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Art Collector Says Van Gogh Painting on Display in Detroit Museum Was Stolen From Him
Jan 13 2023 // In October, the Detroit Institute of Arts pulled back the curtains on its three-month Van Gogh exhibit, proudly boasting that its expo of 74 paintings was one of the largest-ever collections assembled of the Dutch...
Pennsylvania Raises Auto Insurance Accident Surcharge Threshold Again
Jan 13 2023 // Pennsylvania auto insurers will not be able to surcharge private passenger policyholders with claims unless their aggregate claim cost over a three-year period exceeds $2,100. This new threshold is effective in July and is...
Geico Saves $5.2 Million as Award to Woman Who Contracted STD in Car Is Overturned
Jan 12 2023 // Geico is off the hook, at least for now, from paying a Missouri woman $5.2 million because she said she contracted a sexually transmitted disease in the car of a man who is insured by the company. The Missouri Supreme...
Safety Agency Says Trailer Truck Striking Back of Party Bus Caused Fatal Virginia Crash
Jan 12 2023 // WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — When a tractor trailer struck the rear of a bus last month carrying more than 20 people in Virginia, the passenger compartment of the bus was destroyed and several passengers were ejected, the...
Insurance Pricing: True D&O Buyer’s Market; Stabilized Commercial Auto
Jan 10 2023 // Insurance brokerage USI is forecasting that half of 32 commercial insurance product lines analyzed will experience softer pricing in the first half of 2023—including a predicted “buyer’s market” for...
6 Killed in 3-Vehicle Crash on Texas Highway, Authorities Say
Jan 4 2023 // GEORGE WEST, Texas (AP) – A minivan trying to overtake a vehicle in a no-passing zone on a Texas highway crashed head-on into an SUV, which was then rear-ended by another vehicle, authorities said. Six people died and...
Increased Car Accidents? Blame Weather, Time of Day—Not Pot Decriminalization
Dec 12 2022 // Actuarial research released last week suggests that marijuana decriminalization is not associated with a notable increase in traffic accidents or accident severity. Temporal patterns of human activity (such as yearly,...
Fifteen Auto Manufacturers Reach Automatic Braking Goals This Year
Dec 9 2022 // Fifteen automakers have made life-saving automatic emergency braking standard on nearly all of their new passenger vehicles in the U.S. this year, fulfilling a voluntary commitment made six years ago. That leaves five...
State Farm Will Start Hiking Auto Rates, Allstate CEO Predicts
Dec 9 2022 // Allstate’s chief executive officer said his company will likely continue pushing for auto insurance rate hikes next year, and he expects the carrier’s largest mutual competitor—State Farm—to move in the...
NHTSA Opens Safety Probes Into Honda, Jeep, Ram Vehicles
Dec 8 2022 // The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is opening new safety probes into 1.72 million Honda vehicles, 230,000 Jeeps and 390,077 Ram trucks. The auto safety regulator said it will begin preliminary...
Hot Oldies, But Goodies in Collector Car Market for 2023: Hagerty
Dec 7 2022 // Classic car buyers in 2023 will want a diverse range of vehicles, including microcars, muscle cars, sport cars, and even exotics, according to specialty insurance provider, Hagerty. Hagerty released its 2023 U.S. Bull...
A Near-Term Return to Underwriting Profit in Auto ‘Highly Unlikely’: AM Best
Dec 6 2022 // Apparently nothing has changed within the last several months to change AM Best’s negative outlook on the U.S. personal lines insurance segment. Tuesday the insurance industry rating agency said it was maintaining...
San Antonio, Texas Truck Stop Engulfed by Massive Fire
Dec 2 2022 // SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A massive fire broke out at a San Antonio truck stop early Thursday, engulfing the convenience store in flames and sending a large plume of smoke into the air. Firefighters first received a call at...
Oregon OSHA Fines Mattress Retailer for Exposing Workers to Vehicle Safety Hazards
Dec 2 2022 // Oregon OSHA fined Mattress Megastore in Hillsboro more than $66,000 for multiple workplace safety violations, including willfully exposing employees to serious injury or death from potential traffic accidents. The...
Louisiana Woman Latest to Plead Guilty in Staged Auto Collision Scheme
Dec 1 2022 // United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Florence Randle, age 70, of Gibson, Louisiana, pled guilty on November 29, 2022 to Count One (1) of her indictment, charging her with Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in...
Michigan’s Ford Credit Company to Launch Commercial Vehicle Insurance
Dec 1 2022 // Michigan-based Ford Credit announced plans to launch Ford Pro Insure, a new commercial auto insurance product powered by Pie Insurance. “Ford Pro customers have come to expect a complete set of products and services...
California Labor Commissioner Cites Car Wash $900K for Wage Theft
Dec 1 2022 // The California Labor Commissioner’s office cited Shine N Brite Car Wash $908,998 for wage theft violations affecting 15 workers. The Los Angeles-based employer was cited for minimum wage, overtime and rest break...
Lawyer Calls Fatal Car Crash Into Apple Store ‘100% Preventable’ in Announcing Suit
Nov 30 2022 // The recent crash into an Apple storefront in Massachusetts that killed one person and injured 19 was “100% preventable,” according to the attorney for two of those injured in the accident. Boston attorney...
Auto Dealer’s Insurer Not Liable for Auctioneer Employee’s Crash That Killed 5
Nov 29 2022 // A tragic accident at a Massachusetts auto auction company is not covered by the insurance of the auto dealer that hired the auction company to sell the vehicle involved in the accident. A federal appeals court has declined...
Investigators Say Car Buried in California was Insurance Fraud
Nov 21 2022 // A car was buried in the backyard of a Northern California mansion 30 years ago as part of a scheme to commit insurance fraud, authorities said. The convertible Mercedes was discovered last month by landscapers in the...
