Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.J. Governor Again Hails Auto Improvements
Apr 7 2004 // New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey and Commissioner Holly C. Bakke are celebrating what they say are two milestones on the road to a consumer-directed auto insurance marketplace – more than $100 million returned...
N.J. Couple Driven to Auto Accident Settlement Monies Fraud; Managed to Net More Than $25,000
Apr 7 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a former Middlesex County-based insurance company employee and her boyfriend have been charged by the Division of Criminal Justice -Office of Insurance Fraud...
Mass. Gov. Romney Vows Action on Auto Market
Apr 6 2004 // Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney renewed his call for reform of the state’s auto insurance system yesterday and vowed to introduce a plan to introduce competitive rating and modify the subsidies good drivers now...
Federal Roads Bill Upgrades States’ Driver Safety
Apr 5 2004 // Kevin Jordan is a retired State Highway Patrol trooper who believes that learning how to drive means learning what to do when the brakes lock up. “Many kids don’t get anything more than the basic stuff, and the...
How Healthy is the Mass. Auto Market’
Apr 5 2004 // In a state where independent agents write 80 percent of private passenger auto insurance, agents are worried about attracting more capital. While thinking about this question, consider the following facts: only 19...
Public Auto
Apr 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Glendale, Calif.-based general agent KF&B Inc. announced a new public auto program. The program underwrites charter and sightseeing buses, limousines, tour vans, and various types of shuttle vans....
Florida OIR Charges Ahead with Credit Score Workshop
Apr 5 2004 // Give the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) credit, it has been a good listener when it comes to questions and concerns on the role of credit scoring. During a rule development workshop last month in Tallahassee,...
Mich. Auto Insurers Failing to File Data Face Penalties
Apr 5 2004 // Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) Commissioner Linda Watters said that two insurance companies that failed to submit information requested through an auto insurance data call by March 15, 2004 now...
Flood, Credit Rank Among Top 2004 Maryland Issues as Session Ends
Apr 5 2004 // As the 2004 Maryland legislative session draws to a close, a myriad of property/casualty insurance bills reportedly benefiting consumers in providing disaster relief and fair underwriting and rating practices are...
OneBeacon Expands Auto Product for Maine Drivers
Apr 2 2004 // The family with a car each for dad, mom, the college sophomore and the high-school senior. The tenant in apartment 2B who’s never had a ticket or an accident in 20 years of driving. The distracted shopper who backed...
PCI Study Examines State Residual Auto Markets
Apr 2 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has released its analysis of “residual auto market populations” and has found a connection between such assigned risk plans and state rating laws. The study...
IBC to Focus on Auto Theft, Organized Crime
Apr 2 2004 // The Insurance Bureau of Canada has announced plans to concentrate its investigative efforts exclusively on auto theft and organized crime, and has therefore discontinued investigations of individual claims as of April...
Dozens Arrested for Auto Body Insurance Fraud in Northern California
Apr 1 2004 // A multi-agency enforcement unit conducted a sweep April 1 that has to date resulted in the arrests of 27 suspects following a year-long undercover investigation into auto body insurance fraud. Warrants were issued by the...
New ISO Symbols Rate Cars By Make and Model for Liability, No-Fault/Medical Payments Insurance
Apr 1 2004 // Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO) has introduced a personal auto rating program carriers can use to tailor the cost of insurance for bodily injury and property damage liability and no-fault/medical payments coverage...
Former Mass. Official D’Amato Heads Consumer Group
Mar 31 2004 // A former director of the State Rating Bureau (SRB) within the Massachusetts Division of Insurance and frequent critic of the industry and its regulators has signed on to be executive director at the Center for Insurance...
AIADA Notes Older Drivers Safety Concerns
Mar 31 2004 // The American International Auto Dealers Association (AIADA) has indicated that traffic safety of aging Americans is fast becoming one of the greatest public safety concerns of government, auto manufacturers, and insurance...
Colorado Legislature Preserves Access to Motor Vehicle Reports
Mar 30 2004 // The Colorado Legislature defeated a bill (SB-52) on March 30 that would have kept Motor Vehicle Reports (MVRs) confidential for up to the first six points of driving violations, according the American Insurance Association...
Nine “Insider Insurance” Conspirators Arrested in California
Mar 30 2004 // State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the arrests of nine suspects today by the California Urban Auto Fraud Task Force for embezzlement, conspiracy and tax evasion in connection with an...
I.I.I. Reports Auto Insurance Rate Increases Dropping By More than Half
Mar 30 2004 // The cost of auto insurance is expected to rise by 3.5 percent in 2004, the smallest increase in four years, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). The declining number of auto accidents due to better...
MetLife Auto & Home in Alliance with Home Depot
Mar 25 2004 // MetLife Auto & Home and The Home Depot announce that they will be joining forces to provide repair materials and installation services for MetLife Auto & Home customers. This enhanced service will be available...
