Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
When P/C Insurance Carriers Can Cancel: The ‘Underwriting Period’ by State
Nov 21 2014 // Every state extends insurance carriers the right to cancel a newly-written policy during the first days of the policy period. This is commonly known as the new policy “underwriting period.” An underwriting...
Honda: Require Car Owners to Comply with Recalls
Nov 21 2014 // Honda Motor Co. wants regulators to make U.S. motorists comply with carmakers’ recall notices. Amid reports of people killed because they didn’t know their cars had a defect, an executive with the Japan-based...
Detroit Mulling City-Sponsored Auto Insurance
Nov 20 2014 // The City Council has approved a contract for a firm to study whether it’s feasible for Detroit, Mich., to create its own city-sponsored auto insurance company. Mayor Mike Duggan’s office says the $75,000...
Erie Insurance Introduces Auto Rideshare Cover in Indiana, Illinois
Nov 19 2014 // Erie Insurance has launched auto insurance coverage to protect drivers who use ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft in two Midwestern states, eliminating confusion for ridesharing drivers over what’s covered and...
State Farm Raising Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
Nov 19 2014 // Auto insurance rates will increase by an average of 4.4 percent beginning Dec. 8 for Baton Rouge, La., customers of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. State Farm is Louisiana’s largest auto insurer, covering...
U.S. Safety Regulator Wants Nationwide Recall of Air Bags
Nov 19 2014 // The U.S. auto safety regulator has told Japanese supplier Takata Corp. and five automakers to expand nationwide a regional recall of potentially lethal air bags, increasing pressure on the industry to move faster in a...
Lawyer: Morgan Sustained ‘Traumatic Brain Injury’ in N.J. Turnpike Crash
Nov 18 2014 // Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan was in a coma for days with a traumatic brain injury after a highway crash in which his van was struck from behind by a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. truck five months ago, according to his...
Victims Stymied in Access to Others’ Air Bag Liability Settlements
Nov 18 2014 // Confidential settlements over defective Takata Corp. air bags are sealing off relevant information that other victims could use to pursue injury claims. The accords make financial sense for the settling parties, but Takata...
Bicyclist Fatalities Rise As More Urban Workers Pedal to Work
Nov 18 2014 // The number of bicyclists killed on U.S. roadways is trending upward, particularly for certain subsets of the population, according to a by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA). GHSA’s Spotlight on Highway...
Truck Driver in Tracy Morgan Crash Asks to Delay Lawsuit
Nov 17 2014 // The truck driver charged in a New Jersey highway crash that injured comedian-actor Tracy Morgan and killed another man filed a request on Nov. 14 to delay a federal lawsuit while his criminal case proceeds in state...
3 Sentenced in N.J. for Running International Car Theft Scheme
Nov 17 2014 // Three men have been sentenced in New Jersey last Friday for running an international car theft scheme from 2007 to 2009. The scheme resulted in high-end cars being stolen in New York and then routed into New Jersey where...
Large Agencies More Optimistic About Future Growth: Study
Nov 17 2014 // Optimism over the future growth potential of independent agencies ties closely to the size of the independent agency, with larger agencies feeling more optimistic about future growth than their smaller counterparts,...
Oklahoma AG Warns of Insurer ‘Steering’ to Body Shops
Nov 17 2014 // Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has issued a warning to citizens of his state regarding the practice of “steering” — where insurance companies strongly push consumers to take their vehicles to...
Michigan Orders Unlicensed Auto Insurer to Shut Down
Nov 17 2014 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services recently issued a cease and desist order to an unlicensed auto insurance provider, Great Lakes Michigan Insurance Company, its owner and associated...
Car-Deer Collisions Down Slightly in Illinois in 2013
Nov 14 2014 // Collisions between cars and deer in Illinois were down in 2013 compared to 2012 — though not by much. Figures released Nov. 12 show a 1 percent decline in numbers of cars hitting deer in 2013 compared to 2012. There were...
California Auto Insurance Fraud Sweep Nets Nearly 200
Nov 13 2014 // Detectives from the California Department of Insurance assisted by local district attorneys and local law enforcement spent the last week serving arrest warrants in 22 counties where more than 200 felony counts and...
Virginia SCC: November Is Peak Month for Vehicle-Deer Collisions
Nov 12 2014 // November is the peak month for collisions between vehicles and deer. With this in mind, Virginia’s State Corporation Commission’s (SCC) Bureau of Insurance reminds Virginia motorists to be careful, especially...
Car Falls Into Hole in Florida Driveway
Nov 12 2014 // Six Tampa Bay-area families were evacuated after a car fell into a hole that developed in a driveway. Pasco County officials say the hole that developed Monday in Holiday was 10 feet wide and 10 feet deep. County spokesman...
Experts See Gradual Transition to Accident-Free Driving
Nov 12 2014 // As millions of cars are under recall for potentially lethal air bags, designers are trying to reduce the need for the device – using sensors, radar, cameras and lasers to prevent collisions in the first place. With...
N.Y. Sen. Schumer Urges Review of Car Safety Screening
Nov 10 2014 // U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is calling for a top-to-bottom review of federal safety screening for defective car parts. He is citing the recall of millions of vehicles equipped with Takata Corp. passenger air bags...
