Latest Auto Headlines
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High Gas Prices Lead GEICO to Drop New York Auto Rate Hike
Aug 7 2008 // One of New York state’s largest auto insurers, GEICO, agreed to drop two requests for rate hikes after a plea by the state’s top regulator to consider the effect of high gas prices on customers’ driving...
Best Makes Results of Car-Insurance Buyer Survey Available
Aug 6 2008 // In a new service A.M. Best is providing consumers with a way to learn which companies scored highest in consumer satisfaction among new car insurance buyers. All an interested party has to do is visit a new multi-media...
Ohio Official Predicts Slight Increase in Auto Insurance Rates
Aug 6 2008 // An Ohio official is forecasting slight increases in auto insurance rates through the end of this year and larger increases in homeowners premiums. State Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson revealed the prediction on August 4...
Safety Insurance Net Income Steady for Q2 Under New Mass. Auto System
Aug 5 2008 // Massachusetts personal lines insurer Safety Insurance Group, Inc.’s second quarter results show the insurer remains profitable under the new managed competition pricing system for private passenger auto even though...
Michigan Alerts Residents About Sale of Fake Auto Policies
Aug 5 2008 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) recently warned consumers about purchasing bogus automobile insurance certificates from Isaac Chandler of Comstock Park. On Friday, August 1 OFIR...
Erie Insurance Expands Auto Coverage for Pets in Virginia
Aug 5 2008 // For decades, Erie Insurance auto policies have paid for first aid to others’ animals at the time of an accident. Now, all Erie Insurance personal auto policies in Virginia include injury coverage for their own pets,...
Bell Joins State Auto Middle Markets in Austin Office
Aug 4 2008 // State Auto Middle Markets has added Leticia Bell to its Austin team. Bell will be responsible for executing all underwriting services for SAMMI, including policy design, issuance and delivery of services to Middle...
Road Danger: Thousands of Medically Unfit Commercial Drivers Still Trucking on U.S. Roads
Aug 4 2008 // Hundreds of thousands of tractor-trailer and bus drivers in the United States carry commercial driver’s licenses despite also qualifying for full federal disability payments, and some of those drivers have suffered...
Study: Buyer Satisfaction Better When Local Agent Plays a Role
Aug 4 2008 // Buyers who purchase their auto insurance policies through local agents give higher average satisfaction scores compared with those who purchase policies from call center representatives or via Internet channels, a new...
Pay-As-You-Drive Auto Insurance Coming to New Jersey
Jul 29 2008 // One auto insurance company is offering New Jersey motorists discounts of up to 60 percent if they install a high-tech monitoring device. The wireless devices will tell Progressive how many miles are driven, how fast people...
Farmers Adds Pets to Auto Policies
Jul 29 2008 // Cats can have their nine lives and a deductible, too. An insurance company is allowing Utah customers to add pets to their auto policies. If their dog or cat is injured in an auto accident, the medical treatment can be...
Max Capital to Acquire Imagine’s Lloyd’s Vehicle
Jul 25 2008 // Max Capital Group Ltd. reports it has agreed to acquire Imagine Group (UK) Limited, a Lloyd’s insurance operation, from Imagine Insurance Co. Limited (“Imagine”). The agreement also includes the...
California Car Washes Fined for Workers’ Comp Violations
Jul 25 2008 // Officials with the California’s Division of Labor Standards Enforcement issued 47 citations totaling $356,200 in fines to car wash businesses in Los Angeles and Orange counties as part of an ongoing effort to address...
Shift to Smaller Cars Raises Safety Questions, Insurance Group Says
Jul 24 2008 // An accelerating U.S. consumer shift from sport utility vehicles and pickups to more fuel-efficient cars should reduce rollover, but safety experts worry a lighter fleet poses serious risks despite air bags, anti-collision...
Report: Toyota Tacoma Safest of Small Pickups
Jul 24 2008 // Small pickups aren’t providing as much protection in side crashes as many new cars and sport utility vehicles. The Toyota Tacoma was the only one of five small pickup trucks, all 2008 models, to earn the highest...
Royal Bank of Scotland May Not Sell Auto Insurance Unit After All
Jul 23 2008 // Royal Bank of Scotland looks increasingly likely to shelve plans to sell its insurance arm and turn instead to other smaller deals to top up its capital. RBS announced plans to sell Britain’s largest car insurer in...
Car Buyers Can Get Totaled Car Data from Liberty Mutual and Carfax
Jul 22 2008 // It happens all across the country: people purchase used cars without realizing they were totaled in crashes, floods and other disasters. These buyers end up paying more than the car is truly worth, often face steep repair...
Medically Unfit Truck, Bus Drivers Still on U.S. Roads, Study Finds
Jul 22 2008 // Hundreds of thousands of tractor-trailer and bus drivers in the United States carry commercial driver’s licenses despite also qualifying for full federal disability payments, and some of those drivers have suffered...
Redesigned New Hampshire Motor Vehicle Registrations Include Bar Code
Jul 22 2008 // New Hampshire is changing the looks of auto, truck and motorcycle registration documents. The new certificate will contain a bar code that will allow police or registration officials to copy registration information with a...
America’s Safest Drivers Travel the Roads in America’s Heartland
Jul 21 2008 // Residents in Sioux Falls, S.D., continued to top the chart as the safest drivers in the U.S., according to the fourth annual Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report. The average driver in Sioux Falls experiences an...
