Latest Auto Headlines
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Dozens of Drivers Ticketed after Michigan Freeway Pileup
Mar 20 2015 // Dozens of drivers are being ticketed following January’s massive pileup on snowy Interstate 94 in southwestern Michigan that killed a 57-year-old trucker and closed a stretch of the roadway for two days, police...
N.J. Senate OKs Electronic Proof of Insurance, Reverse Rate Evasion Bills
Mar 19 2015 // New Jersey’s state Senate on March 16 passed a bill (A-3905) that would allow motorists to display proof of auto insurance in either physical or electronic format. The bill was previously approved by the state...
Licenses of Michigan Pair Selling ‘One-Day’ Auto Policies Revoked
Mar 18 2015 // Michigan insurance regulators have permanently revoked the insurance licenses of father and son insurance agents and their agencies for selling fraudulent insurance certificates. The Michigan Department of Insurance and...
Car Safety Tickets on Rise in New Jersey
Mar 18 2015 // Police in New Jersey are writing more tickets for safety violations in the nearly four years since the state ended motor vehicle safety inspections. A review of court records by The Record newspaper finds police issued...
N.J. Man Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud Over Damage Done to Car
Mar 18 2015 // A New Jersey man has admitted that he sought more than $15,000 from his insurance company for damage done to his car before his policy took effect and for personal items he claimed were stolen. Derrick Smith of Newark, New...
Iowa House Panel OKs Car Insurance Tracking Bill
Mar 18 2015 // People in Iowa with outdated car insurance would be monitored by a private company for compliance under a bill approved by a House panel. Members of a Ways and Means subcommittee approved the bill before sending it to a...
Top 10 Most, Least Expensive Cars to Insure
Mar 17 2015 // The cheapest 2015 models to insure include two minivans, seven sport-utilities and the tiny Smart ForTwo, according to an Insure.com ranking of the most and least expensive vehicles to insure. The Jeep Wrangler Sport 4WD...
Atlas Financial Closes Acquisition of Global Liberty in New York
Mar 16 2015 // Atlas Financial Holdings Inc. in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, announced last week it has closed the acquisition of Global Liberty Insurance Company of New York along with its affiliated underwriting and premium finance...
Driverless Car to Make First Coast-to-Coast Highway Trip
Mar 16 2015 // Delphi Automotive Plc, a supplier of car electronics, is undertaking the longest test of a driverless auto, going coast to coast in the U.S. with a specially outfitted Audi Q5 sport-utility vehicle. The SUV will cover...
2 Passengers Injured in California Train-Truck Crash Sue
Mar 13 2015 // Two women who were among dozens of passengers hurt when a commuter train struck a pickup truck abandoned on Southern California railroad tracks are suing the truck’s driver and his employer. The lawsuits were filed...
Transportation Network Company Insurance Bill Passes Oklahoma Senate
Mar 12 2015 // A bill addressing the insurance requirements of transportation network companies (TNCs), or rideshare organizations, and their drivers has passed the Oklahoma Senate by an overwhelming majority vote of 40-3. SB 436, the...
TUMI Now a Lloyd’s Coverholder, Launches Auto Liability & Transportation Programs
Mar 12 2015 // Trinity Underwriting Managers, Inc. (TUMI), a Georgia-based program administrator, is now an approved Lloyd’s Coverholder and recently began underwriting business on behalf of certain underwriters at Lloyd’s....
Canada Proposes Tough New Oil Tank Car Standards
Mar 12 2015 // Canada proposed tough new oil tank car standards on Wednesday and said even improved tank cars coming into service now would have to be off the rails by 2025 at the latest. The announcement comes after a rash of fiery...
Officials: Tractor-Trailer Hit by Train in North Carolina was Too Big for Highway
Mar 12 2015 // The 127-ton tractor-trailer that derailed an Amtrak train at a railroad crossing in North Carolina was about three times the size and weight of a standard 18-wheeler, so huge it required a Highway Patrol escort, and so...
Google Compare May Go Beyond Auto Insurance
Mar 11 2015 // The way Valen Analytics President and CEO Dax Craig describes it, Google’s move into insurance with Google Compare for auto insurance is an “all-aboard, wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee” call to the insurance...
Amtrak Crash in North Carolina Leaves at Least 55 Injured
Mar 11 2015 // An Amtrak train in North Carolina slammed into a tractor-trailer that got stuck on the tracks while trying to make a difficult left-hand turn Monday. One of the train’s cars toppled and the conductor and at least 54...
Anti-Insurance Fraud Measures Needed in Minnesota and Michigan
Mar 10 2015 // Minnesota and Michigan both are confronting significant problems with scammers defrauding auto insurance systems they perceive have relatively soft defenses. Minnesota faces a surge in organized fraud rings that fleece...
Compare.com Confirms Partnership with Google Insurance Comparison Site
Mar 10 2015 // Online auto insurance comparison site compare.com is now working with Google on its auto insurance compare and buy platform, Google Compare, in California. Andrew Rose, CEO of Virginia-based compare.com, said Google...
Florida Court: Proof Needed That Drivers Knew of Hit-and-Run
Mar 9 2015 // Drivers in Florida can’t be prosecuted for leaving the scene of an accident unless there is proof they knew they were in a crash. The Florida Supreme Court unanimously agreed with a lower court’s decision to...
Sophisticated Resilience Model in Development in Colorado – And It’ll be Free
Mar 9 2015 // Efforts are underway in Colorado to build a sophisticated computer model that will offer a look down to the minute details at just how communities may withstand — or crumble under — perils like earthquakes,...
