Latest Auto Headlines
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Taking Advantage of Tragedy: Some Individuals Turn to Fraud
Oct 22 2001 // The amount of pain and suffering that people have to deal with in the normal course is already there, then it’s compounded when people show their worst side at times like this,” said John Eager, senior director...
Independent Broker Network Joins the National Auto Agents Alliance
Oct 19 2001 // The National Auto Agents Alliance has accepted an application for affiliation from the Independent Broker Network (IBN). IBN is a 12-year old organization headquartered in San Jose, Calif. IBN founder Fred...
CDI Arrests Sacramento Woman on Alleged Fraud
Oct 19 2001 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested a Sacramento woman Oct. 10 on two counts of insurance fraud and one count of filing a false police report. Tracy...
New Coverage Can Ease Emotional, Financial Impact of Crimes Against Family Members
Oct 15 2001 // Insurance is now available to help protect Colorado families from financial loss if a loved one is the victim of one of four criminal activities. The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has unveiled Masterpiece®...
Taking Advantage of Tragedy: Some Individuals Turn to Fraud
Oct 15 2001 // The amount of pain and suffering that people have to deal with in the normal course is already there, then it’s compounded when people show their worst side at times like this,” said John Eager, senior director...
Insurance for Family Protection Now Available
Oct 12 2001 // Insurance is now available to help protect Illinois families from financial loss if a loved one is the victim of one of four criminal activities. The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies is now offering Masterpiece® Family...
Insurance Auto Auctions Accelerates Exit from Purchase Agreements
Oct 9 2001 // Illinois-based Insurance Auto Auctions Inc., a provider of insurance claims processing services and automotive salvage, announced it has accelerated its plan to discontinue offering the purchase agreement method of...
State Farm Auto Rates in Oregon Driven Up
Oct 9 2001 // State Farm auto insurance policyholders in Oregon, who are accustomed to seeing annual dividend checks, instead will see an average 5.4 percent raise in rates starting Nov. 1, the company said earlier this week. According...
Commerce Group to Take Over Mass. Personal Auto Business from Berkshire Mutual
Oct 5 2001 // The Commerce Group Inc. announced that it had entered into an agreement with Berkshire Mutual Insurance Co. to transfer Berkshire’s Massachusetts personal automobile business to its Mass. subsidiary, Commerce...
Colo. Bill Changing Car ‘Salvage’ Definition Rejected
Oct 5 2001 // The interim Transportation Legislative Review Committee defeated a bill that would have resulted in more damaged cars being sold for parts rather than being repaired. The NAII opposed a similar bill in the legislature this...
Calif. Agents Arrested for Alleged Sale of Fraudulent Auto Policies
Oct 4 2001 // A joint investigation conducted by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Investigations Bureau and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office has led to the arrest of...
AAA North Dakota Affiliates with Auto Club Group
Oct 1 2001 // During a brief closing ceremony Sept. 25, at its Fargo headquarters, AAA North Dakota officially sealed its affiliation with The Auto Club Group. The 65,000-member statewide organization joined AAA Chicago Motor Club, AAA...
Mileage-Based Auto Insurance’
Sep 30 2001 // Rule makers over at TDI are huddling these days trying to decide how best to promul-gate regulations for the pending implementation of private passenger auto insurance by-the- mile for Texas drivers. The measure was born...
NAII: Auto Rating Discount Proposal Would Penalize Calif. Drivers
Sep 27 2001 // A proposed regulation that would allow only those drivers who renew coverage with their current insurer to receive discounts would stifle competition and unfairly penalize thousands of responsible motorists in the...
Liberty Northwest Insurance Corp. Seeks Purchase of Oregon Company
Sep 27 2001 // Liberty Northwest Insurance Corporation has announced the intended purchase, pending regulatory approval, of Oregon Auto Insurance Company, along with its subsidiary North Pacific Insurance Company. As two of the largest...
Sideswipe Tales Don’t Blindside Insurer
Sep 24 2001 // Three Modesto residents, Johnny B. Slefo, 42; Wylet G. Slefo, 42; and Bernadet Younan, 37, were arrested on one charge each of insurance fraud and booked into the Stanislaus County Jail. Bail was set at $15,000 each. The...
With a Little Help from Her Friends
Sep 24 2001 // Arrest warrants were served on five local Fresno residents last week, concluding a six-month investigation that began with a referral by Geico Insurance alleging fraud on a reported theft and arson of a vehicle. The CDI...
Michigan’s First Auto Theft Forum Examines Auto Theft Trends in State
Sep 17 2001 // Experts from the insurance industry, law enforcement, automobile manufacturers and dealers, as well as prosecuting attorneys and state legislators gathered Tuesday for Michigan’s first Auto Theft Forum 2001, a...
NY Reg 68 Auto Insurance Reforms Stay Blocked
Sep 11 2001 // An Appellate Court in New York has blocked the implementation of the automobile insurance reforms contained in Regulation 68, which were due to go into force on September 1.(See IJ Website Sept. 5) Justice Peter Tom...
The Camera Never Lies
Sep 10 2001 // Following an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division, Raymond Ellis Wilson, 36, an Orange County resident, pled guilty in Orange County Superior Court to one felony count of insurance...
