Latest Auto Headlines
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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...
Insurance Linked Securities Specialist Nephila Hired by Blackstone Vehicle
May 20 2015 // A Blackstone Group LP vehicle offering hedge fund strategies to mutual fund investors plans to allocate money to a firm backed by rival KKR & Co. The Blackstone Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund is hiring Nephila Capital...
South Carolina City Paints Patrol Car Like Taxi to Discourage Drunk Driving
May 20 2015 // The Spartanburg, S.C., Police Department has come up with a unique way to draw attention to the cost of drunk driving. The department announced last month that it will be stationing a police car in the downtown area with...
Driverless, Shared Cars to Cut Vehicle Ownership by Half: Barclays
May 19 2015 // U.S. auto sales may drop about 40 percent in the next 25 years because of shared driverless cars, forcing mass-market producers such as General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. to slash output, a Barclays Plc analyst...
California Man Pleads Guilty to Setting Car Ablaze to Cash in on Insurance
May 19 2015 // Richard Peters, 36, of Lakeside, Calif., pleaded guilty to one felony count of insurance fraud after being arrested last week by the San Diego Urban Auto Insurance Fraud Task Force on suspicion that he set fire to his...
Auto Insurance Specialists Wins 2015 Biggie Award for Preferred Agency of the Year
May 19 2015 // AIS honored by the BIG Independent Group for the second time in three years. Cerritos, California (May 19, 2015) – Auto Insurance Specialists (AIS), a leading national independent agency for auto insurance, homeowners...
Google Dupes Insurance Buyers: Insurance Agent Executive
May 18 2015 // Independent insurance agents are accustomed to competition but many are watching with heightened interest the entry of one new competitor in particular, Google Compare. Bill Wilson, director of the Virtual University at...
Ohio Lt. Gov./Insurance Director Taylor Tackles Multiple Roles
May 18 2015 // As Ohio’s lieutenant governor, top insurance regulator and leader of a statewide regulatory reform initiative, it might seem that Mary Taylor’s public responsibilities would often pull in her in conflicting...
