Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
State Auto Enhances Employment Practices Liability Insurance Program
Jul 8 2008 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Companies have expanded its Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) program for small and mid-size business owners. Employment practices liability is a growing concern for...
Progressive Launches Behavior-Based Auto Insurance in Alabama
Jul 8 2008 // Progressive is introducing an optional car insurance program in Alabama that offers lower rates on vehicles that are driven in less risky ways. The behavior-based insurance program, called MyRate, gives drivers a...
Heads Up in Pennsylvania
Jul 7 2008 // Serious head injuries among Pennsylvania motorcyclists have become more common in the five years since lawmakers repealed the law mandating helmets, according to a legislative study. Meanwhile, overall motorcycle crash and...
A Candle Burnes at Both Ends
Jul 7 2008 // Free-market advocates and some agents applauded last year when Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Nonnie S. Burnes quickly moved to deregulate the Bay State’s backwards-but-long-established system of personal auto...
California Considering Pay-As-You-Drive Auto Insurance
Jul 7 2008 // Price at the Gas Pump Spurring Assembly Bill, DOI Regulation California’s Department of Insurance as well as state legislators are considering bringing pay-as-you-drive automobile insurance to the state, a system in...
Unitrin Specialty & Red Shield Insurance Company Form Marketing Venture
Jul 3 2008 // July 3 2008 – Unitrin Specialty and Red Shield Insurance Company announced today that the two companies have formed a marketing relationship that will benefit both company’s appointed agents in Oregon and...
America’s Safest Drivers Travel the Roads in America’s Heartland
Jul 1 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...
Auto Thefts in Colorado Dip 40 Percent in 2 Years
Jun 30 2008 // Auto thefts reported to police in Colorado dipped 40 percent between 2005 and 2007, partly because of a stronger focus on preventing and solving those crimes and tougher penalties in at least one community. Auto thefts,...
Ohio Director Reminds Consumers: Driving Less Saves on Auto Insurance
Jun 27 2008 // If gasoline at $4 a gallon has you driving less, one Ohio official says be sure to tell your insurer. State Insurance Department Director Mary Jo Hudson says many Ohioans have switched to public transportation or car...
Serious Head Injuries Up After Pennsylvania Nixes Biker Helmet Law
Jun 27 2008 // Serious head injuries among Pennsylvania motorcyclists have become more common in the five years since lawmakers repealed the law mandating helmets, according to a legislative study. Meanwhile, overall motorcycle crash and...
5 Cars, Motorcycle Crash in South Florida, 9 Hospitlaized
Jun 27 2008 // A crash in South Florida that involved five cars and a motorcycle sent nine people to hospitals authorities said. A Davie, Fla. Fire Rescue spokesman said paramedics also examined three people at the scene June 25. The...
Farmers Expands Its Flexible Auto Package in Texas
Jun 27 2008 // Effective July 1, Farmers Texas County Mutual is adding two new packages to its Farmers Flex package of options that can reward drivers for being accident-free. Farmers Senior Vice President of Personal Auto Bill Martin...
North Carolina Auto Insurance Rate Hearings Scheduled
Jun 27 2008 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance and state insurance industry officials will come together beginning June 30 to debate auto insurance rate hikes. The auto insurance industry, represented by the North Carolina...
Official: Dump Truck in Fatal NYC Crash Defective
Jun 26 2008 // A New York official says a dump truck that set off a fatal crash in Manhattan’s Chinatown should not have been on the road. State Department of Transportation spokeswoman Jennifer Post says the vehicle had defective...
Insurers and Agents Applaud New York Auto Rating Change
Jun 26 2008 // Trade groups for New York insurers and agents alike are praising a recently passed bill by state lawmakers that will allow auto insurers to raise or lower their rates by 5 percent over the course of a year without first...
North Carolina Safety Group Opposes Lifting Truck Restrictions
Jun 25 2008 // Opening thousands of miles of North Carolina roadways to long tractor-trailers will jeopardize lives and overtax the state’s infrastructure, a safety group cautioned. Truck Safety Coalition state coordinator Jen...
Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Offers Motorcycle Coverage
Jun 25 2008 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. of San Diego is offering motorcycle coverage in Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas. Competitive rates are available for Harley’s, sport, tour and street motorcycles for...
Kentucky Study Explores Possible Causes of All Terrain Vehicle Accidents
Jun 24 2008 // Kentucky led the nation in ATV-related deaths in 2007 according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The frequency of injuries and fatalities caught University of Kentucky hospital surgeon Andrew Bernard’s...
California Considering Pay-As-You-Drive Auto Insurance
Jun 23 2008 // California’s Department of Insurance is hosting a workshop at 10 a.m., Monday, June 23, 2008, to solicit input on bringing “pay-as-you-drive” automobile insurance to the state. According to the DOI,...
Allstate Dropping Appeal of Calif. Auto Rate Cuts
Jun 20 2008 // Insurer Allstate Corp said it has dropped its bid to fight a reduction on auto policy rates imposed earlier this year by California’s insurance regulator. An Allstate spokesman, in an e-mailed statement, said the...
