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Mass. Regulator Offers Update on Industry Developments, Boston Bombing Claims
Nov 27 2013 // Massachusetts’ top insurance regulator recently spoke about the state of the insurance industry in Massachusetts, with topics ranging from the auto insurance marketplace and the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform...
Sun Life Signs Car, Home Insurance Referrals Deal with Belairdirect
Nov 27 2013 // Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada and Intact Financial Corp. announced a referral arrangement to provide Sun Life’s customers in Canada with access to belairdirect.com’s home and auto insurance products through...
$300K Awarded to 2 Terminated Ohio Truck Drivers
Nov 26 2013 // Under the terms of a consent judgment, a now defunct North Canton, Ohio-based company, Star Air Inc., and owner Robert R. Custer, will pay two Ohio truck drivers $302,000 to resolve a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department...
North Carolina Arrests Made in 3 Alleged Auto Insurance Scams
Nov 25 2013 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Raquel Pineda, 31, of Mount Olive. She was charged with one count each of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense. Department of...
Just 10 Percent of California Car Chargers Delivered
Nov 22 2013 // A New Jersey energy company required by an unusual legal settlement to build an extensive network of electric car chargers throughout California has delivered just 10 percent of what it promised in the first year. The...
LA Auto Show: Connected Cars Coming Out of the Barn
Nov 20 2013 // Remember driving to the nearest pay phone to return a page? That’s about as far away from today’s technology as was the horse drawn carriage from the days of pagers and buck-a-gallon gasoline. That much was...
Car Makers Offered Relaxed Regulation for Installing Ignition Lock Tied to Seat Belt Use
Nov 19 2013 // A U.S. regulator’s offer to relax auto safety rules for manufacturers that install technology to prevent drivers from starting a car unless seatbelts are fastened drew swift opposition from safety advocates. Cars...
2013 State Specialist P/C Insurers Revealed
Nov 18 2013 // State Specialists are often an independent agent’s most reliable and consistent market. These companies are focused on a specific geographic area, understand it and consistently strive to serve it. The Demotech...
Insurance Kiosks the Wave of the Future?
Nov 18 2013 // Milk …check; eggs … check; bread … check; car insurance …what? Most grocery lists don’t typically read this way, but Nashville, Tenn.-based Direct Auto Insurance Co. is now offering another...
Ohio Dump Truck Driver Repays More Than $19K in Workers’ Comp Benefits
Nov 18 2013 // An Ohio man was sentenced and repaid more than $19,000 to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) for working while receiving workers’ comp benefits. BWC began investigating Harry Livingston after...
Telematics An Advantage with Driverless Cars, Says Progressive CEO
Nov 15 2013 // Progressive Corp. said its technology that tracks driver behavior to set insurance rates will help the company adapt as automated cars take the road. The auto insurer offers a device called Snapshot, which plugs into a...
GMI, Charles James Cayias to Offer Insurance for Professional Pilot Cars
Nov 14 2013 // GMI Insurance, a managing general agency specializing in commercial transportation exposures, has formed an exclusive partnership with Charles James Cayias Insurance, Inc. of Salt Lake City to insure a new pilot car...
Detroit Mayor-Elect Duggan’s Plans Include City-Run Auto Insurer
Nov 13 2013 // Detroit Mayor-elect Mike Duggan rescued a county, a bus system and a 14,000-worker hospital network, served as a prosecutor, plotted Democratic campaigns and coached his four children’s soccer teams. Now, Duggan, 55,...
Report Calls for Prior Approval for All States
Nov 12 2013 // Holding automobile insurance regulation in California as an example, the Consumer Federation of America issued a report on Tuesday showing that auto insurance expenditures in America rose by 43 percent on average over the...
Allstate’s Esurance Hopes Bundling Auto, Home Coverages Will Separate It From Geico
Nov 12 2013 // Esurance, the online car insurance seller owned by Allstate Corp., is betting that bundling auto and home policies will help it compete with Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s Geico unit and Progressive Corp. Esurance started...
North Carolina Man Accused of Auto Insurance Fraud
Nov 12 2013 // William Henry Bullock, 64, of Knightdale, North Carolina has been arrested on a charge of obtaining property by false pretense, according to North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Department of Insurance...
NTSB Faults Parade Plans in Fatal Texas Train Collision
Nov 11 2013 // The lack of safety planning by parade organizers and the city of Midland, Texas, has been faulted by federal investigators in an accident in November 2012 in which a freight train rammed a tractor-trailer truck towing a...
Insurance Kiosks the Wave of the Future?
Nov 8 2013 // Milk…check; Eggs…check; Bread…check; Car insurance…wait, what? Most Americans’ grocery lists don’t typically read this way, but a new approach to selling personal auto insurance from...
Association Recommends Insurance Guidelines for Carsharing Operations
Nov 8 2013 // An association for operators of car sharing services has developed guidelines for what insurance they should make available to consumers participating in their services. The San Francisco-based CarSharing Association...
Federal Safety Regulators Criticized for Missing Bus Safety Hazards
Nov 8 2013 // U.S. bus regulators are overlooking or not catching serious safety hazards before fatal crashes and need to change their auditing practices, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier...
