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Drive Insurance from Progressive lowers auto rates in Colorado
Jan 8 2007 // The Drive Group of Progressive Insurance Companies is lowering auto insurance premiums in Colorado by an average of 5.2 percent for new customers effective Sept. 6 and existing customers effective Oct. 16, the company...
Mexican truck travel still limited
Jan 8 2007 // Mexican trucker Brigido Moctezuma lives in a city just south of Mexico’s border with Texas, far from talks on whether he’ll be able to drive his loads of vehicle air bags all the way to assembly lines in...
8 Drive Insurance from Progressive lowers Colo. auto rates
Jan 7 2007 // Tort system helping to reduce costs 8 Gov.-elects appoint insurance department heads Colorado picks Mayor Morrison, Idaho picks Rep. Deal 8 Calif. workers’ comp reforms working Yet outgoing commissioner says still...
Purdue Study: Drivers’ Age and Gender Major Factors in Severity of Accident Injuries
Jan 5 2007 // Understanding the differences among drivers in different gender and age categories is crucial to preventing serious injuries, according to researchers in a new study showing stark statistical differences in...
State Farm Drops Auto, Homeowners Rates Nearly $500 Million in Calif.
Jan 4 2007 // State Farm and California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced that the company’s nearly 3 million auto and 1.4 million homeowners, renters and condo owners in California will see about $500 million in...
Report: Traffic Accidents’ Share of Workers’ Comp Losses Grows
Jan 3 2007 // Work-related injuries due to traffic accidents are relatively costly and are on the increase as a growing share of workers compensation loss costs. According to the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc., the...
N.J. Eyes Capping Doctors’ Charges for Auto Accident Patients
Jan 3 2007 // New Jersey regulators are considering limiting how much doctors can charge insurers for treating people injured in vehicle accidents, a move meant to cut prices but one foes argue will make it hard to get medical care. The...
Fire Deaths Down, Motorcycle Fatalities Up in Maine
Jan 3 2007 // Fire deaths near record low, motorcycle deaths grow, in 2006 Received by Newsfinder from AP Jan 1, 2007 10:23 Eastern Time • Photo Advisory Y The number of Maine fire deaths came close to a record low in 2006, the number...
Mass. Auto Insurers Among Largest Donors to Patrick Inaugural
Jan 2 2007 // Four of the nine top contributors to Gov.-elect Deval Patrick’s inaugural are major auto insurers, whose businesses could be greatly affected by any efforts by Patrick to reform the state’s highly regulated...
Despite 2004 Ruling, Mexican Truck Travel Still Limited
Jan 2 2007 // Mexican trucker Brigido Moctezuma lives in a city just south of Mexico’s border with Texas, far from talks on whether he’ll be able to drive his loads of vehicle air bags all the way to assembly lines in...
Builders & Tradesmen’s Offers Commercial Auto Program in California
Jan 2 2007 // Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services Inc., Rocklin, Calif., has a new commercial automobile market available in California underwritten by Commerce West Insurance Co. The program is designed for vehicles up...
Ga.-Based Auto Writer AssuranceAmerica Expands to Louisiana
Dec 29 2006 // AssuranceAmerica Corp., an Atlanta based insurance holding company, has written its first auto insurance policy in Louisiana. The company now writes in six states including Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Alabama and...
Parents Confused Over Child Safety Seats, Fed Survey Says
Dec 29 2006 // Many parents are confused about the proper way to install child safety seats in their vehicles despite attempts to simplify the system, the government said. About 40 percent of parents still rely on seat belts when...
Drive Insurance from Progressive Lowers Auto Rates in Colorado
Dec 28 2006 // The Drive Group of Progressive Insurance Companies announced that it is lowering auto insurance premiums in Colorado by an average of 5.2 percent for new customers effective Sept. 6 and existing customers effective Oct....
EPA Approves Exemptions for Classic Car Emission Testing
Dec 27 2006 // Collectable cars and trucks can soon skip emissions testing in Arizona’s Maricopa and Pima Counties. The Environmental Protection Agency approved Arizona legislation that will allow vehicles 15 years or older to skip...
Chrysler Recalls Vehicles to Reprogram Brake System Computers
Dec 27 2006 // DaimlerChrysler AG’s Chrysler Group said Friday it was recalling more than 60,000 vehicles to reprogram a brake system computer to avoid the loss of antilock brakes and traction control. The recall involves 62,369...
MASS. AUTO RATES CUT 11.7%
Dec 25 2006 // As expected, auto insurance rates in Massachusetts will be going down again in 2007, this time by as much as 11.7 percent on average statewide. The new rate takes effect April 1, 2007, and translates to an average decrease...
Mass. closes in on long-awaited transition to auto assigned risk plan
Dec 25 2006 // Final rules have been issued but will the new administration of Democrat Deval Patrick follow suit? Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne M. Bowler has ordered the implementation of an assigned risk plan for the...
2006: Soft market offers up many new insurance products
Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
AAA holiday concerns: speeding triples odds of crashing
Dec 25 2006 // Lower fuel prices, mild weather spur more trips to holiday favorite spots. Anxious to arrive quickly at your destination this holiday season? Well, what about safely? Driving faster than surrounding traffic, driving while...
