Latest Auto Headlines
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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...
New York Police Arrest 13 Suspects in Car Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jun 19 2008 // Police in New York say 13 people staged minor car accidents to get thousands of dollars’ worth of unnecessary medical treatment from four Bronx clinics. The 13 people were arrested Tuesday on insurance fraud and...
Louisiana Senate Approves Higher Car Insurance Minimums
Jun 19 2008 // The Louisiana Senate has agreed to a bill that would raise auto insurance rates in 2010 for more than one million Louisiana motorists by increasing the minimum liability coverage required for drivers. Louisiana law...
After 20-Year Hiatus, Peerless Sells First Massachusetts Auto Policy
Jun 19 2008 // Keene, N.H.-based Peerless Insurance said it has issued its first Massachusetts personal auto insurance policy in more than 20 years. The company, part of Liberty Mutual Group, first announced in November it would re-enter...
Michigan Governor Again Vetoes Motorcycle Helmet Bill
Jun 16 2008 // Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, as expected, has vetoed a bill that would have let motorcyclists ride without helmets in Michigan. She announced the veto Friday. Granholm vetoed a similar bill in 2006. The latest...
Insurance Agency Joins Missouri Auto Dealer
Jun 16 2008 // First-Time Partnership Offers Agents in Small or Medium Agencies Wider Choices of Companies to Represent When buying a new or used car, cost is always an issue and car insurance shopping is always a stressful task. Just as...
Auto Insurers Seek to Attract Latinos
Jun 16 2008 // Majority of Advertising Appearing in Spanish-Language Media Automobile insurers are hungering for the Hispanic market’s premium dollars, according to a report by Hispanic Market Weekly that analyzed marketing and...
Why the Nice Man Fired His Insurance Agent
Jun 16 2008 // How to Keep Your Customers and Agency Living Happily Ever After Once upon a time, there was a very nice man who moved his entire family from one state to another. The move meant leaving his many friends and business...
MetLife Auto & Home Adds Austin’s NewMark Insurance Services
Jun 12 2008 // MetLife Auto & Home, which recently announced its intention to expand its offerings in Texas, added Austin-based NewMark Insurance Services as an appointed agency. NewMark Insurance Services is led by President Henry...
Mercury Provides California Policyholders $61 Million Rate Reduction
Jun 12 2008 // George Joseph, founder and chairman of Mercury General Corp. announced the company has filed for and was approved for a 33 percent rate reduction for homeowners and 10 percent rate reduction for renters insurance...
Colorado Approves Auto Insurance Med Pay Bill, ‘Bad Faith’ Bill
Jun 12 2008 // Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has signed Senate Bill 11, which creates rules concerning funding for the provision of uncompensated trauma care to persons injured in motor vehicle accidents, and House Bill 1407, allowing the...
Oahu Auto Thefts Drop More Than 40 Percent
Jun 11 2008 // Auto thefts on Oahu is down by more than 40 percent over a five-year period. Car thefts dropped from a record high of nearly 8,500 in 2002 — an average of more than 23 vehicles per day — to just under 5,000...
AmWINS Introduces Commercial Auto, Trucking Programs
Jun 11 2008 // Burlington, N.C.-based AmWINS Transportation Underwriters launched several new insurance programs for the trucking and commercial auto industry. These national programs include coverage for truck broker’s contingent...
As Gas Prices Soar, Drivers Urged to Seek Insurance Rate Relief
Jun 11 2008 // As the price of gasoline tops four dollars a gallon nationwide consumers who are driving less could save an average of 5 to 15 percent on their automobile insurance rates – about $47 to $142. That’s according...
Connecticut Truck Inspections Drop by 20 Percent
Jun 10 2008 // Connecticut’s effort to inspect more trucks on its highways after the fatal Avon Mountain crash in 2005 has dropped off and crashes of large trucks have increased, state figures show. Roadside truck inspections...
Nebraska High Court Rules Against Florida in 10 Year Old Case
Jun 9 2008 // A multimillion-dollar insurance dispute that’s a decade old received new life on its third trip to the Nebraska Supreme Court because the court ordered a new trial on June 6. Consequently, the state of Florida...
Van Gilder Sells Colorado Springs Office To CB Insurance
Jun 9 2008 // Michael Van Gilder, CEO of Van Gilder Insurance Corp., and Steve Schneider, president of CB Insurance LLC, an affiliate of Central Bancorp, announced their firms have signed a letter of intent for the sale and purchase of...
California Lawmakers Address Disaster Response, Automative Repair, and More
Jun 6 2008 // California lawmakers recently approved several insurance-related bills, addressing such topics as disaster response and automative repair following a crash. Following is a summary of recent legislation, as provided by the...
Fireman’s Fund Offers Green Auto Insurance for Commercial Fleets
Jun 6 2008 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has introduced new vehicle replacement coverage for commercial fleets – insuring the full replacement cost of vehicles that are total losses for up to their first three model years....
Connecticut Prosecutors to Seek Retrial in Avon Mountain Crash Case
Jun 6 2008 // A Connecticut prosecutor says he will seek a retrial after a jury deadlocked earlier this week in an insurance fraud case against the owner of a dump truck that caused a fatal wreck in Avon in 2005. Hartford Superior Court...
