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Motorcycle Fatalities Rising in Mississippi

Oct 28 2008 // The motorcycle facility rate in Mississippi is rising at an alarming rate and safety instructors are looking at ways to lure motorists to certified motorcycle safety classes as a way to help reduce the number of deaths...

AIG Names DeSantis President, CEO of Personal Auto Group

Oct 27 2008 // AIG has named Anthony J. DeSantis as president and CEO of its Personal Auto Group. The Personal Auto Group includes aigdirect.com, the direct personal lines automobile insurance operations of American International Group,...

Merchants Insurance Offers Redesigned Auto Product in Pennsylvania

Oct 27 2008 // Buffalo, New York based Merchants Insurance Group has launched its “redesigned” auto insurance product in Pennsylvania, the company said. Called Merchants Flexible Choice Auto, the product features significant...

Safety Insurance Expands Auto, Home Offerings to New Hampshire

Oct 24 2008 // Safety Insurance Group, Inc., a provider of auto, home and business insurance in Massachusetts, recently announced that it will begin offering personal auto and homeowners insurance to New Hampshire residents. According to...

Antilock Brakes Could Save Motorcyclists, Says Insurance Group

Oct 23 2008 // Antilock brakes could help motorcycle riders avoid fatal crashes, according to a study by the insurance industry. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said that the fatal crash rate involving motorcycles equipped...

New Van Provides Better Road-Condition Pictures in Arkansas

Oct 23 2008 // The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department’s newest vehicle carries a steep price tag. At $1.39 million, plus tax, it costs almost as much as a 1,000-horsepower 2008 Bugatti Veyron super car. But while the...

Utah Motorcycle Deaths Hit Record High

Oct 22 2008 // More motorcycle riders than ever have died in Utah in 2008. Motorcycle deaths hit a record low in 1997 in the U.S., but the number of deaths has reached record highs both nationally and in Utah since then. More than two...

Florida-based First Guard Insurance Offers Truck Towing Coverage

Oct 21 2008 // Venice, Florida-based truck insurer, First Guard Insurance Co., is offering a comprehensive physical damage policy for lease owner operators that includes all towing expenses incurred from a covered accident to the nearest...

Kansas Insurance Department Reports Increase in Deer-Auto Collisions

Oct 21 2008 // Steadily rising numbers in Kansas vehicle accidents involving deer have prompted a need for constant defensive driving this fall, according to Sandy Praeger, Commissioner of Insurance. More than 200 additional deer-vehicle...

Agents Balk as Mass. Weighs Ending Auto Surcharge Appeals

Oct 20 2008 // People who have switched policies, and everyone who must renew them in the future, could lose their appellate right under the new regulations. The Massachusetts insurance commissioner, addressing a concern of some...

Oct 20 2008 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) elected Edward M. Liddy as chairman and CEO. Liddy, 62, succeeds Robert B. Willumstad. Stephen F. Bollenbach, who was named lead independent director in June 2008, continues in that...

Allstate Responds to Mich. Consumer Advocate’s Call for Investigation

Oct 20 2008 // Michigan’s new insurance consumer advocate wants the state to investigate Allstate Insurance Company. Melvin “Butch” Hollowell said on Oct. 7 that the insurer reported that Michigan’s drivers...

Texas Insured Driver Database in Effect Statewide

Oct 20 2008 // TexasSure, the vehicle insurance verification database designed to reduce the number of uninsured motorists in Texas, is now available to law enforcement statewide, the Texas Department of Public Safety reported. The...

Cab Driver’s Family Not Entitled to Uninsured Motorist Coverage in Carjacking

Oct 17 2008 // The estate of a cab driver who was killed during a carjacking is not entitled to uninsured motorist coverage benefits because the carjacker was not considered an “operator” of the cab, the Court of Appeals of...

Confie Seguros Acquires Alamo Auto Insurance Group

Oct 16 2008 // Confie Seguros, a provider of auto insurance with an emphasis on serving Hispanic consumers, has acquired auto insurance brokerage Alamo Auto Insurance. The acquisition of San Antonio-based Alamo expands Confie...

Motorists Mutual Launches New Product for Auto Dealerships, Garages

Oct 16 2008 // Motorists Mutual Insurance Company recently launched two new products for franchised auto dealerships and enhanced two existing products for garages and nonfranchised auto dealerships that help independent agencies offer...

North Carolina Insurance Investigators Thwart Alleged Auto Accident Ring

Oct 15 2008 // North Carolina Department of Insurance investigators arrested five Halifax County residents for their roles in what investigators are calling an auto insurance fraud ring that netted the accused more than $25,550 in...

Crime Prevention Program Comes to Texas/Mexico Border

Oct 15 2008 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has joined with the Texas Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority and the Del Rio, Laredo and Brownville Police Departments in a crime prevention campaign aimed at preventing...

Aon Selling Auto Insurance Broker in California to Mercury General

Oct 15 2008 // Mercury Casualty Co., the largest insurance subsidiary of Los Angeles-based Mercury General Corp., has agreed to buy Auto Insurance Specialists Inc. from Aon Corp. AIS is an independent broker and major producer of...

New York Governor: Gas Prices Lowered Auto Premiums by $515M

Oct 15 2008 // New York drivers will pay almost $515 million less than what auto insurance companies were originally seeking to charge next year, said Governor David A. Paterson, announcing that auto insurance rates for New York drivers...