Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawsuit Claims Paralysis Caused by Denial of Claim
May 15 2007 // A 39-year-old Washington woman paralyzed from injuries caused in a car crash sued her insurer for denying coverage for surgery doctors agree could have prevented her paralysis. Tara Sadler, a Yakima, Wash., resident and...
Texas Auto, Homeowners Rates Still Falling, Insurer Group Says
May 14 2007 // Data released from the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) shows the state’s average automobile and homeowners rates continue to fall, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. The ICT says rates have been steadily...
Auto Safety Backfires at NASCAR, Says Professor
May 11 2007 // A West Virginia University professor who examined 21 years of NASCAR accident reports and made a comparison to introductions of safety requirements, has concluded that more safety regulations in the popular sport has led...
GMAC Insurance to Buy U.K. Auto Insurer Provident Financial
May 9 2007 // GMAC Insurance, the insurance business of GMAC Financial Services, has agreed to acquire Provident Insurance, the United Kingdom-based auto insurance division of Provident Financial PLC. The acquisition will complement...
State Auto Middle Market Entering Texas; Ladner Named VP
May 8 2007 // State Auto Insurance Companies announced that its State Auto Middle Market Insurance (SAMMI) unit is coming to Texas. Industry veteran Gerald F. Ladner will lead the group in the state as vice president of SAMMI’s...
Case Law Watch
May 7 2007 // Anti-assignment Clause Holloway v. Republic Indemnity Co. of America (Oregon, Nov. 16, 2006) Ruling: At issue on this appeal was whether an anti-assignment clause that provided that “[y]our rights or duties under...
Montana driver history, vehicle records online
May 7 2007 // Officials with the Montana’s Motor Vehicle Division are providing two online search services that will allow access to vehicle and driver history information online. The Vehicle Search Service allows people to...
STATE FARM TO REDUCE AUTO RATES 6 % IN ILL.
May 7 2007 // State Farm will reduce auto insurance rates an average of 6 percent in Illinois effective May 14, the company said in a statement this week. Premiums will dip by an average $40 a year statewide, though amounts will vary...
Mass. ruling revives possibility of auto assigned risk plan
May 7 2007 // Whether Massachusetts will implement an assigned risk plan for its private passenger auto market was considered a dead issue when in January the incoming Patrick administration suspended rules to create one, but now the...
Agents tell it best — Do what you love and the rest will follow
May 7 2007 // Tales of lessons learned about marketing and customer relationships from agents in the know As a national specialty provider of collector vehicle and collectibles insurance, American Collectors Insurance has been...
10 Mass. ruling revives possibility of auto assigned risk plan
May 7 2007 // Commissioner Burnes surprises industry by keeping issue alive 10 Neighbors seek to drain N.Y. City’s reservoirs to stem flooding But city officials worry about the risk of a summer drought 10 Study questions...
Western states top national list of hot spots for stolen cars
May 7 2007 // The Las Vegas area has stolen the top spot on the list of auto thefts around the nation, followed by other areas in the West. After three consecutive years as the area with the worst per capita vehicle theft, Modesto,...
Agents tell it best – Do what you love and the rest will follow
May 7 2007 // As a national specialty provider of collector vehicle and collectibles insurance, American Collectors Insurance has been privileged to work with thousands of independent agents in our 30 plus years. Some of them —...
Van Horn Named Assistant Chief Counsel for Calif. State Fund
May 4 2007 // Bill Van Horn has been promoted to assistant chief counsel for the California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s legal operations in Glendale, Bakersfield, Oxnard and Special Litigation Unit. Van Horn began his...
Alleged Key Suspect in Major Mass. Auto Insurance Scam Pleads Not Guilty
May 2 2007 // A former Lawrence resident who allegedly played a key role in auto insurance scams pleaded not guilty this week to charges of insurance fraud and filing a false Registry of Motor Vehicle document, prosecutors said. Luis...
Bristol West Launches Personal Auto Product in Ark.
May 1 2007 // Bristol West Holdings Inc. announced it has begun writing private passenger automobile insurance in Arkansas. Bristol West entered Arkansas by deploying Select 2.0, a segmented insurance product that utilizes the...
Main Street America Rolls Out Multivariate Personal Lines Rating
May 1 2007 // The Main Street America Group announced today the launch of its Personal Auto MVP (multivariate program), a rating program designed to provide greater pricing flexibility for the super regional property-casualty insurance...
N.J. Governor to Pay Own Medical Bills Following Auto Crash
Apr 30 2007 // New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine will forgo his state health insurance and spend hundreds of thousands of his own money to pay for his medical care from a serious car accident, a spokesman said last Friday. The spokesman for...
Muñoz, Nelson Join Van Gilder
Apr 30 2007 // Denver-based Van Gilder has named Craig J. Nelson senior vice president with a focus on risk management strategy and implementation, and Eileen Chen Muñoz an account executive specializing in the oil and gas...
Las Vegas Area Tops National List for Stolen Cars
Apr 25 2007 // The Las Vegas area has stolen the top spot on the list of auto thefts around the nation, followed by other areas in the Western United States. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, 22,441 vehicles were stolen...
