in a chain-reaction crash involving a charter bus filled with high school students that left six people dead and 18 injured. The crash on...
Personal Auto Driving P/C Insurers to 2024 Underwriting Profit
Jul 23 2024 // S&P Global Market Intelligence is forecasting a combined ratio of 99.2 for the U.S. P/C insurance industry overall in 2024, signifying a return to underwriting profitability for the first time since 2021. According to...
Tesla’s California Car Registrations Fall for Third Straight Quarter
Jul 19 2024 // Registrations of Tesla cars in California fell 24% in the April to June period, marking the third consecutive quarter that the company posted a sales drop in its key market, indicating mounting challenges for the EV maker,...
6 Charged With Bogus Overseas Claims for Gun Shot Wounds, Stabbings, Auto Accidents
Jul 16 2024 // Five Massachusetts residents and one New York resident have been charged in connection with a health insurance fraud scheme that allegedly involved submitting claims for more than $1 million worth of bogus medical...
New Hampshire Suspends License of Trucker Acquitted in Motorcycle Crash for 2 Years
Jul 15 2024 // A commercial truck driver who was acquitted in the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists won’t be eligible to get his license back for another two years, New Hampshire safety officials said. A jury in 2022 found...
Commercial Auto Insurance Profit Struggles Continue
Jul 15 2024 // The commercial auto insurance segment maintained its place as a weaker-performing U.S. property/casualty insurance product line in 2023. Despite successive periods of pricing and underwriting actions, commercial auto has...
