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Allstate Q2 Income Eclipses $2B as Auto Turns in Combined Ratio of 86
Jul 31 2025 // Allstate Corp. second quarter 2025 net income applicable to common shareholders was about $2.1 billion, far exceeding the $301 million booked for the same quarter a year ago. The result this year reflects an after tax gain...
Texas Auto Insurer for Residual Market Approved for Rate Increase
Jul 30 2025 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) said in a bulletin this month that it has approved private passenger and commercial auto rate increases for the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA), the state’s...
Commercial Auto MGA Cover Whale Obtains $40M Equity Financing
Jul 30 2025 // Cover Whale Insurance Solutions, Inc., a managing general agency (MGA) focused on commercial auto isurance, announced $40 million in new equity financing from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. Founded in 2020, Cover...
Top 5 Auto Insurers File for Average 6% Rate Reduction This Year, Florida OIR Says
Jul 29 2025 // Florida may have had some of the highest property and auto insurance rates in the country in recent years, but so far this year, the largest auto insurers have filed for rate decreases averaging about 6%, regulators...
Rental Car Firm Not Responsible for Driver With Ignition Lock Restriction on License
Jul 25 2025 // A car rental company in Connecticut is under no obligation to confirm whether a customer’s driver’s license is subject to any restrictions; rather it is only required to inspect the physical license card to...
Tanker Truck Crashes and Spills Fuel Into a Creek on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula
Jul 24 2025 // A tanker truck crashed into a creek on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula last Friday, spilling fuel into a tributary of a river where salmon runs were recently restored after a decades-long fight to remove its dams. A...
Car Strikes Crowd Outside Los Angeles Venue, Injuring 30
Jul 21 2025 // A vehicle rammed into a crowd of people waiting to enter a performance venue along a busy boulevard in Los Angeles early Saturday, injuring 30 people and leading bystanders to attack the driver, authorities said. The...
Trump’s Auto Safety Pick Promises Rapid Self-Driving Deployment
Jul 21 2025 // President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the nation’s top car safety regulator pledged to prioritize safety while at the same time making it easier for automakers to deploy-self driving cars. Jonathan Morrison,...
Tesla Settled Suit Over Autopilot Crash With Truck Crossing Highway
Jul 18 2025 // Tesla Inc. settled a high-profile lawsuit over a driver’s death in 2019 when the Autopilot system in his Model 3 allegedly failed to avoid a collision with a tractor-trailer crossing a Florida highway. The...
2 Dead in New Jersey After Floodwaters Carry Away Vehicle During Northeast Downpours
Jul 15 2025 // Two people in New Jersey were killed after their vehicle was swept up in floodwaters during a storm that moved across the U.S. Northeast overnight, authorities said Tuesday. Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, noted the deaths...
US Vehicle Recalls Reach Highest Level in Over a Year
Jul 14 2025 // More than 7.3 million vehicles were recalled between April and June, according to according to BizzyCar’s Q2 2025 Recall Report. The AI-driven, automated Service Recall Management Platform for auto dealers indicates...
Lemonade Expands Car Insurance to Indiana
Jul 9 2025 // Lemonade announced this week the expansion of its car insurance product in Indiana. With this addition, Lemonade Car is now available in states representing approximately 42% of the U.S. car insurance...
Car Manufacturer Sued for Refusing to Allow Jewish Employee to Observe the Sabbath
Jul 8 2025 // FCA US, LLC, an international automobile manufacturer of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram and Fiat car brands, violated federal law by refusing to accommodate an employee’s request to observe the Sabbath and take unpaid...
Mexico Criminals Rob Truck Full of Gold, Silver Concentrate
Jul 8 2025 // Armed thieves robbed a truck carrying 33 tons of gold and silver concentrate belonging to Grupo Minero Bacis, costing the company millions of dollars in losses. Assailants blocked the semi-truck with two white-colored...
Kentucky Auto Insurers Must Use Blue Book or J.D. Power on Vehicle Values, DOI Says
Jul 8 2025 // Auto insurers in Kentucky now have some official guidance and liability protection when determining the value of wrecked vehicles. In keeping with Senate Bill 136, approved on an emergency basis by state lawmakers this...
APCIA Warns Michigan Auto Insurance Bill Could Destabilize Market
Jul 7 2025 // A Michigan lawmaker has proposed legislation that would mandate auto insurance premium reductions of at least 10% on any new or renewed policy, a bill that the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) says...
Why Are Test Dummies Modeled After Men if Women Face More Injury in Car Crashes?
Jun 27 2025 // Maria Weston Kuhn had one lingering question about the car crash that forced her to have emergency surgery during a vacation in Ireland: Why did she and her mother sustain serious injuries while her father and brother, who...
UK Car Theft Crisis Pits Manufacturers Against High-Tech Gangs
Jun 20 2025 // To the untrained eye, the red shipping container at Felixstowe looked no different to the thousands of others stacked up at Britain’s busiest seaport. Destined for Africa, its contents were listed as “household...
APCIA Warns Michigan Auto Insurance Bill Could Destabilize Market, Increase Costs
Jun 17 2025 // A Michigan lawmaker has proposed legislation that would mandate auto insurance premium reductions of at least 10% on any new or renewed policy, a bill that the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) says...
NHTSA Streamlining Self-Driving Car Exemption Reviews
Jun 16 2025 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday said it was streamlining reviews of requests filed by automakers seeking to deploy self-driving vehicles without required human controls like steering wheels,...
