Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Study Shows Ohio Car Thieves Target Older Model Vehicles
Jul 21 2008 // A new study shows Ohio car thieves favor older, American-made vehicles over newer models, echoing a nationwide trend. The 1994 versions of the Dodge Caravan, Oldsmobile Cutlass and Buick Century led a list of the...
Mich. Group Debates State Advocate’s Charge That Auto Rates Too HIgh
Jul 17 2008 // A charge leveled on July 16 by Michigan’s insurance advocate that auto rates are too high fails to mention that the state’s auto insurance benefits are the best in the nation, one insurance trade group...
Bush Administration Highway Chief Nason Resigning in August
Jul 17 2008 // President Bush’s highway safety chief is resigning after leading the administration’s efforts on auto safety and vehicle fuel economy standards for two years, officials said. Nicole Nason, the administrator of...
La. Gov. Lets Auto Liability Law Become Effective Without Signature
Jul 17 2008 // Even though Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal didn’t sign the bill, a new law will raise auto insurance rates for more than one million Louisiana motorists in 2010 by increasing the minimum liability coverage required for...
Virginia Moves to Address Sharp Rise in Motorcycle Driver Deaths
Jul 16 2008 // With the number of motorcycle-related deaths sharply on the rise, Virginia officials are looking to improve safety. The state is launching a program called Motorcycle 411 at its motorcycle training range in Richmond this...
South Carolina Teen Working to Pay for Car Insurance Attacked, Burned
Jul 16 2008 // A South Carolina teen trying to earn money over the summer to pay for his cell phone and car insurance is recovering after he was attacked with fireworks on his first day on the job. Sixteen-year-old Jacob Robinson’s...
Lexington Launches Truck Broker Liability Coverage
Jul 15 2008 // Lexington Insurance Company, a unit of AIG Commercial Insurance, introduced Lexington Truck Broker Liability Insurance, a primary liability insurance policy that addresses liability risks of truck brokers, who bring...
Study: Buyer Satisfaction Better When Local Agent Plays a Role
Jul 15 2008 // A new industry study says that buyers who purchase their auto insurance policies through local agents give significantly higher average satisfaction scores compared with those who purchase policies from call center...
AIG, Vermont Mutual to Enter Mass. Personal Auto Insurance Market
Jul 14 2008 // Giant insurer American International Group has decided to enter the Massachusetts private passenger auto insurance market, according to The Boston Globe. But AIG is not alone. In addition, Vermont Mutual will begin selling...
Study Shows Ohio Car Thieves Target Older Model Vehicles
Jul 11 2008 // A new study shows Ohio car thieves favor older, American-made vehicles over newer models, echoing a nationwide trend. The 1994 versions of the Dodge Caravan, Oldsmobile Cutlass and Buick Century led a list of the...
