Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Road Tech
Sep 6 2010 // Technology — especially cell phones and texting technologies — gets a bad rap when it comes to safety while driving. Of course, it’s not the technology that’s unsafe — it’s people and their need to...
Pennsylvania Ponders Increased Auto Liability Limits
Sep 3 2010 // A new bill introduced to the Pennsylvania senate would double the minimum liability amounts of auto insurance policies in the state. Current laws set minimum liability limits for bodily injury at $15,000 per person, and...
Connecticut Arson Cop Charged in Car Fire Conspiracy
Sep 2 2010 // The top arson investigator in Connecticut’s largest city has been arrested in alleged fire-for-hire plot to burn her car for the insurance money. Veteran Bridgeport police Detective Kimberly Biehn is facing charges...
New Jersey Court: Construction Worker Can Sue Employer
Aug 31 2010 // New Jersey workers’ compensation laws do not prevent a construction worker injured in a trench collapse from suing his employer, a state Appeals Court has ruled. The lawsuit — which was originally dismissed by...
Motor Vehicle Crash Injuries Costing $99 Billion a Year, or $500 per Driver
Aug 27 2010 // In a one-year period, the cost of medical care and productivity losses associated with injuries from motor vehicle crashes exceeded $99 billion – with the cost of direct medical care accounting for $17 billion. A new...
Bristol West Auto Insurance Renamed Foremost
Aug 27 2010 // Foremost Insurance Group announced it has re-branded Bristol West Auto Insurance to the Foremost brand to support the company’s market strategy. Both Foremost and Bristol West were acquired by Farmers Insurance Group...
Aon UK Warns Car Rental Companies on Upswing in ‘Crash for Cash’ Claims
Aug 26 2010 // A bulletin from Aon UK, notes that Britain’s Insurance Fraud Bureau “has claimed that “crash for cash” schemes, in which car accidents are staged in order to claim on another drivers’...
New York to License Self-Storers, Open Up Car Rental Coverage
Aug 18 2010 // Self-storage company operators in New York will be allowed to obtain insurance licenses to sell contents coverage to their clients, under a law signed by Gov. David Paterson. The law allows the state’s Department of...
Mississippi Staged Crash Draws Yuks
Aug 18 2010 // The attorney general of Mississippi dubbed the perpetrators of the staged car accident the Apple Dumpling Gang, a reference to the 1975 Disney movie about a gang of bunglers out to steal gold. The last of the seven...
Three in N.C. Busted for Auto Theft Fraud
Aug 17 2010 // North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has announced the arrests of three individuals allegedly involved in a fraudulent stolen vehicle scheme meant to deceive an insurance company. Donna Leblanc, 55,...
How to Maximize Your Book with Personal Umbrellas
Aug 16 2010 // Plus 5 Simple Steps to Follow When Writing Coverage Do your insureds live in a house? Do they drive? Do they entertain? Do they have boats, motorcycles or other toys? Do they have rental property? Of course they do and...
101 Sales & Marketing Ideas
Aug 16 2010 // From … how to research and obtain referrals, why it’s important to listen to clients, what to do with social media, where to advertise and what to say … to how to use a questionnaire, court records, a...
101 Sales & Marketing Ideas*
Aug 16 2010 // From … how to research and obtain referrals, why it’s important to listen to clients, what to do with social media, where to advertise and what to say … to how to use a questionnaire, court records, a...
How to Maximize Your Book with Personal Umbrellas Plus 5 Steps to Follow When Writing Coverage
Aug 16 2010 // Do your insureds live in a house? Do they drive? Do they entertain? Do they have boats, motorcycles or other toys? Do they have rental property? Of course they do and because of that, they’re at risk. So why...
Rise in Questionable Claims Led by Hail, Auto Glass
Aug 16 2010 // Property/casualty insurance companies are reporting that the number of claims requiring more scrutiny than normal rose again in the first half of this year compared to 2009. The National Insurance Crime Bureau’s...
Texas Warns Insurers on Auto Claims
Aug 11 2010 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin has released a bulletin reminding auto insurance providers that it is against state law to “directly or indirectly limit the insurer’s coverage under a policy covering...
Hallmark Financial to Acquire State Auto’s Non-Standard Auto Unit
Aug 10 2010 // Hallmark Financial Services Inc., headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, announced that its subsidiary, Hallmark Insurance Co., will acquire State Auto National Insurance Co. from Ohio-based State Auto Financial Corp. (STFC)....
American Collectors Expands Collector Vehicle Coverage in Mass.
Aug 10 2010 // American Collectors Insurance has expanded the availability of insurance and services it offers to car collectors in Massachusetts. American Collectors, a provider of specialty insurance for collector vehicles and...
Berkshire Hathaway Profit Down on Derivatives But Insurance Way Up
Aug 9 2010 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Friday second-quarter profit fell 40 percent, as declining stock prices depressed the value of his derivative contracts. Operating profit nevertheless soared 73 percent,...
New Jersey Regulators Want to End Auto Insurance Subsidy Program
Aug 6 2010 // New Jersey insurance regulators plan to eliminate a never-used legal entity designed to monitor and encourage auto insurers to write more business in higher-risk areas of the state. The plan, known as the Territorial...
