Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
IIAT Survey Shows Improved Conditions in Texas Homeowners, Auto Markets
Dec 1 2005 // Independent insurance agents in Texas report improved homeowners insurance coverage and lower premium prices for both homeowners and auto insurance as the year comes to an end. A survey of more than 1,800 member agencies...
PCI Urging Gov. Blanco to Veto La. Flooded Vehicles Bill
Dec 1 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has urged Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco to veto a bill that would require all vehicles determined to be “total” losses as a result of recent flooding...
NAMIC: Colo. Bill Would Mandate Unnecessary, Duplicative Coverage
Nov 30 2005 // A bill mandating that emergency medical care coverage be included in all automobile insurance policies was approved Nov. 17 for possible introduction during Colorado’s 2006 legislative session. The Legislative...
Kingsway Taps The Robert Plan to Manage Auto Assigned Risk in U.S.
Nov 28 2005 // Kingsway Financial Services Inc. of Toronto has entered into a program management agreement with The Robert Plan Corporation. to have RPC service its U.S. assigned risk automobile accounts. The agreement is effective for...
Miss. Motorists Can Expect Auto Rate Hike After Jan. 1
Nov 28 2005 // Thousands of drivers in Mississippi can expect their auto insurance rates to increase dramatically after Jan. 1, when the minimum required coverage in the state will double, increasing costs for even those who have less...
Mass. AG Makes Final Argument for 18% Cut in Auto Insurance; Proposes Anti-Fraud Program
Nov 23 2005 // Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly on Wednesday made his case for an 18 percent reduction in auto insurance rates for 2006 and also proposed an anti-fraud initiative based on the ongoing efforts in the city of...
PCI: Senate Passage of La. Flooded Vehicles Bill Hurts Consumers
Nov 22 2005 // In a move that could prove detrimental to Louisiana consumers and insurers, the Louisiana Legislature narrowly passed a bill last night that would require all vehicles determined to be “total” losses as a...
Competition Increases in Commercial Auto, But Not Too Much–Yet
Nov 21 2005 // By most accounts the commercial auto insurance market nationally is stable to softening. Rates may be going down a little in some areas, staying the same or at least not going up very much in others. However, some pockets...
Examples of In-Vehicle Technologies
Nov 21 2005 // Collision Avoidance/Warning System: Sensors installed at the front of a vehicle, which constantly scan the road ahead for vehicles or obstacles. Detecting an obstacle, the system then determines whether the vehicle is in...
Tracking Commercial Autos
Nov 21 2005 // Before you can finish saying “Beam me up, Scotty,” chances are a tiny transmitter is bouncing a signal off a satellite somewhere in space, indicating that your insured’s taxi is stowed in the hold of a...
Thoughts while dog walking…
Nov 21 2005 // GOP gap Congress finally appears to be moving on terrorism insurance. After the year is up, whether or not the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act is extended, there ought to be an independent high-level inquiry into why it took...
Motor Carriers
Nov 21 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Lexington Insurance Company, a member company of American International Group Inc., introduced Lex TransportPlus, a new product suite encompassing two policies: Motor Truck Cargo and Vehicle Physical...
Mobile Equipment or Commercial Auto?
Nov 21 2005 // Watch out! That mobile drilling unit you assume is covered under your insured’s commercial general liability policy as a piece of mobile equipment actually could be a commercial vehicle, according to the insurance...
New Definitions: Mobile Equipment or Commercial Auto?
Nov 21 2005 // Watch out! That mobile drilling unit you assume is covered under your insured’s commercial general liability policy as a piece of mobile equipment could be considered a commercial vehicle according to the insurance...
Western States Pay Average Auto Premiums, NAIC Reports
Nov 21 2005 // Drivers in most of the 13 states that comprise the Western region enjoy about average auto insurance premiums, according to the most recent study produced by the National Association of Insurance Commis-sioners (NAIC). In...
Calif. Fraud Ring Lands Three in Jail
Nov 21 2005 // Three suspects have been arrested following an 11-month investigation by the California Department of Insurance of an auto insurance fraud ring that targeted car rental and insurance companies for fraudulent automobile...
Honolulu Man Convicted of Auto Insurance Fraud
Nov 21 2005 // The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Insurance Division has reported it has successfully prosecuted a man for auto insurance fraud. Kahala resident Roque Lindow pleaded guilty to three cases of...
Torts Drive Commercial Auto in Heartland, Elsewhere
Nov 20 2005 // Insurers like writing commercial auto business, and most lines of business, in the Midwestern states because of market stability and a favorable legislative and regulatory climate. But even in this typically stable line of...
Barbecues, Mobile Centers Encourage Auto Owners to Turn in Wilma Claims
Nov 20 2005 // South Florida insurance agents encouraged the thousands of automobile owners who had vehicle damage during Hurricane Wilma to report them as soon as possible so they could be repaired, some agencies even held weekend...
Carriers Flooded With Auto Damage Claims
Nov 20 2005 // Plantation, Fla., ‘Insurance Village’ The “Insurance Village” established by Florida’s Depart-ment of Financial Services in Plantation, Fla. west of Fort Lauderdale, had a lot of damaged...
