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6 Injured After Florida Roller Coaster Derails, Plunges Riders 34 Feet
Jun 18 2018 // A roller coaster that derailed in Florida had been put out of service by state inspectors twice in the past year and a half because of problems with the ride. Two riders fell 34 feet (10 meters) when their car derailed...
Insurance Exec Rescues Elderly Louisiana Woman From Kidnapping, Robbery
Jun 18 2018 // He wouldn’t call himself a hero, but the 83-year-old woman Dennis P. Neyland rescued from a carjack/kidnapping and robbery on the streets of downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, probably would. Neyland, an insurance...
Nevada Motorists Face July 1 Auto Insurance Rate Increase
Jun 18 2018 // Nevada state officials are reminding as many as 600,000 vehicle owners they could face auto insurance rate increases July 1, when minimum liability coverage requirements go up. Officials announced earlier that almost one...
Bonding with California’s Autonomous Vehicle Testing and Deployment Regs
Jun 18 2018 // A new legislative framework for autonomous vehicle testing and deployment in California created this year is expected to lead to a strong wave of development of this technology in the state. In February 2018, the Office of...
Tornado, or Not? Occupied Truck Lifted During Storm in Iowa
Jun 15 2018 // A northern Iowa man was driving through a storm when his truck was lifted in the air and carried into a farm field. The Globe Gazette reports that 22-year-old Parker Brumm left Rockford on Saturday before the storm became...
Germany Moves Toward U.S.-Style Class-Actions, Benefiting VW Diesel Car Litigants
Jun 15 2018 // Germany will allow interest groups to sue on behalf of consumers, taking a tentative step toward U.S.-style class-action lawsuits in a bid to make it easier to collect damages from big companies in the aftermath of...
Autonomous Cars to Bring Shift But Not Big Decline in Insurance: Report
Jun 15 2018 // It turns out robots need insurance too. As driverless vehicles reduce car ownership in coming years, insurers may not face the Armageddon that had been predicted, new research shows. “We do not expect revenues for...
Insurer Planning to Wed Couple Inside Driverless Vehicle in Vegas
Jun 12 2018 // AAA Nevada is hoping to set a world record by throwing what is believed to be the first wedding held inside a driverless vehicle. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports would-be brides and grooms can submit an online essay...
Optional Auto Premium Cut for Seniors OK’d by Michigan Senate
Jun 11 2018 // Michigan drivers age 65 and older could avoid paying most of a mandatory insurance fee that covers unlimited medical benefits and instead choose $50,000 in coverage under legislation the state Senate approved on June...
A.M. Best Assigns Credit Ratings to Delaware’s Auto-Owners Specialty Insurance
Jun 11 2018 // A.M. Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of a- to Auto-Owners Specialty Insurance Company (AOSIC) of Dover, Del. The outlook assigned to these ratings is...
XL Catlin Launches Auto Terror Protect Coverage for Vehicle Terrorist Attacks
Jun 8 2018 // XL Catlin’s has launched a new insurance product for companies with fleets of vehicles which could be used as a weapon in a terrorist attack. According to Mark Steddon, senior underwriter, Terrorism & Political...
Westlake Launches Spot Insurance for Auto Dealers in California
Jun 8 2018 // Westlake Financial Services has launched the Spot Delivery Insurance program, underwritten by Knight Management Insurance Services, LLC, for its dealer partners in California. Westlake’s new Spot Insurance program is...
Oklahoma Selects New Vendor for Auto Insurance Verification System
Jun 5 2018 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak is notifying auto insurers operating in the state that a new contract has been awarded for the operation of the insurance department’s Oklahoma Compulsory Insurance...
Louisiana Insurance Man Rescues Elderly Woman from Kidnapping, Robbery
Jun 5 2018 // He wouldn’t call himself a hero, but the 83-year-old woman Dennis P. Neyland rescued from a carjack/kidnapping and robbery on the streets of downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, probably would. Neyland, an insurance...
Malaysia to Penalize Owners Who Don’t Replace Takata Airbags
Jun 5 2018 // Malaysia’s transport minister said Saturday that owners of more than 71,000 affected Honda cars will be penalized if they fail to replace flawed Takata air bags, in a drastic move to curb fatalities. The deaths of...
North Dakota’s NI Holdings to Acquire Direct Auto Insurance
Jun 4 2018 // North Dakota-based NI Holdings Inc. has agreed to purchase Direct Auto Insurance Co. (Direct Auto), headquartered in Chicago. Direct Auto underwrites specialty automobile insurance in Illinois through independent agents....
Nevada Motorists Face July 1 Auto Insurance Rate Increase
Jun 4 2018 // Nevada state officials are reminding as many as 600,000 vehicle owners they could face auto insurance rate increases July 1, when minimum liability coverage requirements go up. Officials announced earlier that almost one...
GM Settles Suit with Motorcyclist Hit By Autonomous Vehicle in California
Jun 4 2018 // General Motors Co. agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a motorcyclist involved in a minor crash with one of its self-driving cars in San Francisco late last year, the U.S. automaker said on Friday. Oscar Nilsson sued GM in...
Delaware Seniors See Average Decrease of More Than $100 in Car Insurance Rates
Jun 4 2018 // Delaware’s House Substitute 1 for House Bill 80 (HS 1 for HB 80), signed into law on August 1, 2017, went into effect on May 1 of this year. As a result of the legislation, Delaware consumers with policies through...
State Farm to Cut Personal Auto Rates by 3% in Alabama
Jun 4 2018 // Approximately 950,000 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. personal auto insurance customers in Alabama will see rate reductions starting this month, according to the nationwide insurance company. Thanks to the...
