Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Cities Ticketing Uninsured Drivers and Towing Vehicles
Mar 2 2006 // More than a dozen Texas cities have enacted ordinances allowing police officers to ticket uninsured motorists and tow their vehicles, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. The policy has begun to spread rapidly as city...
Hawaii Leads Nation in Motorcycle Theft, Says Progressive
Mar 2 2006 // Honolulu motorcycle riders are most likely to have their bikes stolen, although the city is the 53rd largest metropolitan area, according to a recent study by Progressive Group of Insurance Companies. A motorcyclist in...
I.I.I. Says Flood-Damaged Cars from Katrina May Surface on Used Car Lots
Mar 2 2006 // An estimated 500,000 cars were damaged by hurricanes last year. Unfortunately, many of these vehicles have been purchased by dishonest auto dealers, cleaned up and then sold, with their flood damage history illegally...
Calif. Expands Low-Cost Auto Program to Three Counties
Mar 1 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner Garamendi has announced the expansion of the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program to Sacramento, San Joaquin and Contra Costa counties. The announcement follows his final...
U.K. Auto Market Going to the Internet
Mar 1 2006 // A new study from the Dublin-based consultants Research and Markets notes that the U.K.’s automobile (motor) owners are increasingly using the Internet when it comes to insuring their cars. “Buying insurance...
Proposed Car Insurance Rates Pit Urban vs. Rural Drivers
Feb 27 2006 // Urban and rural drivers in California faced off over a new way to calculate car insurance rates that would be based more on how people drive than where they park their cars. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi proposed...
AIG Auto Insurance Lowers Rates for Policyholders in Nevada
Feb 27 2006 // AIG Auto Insurance has announced it would lower auto insurance costs for thousands of policyholders in Nevada. The company is implementing a 5 percent rate decrease in Nevada, lowering auto insurance costs on thousands of...
Farmers Says Northern Calif. Auto Glass Business Involved in Scam
Feb 24 2006 // Farmers Insurance Exchange has begun serving civil summons and complaints upon Redding, California auto glass company Onsight Auto Glass and its owner, accusing them of taking part in a scheme designed to defraud Farmers...
Texas Auto Insurance Plan Names New General Manager
Feb 23 2006 // Cathleen C. Beavers has been named general manager of Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association, according to TAIPA Chairman Brad Duelks. Previously, Beavers was residual market business advisor for USAA in San Antonio...
Baton Rouge, La., Man Arrested in Business Auto Insurance Scam
Feb 22 2006 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., reported that special agents from his office, in a joint effort with members of the fraud section of the Louisiana Department of Insurance, arrested Walter Glenn McMillan,...
Calif. Associations Want Auto Aftermarket Competition to Continue
Feb 22 2006 // Insurance associations in California are opposing legislation that could deter auto aftermarket parts competition. Competition among manufacturers of quality, replacement crash parts has saved consumers hundreds of...
Travelers Offers Hybrid Owners 10% Auto Discount
Feb 21 2006 // Travelers personal lines, a member of St. Paul Travelers, now offers hybrid-driving Americans a 10 percent discount on auto insurance. Travelers made the discount available in 27 states with plans to roll it out in most...
State Auto Financial Reports 2005 Net Income Up 14%
Feb 21 2006 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Financial Corporation reported that revenue for the year 2005 was $1.14 billion, up from $1.09 billion for the same 2004 period. For the year 2005, State Auto achieved record net income of...
comScore: 24% Growth in Auto Quotes and 29% Gain in Online Policy Purchases in 2005
Feb 21 2006 // Consumers flocked online to research and purchase auto insurance in 2005 according to an analysis released this week by comScore Networks, a provider in the use of the Internet to measure and understand consumer behavior...
Highway safety nominee to address vehicle crashes
Feb 20 2006 // The Bush administration’s choice to lead the government’s traffic safety agency pledged this month to make the nation’s highways and roads safer for families while tackling issues like vehicle rollovers...
How to keep your non-standard auto clients
Feb 20 2006 // When selling non-standard auto insurance, do you know how to retain your clients or are you driving away the business? There are a number of factors that affect retention, including: Finance method and...
A new turn for rent-a-car companies
Feb 20 2006 // Many car rental operators can save significant expenses and still protect their business by using non-traditional risk management methods. John Smith took his family on a long awaited sunny vacation. Being...
News Currents
Feb 19 2006 // Colorado defeats legislation to change auto insurance claims practices The Colorado House Business Affairs and Labor Committee has unanimously rejected a bill that would have created the legal assumption that if an insured...
Two Suspects Arrested for Auto Insurance Fraud
Feb 19 2006 // Fraud Roundup Two Elk Grove, Calif., residents were arrested on insurance fraud charges related to the alleged staged theft, arson, and subsequent insurance claim for a vehicle belonging to one of the suspects. According...
SPECIAL REPORT: Commercial Auto
Feb 19 2006 // Unusual circumstances surround dropped sale of Universal Underwriters Most failed company mergers remain a secret, except to a handful of insiders. That was not the case with the collapsed attempt by Zurich Financial...
