Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Industry Groups Call Calif. Auto Repair Bill “Anti-Consumer”
Feb 26 2008 // The Association of California Insurance Companies, the American Insurance Association and the Personal Insurance Federation of California have announced their opposition to California Senate Bill 1167, a bill that the...
Progressive to Sell Mass. Auto Insurance Online Starting in May
Feb 25 2008 // Progressive Insurance said it plans to begin selling personal auto insurance in Massachusetts starting May 1 if state regulators approve the company’s rate filings, which it submitted to the Bay State’s...
Mich. House Bills Open Door to Scrutiny of Auto Insurance Fee
Feb 25 2008 // An insurance panel that sets rates for coverage of severely injured motorists would be subject to more public scrutiny under terms of legislation that passed the state House on Thursday. Some deliberations by the Michigan...
Congress Asked to Promote Wider Use of Motorcycle Helmets
Feb 24 2008 // U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters recently sent legislation to Congress that seeks greater flexibility for states to target one of the leading causes of motorcycle deaths across the nation: riding without a...
Insurers Criticize Proposed Washington Auto Glass Repair Bill
Feb 24 2008 // Legislation approved in early February by the Washington House of Representatives is unnecessary and limits consumer choice, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). “Policymakers just enacted a law in...
The Promise of NAFTA Not Quite Fulfilled
Feb 24 2008 // It’s been a long, frustrating process for most participants In February 2002, Insurance Journal reported that Congress and the Bush Administration had reached a deal whereby the trucking provisions of the North...
Medical Costs for Auto Injury Claims Outpacing Inflation
Feb 24 2008 // A new study by the Insurance Research Council (IRC) has found that medical expenses reported by auto injury claimants continue to rise faster than the rate of inflation. Average claimed economic losses (which include...
10 Things to Know About Commercial Auto
Feb 24 2008 // 1. When should an insured consider a commercial auto policy over a personal auto policy that is rated for business use? Generally speaking, when the vehicle is: Used for business and owned by a corporation or...
Offer Pre-Packaged Personal Auto Insurance Choices
Feb 24 2008 // Like it or not, personal automobile insurance, along with personal computers, has evolved into a commodity product. According to Wikipedia, a commodity is defined as “a largely homogeneous product, traded solely on...
Conn. Opens Runaway Truck Ramp on Avon Mountain
Feb 22 2008 // Connecticut transportation officials have opened a runaway truck ramp at a dangerous hilly intersection – more than two years after a fatal wreck and five months after a second crash. Work on the $2.8 million ramp on...
Redesigned N.H. Insurance Web Site Offers Home, Auto Rate Comparisons
Feb 20 2008 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department has a newly-designed Web site that promises easier navigation and offers an expanded price comparison service for consumers called the New Hampshire Rate Resource. Now, consumers can...
Mass. Web Site Helps Consumers Compare Auto Insurance Prices
Feb 19 2008 // The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has launched a Web site that allows auto insurance customers to compare sample auto premiums – a move that the state says will help consumer find the best deals as managed...
Tornadoes Slam Ala., Adding to Destructive Season Across the Region
Feb 19 2008 // Another wave of tornadoes materialized in the Deep South over the weekend and this time, in Prattville, Ala., several businesses on a commercially populated boulevard were severely damaged, according to a Department of...
Colorado Auto Rates Down, Study Shows
Feb 19 2008 // Car insurance rates for Colorado drivers on average have dropped 35 percent since the state changed its auto insurance system nearly five years ago, according to an independent study released today by Gov. Bill...
Progressive Receives U.S. Patent for Concierge Claims Service
Feb 15 2008 // Progressive Insurance reports it has received a U.S. patent for one of its methods of processing vehicle damage claims, which it calls its concierge level of claims service. With this service, Progressive takes...
Lawmakers Blast Spitzer’s $15 Charge on Auto Insurance
Feb 15 2008 // A proposal to charge New Yorkers a $15 fee on their auto insurance faced a road block Wednesday in the state Legislature. Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s proposal would help pay for bridge maintenance and repairs that lawmakers...
Spitzer Proposes $20 Surcharge for N.Y. Auto Insurance Policies
Feb 14 2008 // N.Y. Governor Eliot Spitzer has proposed upping the current surcharge on Empire State auto insurance policies by $15 as part of his statewide budget plan. That increase would raise to $20 the surcharge on any New York auto...
Avid Biker, U.S. Transportation Chief Sends Helmet Legislation to Congress
Feb 14 2008 // U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters today sent legislation to Congress that she said seeks greater flexibility for states to target one of the leading causes of motorcycle deaths across the nation – riding...
Medical Costs for Auto Injury Claims Outpacing Inflation
Feb 13 2008 // A new study by the Insurance Research Council (IRC) has found that medical expenses reported by auto injury claimants continue to rise faster than the rate of inflation. Average claimed economic losses (which include...
National Guard Truck Flips Over on Way to Tenn. Tornado Disaster Site
Feb 12 2008 // A Tennessee National Guard truck on the way to help tornado recovery efforts in Macon County turned over on the side of Interstate 40. Randy Harris, a guard spokesman, said the five-ton truck was among other engineering...
