Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mississippi Supreme Court Orders Trial in Car-Horse Accident
Aug 23 2012 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has order a trial in a lawsuit over a George County accident involving a car and a horse. The personal-injury case involved a 2008 automobile collision between Diana Ladnier and Diego, a horse...
Road Tests of ‘Talking’ Cars Underway
Aug 21 2012 // Nearly 3,000 cars, trucks and buses that can “talk” began traveling the streets of Ann Arbor, Michigan today as part of a year-long safety pilot project by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The vehicles...
Economic Implications of the Death of Auto Insurance
Aug 20 2012 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 20, 2012. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
The End of the Road for Auto Insurance
Aug 20 2012 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 20, 2012. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Progressive Reaches Settlement in Auto Claim Case Amid Online Protest
Aug 17 2012 // Progressive Corp. announced Thursday it reached a settlement with the family of Kaitlynn Fisher — a Progressive policyholder who died in an auto accident when her car was struck by an under-insured driver in...
Auto Insurance Driver Tracking Hits Privacy Wall in California
Aug 17 2012 // California is turning into a battleground for technology that allows auto insurers to track their customers’ driving behavior and offer them lower premiums, but that privacy advocates reject as an excessive intrusion...
Florida Online Home Insurance Tool Now Compares Auto Rates, Too
Aug 16 2012 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has expanded its online homeowners insurance rate comparison program, Choices, to include the auto insurance. The program allows consumers to select among three standard risks for...
Future Impact of Self-Driving Cars Would Be Big: Study
Aug 15 2012 // Consulting firm KPMG and the Center for Automotive Research in Michigan released a report this month about how close the industry is to rolling out self-driving cars. They see the first such vehicles hitting showrooms in...
Driving Toward a Future Without Humans Behind the Wheel
Aug 15 2012 // It’s been more than half a century since some of the first concept cars boasting self-driving features were presented to the world and they’re still not on the roads. But many auto executives say the industry...
Luxury Cars Lag in Frontal Crash Safety: IIHS
Aug 14 2012 // Only 3 of 11 midsize luxury and near-luxury cars evaluated earned good or acceptable ratings in the insurance industry’s latest tests designed to help consumers pick the safest vehicles. The Acura TL and Volvo S60...
Disabled Drivers in N.Y. Pay 28% More for Auto Insurance, Study Says
Aug 13 2012 // A new study found that drivers with disabilities in New York City pay 28 percent more for their auto insurance on average compared to non-disabled individuals. The study says that vehicles modified to accommodate disabled...
Crash Reconstructionists Sort Out Reality from What People Claim
Aug 9 2012 // Crashes happen every day. Most of the time, they are simple fender benders and those involved own up to their mistakes. Sometimes, there are witnesses who can fill in the blanks. Other times, however, drivers disagree...
Few Kids Use Recommended Safety Seats in Cars: Study
Aug 8 2012 // Despite the fact that car crashes are the leading cause of death for children older than three years in the U.S. and send more than 140,000 children to the emergency room each year, new research has found that low...
National Interstate Expands Tow Truck Insurance Into Additional States
Aug 7 2012 // National Interstate Insurance Co., a provider of transportation insurance since 1989, is expanding its tow truck insurance product into the Midwest, North Central and Pacific Northwestern states. The product is offered...
Texas Auto Complaints Hit Record Low
Aug 6 2012 // Texas motorists filed the fewest number of complaints against their automobile insurance company since the records began at the Texas Department of Insurance in 1994, according to a TDI report issued Monday. Texas...
Florida Regulators Question Auto Insurance Savings
Aug 6 2012 // Florida regulators are warning that a preliminary report estimating a new law will cut no-fault auto insurance premiums by 12 percent to 20 percent may be misleading and overly optimistic. The Office of Insurance...
J.D. Power: Auto Insurance Satisfaction Reaches All-Time High
Aug 6 2012 // Overall customer satisfaction with auto insurance companies has reached an all-time high, according to the Westlake Village, Calif.-based J.D. Power and Associates’ 2012 U.S. Auto Insurance Study. The satisfaction...
Auto Insurers’ Use of Credit Data
Aug 6 2012 // There is an effort now underway in Washington, D.C., to eliminate the use of consumer credit information by auto insurance companies. Three lawmakers are leading that effort in Congress. On July 13, Reps. Hansen Clarke...
Collector Cars Deserve Specialty Coverage
Aug 6 2012 // If you know any car collectors, then you know they give their cars special attention. They store their cars under protective coverings, keep them in garages and drive them on special occasions. So if a storm, intruder or...
DTRIC Insurance Launches Usage-Based Auto Insurance in Hawaii
Aug 3 2012 // DTRIC Insurance will begin offering Akamai Rater, Hawaii’s first program that aligns individual driver behavior with auto insurance rates. DTRIC’s Akamai Rater uses a small, in-vehicle telecommunications device...
