Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Royal & SunAlliance U.S. Nonstandard Auto Expanding Internet Site
May 23 2000 // The personal insurance division of Royal & SunAlliance USA has successfully launched Orion AutoLink, its web-based agency interface for nonstandard auto insurance products, in 23 states where those products, marketed...
InsWeb is “Forbes Favorite” Insurance Web Site
May 19 2000 // Redwood City, Calif.-based InsWeb is the most valuable site at which to shop for auto insurance, according to Forbes. The magazine’s Summer 2000, “Best of the Web” issue lists InsWeb as the “Forbes...
E-commerce, New Auto Policy Rules Top Arizona’s 2000 Legislative Session
May 16 2000 // Highlights of the otherwise quiet 2000 legislative session for insurers in Arizona included the passage of House Bill 2069 and Senate Bill 1130–two laws that will help further online insurance sales and modify auto...
Direct Line’s Online Auto Insurance A Success
May 9 2000 // U.K. automobile insurer, Direct Line, a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBOS), announced a startling success for its 9 month old online automobile insurance venture , www.directline.com. with about a 40 percent...
St. Paul Completes Sale of Nonstandard Auto
May 3 2000 // The St. Paul Companies has completed the sale of its nonstandard auto insurance business to The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Prudential purchased the nonstandard auto insurance business marketed under the...
On the Road: Insuring RVs
May 1 2000 // It’s not just your grandparents heading down the road in a Winnebago these days. As the population of RV owners grows, so does the market and the profit margins for insurers. In the 1950s, those silver, bullet-shaped...
Snowmobiling:The New Craze Offers a Mountain of Opportunities
May 1 2000 // The snowmobile: fun and safe family transport vehicle, or the motorcycle of the Great White Outback? It all depends on whom you talk to. Snowmobilers in Canada and the United States spend more than $9 billion on their...
Rock Star Singing the Blues
May 1 2000 // Larry Ollison, a former member of the rock band The Platters, pled guilty of one felony count of insurance fraud. According to CDI fraud investigators, the 50-year-old Stockton man filed roughly 22 false claims with...
