Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Washington Tow Company Being Sued over Sale of Serviceman’s Car
Sep 14 2018 // A Washington Tacoma towing company is being accused of illegally selling an impounded car belonging to a serviceman deployed on the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier. The News Tribune reported the state Attorney...
Marijuana Use Suspected in Fatal Colorado Crash
Sep 13 2018 // The Colorado State Patrol says a woman killed in a single-vehicle rollover on Interstate 70 is suspected of being under the influence of marijuana at the time. KMGH-TV reported that the crash occurred Monday afternoon near...
Safety Board Seeks to Mandate Anti-Lock Brakes, Stability Controls on U.S. Motorcycles
Sep 13 2018 // A federal safety agency is recommending that all new motorcycles built for road use in the U.S. have anti-lock brakes and electronic stability control as standard equipment. The National Transportation Safety Board voted...
Exclusive Remedy: The Scope of Protection in Illinois Workers’ Comp
Sep 13 2018 // Section 5(a) of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act provides the damages an employer must pay for work-related injuries. It specifies a worker injured in the line of duty cannot sue her employer or its other...
Next Insurance Rolls Out Commercial Auto Policy
Sep 13 2018 // Small business-focused digital insurance carrier Next Insurance has launched a commercial auto insurance policy available entirely online with no extra fees. Small businesses can now purchase a commercial car insurance...
Volvo Offers Self-Driving Truck with No Cab as Way to Address Shortage of Drivers
Sep 13 2018 // Sweden’s Volvo, the world’s second-biggest truck maker, presented a new self-driving electric truck on Wednesday, which it said should help respond to the boom in e-commerce and a shortage of freight...
Rhode Island Woman Charged With Stealing Funds from Auto Dealer
Sep 12 2018 // A 45-year-old Rhode Island woman has been charged with forging business checks and stealing as much as $400,000 from a Cranston, R.I., auto dealership where she worked. Federal prosecutors say Michelle Saritelli of South...
Auto Insurance Broker Confie Battles JC Flowers Over Failed Acquisition
Sep 7 2018 // It took just 78 days for a deal involving billionaire J. Christopher Flowers to blow up. Confie Seguros Holding II Co., an owner of auto-insurance brokerages that cater to Hispanic drivers with spotty credit, paid $100...
Police: 4 Hurt in Texas Motorcycle Collision Caused by Dropped Cellphone
Sep 6 2018 // West Texas police say four people were injured in a traffic accident after a passenger riding a motorcycle tried to pick up her cellphone after dropping it on the road. The El Paso Times reports that a passenger on a...
Averse to Owning? Auto Subscription Services Bundle Car, Insurance, Maintenance
Sep 5 2018 // If you already subscribe to digital services like Netflix to binge on TV shows and Spotify to groove to an endless mix of music, the auto industry might have a deal for you: Subscribe to your next car as well. Make that...
Accident Report Confirms Apple Still in Autonomous Car Race
Sep 4 2018 // An Apple Inc. self-driving car was rear-ended while merging onto an expressway near the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters this month, the company said in an accident report posted on Friday that confirmed the...
New Task Force to Address High Auto Insurance Rates Louisiana
Sep 3 2018 // A new task force created to investigate the high cost of auto insurance in Louisiana held its first meeting on Aug. 21, the Louisiana Department of Insurance reported. The 2018 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature...
15 Emerging Risks Worth Watching That Are Not Cyber
Sep 3 2018 // When insurance experts are asked what they see as the most important emerging risk for the property/casualty insurance industry, their consensus is cyber in some form. While cyber obviously poses tremendous risks, some...
Exclusive Remedy: The Scope of Protection in Illinois
Sep 3 2018 // Section 5(a) of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act provides the damages an employer must pay for work-related injuries. It specifies a worker injured in the line of duty cannot sue her employer or its other...
Foremost Auto Insurance Business Being Rebranded to Bristol West
Aug 31 2018 // Foremost Insurance Group, a member of the Farmers Insurance Group, said the Foremost automobile insurance book of business will be rebranded as Bristol West. The company said this rebranding will be phased in over the next...
China’s Largest Ride-Hailing Firm Didi Suspends Service After 2nd Passenger Killing
Aug 30 2018 // China’s largest ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing has suspended its carpooling service after a passenger was killed, and is likely to face tighter oversight that will squeeze driver numbers and extend customer...
Santander Bank Settles Auto Finance, Insurance Claims
Aug 30 2018 // A unit of European lender Banco Santander SA has agreed to settle claims by a U.S. consumer watchdog that it misled drivers about the costs of loans and the coverage of related insurance policies, said three people with...
Detroit Mayor, 8 Motorists Sue Insurance Commissioner Over Michigan’s No Fault Law
Aug 24 2018 // Asserting that Michigan’s no fault auto insurance law is unfair to the poor, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, seeking to have the 45-year-old law declared unconstitutional. The suit...
Venture Capital Firm, Beat Capital, to Merge with Insurer Investment Vehicle Paraline UK
Aug 23 2018 // Venture capital firm Beat Capital Partners and insurance investment vehicle Paraline UK announced they plan to merge – in a move that is designed “to enhance and further build Beat’s platform to support...
Insurance Data for Sale in China – Despite Strict Data Protection Laws
Aug 23 2018 // When William Zhang’s car insurance was about to expire in March, he didn’t need to look far for renewal options. In the two months before the policy was up Zhang received calls almost daily from insurers trying...
