Latest Auto Headlines
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Self-Driving Nissan Car Begins Tests on Streets of London
Feb 27 2017 // Guided by cameras and radars, and negotiating traffic and roundabouts, a self-driving Nissan car took to the streets of London on Monday for the Japanese company’s first European tests of an autonomous...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Insurance Keeps Growing and Hiring Despite Auto, Reinsurance Blips
Feb 27 2017 // Even though Berkshire Hathaway’s GEICO chalked up an underwriting loss in the fourth-quarter 2016, with full-year profit coming in basically even with 2015, the company is poised to take advantage of competitor...
Arizona Senate Votes to Raise Minimum Auto Liability Insurance
Feb 27 2017 // The Arizona Senate approved a bill to raise the minimum amount of liability coverage drivers are required to carry on auto insurance policies, a proposal backers say is needed to protect accident victims from loss. The...
Trump Administration Reviewing Obama’s Autonomous Vehicle Guidance
Feb 27 2017 // U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said on Sunday she is reviewing self-driving vehicle guidance issued by the Obama administration and urged companies to explain the benefits of automated vehicles to a skeptical...
Jury Awards $5M to Man Injured in 2013 Michigan Food Truck Blast
Feb 26 2017 // A jury has awarded $5 million to a man who was injured during a food truck explosion at a northern Michigan festival. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports Gary Leonard was burned on nearly half his body following the...
Californian Sentenced for Felony Insurance Fraud in Sacramento
Feb 24 2017 // The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office in California reported that Paige Nolasco, who pled no contest to felony insurance fraud, has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and five years’ formal probation,...
GMI Insurance Taps Falls Lake as Primary Carrier for Auto Programs
Feb 24 2017 // GMI Insurance, a program administrator specializing in commercial auto exposures, has added Falls Lake Insurance Companies as the new primary carrier for its auto programs. Effective Feb. 1, GMI Insurance programs offers...
What is Lidar and Why Are Autonomous Car Makers Fighting Over It?
Feb 24 2017 // Spacecraft use it to measure distance. Farmers use it to work out which fields need fertilizer. Archaeologists use it to map topography. And, crucially for Uber Technologies Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo,...
Now’s the Time to Invest in ’80s-Era Classic Cars
Feb 24 2017 // Thirty years ago, a person of means could walk into an import car dealership, drop a sum that would double the average annual household income, and drive out with a grand touring coupe—a two-door, four-seater powered by...
Maine Lawmaker Wants to Block Car Insurance Hikes Based on Age
Feb 23 2017 // A Maine state senator is looking to protect senior citizens in the state from having car insurance rates go up because of their ages. Sen. Bill Diamond, a Windham Democrat, says his bill follows up on insurance giant...
Arizona Bill to Axe Required Auto Glass Coverage Appears Dead
Feb 22 2017 // Arizona drivers used to paying nothing when their car windshields are cracked or shattered by rocks appear likely to keep the insurance coverage for at least another year. That’s because an effort by insurance...
10 U.S.-Designated Autonomous Vehicle Testing Sites
Feb 21 2017 // The U.S. Department of Transportation recently designated 10 “proving grounds” to encourage safe testing of automated vehicle technologies. “The designated proving grounds will collectively form a...
Snoozing While Cruising Argues for Full Autonomy in Vehicles
Feb 21 2017 // As Ford Motor Co. has been developing self-driving cars, the U.S. automaker has started noticing a problem during test drives: Engineers monitoring the robot rides are dozing off. Company researchers have tried to roust...
North Carolina Regulators Consider 13.8% Auto Rate Increase Request
Feb 20 2017 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB) has requested an average increase of 13.8 percent on private passenger automobile insurance rates in its latest filing with the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI). NCRB...
Auto Insurers Dispute Consumer Report on Tactics Used in No-Fault Accidents
Feb 20 2017 // A national consumer group has charged that innocent drivers in most states are being forced to pay more for auto insurance for accidents in which they are not at fault. The report from the Consumer Federation of America...
RRS to Address Auto Coverage Gap Through Xpress Autoguard Program
Feb 16 2017 // Reliance Risk Solutions (RRS), the high net worth personal insurance division of Appalachian Underwriters, has developed a new program to address the coverage gap for many personal and commercial automobile policies with...
Texas a Leader in Fatal Crashes, Alcohol-Impaired Driving
Feb 15 2017 // Texas highways continue to be a deadly form of travel as traffic crashes involving injuries and fatalities continue to rise. Last year, 3,390 traffic crashes resulted in 3,757 fatalities and 175,347 traffic crashes...
Automakers Want Regulatory Road Cleared for Self-Driving Vehicles
Feb 14 2017 // General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. officials will tell a U.S. House panel on Tuesday that automakers need changes to automotive safety rules to allow the deployment of self-driving cars on American...
Insurers Find Fault With Report Over How Auto Insurers Treat No-Fault Accidents
Feb 14 2017 // A national consumer group has charged that innocent drivers in most states are being forced to pay more for auto insurance for accidents in which they are not at fault. The report from the Consumer Federation of America...
Coal Truck Driver Dies on Delivery in West Virginia
Feb 14 2017 // West Virginia mine safety authorities say a 54-year-old coal truck driver has died from injuries he suffered last week in Logan County. The Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training says the loaded truck driven...
