Latest Auto Headlines
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Nine Hospitalized When Subway Car Derails in Boston
Jun 10 2019 // A subway car has derailed in Boston, sending nine people to the hospital. Local emergency officials said none of the injuries are life-threatening. Officials with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said the...
Florida Teacher Accused of Staging Accident in $15K Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jun 10 2019 // A Florida elementary school teacher was arrested on multiple felony charges including insurance fraud and organized scheme to defraud for allegedly staging a fake car accident in a local Publix parking lot, according to a...
Wells Fargo Settles Auto Insurance Scam for $385 Million
Jun 7 2019 // Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to pay at least $385 million to customers who say they were signed up for auto insurance without their knowledge or consent when they took out a car loan. Terms of the proposed settlement,...
Prime Property & Casualty Enters Kansas Commercial Auto Market
Jun 6 2019 // Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. (PPCI) has entered the Kansas commercial auto insurance market as an admitted carrier specializing in distressed and substandard risks. With PPCI, producers now have an...
Auto, Homeowner Claims from Severe Midwest Weather Add Up for State Farm
Jun 5 2019 // State Farm said last week it had received over 6,000 homeowner claims and more than 5,000 auto claims related to severe weather that pummeled the Midwest on May 27 and 28. The company reported around 6,110 total homeowner...
Washington Couple Charged with Auto Insurance Fraud
Jun 3 2019 // Brittany Jones and Steven Jones, of Marysville, Wash., each were charged with one count of filing a false insurance claim in Snohomish County Superior Court on May 14. The charges stem from an auto insurance claim and...
Work History. Does It Really Matter?
Jun 3 2019 // When looking to hire a new employee, their previous experience is always a first criteria. Have they worked in insurance? Do they have a least five years’ experience? These are relevant questions to ask. Maybe not...
Auto Insurance Posts Best Results in 5 Years: Fitch
Jun 3 2019 // U.S. personal lines insurance saw strong premium growth of 8% in 2018 and the sector’s statutory combined ratio of 99% for 2018 represented the market’s best results since 2013, according to a new special...
Gov.: Care for Injured Drivers in Michigan Will ‘Still Be There’ After Insurance Overhaul
May 30 2019 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on May 28 defended a pending overhaul of the state’s auto insurance law, saying treatment for injured drivers will “still be there” if they forego what has been a...
Dump Truck Crashes Into Gloria Estefan Recording Studio in Miami, Injures 2
May 29 2019 // Authorities say a dump truck hit a sports utility vehicle before crashing into a recording studio owned by Gloria and Emilio Estefan. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue tweeted that two people were taken to the hospital and two others...
How Autonomous Vehicles Improve Traffic Flow
May 29 2019 // A fleet of driverless cars working together to keep traffic moving smoothly can improve overall traffic flow by at least 35 percent, researchers have shown. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, programmed a...
Capital Insurance Group in California Officially Acquired by Auto-Owners Insurance
May 28 2019 // Capital Insurance Group is now a member of the Auto-Owners Insurance group of companies after regulatory approvals were cleared and closing documents were signed this week. CIG in February entered into an agreement to be...
Has Michigan Fixed Its Broken Auto Insurance System?
May 28 2019 // It took the threat of a ballot initiative to make it happen, but the deal no one ever thought they would see has come to fruition: Michigan’s lawmakers have passed legislation to reform the state’s...
Bill to Cut Auto Insurance Premiums Passed by Michigan Legislature
May 28 2019 // Michigan’s Legislature on May 24 passed a landmark bill that would cut the country’s highest auto insurance premiums by letting drivers forego a one-of-a-kind requirement to buy unlimited medical coverage for...
Washington Man Pleads Guilty, 4 Others Charged in Pay-As-You-Crash Cases
May 28 2019 // One man was sentenced and four people were charged in separate insurance fraud investigations by Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigations Unit. Paul Albarella, of Kennewick, pleaded...
Keyless Car Crime Drives 20% Hike in UK Motor Theft Claims in 1st Quarter
May 28 2019 // The cost of UK motor theft claims paid by insurers in the first quarter rose by more 20% from the same period last year, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The ABI report revealed that the number of Q1...
State Farm to Cut Auto Rates by 5.5% in West Virginia
May 28 2019 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. said it plans to cut overall personal auto rates in West Virginia by 5.5%. The expected total statewide impact for State Farm Mutual by this rate decrease in West Virginia will be...
State Auto Innovation Unit: $25M; 5 Insurtechs; 18 Months
May 24 2019 // State Auto Labs, the innovation arm of the State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co., says in the 18 months after launching its $25 million corporate venture fund to support entrepreneurs and innovations in the insurance...
Auto Insurance Drives Personal Lines Improvement
May 24 2019 // U.S. personal lines insurance saw strong premium growth of 8% in 2018 and the sector’s statutory combined ratio of 99% for 2018 represented the market’s best results since 2013, according to a new special...
Washington Couple Charged with Auto Insurance Fraud
May 23 2019 // Brittany Jones and Steven Jones, of Marysville, Wash., each were charged with one count of filing a false insurance claim in Snohomish County Superior Court on May 14. The charges stem from an auto insurance claim and...
