Latest Auto Headlines
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California DMV Agreement Changes How Motor Vehicle Records Are Handled
Oct 28 2015 // California agents and brokers are being notified of a new change to how they can handle motor vehicle records. An agreement between representatives from the insurance industry and the California Department of Motor...
Hanover Offers Insurance Tips for New Car Shoppers
Oct 27 2015 // As new 2016 car models arrive and auto dealers clear their lots of 2015 models, shoppers planning to buy a new vehicle may want to consider updating their insurance policies to protect their purchases, The Hanover...
Montana Bar to Blame for Woman Who Stole Truck And Died in Crash, Railway Says
Oct 27 2015 // BNSF Railway is suing a Whitefish, Mont. bar for allegedly over-serving a woman who stole a company truck and was killed when she crashed it into a tree. The Flathead Beacon reported the lawsuit claims Casey’s Bar...
North Carolina Man Accused of Auto Insurance Fraud
Oct 26 2015 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Peter Dane Koke of Wilmington; he is charged with one count each of insurance fraud, attempting to obtain property by false pretense and providing...
Auto Insurance Market to Shrink 60% by 2040: KPMG
Oct 23 2015 // By the time today’s millennial insurance professionals are its top executives, the U.S. personal auto insurance industry will be a skeleton of its current self. Within 25 years, the private passenger automobile...
Delaware Won’t Approve ‘Widow’s Penalty’ in Setting Auto Rates
Oct 22 2015 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced Wednesday that her department will not approve any auto insurance company’s rate submission that includes a “widow’s penalty,” under...
Rate Changes in Store for Texas Auto Insurance Plan
Oct 21 2015 // The Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA) will raise some rates and lower some for private passenger and commercial automobile insurance, effective Feb. 1, 2016, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. A...
4 N.J. Residents Charged With Staging Car Crash, Seeking Insurance Payouts
Oct 19 2015 // A Union County, New Jersey, man and three others were indicted on Oct. 14 for allegedly orchestrating a staged auto accident in Paterson, New Jersey, in 2012 and later seeking more than $48,000 in medical payouts from his...
Auto Injury Claims Frequency Falls, But Claims Costs Rise
Oct 19 2015 // Auto insurance bodily injury claims costs are still increasing in the United States, even though better vehicle safety has helped reduce claims frequency, according to the Insurance Research Council (IRC). The insurance...
October Storm Devastates South Carolina, Insurance Industry Responds
Oct 19 2015 // The claims filing and damage recovery process is underway in South Carolina after the mega-storm that hit the state Oct. 1 through Oct. 5 brought extensive damage statewide with some areas receiving more than two feet of...
Wal-Mart Sues Insurers for Alleged Breach of Contract in Morgan Settlement Case
Oct 16 2015 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. recently filed a lawsuit against a number of its commercial excess liability insurers. The lawsuit alleges that the insurers are delaying to pay claims related to the giant retailer’s personal...
Improved Safety Goal of Minnesota Truck Dealer with Truck-Swap
Oct 16 2015 // Ask truck drivers about the most important aspect of their job and chances are you will get the same answer: safety. Last year, about 78,000 total crashes were reported to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. Of...
Professor Steers Driverless Car Programmers Toward Ethical Questions
Oct 14 2015 // It’s nothing more than a dune buggy on a cordoned-off street but it’s headed for trouble. A jumble of sawhorses and traffic’ cones simulates a road crew working over a manhole and the driverless car has...
South Carolina Insurance Head Issues Emergency Orders for Storm Recovery
Oct 13 2015 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance (SCDOI) has issued two bulletins to insurers in an effort to aid with storm recovery efforts in the state. South Carolina Insurance Director Raymond Farmer issued an emergency...
AAA: Animal-Vehicle Collision Claims in Oklahoma Rose Last Year
Oct 11 2015 // The AAA in Oklahoma says collisions between vehicles and deer on roadways in the state are becoming more likely as the deer mating season begins. AAA spokesman Chuck Mai says cooler autumn temperatures signal the start of...
A Guide to New Car Safety Technologies
Oct 9 2015 // With automakers offering an increasing array of safety technologies, drivers sometimes find themselves struggling to stay up to speed with the systems in their cars. Some of the devices have been around a decade or more...
New Car Safety Features Can Be ‘Turn-Off’ for Confused Drivers
Oct 9 2015 // Many Americans buying new cars these days are baffled by a torrent of new safety technology. Some features will automatically turn a car back into its lane if it begins to drift, or hit the brakes if sensors detect that...
Texas Auto Parts Maker, Staffing Firm Cited for Safety Violations
Oct 8 2015 // Federal safety officials have cited a San Marcos, Texas, auto parts maker and its staffing employer for heat, noise and other workplace hazards. Corvac Composites LLC and Priority Personnel Inc. were fined a total of...
If Auto Injury Claims Frequency Is Falling, Why Are Claims Costs Rising?
Oct 7 2015 // Auto insurance bodily injury claims costs are still increasing in the United States, even though better vehicle safety has helped reduce claims frequency, according to the Insurance Research Council (IRC). The insurance...
Southeast Storm Update: Significant Auto Losses Expected
Oct 6 2015 // A pickup truck rests against the side of Gills Creek near a bridge in Columbia, S.C., Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. Days of torrential rains kept much of South Carolina and its capital gripped by floodwaters early Monday. (AP...
