Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Predictions for the 2001 Auto Market’
Nov 20 2000 // Predictions for the 2001 Auto Market? Enforcing Uninsured Driver Laws Should Be A Top Agenda Item What will the Texas auto market look like in 2001? The question is being asked at every professional meeting, on every golf...
Questions&Answers
Nov 20 2000 // Q We have a company that says they are not going to use the benchmark rates approved in June for residential property. Can they do that and how do the benchmarks work? A If it is a Texas Lloyds company, it is not required...
Questions & Answers
Nov 20 2000 // Q. We have a company that says they are not going to use the benchmark rates approved in June for residential property. Can they do that and how do the benchmarks work? A. If it is a Texas Lloyds company, it is not...
Baldwin Park Woman Turns Herself in For Auto Fraud, Grand Theft
Nov 15 2000 // Elvira Marcela Santamaria of Baldwin Park, Calif., turned herself in to the Tulare Superior Court, Visalia Division, after learning a five-count auto insurance fraud and grand theft warrant had been issued for her...
National Insurance Crime Bureau Lists Top Autos Targeted by Thieves
Nov 14 2000 // Thieves continue to find sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks, and mini-vans attractive targets. According to a new study conducted by the National Insurance Crime Bureau, a not-for-profit insurance organization committed...
Calif. State Auto Bureau Downgraded
Nov 13 2000 // The financial strength rating (FSR) of the California State Automobile Association Inter-Insurance Bureau was downgraded from “A+” to “A” by A.M. Best. Best indicated that the downgrade reflected a...
37 Indicted in Auto Insurance Fraud
Nov 10 2000 // An insurance fraud ring run by Ukrainian and Russian immigrants was broken up Thursday with the arrest of 22 people involved in selling cars then allegedly reporting them stolen. In all, 37 people were indicted in the...
STATE AUTO TO PURCHASE MERIDIAN
Nov 6 2000 // Meridian Insurance Group will be purchased by State Auto Financial Corp. of Columbus, Ohio. The company will pay $30 a share, or more than $228 million, to buy the large Indiana insurer. The deal brings to an end the...
Autobytel.com Forms Partnerships for New Aftermarket Internet Sales Channel
Oct 31 2000 // Irvine, Calif.-based Autobytel.com Inc. announced it had formed partnerships with EyeVelocity, Source One Marketing, and automotive aftermarket accessory manufacturers LoJack, Katzkin Leather Inc., Saddleman and Steel...
Independent currents:Scary E&O Stories (Just in Time for Halloween!)
Oct 30 2000 // I’ve sat in classes taught by Jim Harrison (insert two dozen professional designations here), one of the best insurance educators in the country. He has this little shtick that wakes up the class. He tells an ugly...
Insurance Groups Voice NAFTA Concerns
Oct 30 2000 // The provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement have been in place for several years, but Mexico and the U.S. have yet to simplify cross-border shipping by implementing a feasible cross-border insurance system...
Independent currents Scary E&O Stories (Just in Time for Halloween!)
Oct 30 2000 // I’ve sat in classes taught by Jim Harrison (insert two dozen professional designations here), one of the best insurance educators in the country. He has this little shtick that wakes up the class. He tells an ugly...
EU Demands Italy Lift Auto Rate Freeze
Oct 27 2000 // The European Commission, the European Union’s administrative arm, has given the Italian government three weeks in which to end its price freeze on automobile insurance premiums, in effect since the beginning of the...
Ohio Insurer to Meridian Insurance Group
Oct 27 2000 // Meridian Insurance Group will be purchased by State Auto Financial Corp. of Columbus, Ohio. The company will pay $30 a share, or more than $228 million, to buy the large Indiana insurer. The deal, announced late Wednesday,...
Border Crossing
Oct 23 2000 // NAFTA Still Hobbled By Stafety Concenrns, Cross-Border Insurance Isues The provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement have been in place for several years, but Mexico and the United States have yet to simplify...
Commercial Auto Rates Up; Sector Ripe for Rapid Change
Oct 23 2000 // Someone up above has been listening. How else can one explain the hardening market that has been the subject of thousands of prayers. Both agents and E&S vendors, then, should be doubly excited about the commercial...
Survey Reveals Insurers Top Fraud Concerns
Oct 20 2000 // According to a recent survey compiled by the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), medical fraud rings, staged auto accidents, arson, and workers’ comp scams top the list of fraud concerns for the...
aigdirect.com Aligns its Services with Three Auto Sites
Oct 19 2000 // American International Group Inc. announced that its member companies have entered into a number of strategic alliances to provide insurance products and services to users of leading automotive-related sites including...
JD Power’s Auto Insurance Study Goes National, Rates Customer Satisfaction
Oct 16 2000 // After testing the waters last year with its first annual California Auto Insurance Satisfaction Study, J.D. Power & Associates decided to take to the road and make this year’s survey national in...
Progressive Announces Changes to Personal Auto Programs
Oct 12 2000 // Progressive announced that effective Nov. 11, 2000, the company will make changes to its personal auto programs in both Progressive West and Progressive Marathon. These actions, which are being taken in response to...
