Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Richardson’s Stats Misleading in Defense of Immigrant Driver’s Licenses
Nov 19 2007 // Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson points to a substantial drop in uninsured motorists in New Mexico when he defends his decision four years ago to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s...
Calif. Wants to Crack Down on Uninsured Motorists
Nov 18 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is reportedly exploring the possibility of a ballot measure next year designed to get uninsured motorists off the state’s roads and highways. Industry sources confirmed...
Stolen Autos’ Good/Bad News
Nov 18 2007 // A recent report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) said auto theft statistics from 2006 indicate vehicle theft declined for the third year in a row. According to the NICB, 1.19 million motor vehicles were...
Delaware Auto Rates Available for Comparison on State Web Site
Nov 15 2007 // Updated Auto Rates Available On compare.delawareinsurance.gov Delaware consumers can compare sample auto insurance rates from over 50 companies online via the state’s Insurance Commission Web site. They can then...
American Vehicle Approved as Surplus Line Carrier in Calif.
Nov 15 2007 // Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based 21st Century Holding Co., an insurance holding company, announced that it’s subsidiary, American Vehicle Insurance Company, has received approval to begin writing commercial general...
GAINSCO Rolls Out Monthly Auto Policy in Texas
Nov 15 2007 // GAINSCO Auto Insurance, which specializes in minimum-limits personal auto policies, announced it has introduced a new monthly auto policy for Texas customers. The new product, which provides a single month of personal auto...
State Auto Exec. to Discuss Texas Market at Dallas All-Industry Day
Nov 15 2007 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Companies Executive Vice President and COO Mark Blackburn will offer his view of Texas, the nation’s third-largest property and casualty market, at the 2007 Dallas...
Peerless Insurance Returning to Mass. Auto Under Managed Competition
Nov 14 2007 // Liberty Mutual Group today announced that one of its companies – Keene, N.H.-based Peerless Insurance – intends to return to the Massachusetts private passenger auto insurance market next year after a 20-year...
Mo. Dept.: Mid-November Most Dangerous Time for Deer Crashes
Nov 14 2007 // In 2006, deer were the cause of 3,530 traffic crashes in Missouri, resulting in 364 injuries and three deaths, according to the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional...
Progressive Car Insurance Adds Collision Benefit for Pets
Nov 13 2007 // One U.S. auto insurance company is now offering coverage for pets. Progressive Corp. is providing collision coverage for customers’ dogs or cats at no additional premium cost. It will pay up to $500 if a...
N.Y. Escort Service Operator Facing Sentencing for Insurance Fraud
Nov 9 2007 // An escort service operator who used female associates to stage auto accidents and collect on insurance claims faces five to 10 years in prison following his guilty plea Oct. 29 on two counts of felony insurance fraud,...
Hanover Ready to Offer Connector Product in New Mass. Auto Market
Nov 9 2007 // As Massachusetts prepares to open up its private passenger auto insurance market to more competition, The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. is ready to drive in with coverages it has been offering in other states but not in...
Liberty Mutual to Grow Mass. Sales Force by 50% to Handle Auto
Nov 9 2007 // Liberty Mutual, the state’s fourth-largest auto insurer, announced plans to add 30 sales representatives in Massachusetts – a 50 percent increase – by the time the state implements new managed competition...
National Crime Bureau Offers Free VINCheck for Unrecovered Vehicles
Nov 7 2007 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), based in Des Plaines, Ill., recently announced that it has launched a free service to help protect the nation’s consumers. Over one million vehicles have been stolen...
Will Mass. Give Thanks for Managed Competition or Rate It a Turkey?
Nov 7 2007 // Massachusetts has three dates coming up that could be turning points in determining who gives thanks for the state’s new managed competition auto insurance system and who rates it a turkey. Insurance Commissioner...
Calif. Holds Hearing on Allstate’s Auto Rates
Nov 6 2007 // California’s Department of Insurance held hearings yesterday on Allstate Insurance Co.’s auto rates in San Francisco. The consumer group Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights argued that the company is...
State Auto Fills Key Spots in Sales, Development, Risk Management
Nov 5 2007 // The State Auto Insurance Cos. today announced the names of individuals that will fill key positions within the company. One of those named was industry veteran Clyde H. Fitch Jr. who will lead the company’s sales and...
N.J. court: UM covers drive-by shooting victim
Nov 4 2007 // A woman injured by a bullet from a drive-by shooting is entitled to recover under her uninsured motorist coverage, according to a New Jersey Appellate Division ruling, even though she was not in her car at the time of the...
News Currents
Nov 4 2007 // N.Y. department prevails in liquidation bureau audit New York state’s highest court has ruled that the state auditor does not have the authority to audit an obscure division of a state agency managing $3.3...
News Currents
Nov 4 2007 // Mass. caps car insurance hikes at 10%; smaller insurers eye 2.5% cut The first moves toward competitive rating for auto insurance in Massachusetts indicate that rates for drivers insured by insurers with small market share...
