Latest Auto Headlines
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Car Insurance Mandate Begins in Wisconsin
Jun 1 2010 // All Wisconsin drivers must carry auto liability insurance starting June 1, but it’s unclear how many will follow the law. Only about 15 percent of the state’s drivers are currently uninsured, which is roughly...
S&P Lowers State Auto Group’s Ratings to ‘A-‘; Outlook Stable
Jun 1 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on the operating insurance companies of State Auto Group to ‘A-‘ from ‘A’. S&P...
Oregon Median Auto Insurance Rate Now $577 per Household
May 28 2010 // The median six-month auto insurance rate in Oregon has decreased approximately 4.3 percent over the past six months to reach $577 according to InsWeb, an online insurance comparison provider. InsWeb also reported Oregon...
New Jersey Airport Not Liable for Plane Damaged by Car
May 28 2010 // An aviation firm that parks planes at an airport in New Jersey is not liable for damages to an aircraft struck by the car of sleeping driver, a state appeals court has ruled. The suit stemmed from a 2006 incident at...
Pronto Introduces Auto Insurance Discount Rate Program in Texas
May 27 2010 // Brownsville, Texas-based Pronto Insurance has announced it is now offering auto insurance discounts to Texas customers who insure multiple vehicles, implement an automatic withdrawal payment plan (EFT) or pay six months in...
Insurance Safety Group: Keep Low-Speed Vehicles Off Public Roads
May 20 2010 // As more states are allowing souped-up golf carts and other low-speed vehicles on public roads, safety researchers for the insurance industry say they should apply the brakes to this trend even though the carts may be...
Car Thefts Down in Most Ohio Cities
May 19 2010 // An insurance industry group reports car thefts were down last year in 15 of Ohio’s 16 largest metro areas. The only exception was the Marietta area in southeast Ohio. The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) says a report...
Insurance Group Reports Staged Car Wreck Rings in Oklahoma City
May 18 2010 // A national insurance group says two apparent staged car wreck rings found by authorities in the Oklahoma City metro is part of a nationwide trend. The National Insurance Crime Bureau says the number of schemes involving...
Arizona Auto Thefts Down
May 18 2010 // Auto thefts in Arizona are declining with law enforcement and insurance industry partnerships to reduce crime and losses. Recent national data from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) shows the Tucson and Phoenix...
Declarations
May 17 2010 // No Bogus Charges Allowed “Some repair shops have abused consumers by refusing to return a vehicle until the consumer pays bogus charges.” —Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller. A new law took effect May 1 in Iowa...
2010 A Revolutionary Year for Truckers Insurance
May 12 2010 // The year 2010 might be considered revolutionary, as it is ushering in more changes for those who provide insurance for truckers than the industry has seen in a decade. Motor carriers, defined as anyone who uses a vehicle...
Mississippi City Seeks Split of Damages in Police Chase
May 11 2010 // For the fourth time in the last year, a Hinds County, Mississippi circuit judge has ruled against the city of Jackson in cases involving a police chase. The latest ruling comes from a lawsuit filed by a former Richland...
Seven North Jersey Residents Charged In Auto “Give Up” Scheme
May 6 2010 // Seven New Jersey residents have been charged with insurance fraud and related charges for lying to police that their cars had been stolen in order to collect insurance money, the New Jersey Attorney General’s office...
North Carolina Begins $50 Million in Auto Insurance Refunds This Week
May 4 2010 // This week begins the first phase of a process that will see about 1 million North Carolina policyholders begin to receive refund checks from their auto insurance companies totaling more than $50 million. The refund...
Lo Jack Device Helps in Recovery of $45K in Stolen Property in Louisiana
May 4 2010 // Louisiana State reported that information from Lo Jack Inc. related to a stolen 2006 Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle in the LaPlace area aided in the recovery of $45,000 worth of stolen property. The Suzuki was reported stolen...
Lo Jack Device Helps in Recovery of $45K in Stolen Property in Louisiana
May 3 2010 // Louisiana State reported that information from Lo Jack Inc. related to a stolen 2006 Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle in the LaPlace area aided in the recovery of $45,000 worth of stolen property. The Suzuki was reported stolen...
Universal Casualty Allowed to Sell Auto Insurance in Missouri Again
May 3 2010 // The company had ‘demonstrated to the Director that it has implemented operational changes necessary to improve its business practices.’ The Missouri Department of Insurance has lifted its restrictions on the...
State Auto Income Up for Q1 2010
Apr 29 2010 // State Auto Financial Corp.(STFC), based in Columbus, Ohio, has reported first quarter 2010 net income of $12.9 million versus a net loss of $14 million. The company’s combined ratio for the first quarter of 2010 was...
Grinnell Mutual Issues First Oklahoma Auto Policies
Apr 28 2010 // Iowa-based Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company has issued its first auto policies in the state of Oklahoma, the company announced. Through its longtime relationship with Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Okarche,...
Families Settle for $2.25M with New Jersey City over Car-Trunk Deaths
Apr 27 2010 // The families of three New Jersey boys who died in the trunk of a parked car as police searched for them have settled lawsuits against the city of Camden. The families of 11-year-old Anibal Cruz, 6-year-old Daniel Agosto...
