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Mass. Auto Rates Would Fall from 8% to 18% Under Latest Proposals
Sep 28 2006 // The two parties representing consumers have recommended that Massachusetts auto insurance rates be slashed next year — as much as 18 percent. The State Rating Bureau, a unit of the Division of Insurance, is calling...
Ill. Couple Accused of Torching Car Dealership for Insurance Money
Sep 27 2006 // After an investigation of more than four months, two McHenry, Ill. residents have been charged with the fire at a McHenry car dealership in April, police said. Arrested were John Krawec, 43, and his girlfriend, Anna...
Travelers Offers Texas Hybrid Drivers 10% Discount on Auto Coverage
Sep 26 2006 // Texas hybrid car owners can now take advantage of a 10 percent discount on auto insurance offered by Travelers, the company announced. The discount complements other Texas perks for hybrid drivers. The company clarified...
Figures
Sep 25 2006 // 6,000 The number of personal and commercial policyholders along the Texas coast expected to be affected by State Farm Insur-ance Company decision to stop renewing policies for properties within 2,500 feet of coastal waters...
Insurers Lowering Car Insurance Rates in Virginia
Sep 25 2006 // Some of the top auto insurers in the nation are reducing rates in Virginia. The reasons range from high gas prices to more sophisticated technology with which companies can calculate the risks of insuring particular...
Alameda County Suspects Arrested for Fraud, Conspiracy, Grand Theft
Sep 22 2006 // Four suspects in Alameda County, Calif., have been arrested in a staged auto collision ring that allegedly caused more than 100 collisions in the Bay Area resulting in more than $2 million in losses to insurers, according...
UK’s FSA Warns on Sales of Invalid Auto Policies
Sep 21 2006 // The UK’s Financial Services Authority has issued a bulletin, urging consumers “that have bought motor insurance from a company called Double Easy Brokers Ltd. (trading as Eeasybrokers) to arrange valid motor...
More than 2,200 Auto Claims Filed after Southern N.M. Storm
Sep 21 2006 // More than 2,200 automobile claims and 950 homeowner claims have been filed through insurance companies as a result of last week’s hailstorm in southern New Mexico, a trade association said. The Rocky Mountain...
Kelley Blue Book’s Kbb.com Partners with InsWeb
Sep 20 2006 // Irvine, Calif.-based Kelley Blue Book and kbb.com, which provides new and used vehicle information, today has entered into a partnership with InsWeb, an online insurance marketplace. The new deal makes InsWeb the exclusive...
Motorcycle Makers’ Renewed Focus on Safety Includes Air Bags
Sep 20 2006 // Jeaneen Parsons’ husband steered their motorcycle to the ground seven years ago to avoid hitting a passenger whose cycle went down on a twisting mountain road in Kentucky. The couple emerged from the accident with a...
Nissan Testing Safety System That Beams Warnings to Drivers
Sep 19 2006 // Drivers worried about missing a red light or being hit by cars darting out from hidden alleys in Japan may receive assistance from new technology being developed by Nissan. All the world’s automakers are working on...
Minn. State University Agrees to $5.25 Million Settlement
Sep 18 2006 // Minnesota State University, Mankato,and an insurance company have agreed to a $5.25 million settlement stemming from a crash that killed three students and injured four other students last year in Michigan. Attorney Nick...
Travelers Offers Hybrid Drivers in N.J. 10% Discount
Sep 18 2006 // New Jersey hybrid owners can now take advantage of a 10 percent discount on auto insurance offered by Travelers of New Jersey. The discount comes on the heels of Governor Jon S. Corzine’s announcement last spring...
Texas Mutual Pays $773K Dividend to Lone Star Auto Dealers
Sep 18 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a group dividend of $773,720 to the Lone Star Auto Dealers Association (LSA) purchasing group. LSA has earned over $1.2 million in group dividends since 2002. Group dividends are...
FBI: Overall N.Y. Crime Rate Continues Decline; Car Thefts Down 13%
Sep 18 2006 // Overall crime rates continued to decline in New York during 2005 as vehicle thefts dropped almost 13 percent and robberies edged up from 2004, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation report. The rate of violent...
Conn. AG Says GEICO to Pull ‘Misleading Charo’ Ad
Sep 17 2006 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said that GEICO insurance company has said it will no longer run what Blumenthal claims is “a false and misleading television advertisement” in the state that...
Ford to Make Stability Control Standard by Late 2009
Sep 14 2006 // Ford Motor Co. will make rollover-reducing technology a standard feature on all new vehicles by the end of 2009, the company said Tuesday in advance of new government rules on the safety technology. Ford said it was...
Boost in Motorcycle Crash Stats Worries Safety Board
Sep 14 2006 // Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s near-fatal crash on a motorcycle this year reflected a troubling trend: More bikers are getting killed on the road. Roethlisberger’s June 12 accident was one...
Main Street America Elects Van Berkel Chairman
Sep 13 2006 // The Main Street America Group’s president and chief executive officer, Tom Van Berkel, has also been elected chairman of its operating companies’ boards. Van Berkel joined Main Street America in 1990 as vice...
Milwaukee Archdiocese to Keep Fighting Damage Award of $16.8 Million
Sep 12 2006 // The Archdiocese of Milwaukee plans to keep fighting a $16.8 million damage award, upheld on appeal, for an 85-year-old man who was severely injured when his car was hit by a vehicle driven by a church group volunteer. The...
