Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mass. 2005 Car Insurance Decision Due Today
Dec 15 2004 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler is expected to announce today, Dec. 15, her decision setting private passenger auto insurance rates for 2005. The final briefs in the 2005 private passenger auto...
For Mass. Insurance Agents, AG Reilly No Ally
Dec 14 2004 // Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly, who is expected to run for governor, has a history of making life difficult for the state’s independent insurance agents. Last week, the Massachusetts Association of...
Nazario to Administer American Hobbyist’s Florida Office
Dec 8 2004 // Mady Nazario has been promoted from underwriter to office administrator of American Hobbyist Insurance Inc.’s national office in Stuart, Fla. The firm is a national provider of collector-vehicle insurance. The...
Auto Physical Damage
Dec 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer and Co. has a new line of auto physical damage insurance coverage for vehicles such as trucks, buses, emergency vehicles, (including ambulances), fire trucks, police cars, and all...
Mass. Commissioner Facing Facts About Auto System
Dec 6 2004 // It’s time for Massachusetts to face the facts about its old ways of tightly regulating private passenger auto insurance and create a modern day system, Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler told agents...
N.Y. TO REVIEW AUTO RATES:
Dec 6 2004 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio, citing steep declines in insurer losses as a result of successful fraud fighting, has launched a review of auto insurance rates for private passenger vehicles in the...
Progressive’s Black Box: Is Big Brother Good for the Industry?
Dec 6 2004 // Some drivers in Minnesota will soon have an added passenger in their cars: their insurance company. Progressive Insurance Company is using so-called “black box” technology to offer drivers discounts based on...
TEXAS FIRST IN CRASHES WITH ANIMALS:
Dec 6 2004 // Far more people have died in Texas motor vehicle collisions with animals than in any other state. Many of these fatalities could have been prevented if motorists had worn seatbelts or motorcyclists had worn helmets. A new...
Friends + Cars = Specialty Market Success
Dec 6 2004 // Steve Marlin is in the driver’s seat of the collector-car market in Long Island. In 1999, the Deer Park, N.Y., agent (whose passion for cars led him to the presidency of the local Corvette collectors’ club)...
Auto Physical Damage
Dec 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer and Co. has a new line of auto physical damage insurance coverage for vehicles such as trucks, buses, emergency vehicles, (including ambulances), fire trucks, police cars and all...
California Leads Nation in Auto Theft Rates for 2003
Dec 6 2004 // No South Central states in the top 10 list. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that for calendar year 2003, car thieves were most active in California. Six of the nation’s 10 hottest spots for...
California Leads the Nation in Auto Theft Rates for 2003
Dec 6 2004 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that for calendar year 2003, car thieves were most active in California. Six of the nation’s 10 hottest spots for vehicle theft rates are in California, while the...
Friends + Cars = Specialty Market Success
Dec 6 2004 // Steve Marlin is in the driver’s seat of the collector-car market in Long Island. In 1999, the Deer Park, N.Y., agent, whose passion for cars led him to the presidency of the local Corvette collectors’ club,...
Auto Physical Damage
Dec 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer and Co. has a new line of auto physical damage insurance vehicle coverage for trucks, buses, emergency vehicles, (including ambulances), fire trucks, police cars, and mobile...
Court Overturns Ruling on Auto Rate Settings
Dec 2 2004 // The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling that would have reportedly given a single jury the power to set rates for auto insurance across the country. In the case of Gilchrist, et al. v. State...
S&P Affirms Horace Mann Ratings; Outlook Stable
Dec 1 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Illinois-based Horace Mann Educators Corp. and its subsidiaries to stable from negative. Standard & Poor’s also affirmed its...
Study Finds Medical Costs Driving Up Auto Injury Claims
Nov 30 2004 // A new study by the Insurance Research Council (IRC) finds that claimed losses for auto injuries have escalated at vastly different rates across four states with no-fault auto insurance regulations. From 1997 to 2002, the...
Tenn. Authorities Plan to Implement “Bait-Car” Program
Nov 30 2004 // Morristown, Tenn. authorities have announced a plan to use “bait-cars” to catch car thieves red-handed and to reduce the local car theft rate – insurance companies, noting such programs have cut the theft...
N.Y. Superintendent Calls for Auto Rate Reassessment as Fraud-Fighting Successes Drop Insurers’ Losses
Nov 23 2004 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio on Tuesday announced the commencement of an immediate and broad-based review of auto insurance rates for private passenger vehicles in New York State. Insurance companies...
Mass. Approves New Residual Auto Plan
Nov 23 2004 // After years of industry complaints and months of wrangling among regulators, carriers, voluntary agents, involuntary agents, consumers and lawmakers, Massachusetts has overhauled its system of insuring high risk...
