Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NAII Opposes RI Insurance Legislation
Feb 28 2002 // Gerald L. Zimmerman, senior counsel for the National Association of Independent Insurers, said that several insurance-related bills scheduled to be considered by the Rhode Island Senate Corporations Committee would stifle...
AAI Objects to Changes in Calif. Auto Rate Rules
Feb 27 2002 // Proposed changes to the way California allows insurers to compute auto insurance rates will result in a return to a confusing system that generates arbitrary rates, to the ultimate detriment of consumers, according to the...
Illinois Insurance Department Releases Credit History Survey Results
Feb 25 2002 // Illinois Director of Insurance Nat Shapo announced the release of the results of a survey on the use of consumers’ credit histories by the Illinois property and casualty insurance industry. In response to public...
PIFC TESTIFIES ON SALVAGED VEHICLES
Feb 25 2002 // The California Senate Insurance Committee convened a hearing with member companies of the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) to discuss how auto insurers are complying fully with state vehicle code laws...
CDI RELEASES AUTO PREMIUM SURVEY
Feb 25 2002 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced the latest edition of the Automobile Insurance Premium Comparison Survey on its Web site at www.insurance.ca.gov. The new survey provides a baseline of premium...
Truck Dealers
Feb 25 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Myers Benner has available a truck dealers program. Available on a brokerage basis. Dollars: Minimum premiums of $25,000. Carrier: Admitted. Rated “A++.” States Available: All. Contact: Brian...
Motorcycles
Feb 25 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Motorcycle Services is offering a new motorcycle program. According to the company, the program is for all types of motorbikes and offers competitive rates, high limits, great commissions and easy,...
Farmers Asks Auto Shops to Donate to Calderon’s Campaign
Feb 22 2002 // Farmers Insurance has tapped automobile repair shop owners for contributions to Assemblyman Tom Calderon’s campaign for California Insurance Commissioner, according to the Associated Press. Farmers sent letters out a...
Plymouth Rock Enters Conn. Auto Market
Feb 19 2002 // Boston’s Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp. recently received approval from the Connecticut Insurance Department to begin writing personal automobile insurance in the neighboring state. The company is in the process of...
Neb. Committee Kills Bill on Reporting Auto Insurance Cancellations
Feb 15 2002 // A Nebraska legislative committee killed a bill Feb. 13 that would have required insurers to report all auto insurance cancellations to the state. National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) Counsel Ann Weber...
Twenty-One States Introduce Bills to Ban, Restrict Use of Credit-Based Scoring
Feb 15 2002 // As of Feb. 12, 2002, 21 states have introduced bills that would ban or restrict the use of credit-based insurance scoring according to the National Association of Independent Insurers. On Feb. 13, the Minnesota House...
Calif. Car Dealer Charged with Fraud
Feb 15 2002 // Mohamad Maita, 30, turned himself in to authorities after a warrant for his arrest was issued for five felony counts of insurance fraud. He was booked into the Sacramento County Jail, with bail set at $50,000. The...
PIFC Explains Insurers’ Role for Salvaged Vehicles
Feb 11 2002 // The California Senate Insurance Committee recently convened a hearing with member companies of the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) to discuss how auto insures are complying fully with state vehicle code...
Commercial Auto Agents: Between a Rock and a Hard Market
Feb 11 2002 // The cyclical ups and downs of the multisegmented arena referred to collectively as commercial auto are nothing new. Though the years referred to as “soft” and “hard” vary in both length and...
Consumer Organization Files Suit Against Three Auto Insurers
Feb 11 2002 // Harvey Rosenfield’s California-based Foundation for Taxpayers and Consumer Rights (FTCR) filed separate lawsuits on Jan. 9 against three major auto insurers, Geico Corp., SAFECO Corp., and the Automobile Club of...
Before & NAFTA: Open Borders, Long Term Effects on Long-Haul Trucking
Feb 11 2002 // Now that Congress and the Bush administration have struck a deal to pave the way for NAFTA trucking provisions—which the U.S. had been found to be violating for most of last year—the task of actually implementing these...
Cell Phones and Commercial Auto Insurance: Leading by Example
Feb 11 2002 // If it seems like you’re seeing more drivers with phones stuck to their ears, it isn’t your imagination. There are more than 88 million cell phone users in this country —40,000 new subscribers every day—and...
AUTO FRAUD STILL RAMPANT IN CALIF
Feb 11 2002 // A new investigation by the Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) reveals widespread billing fraud and repair defects have continued across California, according to the Los Angeles Times. The 18-month investigation was spawned...
Building Profitability into the Commercial Auto Market
Feb 11 2002 // Like most property and casualty insurance lines, the commercial auto insurance market has witnessed rate increases over the past year and expects to see more. And, as in other lines, underwriters are scrutinizing accounts...
Before & NAFTA: Open Borders, Long Term Effects on Long-Haul Trucking
Feb 11 2002 // Now that Congress and the Bush administration have struck a deal to pave the way for NAFTA trucking provisions—which the U.S. had been found to be violating for most of last year—the task of actually implementing these...
