Latest Auto Headlines
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Oregon Drivers Spend Less than Average for Insurance
Aug 22 2003 // Oregonians spend less than the national average for personal automobile insurance, according to a recent report comparing premiums nationwide. The estimated average expenditure for personal auto insurance in Oregon was...
Cadillac Escalade SUV Drives Off As Top Theft Target, Worst Overall Theft Losses
Aug 22 2003 // According to the latest report from the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), an affiliate of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the Cadillac Escalade SUV has the most frequent theft claims among 2000-02 model...
Kemper Auto & Home Opens New Lackawanna County Facility
Aug 20 2003 // David Yeager, Director of Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell’s Action Team, participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Kemper Auto and Home, which is moving into a larger Lackawanna County facility. The...
State Auto Boards Appoint Mrozek and Couger
Aug 19 2003 // The boards of directors of Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Financial Corp. (STFC) and State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. elected Matt Mrozek and John Couger assistant secretaries of the State Automobile Mutual and State...
NYSID Issues Guidelines on Personal Auto Insurance
Aug 19 2003 // The New York State Insurance Department has issued Circular Letter #12, addressed to “All Insurers Authorized To Write Motor Vehicle Insurance In New York State; Rate Service Organizations; And Insurance Producer...
Uninsured Drivers Travel Under the Radar
Aug 18 2003 // Two things are abundantly clear when it comes to the issue of uninsured motorists: The problem is a big one and it’s nearly impossible to know with any certainty how many uninsured drivers there are on the...
N.Y. Officials Announce Indictments of Auto Body Shop Insurance Fraud Ring
Aug 14 2003 // Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, joined by Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio, announced that the owner, manager and employees of a Far...
IBC Cautions PEI Auto insurance Reforms Must Limit Regulation to Control Costs
Aug 13 2003 // The Insurance Bureau of Canada gave cautious approval to measures proposed by the government of Prince Edward Island (PEI) to address rising auto insurance claims costs, calling them a “positive step...
Mercury to Travel N.J.’s Roads to Auto Competition
Aug 8 2003 // Thursday’s announcement by Governor James McGreevey that Mercury General will begin selling automobile insurance in the Garden State confirms that the strong and positive message sent by the recent passage of the New...
Ohio Casualty’s Earnings Down $2.1 Million From Year Ago
Aug 8 2003 // Fairfield, Ohio-based carrier Ohio Casualty Corp. announced second-quarter net income of $11 million, or 18 cents per diluted share, down from a year ago’s $13.1 million, or 21 cents per diluted share. The company...
Florida-based agency specializing in Collector Vehicle insurance now offers program in 44 states
Aug 5 2003 // Florida-based agency specializing in Collector Vehicle insurance now offers program in 44 states Stuart, Florida — American Hobbyist Insurance has become a national player in the collector vehicle insurance niche,...
Florida-based agency specializing in Collector Vehicle insurance now offers program in 44 states
Aug 5 2003 // American Hobbyist Insurance has become a national player in the collector vehicle insurance niche, with program availability in 44 states and additional state filings pending. The agency offers low “collector”...
Illinois Latest to Toughen Penalties Against Uninsured Motorists
Aug 4 2003 // Illinois drivers cited three times by police for driving without proof of the mandated auto liability policy will now have their drivers’ licenses revoked, while uninsured motorists involved in an accident that...
Ark. Average Auto Rates Reportedly Lower than Most Surrounding States
Aug 1 2003 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced the existence of a lower auto rate in Arkansas than in all surrounding states, with Tennessee being the state of exception. Arkansas ranked 33rd in 2001 for the...
Florida Auto Dealer Charged with Fraud
Jul 31 2003 // The Florida Department of Financial Services announced that Michael Bander, of Pensacola, former owner of Everyone Rides Car, Truck and SUV Center, is facing charges of organized fraud, theft, retail installment sales...
N.C. Auto Rates Drop to Ninth-Lowest in U.S.
Jul 31 2003 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance noted that a report released by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) indicates that North Carolina has the ninth lowest auto insurance rates in the nation,...
New Study Reportedly Shows Lack of Reform is Corrupting N.Y. Auto System
Jul 31 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers reports that a recently completed new study shows that a lack of anti-fraud safeguards in New York State’s auto insurance system has caused New Yorkers to develop more permissive...
Alliance Again Characterizes NAIC Report on N.J. Auto Costs as ‘Misleading’
Jul 30 2003 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) state rankings of auto insurance premiums is “at best a misleading barometer of who pays how much for car insurance in New Jersey,” according to...
National American Ins. Co. to Focus on Non-Standard Personal Auto
Jul 30 2003 // Rancho Dominguez, Calif.-based National American Insurance Company of California, the primary insurance subsidiary of Danielson Holding Corporation, announced its decision to focus exclusively on the California...
2002 USDOT Results Reportedly Show Need for Crash Prevention
Jul 29 2003 // The dramatically mixed results of the most recent U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (USDOT) survey showing historic lows in crash-related injuries and historic highs...
