Latest Auto Headlines
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Tuscaloosa Firefighters Bake Cookies Inside Hot Car
Jul 3 2014 // Tuscaloosa firefighters said the department will bake cookies in a parked car to demonstrate how hot it can get inside an unattended vehicle. Fire Chief Alan Martin told Al.com the demonstration is meant to remind parents...
Google, Detroit Take Different Routes on Driverless Cars
Jul 1 2014 // In 2012, a small team of Google Inc. engineers and business staffers met with several of the world’s largest car makers to discuss partnerships to build self-driving cars. In one meeting, both sides were enthusiastic...
Purchase Brings Ratings Review of Louisiana’s Imperial Fire and Casualty
Jun 30 2014 // A.M. Best has placed under review with positive implications the financial strength rating (FSR) of B+ (Good) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb-” of Imperial Fire and Casualty Insurance Company...
Lawsuit Filed in Boston Claims Car Service Uber Exploits Drivers
Jun 30 2014 // A Boston labor lawyer has sued the car service Uber, alleging that it exploits its drivers. The suit filed on June 26 in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston by attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan says Uber Technologies Inc....
Uber, Lyft, Sidecar Toe-to-Toe With Insurers State-by-State
Jun 27 2014 // The share-and-share-alike attitude considered a virtue by some has the potential to create a rift between between ridesharing companies and insurance companies. “We try not to make it a battle,” said Robert...
Louisiana City Enforcing Junked Vehicles Law
Jun 27 2014 // Lafayette, La., police are once again enforcing a law against rusting and broken-down vehicles. The move comes seven years after a lawsuit put the anti-blight effort on hold and forced a reworking of the city’s...
Florida Raises Car Seat Requirement Age
Jun 27 2014 // Parents in Florida will have to use a car seat for children up to 5 years old under a new law approved by Gov. Rick Scott. Scott signed a bill (HB 225) that increases Florida’s car seat requirement from 4 years old...
Electronic Proof of Auto Insurance Now Accepted in Delaware
Jun 26 2014 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart is alerting drivers in Delaware that as of June 25, 2014, state law enforcement officials can accept proof of auto insurance (insurance ID card) in either physical or...
Top 10 Metro Areas for Car Thefts
Jun 26 2014 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) “Hot Spots” report examines vehicle theft data obtained from the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) for each of the nation’s metropolitan...
Penn. House Insurance Committee Holds Hearing on Ridesharing Services
Jun 24 2014 // The Pennsylvania House insurance committee held a hearing Monday to examine the insurance coverage implications for consumers who use ridesharing services. Lawmakers said ridesharing companies like Lyft, UberX and Yellow X...
Safety Report on Morgan Crash in N.J. Raises New Questions
Jun 23 2014 // A report by federal transportation safety investigators says a truck driver was speeding before he slammed into a limousine van, killing one man and seriously injuring comedian Tracy Morgan and two other passengers, and it...
Top Loss Leaders in the Oil Patch? Commercial Auto, Workers’ Comp
Jun 18 2014 // There’s no doubt that new advancements in the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, are driving the current production boom in the oil patch. The technique, which is used to retrieve oil and gas reservoirs...
Agents React to Walmart, Overstock in Insurance: ‘We Aren’t Dead or Dying, We are Evolving’
Jun 18 2014 // Recent announcements by giant retailers Walmart and Overstock.com that they entering the insurance sales game have elicited a healthy response from the insurance industry. Some agents have expressed concern and frustration...
Ohio Sees Drop in Fatal Motorcycle Crashes
Jun 17 2014 // Motorcycle fatalities in Ohio have dropped by 21 percent since 2010, according to state statistics. Statistics show 133 motorcycle fatalities last year; 163 in 2012; 166 in 2011; and 168 in 2010. So far this year there...
Kentucky’s Corvette Museum’s Sinkhole Turning Into Goldmine
Jun 16 2014 // For years, just enough hardcore classic car lovers and curious travelers wandered through the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky to keep the doors open. Now, after a massive sinkhole swallowed eight pristine models of...
Nationwide to Re-Enter N.J. Auto Insurance Market
Jun 16 2014 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski said on June 6 that Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company has been approved to write auto insurance in New Jersey, and the company will begin...
N.Y. Encourages Auto Insurers to Adopt Telematics Programs
Jun 16 2014 // New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued a bulletin on May 27 to all New York auto insurers encouraging them to adopt “usage-based insurance” (UBI) programs. Under these voluntary...
E&O Insights: Why Are Umbrellas Causing E&O Claims?
Jun 16 2014 // When initially thinking about umbrella coverage as it relates to generating errors and omissions claims, most would probably believe the main issue is the lack of an umbrella. In other words, a customer has a significant...
Why Customers Need Personal Umbrella Coverage More Than Ever
Jun 16 2014 // That we live in a litigious society is not something new; we’ve been there for decades. Lawsuits have long followed auto accidents and mishaps that occur in homes, very often causing defendants to dig so deep to pay...
Top 10 Reasons to Write Recreational Vehicle Insurance
Jun 16 2014 // It’s summertime, and that means millions of active people are outside enjoying their recreational vehicle of choice. Virtually all RVs require some form of insurance protection, whether it’s for the vehicle...
