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Colorado Man Sentenced for Role in $268K Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme
Aug 2 2024 // A Colorado man who aided a former insurance claims adjuster in an auto insurance claims scheme was sentenced this week. In 2020, Brassfield, 55, of Aurora, reportedly aided former Travelers Insurance employee Colette...
Black Bear and Cub Destroy Car After Getting Trapped Inside
Jul 29 2024 // Trapped inside a car, the adult black bear and cub thrashed about. The horn was blaring and the radio blasting. Outside the car, a second cub ran around in apparent distress by the Connecticut home. State environmental...
Niagara Falls Hopes Insurer Can Solve Mystery of Last Year’s Car Crash, Explosion
Jul 26 2024 // A police investigation into the crash and explosion that killed two people in a high-powered luxury car at a Niagara Falls border crossing last year has concluded with the crash’s cause still a mystery, authorities...
J.D. Power: Auto Insurance Shopping Hits New High, Could Drop With Rate Adequacy
Jul 24 2024 // The national auto insurance shopping and quoting rate reached a new high between April and June, but many insurers appear to have achieved or are approaching rate adequacy, “which should lead to less rate activity...
Truck Driver Charged in Ohio Interstate Crash That Left 6 People Dead
Jul 23 2024 // A truck driver in Ohio has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide in a chain-reaction crash involving a charter bus filled with high school students that left six people dead and 18 injured. The crash on...
Personal Auto Driving P/C Insurers to 2024 Underwriting Profit
Jul 23 2024 // S&P Global Market Intelligence is forecasting a combined ratio of 99.2 for the U.S. P/C insurance industry overall in 2024, signifying a return to underwriting profitability for the first time since 2021. According to...
Tesla’s California Car Registrations Fall for Third Straight Quarter
Jul 19 2024 // Registrations of Tesla cars in California fell 24% in the April to June period, marking the third consecutive quarter that the company posted a sales drop in its key market, indicating mounting challenges for the EV maker,...
6 Charged With Bogus Overseas Claims for Gun Shot Wounds, Stabbings, Auto Accidents
Jul 16 2024 // Five Massachusetts residents and one New York resident have been charged in connection with a health insurance fraud scheme that allegedly involved submitting claims for more than $1 million worth of bogus medical...
New Hampshire Suspends License of Trucker Acquitted in Motorcycle Crash for 2 Years
Jul 15 2024 // A commercial truck driver who was acquitted in the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists won’t be eligible to get his license back for another two years, New Hampshire safety officials said. A jury in 2022 found...
Commercial Auto Insurance Profit Struggles Continue
Jul 15 2024 // The commercial auto insurance segment maintained its place as a weaker-performing U.S. property/casualty insurance product line in 2023. Despite successive periods of pricing and underwriting actions, commercial auto has...
Fifth Third Bank to Pay $5M Fine for Illegally Forcing Car Insurance Onto Borrowers
Jul 11 2024 // Fifth Third Bank agreed this week to pay a $5 million fine for illegally forcing vehicle insurance onto borrowers who had coverage. Fifth Third also agreed to pay a $15 million fine for illegal sales practices. The...
Collector Vehicle Insurer OpenRoad to Launch in Four Midwest States
Jul 11 2024 // New classic and modern collector vehicle insurer, OpenRoad, has announced it will begin offering coverage across select U.S. states on Monday, July 15, 2024. OpenRoad will be centered around Midwest states with coverage...
GEICO to Pay $6 Million to Settle Auto Adjusters’ Claims of Unpaid Overtime Hours
Jul 8 2024 // Insurer GEICO has agreed to pay $6 million to settle claims by auto damage claims adjusters who allege the insurer failed to pay them for all hours they worked “off-the-clock.” The settlement affects 806...
New-Vehicle Sales Growth Slows After CDK Cyberattack
Jul 5 2024 // Top U.S. automakers posted slower sales growth for the second quarter as a cyberattack at software systems provider CDK hit operations at several dealerships during the crucial selling period of late June. General Motors...
Atlanta City Council Approves $2M for Students Pulled from Car During Protest
Jul 3 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta City Council has approved the payment of a settlement of $2 million to two college students who were shocked with Tasers and pulled from a car while they were stuck in downtown traffic caused...
CCC: Severe Weather Impacting Collision Repair, Auto Insurance
Jul 1 2024 // The auto insurance and repair industry must “adapt to new patterns and prepare for an unpredictable future,” according to the Crash Course Q2 2024 report released by CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc., a P/C cloud...
Auto Trust Factor
Jul 1 2024 // The trust factor is critical in the insurance purchasing process. When customers trust their insurance provider they feel more satisfied with the insurance buying process even in the face of rising rates. That’s...
US Auto Insurance Market on the Mend; Homeowners Line Volatile: Fitch
Jul 1 2024 // The U.S. personal insurance sector is positioned for improving underwriting performance in 2024. According to Fitch’s latest U.S. Personal Lines Market Update, the change is predicted amid signs that the previous...
Rhode Island Bars Auto Insurers From Charging ‘Widow’s Penalty’
Jul 1 2024 // A new Rhode Island law prohibits auto insurers from charging policyholders more solely because they have been widowed. The new law bans insurers from treating widows or widowers any differently than married people in terms...
No Workers’ Comp for Employee Injured When Vehicle Crashed Through Her Office Wall
Jun 28 2024 // An employee at the Virginia Department of Health who was seriously injured when a vehicle crashed through the wall of her first floor office is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. The Virginia...
