Latest Auto Headlines
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4 in North Carolina Arrested on Auto Insurance Fraud Charges
Jul 1 2010 // Four people have been arrested in North Carolina for their alleged involvement in a series of automobile insurance fraud schemes worth more than $9,000, according to state officials. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin...
West Virginia Motorcycle Fatalities Decline
Jun 30 2010 // Motorcycle-related fatalities are declining in West Virginia. Only seven motorcycle-related fatalities have occurred in the state so far this year. Governor’s Highway Safety Program manager Barbara Lobert says 25...
Texas DPS Takes 1,738 Vehicles, 160 Drivers Off the Road
Jun 30 2010 // During the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Roadcheck 2010, which ran from June 8 through June 10, DPS troopers inspected 6,906 commercial vehicles. Twenty-five percent of them, or 1,738, were placed out of...
Auto Club of Southern Calif. Files to Offer Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance
Jun 30 2010 // The Automobile Club of Southern California has submitted an application to the state Department of Insurance to offer an insurance program that rewards California drivers who voluntarily drive fewer miles with lower auto...
West Virginia Court OKs Suits Against Insurers Under Human Rights Law
Jun 25 2010 // West Virginians can bring bad faith lawsuits against insurance companies under the state’s human rights act, the state Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled. The court found that the West Virginia Human Rights Act...
Iowa Insurance Consultant Gets 15-Month Sentence
Jun 24 2010 // A 15-month prison sentence has been handed an insurance consultant who used employee IRA contributions to operate his Pella, Iowa-based life insurance consulting company, Van Elsen Consulting. According to U.S. Attorney...
Safety Concerns Rise As Golf Carts Take to the Streets
Jun 22 2010 // When Shannon Wiegert bought the new, bright red golf cart for scooting around car shows, he didn’t think to ask about safety features on the slow-moving vehicle. And when his little girl begged his older daughter for...
Court Denies Damages to Uninsured in Hot Coffee Lawsuit
Jun 21 2010 // An uninsured motorist is not entitled to recover non-economic damages for negligence, a California Court of Appeal ruled. According to Teckla Chude v. Jack in the Box Inc., Teckla Chude went through a drive through at Jack...
E&O Insights: ‘Let Me Think About It’
Jun 21 2010 // Why Agents Should Stress Importance of Umbrella Coverage When uttered together by a client, the five words in the headline of this article are – potentially – very dangerous words. Note the following claim and...
Maximize Your Book with Personal Umbrellas
Jun 21 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...
California Warns Against Vehicle Warranty Co.
Jun 18 2010 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has filed a cease and desist order against two California men and several corporations for allegedly operating unlicensed insurance companies and using deceptive and illegal...
New York Agents Urge Defeat of Auto Insurance Reform Bills
Jun 18 2010 // A trade group for New York agents is urging lawmakers to defeat a bill it says would weaken the state’s no-fault auto insurance system by expanding juries’ role in deciding whether a lawsuit can proceed. The...
May 7- 8 Northern Ohio Storms Losses Top $31M
Jun 16 2010 // A series of storms on May 7 and 8 centered across the top half of the state caused at least $31.4 million in damages, according to preliminary insured loss estimates released by the Ohio Insurance Institute...
Enforcing South Carolina’s Drunk Driving Laws Requires Patience
Jun 15 2010 // Anderson County Sheriff’s Deputy Joel Frazier is a good listener. Frazier, a 12-year law enforcement veteran, has worked for the South Carolina county sheriff’s office as a patrol deputy for six years. Last...
Allstate: Texas Auto Theft Numbers Drop 2.5% Statewide
Jun 11 2010 // Vehicle thefts among Allstate insured Texans dropped 2.5 percent last year, the company announced, but the cars being snapped off the street are heading farther south of the border — even overseas. The insurer and...
Let Michigan Insurance Consumers Tailor Auto Coverage
Jun 10 2010 // Imagine you live in a town where anyone who dines out is required to buy a $200 bottle of champagne with their meal. That sounds crazy, but it is essentially what is happening to insurers in Michigan, where they are...
The Hanover Offers Auto Discount for Crash-Prevention Training
Jun 9 2010 // The Hanover says it will offer Massachusetts drivers a discount on a special course in crash prevention skills and safe-driver techniques. The program, run by In Control Crash Prevention Training, is the only one of its...
Car Insurance Mandate Begins in Wisconsin
Jun 7 2010 // All Wisconsin drivers were required to carry auto liability insurance beginning June 1, but the question remains as to how many will follow the law. Only about 15 percent of the state’s drivers are currently...
Study: Overall Purchase Beats Price in Auto Insurance Satisfaction
Jun 7 2010 // While price is a key motivator in the auto insurance shopping process and final purchase decision, its impact on new-buyer satisfaction has declined, compared with one year ago, according to a new industry study. The J.D....
Court Denies Damages to Uninsured in Hot Coffee Lawsuit
Jun 3 2010 // An uninsured motorist is not entitled to recover non-economic damages for negligence, a California Court of Appeal has ruled. According to documents in Teckla Chude v. Jack in the Box Inc., Teckla Chude went through a...
