Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Taiyo Fire Remains In Auto Insurance
Aug 7 2000 // Taiyo Fire & Marine Insurance Co. has decided against its earlier plan to withdraw from the Japanese auto insurance business. The company reportedly made the decision based on the belief that collecting sufficient...
Are Calif. Agents Giving Low-Cost Auto the Cold Shoulder’
Aug 7 2000 // California’s low-cost auto insurance program is off and running, but a major question has already come up regarding those agents who are certified to write business for the program-how willing are they to actively...
I hate buying a new car. It is just an ugly process.
Aug 7 2000 // You see, the Chivvis household is expecting a second child in November and you know what that means. That is, aside from the crying, feeding and changing and consequent lack of sleep. That’s right. It’s time to...
State Farm Cuts Auto Rates in California
Aug 4 2000 // Further evidence that the personal auto market is far from making a complete turn: State Farm, California’s largest insurer of passenger cars, will drop rates in the state an average of 5.0 percent, effective Sept....
Missouri Auto Rate Guides Available for Consumers
Aug 3 2000 // Insurance agents wanting to assist consumers can point them in the direction of Missouri’s new insurance rate guides. Agents can also use the guides as benchmarks for their current offerings. The guides—with...
MetLife Auto Home Unveils New Advertising Campaign
Aug 3 2000 // MetLife Auto & Home began airing a new television and radio advertising campaign featuring Snoopy to build awareness that “all auto insurers are not the same” and to promote its Coverage Plus and...
Priceline, Berkley to Offer Online Auto Insurance
Aug 2 2000 // Internet retailer Priceline.com and insurer W.R. Berkley Corp. plan to offer car insurance online through a new joint venture called Priceline.com Auto Insurance Agency Inc. The new venture will pay Priceline.com an annual...
Auto Parts Distributor Files Lawsuit, Declares Replacement Parts Ruling Invalid In California
Aug 2 2000 // Collision Parts Network, a Fresno auto parts distributor, filed a lawsuit asking a California Supreme Court to declare the 1999 Illinois court decision that resulted in insurers suspending their use of competitive...
Volunteer Workforce, Lifeblood of the Nonprofits, Needs Special Coverages
Jul 24 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...
Senn Orders Investigation of Improper Denial of Auto Injury Claims
Jul 19 2000 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn has ordered her staff to investigate national allegations that auto insurers rely on “medical reviews” performed by laypersons to deny insurance benefits to...
Danish Thief Entitled to Insurance
Jul 19 2000 // The Danish Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a car’s insurance covers anybody who rides in it – even a thief. Last month, the court ruled that a man severely injured during a crash in a stolen car is entitled to...
Illinois Health Insurance Complaints Up; Auto & Homeowners Down in ’99
Jul 13 2000 // Consumer complaints to the Illinois Department of Insurance increased by nearly 8 percent in 1999, according to complaint information released today by Director Nathaniel S. Shapo. The Department investigated 14,867 cases...
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...
