Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
How High Costs of Car Parts Drive Car Theft: Insurance Crime Bureau
Feb 15 2018 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) says today’s vehicles are loaded with expensive parts and technology that do more than increase the costs of repairs, even in minor accidents. The organization says those...
Tennessee Insurance Consumer Complaints Down Slightly in 2017
Feb 15 2018 // Insurance complaints decreased again in 2017 and remained last of the top 10 consumer complaint categories, according to the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s (TDCI) Division of Consumer Affairs. The...
No Need to Raise Kansas Auto Insurance Limits
Feb 14 2018 // When legislation that would force consumers to buy more of a thing is opposed even by the companies who sell that thing, that’s a pretty good sign it’s a pretty bad idea. H.B. 2104, under consideration by the...
Guest Post: Who Is Liable When No One Is Driving? Part 1
Feb 14 2018 // This week (and for the next few weeks) we are grateful for friend of the Academy, Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS, Executive Director, Big “I” Virtual University who...
Georgia Considering Commercial Truck-Only Highway
Feb 14 2018 // Georgia transportation officials are exploring the idea of a separate highway for trucks only. It would be the first highway of its kind in the United States, said John Hibbard, the Georgia Department of...
Kemper to Acquire Nonstandard Auto Insurer Infinity in $1.4 Billion Deal
Feb 13 2018 // Chicago-based insurer Kemper Corp. has agreed to acquire Birmingham-based Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion, or $129.00 per share, creating an insurer...
Nearly 670K Property Insurance Claims in Texas from Hurricane Harvey: TDI
Feb 13 2018 // Hurricane Harvey resulted in nearly 670,000 in combined personal and commercial property insurance claims to private insurers, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) and the Texas Fair Access to Insurance...
Texas Sees Increase in Auto Fatalities in 2017
Feb 13 2018 // More than 3,700 people were killed on Texas roadways last year marking a 10 percent increase in traffic deaths from 2016, according to data from the Texas Department of Transportation. The Insurance Council of Texas...
Trump Administration Plans Autonomous Vehicles Regulatory Summit
Feb 12 2018 // Auto manufacturers, technology companies, road safety advocates and policy makers will attend a March 1 conference over potential government actions that could speed the rollout of autonomous cars, the U.S. Transportation...
Virginia Train Crash: Railroad Crossing Safety Arms Face Scrutiny
Feb 6 2018 // The lead investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board said it’s too early to say whether the safety arms at a rural Virginia crossing were working when a train carrying GOP members of Congress slammed...
Trial Over Waymo Claim of Uber Trade Secrets Theft Gets Underway
Feb 6 2018 // Uber was either a cheating competitor willing to break the law to win the race to develop self-driving cars, or the victim of an unproven conspiracy theory stitched together by its main rival, Waymo, jurors heard in...
Why Safety Numbers on Driverless Cars Don’t Add Up: Viewpoint
Feb 6 2018 // The “Race to Autonomy” has become the high-tech competition of our time, pitting automakers, suppliers, technology titans and Silicon Valley startups against each other in intense competition for the first bite...
Worley Claims Services Acquires Audit Services Incorporated of Georgia
Feb 6 2018 // Worley Claims Services, LLC, a provider of claims services in North America, has acquired Audit Services Incorporated (ASI), a claim estimate writing and review supplier for the property and auto insurance markets based in...
Mississippi to Offer Free Vehicle Inspections of Hurricane-Damaged Vehicles
Feb 5 2018 // The Mississippi Insurance Department (MID) and the Mississippi Collision Repair Association have partnered to protect residents from buying cars damaged by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Officials say thousands of...
Still an Uphill Climb for Commercial Auto Market
Feb 5 2018 // The difficult job of moving commercial auto insurance to a profitable place has not gotten any easier. More vehicles on the road thanks to a rebounding economy, more miles driven, distracted drivers and...
Americans and Autonomous Cars
Feb 5 2018 // Times are changing when it comes to how U.S. drivers feel about autonomous vehicles. According to a new study from AAA, 63 percent of U.S. drivers report feeling afraid to ride in a fully self-driving vehicle. That sounds...
Fewest Human Interventions for Waymo’s Autonomous Car Tests in California
Feb 1 2018 // Waymo, the self-driving arm of Alphabet Inc, is out ahead of rivals based on a key measure of autonomous driving performance, according to a report released on Wednesday by the California Department of Motor...
Personal Auto Insurance Business Performed Better in 2017: A.M. Best
Feb 1 2018 // The underwriting profitability of the U.S. personal auto line showed signs of improvement in 2017 as rate hikes have been effective against loss frequency and severity trends, according to a new A.M. Best report. The...
Risk Theory Launches Auto Service, Repair Garage Program
Jan 31 2018 // Risk Theory, LLC, underwriter for a nationwide dealer open lot program for independent agents, has launched a new garage package program for franchised and non-franchised auto service and repair operators. The Risk Theory...
Mississippi to Offer Free Vehicle Inspections of Hurricane-Damaged Vehicles
Jan 30 2018 // The Mississippi Insurance Department (MID) and the Mississippi Collision Repair Association are partnering on an initiative designed to protect residents from buying cars damaged by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Following...
