Latest Auto Headlines
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Allstate Reunites Owner with ’72 Corvette 43 Years After It Was Stolen
Jun 9 2015 // Terry Dietrich celebrated her 62nd birthday by reigniting a teenage romance. The 62-year-old accountant from Duluth, Georgia, was finally reunited last week with the 1972 Corvette Stingray that was stolen from her more...
Missouri Man Sues State Over Commercial Vehicle Search Law
Jun 8 2015 // A Missouri rancher and political activist is suing the state for the second time, alleging that a law allowing troopers and other officers to pull over and inspect commercial vehicles without cause is unconstitutional. Ron...
Google to Issue Monthly Reports on Self-Driving Car Accidents
Jun 8 2015 // Google Inc. said it would give monthly updates of accidents involving its driverless cars. The report for May showed Google cars had been involved in 12 accidents since the company first began testing its self-driving cars...
Allstate to Offer Ridesharing Endorsement in Four States
Jun 5 2015 // Allstate has launched a “Ride for Hire” endorsement for qualified transportation network company drivers that will be available in four states – Colorado, Illinois, Texas, and Virginia – by the end of this...
Insurance Crime Bureau: Up to 10,000 Vehicles Impacted in Texas Floods
Jun 5 2015 // The recent flooding in Texas means the end of the road for an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 insured vehicles that suffered water damage, National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). That’s the current estimate from Copart, a...
Oregon Husband of Pregnant Woman Killed in Crash Sues For $18M
Jun 4 2015 // The husband and the son of a pregnant woman who died in a rollover crash seek up to $18 million in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against three businesses, including the maker of a tire that blew during an Oregon...
Motor-Vehicle Crash Deaths in Arizona Fell in 2014
Jun 3 2015 // The Arizona Department of Transportation reported that deaths of Arizona residents in motor-vehicle crashes dropped by nearly 9 percent in 2014. The department collected data on law enforcement reports to find that 774...
Bad Companies Feel Shake-Out in Energy Sector the Most
Jun 3 2015 // While the per barrel oil price has rebounded somewhat after it plunged to under $45 per barrel in March 2015, the energy industry — and by extension the energy-focused insurance sector — continues to adjust to the...
Texas Pounded by Weather Extremes in May
Jun 2 2015 // Even though it means the commencement of hurricane season, weather-beleaguered Texans are likely pleased that May 2015 has come and gone. Texas was pelted during the month of May with all kinds of violent and deadly...
Insurers Can Track Mileage with Policyholders’ Smartphones
Jun 2 2015 // Property/casualty insurance information company Verisk Insurance Solutions is teaming with technology firm Vehcon to provide insurance companies with the ability to collect automobile odometer readings for insurance rating...
The Rideshare Insurance Challenge
Jun 1 2015 // Local communities, states and the insurance industry are all grappling with the issue of finding workable solutions that provide public protection while allowing for innovation and growth in new sharing, or on-demand,...
Suit Filed Over Oregon Worker Who Died After Using Bucket as Toilet
Jun 1 2015 // Relatives of an Oregon worker who died from carbon monoxide poisoning while defecating in the back of a company truck seek $4 million in a lawsuit filed against the man’s former employer and four other companies. The...
New Jersey, New York Allowing Electronic Proof of Auto Insurance
Jun 1 2015 // New Jersey began allowing the state’s motor vehicle operators to display proof of auto insurance in either the physical format (a paper insurance card provided by their carrier) or the electronic format (evidence of...
Craigslist a Vehicle for Car Sales Scam, Insurers Say
Jun 1 2015 // An insurance industry-backed crime watch group is warning about an organized auto sales scam involving the popular online marketplace, Craigslist. Working with law enforcement agencies in the Chicago area and across the...
Insurer Will Pay $300K in Michigan ‘Scared-to-Death’ Case
May 28 2015 // An insurance company has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit over the death of an 85-year-old man, ending an unusual dispute over whether the driver may have been literally scared to death before his car slammed...
Uber and Lyft Fight Proposed NYC Rules – and Each Other
May 28 2015 // Uber and Lyft are among the tech companies pushing back at proposed rules by New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission to regulate car service apps. Uber says the rules break federal law because taxi commissions...
N.J. Motorcycle Accident Deaths Rose in 1st 9 months of 2014
May 27 2015 // The Governors Highway Safety Association says fatalities from motorcycle accidents in New Jersey rose during the first nine months of 2014 after dramatic declines in recent years. The Asbury Park Press reports fatalities...
Google Compare and ITC in Online Partnership That Brings Agents into Mix
May 27 2015 // Google Compare is using a rating system provided by Insurance Technologies Corp., the Carrollton, Texas-based software provider announced Wednesday. In making the announcement ITC’s top executive said it’s a...
Safety Chief Rosekind Shifts Defective Car Oversight into Overdrive
May 25 2015 // The U.S. auto safety watchdog, long criticized as toothless and slow, is showing both bark and bite under its new boss – a testimony to his credentials as a safety expert and a hardening of the administration’s...
Car Owners Seeking Air Bag Recall Information Swamp NHTSA Website
May 21 2015 // Hundreds of thousands of car owners who yesterday were urged to check a government website and see if their air bags are safe have overwhelmed the site and U.S. regulators say it might take several days before the database...
