Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. Agency Approves Change in Auto Insurance Law
Jul 17 2006 // A state administrative office on Friday approved changes to California’s insurance law, clearing the way for regulations that will force insurers to base premiums on drivers’ records instead of their...
N.Y. Dad Admits Helping Son with Car Insurance Scam
Jul 14 2006 // A 57-year-old man admitted pulling off an insurance scam with his son, a former college student who faces up to 157 years in prison for federal drug and weapons crimes. Gerald Thomas Sr., of Norwich, pleaded guilty this...
Western Agents Oppose California’s Mileage Verification Proposal
Jul 13 2006 // The Western Insurance Agents Association has issued a statement, opposing the California Department of Insurance’s revised proposed auto mileage verification regulation. The statement reads: “The proposed...
Conn. Car Registration Stickers Move Inside to Thwart Thieves
Jul 12 2006 // Governor M. Jodi Rell is advising Connecticut motorists that they will soon receive new motor vehicle registration stickers that will be placed inside the windshield rather than on the rear license plate – an effort...
Auto Club of SoCal Reduced Rates to Take Effect in December
Jul 12 2006 // California’s fourth-largest provider of auto insurance has agreed to base its rates on safety and driving frequency rather than primarily on where a driver lives. The plan, to take effect Dec. 1, would cut some $133...
Auto Club of Southern California To Cut Rates 7 Percent
Jul 11 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced he intends to approve a 7 percent decrease in premium rates for policyholders of the Automobile Club of Southern California. The requested decrease coincides with...
Shreveport, La., Police Using High-Tech Cars as Bait
Jul 10 2006 // Cars donated by insurance companies around the state will soon be put out as bait for Shreveport, La.’s thieves. They’ll be left out on the street as soon as officers can be taught how to use their high-tech...
GMAC/ABA Seguros enters Mexico Tourist Auto Insurance Market
Jul 5 2006 // Flagstaff, Arizona – As the premium volume for Mexico tourist insurance continues to boom, fueled by an increase in the Hispanic market and escalating tourism to Mexico, another well-respected insurer has entered the...
Motorcycle Safety Is Second-Class; 29 States Now Say No to Helmet Laws
Jul 5 2006 // In Illinois and Iowa, motorists can get tickets for not wearing seat belts. In Connecticut, they are prohibited from talking on cell phones. And in New Hampshire, motorists can be fined if they are involved in an accident...
Geico defends auto rating criteria in N.J.
Jul 3 2006 // New Jersey state Senator Nia Gill, D-Essex, has sponsored a bill to ban auto insurance companies from taking education and occupation into account when setting policy prices, arguing that the practice is discriminatory and...
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Jul 3 2006 // Mass. agents seek 4% auto pay raise Massachusetts independent insurance agents have filed for a four percent hike in the commission they receive on private passenger auto insurance polices. If approved by Insurance...
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Jul 3 2006 // Michigan helmet repeal legislation nixed by governor Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm vetoed a bill on June 23 that would have repealed the state of Michigan’s 37-year-old mandatory helmet law. The proposed law change...
Appeals Court rejects market-value loss claim
Jul 3 2006 // A man who wrecked his new truck is not entitled to payment from his insurance company for the resulting loss of market value, the New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled. In the first ruling in New Mexico on the issue, the court...
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Jul 3 2006 // Michigan helmet repeal legislation nixed by governor Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm vetoed a bill on June 23 that would have repealed the state of Michigan’s 37-year-old mandatory helmet law. The proposed law change...
Geico defends auto rating criteria in N.J.
Jul 3 2006 // New Jersey state Senator Nia Gill, D-Essex, has sponsored a bill to ban auto insurance companies from taking education and occupation into account when setting policy prices, arguing that the practice is discriminatory and...
Mass. agents seek 4% auto pay raise
Jul 3 2006 // Massachusetts independent insurance agents have filed for a four percent hike in the commission they receive on private passenger auto insurance polices. If approved by Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler, the increase...
Michigan helmet repeal legislation nixed by governor
Jul 3 2006 // Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm vetoed a bill on June 23 that would have repealed the state of Michigan’s 37-year-old mandatory helmet law. The proposed law change pitted safety and insurance organizations against...
Twenty-five Suspects Indicted on Fraud by California Department of Insurance
Jun 30 2006 // Twenty-five suspects in connection with a major insurance fraud investigation dubbed “Operation Cashout” have been indicted, according to the California Department of Insurance. Twenty suspects were arrested...
Former N.J. Cop Gets 1-Year for ‘Chop-Shop’ Car Insurance Fraud
Jun 28 2006 // A former Hillside, New Jersey police officer has been sentenced to one year in jail and barred from public employment for taking part in a chop shop insurance scheme. Dennis Melendez, who had been on the Hillside...
Prosecutors Say Woman Planned Fatal Carjacking for Insurance Payout
Jun 28 2006 // A Des Moines, Washington woman who tearfully pleaded for her husband’s killer to come forward actually plotted his death, a crime that was staged to look like a random carjacking and left her a millionaire, King...
