Latest Auto Headlines
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Auto crashes up, workplace injuries down according to Neb. Safety Council
Jul 23 2007 // Deaths from accidents have been increasing in Nebraska, becoming the fourth overall leading cause of death, according to figures from the Nebraska Safety Council. Accidental deaths had not ranked that high since 1998, but...
Pa. therapist not liable for patient’s car crash
Jul 23 2007 // A psychiatrist cannot be sued for a car crash caused by a patient, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled. The Superior Court ruling upholds a decision written by a Blair County judge dismissing the lawsuit filed by Matthew...
Drinking buddies not liable as social hosts, Mass. court rules
Jul 23 2007 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that friends who meet regularly after work for drinks cannot be held liable for injuries caused when one of the members of their group drives home intoxicated. The court ruled that...
Smaller Mass. agencies could be hurt by surprise move to competitive rating for auto
Jul 23 2007 // Massachusetts insurance agents aren’t happy about the decision to introduce competitive rating into the state’s price-regulated private passenger auto insurance system. They enjoy the best market share in the...
Midwestern States Push for Truck-only Lanes
Jul 23 2007 // With truck traffic rising, at least nine states are considering proposals to separate big rigs from cars on interstate highways, hoping to reduce congestion, improve safety and increase commerce by moving goods faster. The...
N.J. agents hope to end auto insurance quote requirement
Jul 23 2007 // New Jersey agents no longer want to be required by state law to provide quotes from all of their auto insurance companies to all auto insurance applicants. The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. and the...
AAA Michigan Partners with Auto Theft Group
Jul 23 2007 // AAA Michigan announced today they have partnered with H.E.A.T (Help Eliminate Auto Thefts) to provide specially trained operators to answer the auto theft tip line, 1-800-242-HEAT, 24 hours a day, seven days a...
Smaller Mass. agencies could be hurt by surprise move to competitive rating for auto
Jul 23 2007 // Massachusetts insurance agents aren’t happy about the decision to introduce competitive rating into the state’s price-regulated private passenger auto insurance system. They enjoy the best market share in the...
N.J. agents hope to end auto insurance quote requirement
Jul 23 2007 // New Jersey agents no longer want to be required by state law to provide quotes from all of their auto insurance companies to all auto insurance applicants. The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. and the...
News Currents
Jul 23 2007 // Drinking buddies not liable as social hosts, Mass. court rules The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that friends who meet regularly after work for drinks cannot be held liable for injuries caused when one of the...
Editor’s Note: Driver’s seat
Jul 23 2007 // The last time — January 1977 — Massachusetts tried to introduce competitive rating into private passenger auto insurance, a Democrat, Michael Dukakis, was governor. The experiment lasted about seven months...
Auto crashes up, workplace injuries down according to Neb. Safety Council
Jul 23 2007 // Deaths from accidents have been increasing in Nebraska, becoming the fourth overall leading cause of death, according to figures from the Nebraska Safety Council. Accidental deaths had not ranked that high since 1998, but...
Calif. low cost auto insurance program expanded to nine counties
Jul 23 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced his determination to expand the state’s Low Cost Auto Insurance Program to Solano, Marin, Santa Cruz, Madera, Napa, Yolo, Mendocino, Kings and Lake counties....
Allstate 2nd Quarter Earnings Rise 16 Percent, Fall Short of Estimates
Jul 20 2007 // Allstate Corp., the nation’s No. 2 property and casualty insurer, said Wednesday its second-quarter profits climbed 16 percent on strong auto insurance sales but operating income fell as the company paid...
La.’s Gov. Blanco Vetoes Minimum Auto Insurance Legislation
Jul 20 2007 // Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has vetoed legislation that could have increased auto insurance costs for over 1 million Louisiana motorists, her office said. The Legislature in June 2007 approved the bill by Sen. Mike...
Two Arrested for Vehicle Arson, Fraud
Jul 20 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that CDI Urban Auto Theft Task Force investigators arrested two suspects on charges of arson of property, falsely reporting a crime and filing fraudulent insurance...
Mass. Governor: Auto Plan Balances Market, State Control
Jul 20 2007 // Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick said a new plan to increase competition in the regulated Massachusetts auto insurance market strikes a fine balance between the free market and government control. “It neither affirms the...
Insurance Companies Drop Hawaii Auto Premiums
Jul 19 2007 // Hawaii auto insurance companies are dropping their Hawaii rates as local traffic accidents and claims fall. Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt said the state has approved rate reductions for four major carriers in Hawaii...
Insurers Say Mich. Motorists Should Have Choice in Medical Coverage
Jul 19 2007 // The insurance industry in Michigan released a study on Tuesday, July 17th that predicts motorists could save up to 16 percent on their auto premium if they were allowed to select capped health benefits for accident...
Mass. AG Questions if Mass. Auto Market is Ready for Competition
Jul 18 2007 // One day after Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes announced she would implement competitive rating for private pasenger auto insurance next year, the state attorney general urged caution. Attorney General...
