Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
International Insurance Group Launches Mexican Auto Policy Website
May 7 2001 // International Insurance Group Inc., in conjunction with Grupo Nacional Provincial (A.M. Best rated “A-9”), announced the launch of its website designed to allow agents, brokers and consumers to issue Mexico...
What the Heck is XML’
May 7 2001 // A persistent problem in delivering the insurance product quickly and accurately to the consumer is that there is no uniform way for all the players behind the scenes to communicate. There are way too many human touches and...
Oregon Court Decision Forces Insurers to Change Auto Policy Language
May 7 2001 // The Oregon Supreme Court is at it again, although on a much smaller scale. Less than two years after the Oregon high court called into question the validity of every ex-clusion in an insurance policy with its decision in...
Study Searches for Conn. Auto Rate Relief
May 2 2001 // Connecticut legislators are looking over a study, which deals with possible new ways to offer auto rate relief, including for urban area consumers who are hit with the highest bills. According to a report in The Hartford...
Conning Predicts Rise in Premium Rates for All P/C Lines
Apr 30 2001 // Conning Corporation, a provider of asset management services to insurance companies and institutional investors based in Hartford, Conn., has predicted an increase in auto insurance premiums next year, reversing a trend in...
Texas Motorcycle Market Cruises Along
Apr 30 2001 // There may be a strong parallel between learning to ride a motorcycle and insuring motorcycle operators. For the beginning rider, the first 90 days of vehicle ownership can be an especially risky period for crashes....
CALIF. COMMITTEE APPROVES LOW-COST AUTO LEGISLATION
Apr 29 2001 // A California insurance committee has approved legislation that would indefinitely extend the state’s experimental low cost auto insurance program and could drive up the number of underinsured motorists, according to...
Bay Area Trio Allegedy Conspired to Commit Fraud
Apr 29 2001 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division arrested Antioch resident Rudolfo Villasenor, 28, for felony insurance fraud and possession of dangerous drugs/narcotics, along with Ruben Rodriguez, Jr., 25, of...
Fair Oaks Man Arrested on Fraud Charge
Apr 29 2001 // Stanislav Svinarenko was booked into the Sacramento County Jail with bail set at $5,000 after being arrested on one count of insurance fraud. The Fair Oaks resident faces up to five years in state prison, with a possible...
Philadelphia Resident Caught in Auto Fraud Scheme
Apr 29 2001 // The CDI announced the arrest of John Martin by the Philadelphia Police Department Felony Warrant Detail. The arrest warrant was issued in Orange Superior County Superior Court in response to two felony charges filed by the...
Conning Predicts Rise in Premium Rates for All P/C Lines
Apr 28 2001 // Conning Corporation, a provider of asset management services to insurance companies and institutional investors based in Hartford, Conn., has predicted an increase in auto insurance premiums next year, reversing a trend in...
Phoenix Reports Highest Rate of Car Thefts in Nation
Apr 25 2001 // Based on FBI statistics, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) said the Phoenix area reported 979 auto thefts for every 100,000 of its residents last year–the worst rate in the nation. Phoenix is the...
IRC Reports Increase in Losses in NY No-Fault Auto Claims
Apr 21 2001 // According to a new study by the Insurance Research Council (IRC), a division of the American Institute for CPCU and the Insurance Institute of America, losses in Personal Injury Protection (PIP) claims rose by 79 percent...
Top 25 US Areas for Auto Theft
Apr 11 2001 // The top 25 U.S. metropolitan areas in rates of stolen vehicles last year, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s analysis of FBI figures. Listed cities include their ranking last year in parenthesis,...
This Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words
Apr 9 2001 // Following a 14-month investigation by the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch, four Southern California residents were arraigned in Los Angeles Superior Court. Lynnette Ammons, 37, of Inglewood; Anthony Graham Jr., 21, of...
AMWEST HALTS COMM. AUTO
Apr 2 2001 // Amwest Insurance Group Inc. announced March 19 that it would immediately cease writing new commercial automobile policies. The decision to discontinue this product line follows the company’s plan of reorganization...
Red-Light Runners on Film
Mar 26 2001 // Flash, flash, flash-it looks just like Oscar Night as car after car speeds through the intersection on a red light. Those of us calmly awaiting the next green shake our heads-“Can you believe that guy?” Each...
AMWEST EXITS COMM. AUTO
Mar 26 2001 // Amwest Insurance Group Inc. announced that it will immediately cease writing new commercial automobile policies. The decision to discontinue this product line follows the company’s plan of reorganization previously...
CPIA Takes National Sales & Marketing Education Conference to San Diego
Mar 26 2001 // Members of the Certified Professional Insurance Agent (CPIA) Society enjoyed a valuable National Sales & Marketing Education Conference March 7-10 in San Diego’s balmy climate. Attendees had the opportunity to...
Car Parts Monopoly Bill Defeated
Mar 23 2001 // The North Dakota House voted 74-to-22 Wednesday to reject the bill that, in its original form, would have created a car manufacturer monopoly on auto repair parts and higher costs for consumers. “The [National...
