Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Progressive Awarded Second Patent for Usage-Based
Jul 13 2000 // The United States Patent Office has awarded Progressive Casualty Insurance Company, a subsidiary of The Progressive Corporation, a second patent for its usage-based auto insurance rating system. This system, known as...
AIA Contributes To Successful Israeli-Palestinian Summit on Auto Insurance
Jul 11 2000 // While the Camp David summit is getting underway, joint talks between Israeli and Palestinian officials on reducing conflict in the compensation of traffic accident victims came to a successful conclusion in the Gaza...
Calif. Low-Income Car Insurance Pilot Program Launches Tomorrow
Jun 30 2000 // A plan geared to reduce the number of uninsured motorists in Los Angeles and San Francisco will begin Saturday, with civic leaders nationwide watching closely to see if it might work in their communities. The program,...
Esurance Expands Auto Insurance Into Five States
Jun 27 2000 // Esurance Inc., an Internet-exclusive provider of personal insurance, is expanding its auto insurance coverage area to five states with the addition of Colorado, Oregon, Minnesota, Virginia and Washington. Esurance now...
CBSI, Response Insurance to Provide Banking Industry Auto Insurance Program
Jun 27 2000 // Veteran bank market specialist CBSI has teamed with Response Insurance to jointly market auto insurance through consumer banking institutions. CBSI, located in Harrison, NY, will promote Response’s auto insurance...
Texas Holds Its Own in Insurance Rates
Jun 26 2000 // A closer inspection of NAIC auto premium data reveals something much different than what the consumer media reported When the National Association of Insurance Commissioners released its 2000 report, State Average...
U.S. Attorney Cracks $1.3 Million Auto Body Repair Scam
Jun 22 2000 // A Worcester, Mass. man was charged Wednesday with operating an auto body shop that routinely inflicted damage on cars brought in for repair and defrauded insurance companies by submitting false claims for the extra...
The Hartford, Sears Team To Sell Home, Auto Insurance
Jun 15 2000 // The Hartford Financial Services Group and Sears, Roebuck & Co., have signed an agreement to market home and auto insurance to Sears’ 60 million customers. The insurance products will be marketed under the Sears...
Colonial Now Offers Southern Californians Opportunity to Shop for Auto Policies Online
Jun 15 2000 // Colonial Services Insurance Agency recently launched its web site, www.insurance4california.com, giving Southern California residents the chance to shop for—as well as purchase—automobile insurance policies...
I.I.I. Economist Comments on First Quarter 2000 Results
Jun 14 2000 // The property/casualty insurance industry reported a statutory rate of return of 7.0 percent (on an annualized basis) during the first quarter of 2000, down from 10.7 percent in same quarter of 1999 but up from 6.6 percent...
N.Y. Judge Overturns Car Insurance Rules
Jun 13 2000 // Stricter no-fault auto insurance regulations in New York state were overturned yesterday by a judge who ruled that state insurance officials had not considered the impact on injured people and the doctors who treat...
State Farm to Return Over $1 Billion to Policyholders
Jun 13 2000 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. will pay dividends of just over $1 billion to auto insurance policyholders in 49 states, the District of Columbia and three Canadian provinces. The return of premiums, approved...
Homeowner Policy Sales Make a Successful Online Debut
Jun 12 2000 // One of the most recent “firsts” in online insurance transactions is the opportunity for consumers to actually bind homeowners policies online. Homesite Insurance holds the distinction of being the first company...
AXA To Raise Irish Auto Rates
Jun 9 2000 // AXA subsidiary, AXA Ireland, which was formerly a part of the Guardian Royal Exchange Group, acquired by AXA’s Sun Life and Provincial Holdings last year, announced a 5 percent rise in premiums on Irish automobile...
NICB Report Shows Higher Risk for Vehicle Theft in Port and Border Communities
Jun 7 2000 // The NICB analysis reported that close to 450,000 cars and trucks were stolen countrywide in 1998 in metropolitan areas with ports or close to international borders. Each year more than 200,000 vehicles are exported...
Managed Auto Repair Seen as Best Hope for Salvaging Collision Repair Process
Jun 7 2000 // These problems, along with the prospect of huge profits, have given consolidators — repair shop aggregators — the impetus to overhaul the collision repair process through a managed auto repair initiative. The...
Repo Man Pays an Unwelcome Visit
May 29 2000 // Rickki Chantelle Saulsby of Citrus Heights was arrested and booked into Sacramento County Jail on two felony counts of insurance fraud. According to CDI fraud investigators, Saulsby submitted a claim to 21st Century...
Moratoriums Add Up in Calif.’s Nonstandard Market
May 29 2000 // Could it be that the California nonstandard auto market is hardening? Looking back to the beginning of the year, many companies lowered their personal auto rates in California in an effort to gain market share, but...
Volunteer Workforce,Lifeblood of the Nonprofits, Need Special Coverages
May 29 2000 // Volunteers-without them, most nonprofit organizations would not exist. They are the common soil in which most mainstream nonprofits are planted, providing services in countless different areas. Yet although...
State Farm Funds Study on Child Car Seat/Safety
May 24 2000 // State Farm Insurance Companies has shared claims data with The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia on approximately 200 children of policyholders who agreed to participate in a multi-year, collaborative research...
