Latest Auto Headlines
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Rhode Island Auto Body Shop Legislation Goes Into Effect
Jul 11 2018 // Updated legislation regarding the use of aftermarket parts in the repair of motor vehicles, passed by the Rhode Island General Assembly in June, has become law without Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo’s...
Regulators Try to Navigate Legal, Social, Safety Issues Raised by Autonomous Vehicles
Jul 11 2018 // In closed-door meetings last March, U.S. transportation regulators and others grappled with questions about whether police should have the power to disable self-driving cars and whether an automatic alert that a robo-taxi...
AF Group Drives into Commercial Auto with Fundamental Underwriters
Jul 11 2018 // Lansing, Michigan-based AF Group is branching out from its traditional base in workers’ compensation into the specialty commercial auto insurance niche, driven by a new operating company — Fundamental...
Colorado Campaigns Aim at Curbing Vehicle-Pedestrian Deaths
Jul 9 2018 // Twice in a week this month in unrelated collisions, cars barreled into pedestrians on East Colfax Avenue, in Aurora, Colorado, killing one man and seriously hurting another. And investigators say those two crashes are far...
Michigan Appeals Court Rules for Driver in Car Wash Fall
Jul 6 2018 // The Michigan appeals court is breaking new legal ground – at a self-serve car wash. In a 2-1 decision, the court ruled that a woman who fell while washing her car can seek payment for her injuries from her car insurer....
Delaware Woman Charged with Falsely Reporting Carjacking
Jul 5 2018 // Delaware State Police say a woman who claimed to be the victim of a carjacking set up by an intentional crash has turned herself in to face criminal charges. Thirty-year-old Jane Macauley of Middletown, Del., surrendered...
Consumer Group Warns Off-Highway Vehicle Rider Deaths Peak in July
Jul 3 2018 // As the July 4th holiday arrives, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) has issued an alert to off-highway vehicle (OHV) riders to operate their vehicles with caution. According to data gathered by CFA and its OHV Safety...
How Much Americans Could Save by Ridesharing Driverless Cars Over Owning
Jul 3 2018 // Self-driving cars promise safer roads, less traffic and increased mobility. Some autonomous vehicle proponents also maintain they will save time and money. But will they really save Americans time and money? And even if...
Kemper Completes Acquisition of Specialty Auto Insurer Infinity P&C
Jul 2 2018 // Chicago-based insurer Kemper Corp. has closed on its $1.6 billion acquisition of Birmingham-based nonstandard auto insurer Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. The stock portion of the cash and stock deal announced in...
NYC Drivers for Uber, Other Apps to Get Vision Care Coverage
Jul 2 2018 // Drivers for car services and ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft are usually on their own when it comes to buying health insurance, but starting Sunday in New York they will now be able to get coverage for vision care as...
A-MAX Auto Insurance Names Genest as VP of Sales and Operations
Jul 2 2018 // Dallas-headquartered A-MAX Auto Insurance has appointed Rick Genest as its new vice president of Sales and Operations. Genest, a seasoned insurance executive with over 25 years’ experience in the insurance services...
Rising Homeowners Losses Hurt P/C Insurers: Fitch
Jul 2 2018 // Personal lines underwriting losses rose in 2017 for the fourth year in a row, Fitch Ratings found in a new report. There’s a twist, however. In the three years prior to 2017, personal auto insurance contributed...
Mississippi County Authorities Searching for Car Thieves on ATVs
Jun 29 2018 // Investigators in one north Mississippi County are looking for thieves who have been riding all-terrain vehicles to break into cars at night. WHBQ-TV reports that at least two dozen vehicles in a rural area of southern...
State Farm to Cut Auto Rates in North, South Carolina
Jun 29 2018 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. will decrease its auto rates in North and South Carolina, impacting more than 2 million customers in both states. According to a statement from the insurer, State Farm’s...
Fury of Hailstorms Battered Colorado, Insured Losses ‘Skyrocketing’
Jun 28 2018 // The hailstorms that hit Northern Colorado and the Denver-metro just over a week ago carried a $276.4 million insurance price tag. The storms followed a Southern Colorado hailstorm a week earlier that caused an estimated...
Auto Supplier Bosch Teams with Startup Mojio to Connect Vehicles to Digital Services
Jun 28 2018 // German auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH is teaming with Canadian startup Mojio to get more vehicles connected wirelessly to a wide range of digital services, from insurance companies to emergency responders, the companies...
Safety Probe of Tesla Crash Cites Battery Fire Risk
Jun 27 2018 // A Tesla Inc. Model S involved in a May 8 fatal high-speed crash in Florida reignited twice after firefighters extinguished a fire in the electric vehicle, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a...
State Farm to Cut Auto Rates in Penn.
Jun 26 2018 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company plans to cut its rates in Pennsylvania. The total state-wide expected impact of this rate change for State Farm Mutual in Pennsylvania is approximately $49.5 million, set to...
Rhode Island General Assembly Passes Auto Body Shop Bill
Jun 26 2018 // The Rhode Island General Assembly has passed H-8013/S-2679, which aims to effectively ban the use of aftermarket parts in the repair of vehicles. The bill is now awaiting Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo’s...
AXA Belgium Partners with Online Car Repair Platform Fixico
Jun 25 2018 // AXA, the Paris based insurance & asset management firm, and Fixico, a platform for cosmetic car repairs, after several months of joint testing, have just started to provide AXA’s customers in Belgium with an...
