Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mass. Seeks to Shake Image as Regulatory Outcast
Jul 5 2004 // Massachusetts officials, moving deliberately to change the image of the state as a regulatory nightmare for insurance companies and to re-make its systems to look more like those found elsewhere, are making progress even...
MASS. BIKERS LOSE AUTO CASE:
Jul 5 2004 // Motorcycle drivers upset with the way insurance rates are set in Massachusetts lost a court bid to force the state to reconsider the fairness of its rating system. The Supreme Judicial Court dismissed the complaint by the...
Fireman’s Fund Threatens Exit from Mass. Auto Market
Jul 1 2004 // The Fireman’s Fund Insurance Companies has given notice to Massachusetts officials that it intends to withdraw from the state’s personal automobile insurance market on Dec. 31, 2004, because of continuing...
N.J. Family, N.Y. Man Brake for Auto Fraud
Jun 30 2004 // New Jersey Director of Division of Criminal Justice Vaughn McKoy announced that the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has obtained an indictment charging four individuals with...
New Mass. Auto Plan On Way to Commissioner; New Safe Driver Plan Questioned
Jun 29 2004 // The board that oversees the Massachusetts auto insurance high risk facility, Commonwealth Auto Reinsurers (CAR), voted 11-2 in favor of final rules to convert the plan to an assigned risk plan on June 29. The CAR governing...
N.J. Commissioner: Auto Insurance Market Recovering; Drivers Reap Benefits
Jun 28 2004 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly Bakke predicted recently that positive financial results for a majority of companies in the auto insurance marketplace will continue to produce returns for New Jersey...
State Auto Wins ACORD Awards
Jun 24 2004 // For the third consecutive year, and the fourth time in seven years, the Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Co. took top honors at the annual ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development)...
PCI Urges R.I. Gov. to Halt Rental Car Amendment
Jun 24 2004 // A trade association representing most of Rhode Island’s largest auto insurers is urging Gov. Donald Carcieri to veto a recently passed bill because of an amendment that would impact rentals of replacement vehicles...
Ga. A.G. Reports Convictions in Motor Vehicle Records ‘Eraser’ Scheme
Jun 23 2004 // Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced the successful prosecution of a Department of Motor Vehicle Safety employee and her accomplice in a scheme centered on “fixing” motor vehicle records for...
PCI: Tenn. Auto Parts Regulation Would Make Consumers ‘Double Losers’
Jun 22 2004 // According to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), a Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance proposal requiring written permission from auto policyholders or third-party claimants to use...
N.J. MAY ADJUST MOTOR VEHICLE FINES:
Jun 21 2004 // New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreavey’s Task Force on Motor Vehicle Fines has called for adjustments to the penalties for not having proper insurance under the current Auto Insurance Reform Law. After the auto reform...
Regional Focus
Jun 21 2004 // Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill once famously said, “All politics is local.” The same could be said for the insurance industry—insurance coverage is definitely local. In addition, there...
GM TRUCKS TOP TEXAS’ STOLEN VEHICLES LIST:
Jun 21 2004 // Stressing that auto theft worries increase during summer, the Texas Department of Public Safety released its annual list of the most stolen vehicles. General Motors pickups top the list. Auto thieves don’t take a...
Changes in Billing Imminent for Colorado Policyholders
Jun 21 2004 // The Colorado Division of Insurance (DOI), responding to a recent state Supreme Court ruling, is expected to issue an emergency regulation requiring insurance companies to change the way that they bill for uninsured and...
Motor Truck Cargo
Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Safety Net Insurance Marketing Corp. announced the availability of new motor truck cargo facility to their organization. Coverage is available for owner-operators, short, intermediate and long haulers....
La. Motorcycle Helmet Bill Moves to Senate Floor
Jun 17 2004 // A push to require all motorcyclists to wear helmets in Louisiana – bogged down in the House for weeks before getting approved this week – easily speeded through a Senate committee Wednesday, receiving unanimous...
Mass. Doesn’t Know What It’s Missing In Insurance, State Official Tells Boston CPCUs
Jun 14 2004 // Massachusetts consumers and lawmakers are often unaware of the insurance advantages enjoyed in other states or the problems within their own system and need to be educated about what they are missing, according to the head...
Mass. Grants Extra 30-Days for Assigned Risk Rules
Jun 8 2004 // The board of the high risk auto insurance pool in Massachusetts has been granted an additional 30 days to finalize new rules for implementation of an assigned risk style plan. Commonwealth Auto Reinsurers (CAR), under an...
TEXAS OKAYS ISO COMM. AUTO TOOLS:
Jun 7 2004 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has cleared the way for insurers to make filings immediately using Insurance Services Office Inc.’s (ISO) commercial auto advisory information. According to ISO, its advisory...
COLORADO POLICYHOLDERS SEEK LAWSUIT OVER AUTO INSURANCE PREMIUMS:
Jun 7 2004 // In a class-action suit, a group of Colorado drivers claim that they have overpaid auto insurance premiums over the past 25 years and that they should be reimbursed for the overcharges. The 2003 suit was filed in Boulder...
