Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Missouri’s High Court Favors Insured in Question of Policy Ambiguity
Sep 6 2012 // Is a person hired to perform seasonal, part-time tasks for a company owner, based on a referral from an employee of the company, an employee or a temporary worker? It depends, according to Missouri’s high court...
Tennessee Court: Parents’ Emotional Distress Not Covered by Auto Policy
Sep 4 2012 // Tennessee’s high court has ruled that two parents’ emotional distress following an automobile accident that took the life of their son is not covered under the uninsured motorist portion of their automobile...
Lloyd’s Names Vandendael – Director, Int’l. Markets; Van Saun to Franchise Board
Sep 4 2012 // Lloyd’s has announced two top level executive appointments. Vincent Vandendael will take over as Director – International Markets, and Bruce Van Saun has been appointed as an independent non-executive director...
Brownsville Named Safest Driving City in Texas
Aug 30 2012 // Brownsville once again tops the list as the safest driving city in Texas, according to the eighth annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report” released by Allstate Insurance Company. The report, based...
Maine Regulator Highlights New App That Helps Motorists in Accidents
Aug 30 2012 // Maine’s top insurance regulator is highlighting a new mobile application that can help motorists take the guesswork out of auto accidents. Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa said this week that a new...
Van Gilder Names Former Community Bankshares CEO as New President
Aug 28 2012 // Denver, Colo.-based Van Gilder Insurance Corp. named Don Woods its new president. Woods is co-founder and CEO of Community Bankshares Inc. and its subsidiaries. He began his new role at Van Gilder on Monday. Under Woods,...
Towers Watson, Hughes Telematics Offer Auto Insurers Usage-Based Service
Aug 28 2012 // Professional services firm Towers Watson is teaming with Hughes Telematics, Inc. (HTI), a Verizon company, to provide U.S. auto insurers with data services for usage-based insurance (UBI) programs. With the alliance,...
10 U.S. Cities with Safest Drivers
Aug 28 2012 // This year’s top honor of “America’s Safest Driving City” is Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where the average driver will experience an auto collision every 13.8 years, which is 27.6 percent less likely...
Reforms May Save Florida Drivers Up to 24.6% on PIP Premium: Report
Aug 24 2012 // Florida’s new no-fault auto insurance law could result in savings of 14 percent up to as much as 24.6 percent for drivers’ on their personal injury protection premiums, although it remains to be seen whether...
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...
