Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Do Millennials Want Cars? Loan Data Says ‘Yes’
Jun 6 2016 // Millennials are less interested than older folks in owning their own cars, right? Maybe not, according to auto loan data showing young Americans are increasingly active in the car buying market. Despite the belief that...
Encompass Insurance Exits North Carolina Personal Lines
Jun 6 2016 // Encompass Indemnity Insurance, an Allstate Insurance company that sells business through independent agents, has exited the North Carolina personal lines market. As of May, Encompass is no longer renewing business in the...
Worldwide Facilities Appoints Moulder as VP, Adds Transportation Markets
Jun 3 2016 // Worldwide Facilities, LLC, a nationwide wholesale brokerage and managing general agent, has appointed Chris Moulder as vice president and broker at its Atlanta office, bringing expanded access to commercial auto and...
Pennsylvania’s York County Sees Sharp Rise in Roadside Deaths
Jun 2 2016 // Nita Stout of York, Pennsylvania, was known in some parts of Lewisberry as “the walker.” It was what the Bangladeshi mother of four boys liked to do, usually in the mornings. She did it for exercise and as a...
Michigan Auto Repair Bill Passed Without Original Parts Requirement
Jun 2 2016 // The state Senate has given final approval to a bill that would affect auto parts at Michigan repair shops. The Senate approved the House version of the legislation. It’s now headed to Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk...
Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Lapsed Auto Insurance Payment Plan Bill
Jun 2 2016 // A Baton Rouge lawmaker’s bid to create payment plans for people struggling to pay unpaid fines from lapsed car insurance coverage is headed to the governor’s desk. With a 94-0 vote, the House gave final passage...
Delta Lloyd to Sell 30.2% Stake in Wealth Manager Van Lanschot to Raise Capital
May 31 2016 // Delta Lloyd NV started selling its entire 30.2 percent stake in wealth manager Van Lanschot NV as part of the insurer’s plan to boost capital. A total of 11.3 million existing depository receipts of Van Lanschot are...
Loan Data Discredits View That Millennials Do Not Want Cars
May 26 2016 // Millennials are less interested than older folks in owning their own cars, right? Maybe not, according to auto loan data showing young Americans are increasingly active in the car buying market. Despite the belief that...
Kids’ Car Seats, Ridesharing Popularity Prompt Focus on Back Seat Safety
May 26 2016 // Crash-test dummies, who have dutifully endured thousands of simulated accidents from the front seat, are about to get a ride in the back. Regulators are making the move as part of a new emphasis on the safety of back-seat...
South Carolina Bar Sued For Overserving Motorcyclist Who Crashed, Killed Passenger
May 26 2016 // A bar in Columbia, S.C., has been accused of serving so much alcohol to one of its underage patrons that he became extremely intoxicated and crashed his motorcycle, killing a 19-year-old woman who was riding with him. The...
Investigators: Fraud Schemes Rampant Among Houston Tow Truck Drivers
May 25 2016 // Houston is a bad place to have to have your vehicle towed, according to law enforcement officials and insurance investigators. There have multiple reports of vehicles being towed and towing services charging victims...
West Virginia Motorcyclist Wins $500K in Suit Against Travelers, Truck Driver
May 25 2016 // A jury has awarded more than $500,000 to a motorcyclist in South Charleston, W. Va., who was injured in a lumber spill wreck. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports jurors reached the verdict last week in Larry Keeling...
Feds: 6 Connecticut Men Staged 50 Car Crashes for Insurance Money
May 25 2016 // Federal prosecutors say six Connecticut residents have been charged with staging car crashes so they could make fraudulent insurance claims. U.S. Attorney Deirdre Daly said Tuesday that five Norwich residents and one New...
Liberty International Underwriters Launches Auto Parts Recall Policy
May 25 2016 // Liberty International Underwriters, part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has launched an Automotive Components Product Recall Policy designed to cover first and third party recall expenses. The policy coverage encompasses...
Encompass Insurance Exits North Carolina Personal Lines Market
May 25 2016 // Encompass Indemnity Insurance, an Allstate Insurance company that sells business through independent agents, has exited the North Carolina personal lines market. As of this month, Encompass is no longer renewing business...
Disaster Fraud Rampant After Floods, Hurricanes
May 24 2016 // This year, extensive flooding has already affected parts of Texas and Louisiana. With more rain producing floods in the forecast for the southern part of the U.S. this spring, the likelihood of disaster fraud...
South Dakota Lawyer Says Auto Insurer Misled Him about Policy
May 23 2016 // The former lawyer for a car crash victim accused an auto insurance company of hiding a $1 million policy that could have paid for his client’s medical bills during testimony in court. Attorney Jeff Cole testified in...
Tough Times for Commercial Auto Insurance: Fitch
May 23 2016 // While the property/casualty industry has reported three consecutive years of significant underwriting profits, the commercial auto market as a whole reported an underwriting loss for the fifth consecutive year in 2015. In...
Auto Insurance Customers Disappointed in Their Insurers’ Websites: J.D. Power
May 20 2016 // While overall customers are more satisfied with their experience shopping online for auto insurance, they are less thrilled with the websites of individual insurance companies, with only slightly more half saying they...
Main Street America Group Expands Private Passenger Auto Coverage to Conn., N.H.
May 19 2016 // The Main Street America Group has expanded its private passenger auto insurance program to Connecticut and New Hampshire. Highlights of the Main Street Protection Auto program, which was first launched in South Carolina...
