Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
How Car, Home Inflation Is Driving Up Loss Costs for Insurers
Feb 15 2022 // The two possessions that most concern insurers — homes and motor vehicles — happen to be the largest contributors to the historic 7.5% inflation rate announced last week. Perhaps that should be no...
Texas Supreme Court Rules Golf Cart Accident Isn’t Covered in District’s Auto Liability Policy
Feb 14 2022 // The Texas Supreme Court recently ruled that injuries suffered in a golf cart at a school isn’t covered in an auto liability policy held by the school district. In Pharr–San Juan–Alamo Independent School District,...
Court Upholds Decision Not to Certify Class in Washington Auto Case
Feb 14 2022 // The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the district court’s decision declining to certify a proposed damages class in an auto insurance diversity action in Washington involving Liberty Mutual. This case...
Georgia Theft Ring Taking Entire Moving Vans and Their Belongings
Feb 14 2022 // Georgia authorities are investigating what may be an Atlanta-based theft ring that has stolen more than two dozen moving trucks, swiping families’ entire belongings in the process. Some of the victims were en route...
FTC Files Suit Against Auto Warranty Firm, Charging Deceptive Practices
Feb 10 2022 // The Federal Trade Commission has filed a federal lawsuit against a Florida-based vehicle warranty firm and related companies, charging that the firms’ telemarketers illegally said they represented car manufacturers...
Markets: Liberty Mutual Covers ‘Last Mile’ Delivery; Roamly Serves RV Rental Firms; Next Targets Auto Repair Industry
Feb 10 2022 // Liberty Mutual Motor Cargo Product Serves ‘Last Mile’ Delivery Market Liberty Mutual Insurance has launched a motor cargo product to serve the emerging last mile and gig economy delivery segments, including the...
New Auto Insurer Sensa’s Device Analyzes Accident, Triggers Emergency Services
Feb 8 2022 // A new auto insurer is turning the tables on car manufacturers that offer insurance with their roadside and emergency services by including these accident services with its auto insurance policy. Austin, Texas-based Sensa...
Insurance Technology: Betterview Features Defensible Space; Clara Analytics Tackles Commercial Auto; Ascend Raises $30M for Premium Finance
Feb 8 2022 // Betterview, an insurtech provider of property intelligence to property/casualty insurance companies, now has available what it calls its Defensible Space feature that enables insurers using the company’s Remote...
Cost of UK Auto Insurance in 2021 at 6-Year Low, but Cost Pressures Begin to Bite: ABI
Feb 7 2022 // The average price paid by motorists for their motor insurance in 2021 fell to its lowest level in six years according to the ABI’s latest Motor Insurance Premium Tracker. However, there is evidence that sustained...
Commercial Auto Among Lines With Flattening Rates in 2022, USI Forecast Predicts
Feb 7 2022 // Although it wasn’t the headline of a commercial insurance broker’s market pricing report last month, the report’s observation that “commercial auto liability coverage rates are starting to...
Florida Senate Pushing Ahead with No-Fault Auto Repeal, Despite Last Year’s Veto
Feb 4 2022 // The Florida Senate is trying again to repeal the state’s no-fault auto insurance requirement with a bill that major insurers oppose and which the governor vetoed last year. Sen. Burgess By a vote of 10-1, the Senate...
Kemper Eyes Rate Hikes, Agency Cancellations to Regain Footing After Q4 Fall
Feb 3 2022 // Kemper Corp. said it is taking rating and other actions, including canceling some agents, as it seeks to recover from inflation-riddled fourth quarter financial results. Kemper Corp. reported a net loss of $105.8 million...
Q4 Net Income Drops 50% for Allstate on Higher Auto Claims
Feb 3 2022 // Allstate Corp. said fourth quarter 2021 net income plummeted 50% compared to results of the prior year quarter as auto claim frequency and severity increased. Adjusted net income for Q4 was $796 million compared to about...
Louisiana Department of Insurance Fines Auto Insurer $350,000 Over Improper Activity
Feb 2 2022 // Auto insurer Lyndon Southern Insurance Company has paid a maximum $350,000 fine after the Louisiana Department of Insurance performed a comprehensive market conduct examination of the company and found 32 instances of...
How Autonomous Car Companies Are Outrunning U.S. Regulators and Lawmakers
Feb 2 2022 // Self-driving vehicle companies from Tesla Inc. to General Motors Co.’s Cruise are racing to start making money with their technology, outrunning efforts by regulators and Congress to write rules of the road for...
Man Injured in 2019 New Hampshire Motorcycle Crash Sues Massachusetts Registry
Feb 1 2022 // A Massachusetts man severely injured in a 2019 crash in New Hampshire that killed seven members of his motorcycle club has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles for allegedly failing to...
Nebraska Says Trash Truck Caused $200,000 Damage to Capitol
Feb 1 2022 // State officials say a Lincoln trash truck caused more than $200,000 damage to a limestone wall at the Nebraska State Capitol. The Lincoln Journal Star reports the state filed a lawsuit last week against Uribe Refuse...
Maryland Coalition Wants End to Truck-Towing Companies Charging Huge Fees
Feb 1 2022 // A Maryland coalition of insurance interests and trucking firms is hoping a House bill will put the brakes on towing companies that haul away big trucks after accidents and charge exorbitant fees. “It is not...
California Auto Insurance Fraud Investigation Results in Charges for Couple
Jan 31 2022 // Edwin Saghian, 51, of Tarzana, California, was arraigned on Monday at the Fresno County Superior Court on five felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly setting fire to his own vehicle and then reporting it stolen...
Tesla’s Musk Tweets Off on California Regulator Lara Over Car Insurance
Jan 31 2022 // Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk thinks California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is responsible for high auto insurance rates in the state because the state does not permit consideration of its data from its auto...
