Latest Auto Headlines
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NTSB Investigating Tennessee Bus Crash that Killed Child, Driver
Oct 30 2020 // Federal and state authorities on Wednesday investigated a crash between a school bus carrying 24 children and a utility vehicle that killed the bus driver and a 7-year-old girl in eastern Tennessee. Eight other children...
California Street Racer Charged with Auto Insurance Fraud, Grand Theft
Oct 29 2020 // Michael Lynn Cooper, 55, of Ontario, Calif., was charged with multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and grand theft after allegedly misrepresenting the facts of a collision to his insurance company to receive a payout...
Startup Auto Insurer Root Raises $724.4 Million in IPO
Oct 28 2020 // Automobile insurance startup Root Inc. sold shares in its initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday at $27 apiece, above its target range, to raise $724.4 million, the company said. Root, which has $200 million in debt,...
How Auto Workers Are Keeping Factories Running and Masks On
Oct 27 2020 // When the coronavirus pandemic slammed the United States in March, the Detroit Three automakers shut their plants and brought their North American vehicle production to an unprecedented cold stop. Now, four months after a...
Texas Nonstandard Auto Insurer Placed into Receivership
Oct 26 2020 // A Travis County, Texas, judge has approved an order placing a Houston-based nonstandard auto insurer into receivership. On Oct. 21, Travis County District Judge Tim Sulak signed the application by the Texas Department of...
Black Man Shot by Iowa Police Settles Suit for $400K
Oct 26 2020 // A Black man who was shot by police outside an Iowa nightclub five years ago and alleged he was singled out because of his race has agreed to a nearly $400,000 settlement. Jovan Darnell Webb, 33, was wounded while...
LifeSaver Mobile Launches on the Geotab Marketplace
Oct 26 2020 // Solution can help Geotab customers prevent employee phone use while driving. San Jose, CA and Toronto – October 26, 2020 – LifeSaver Mobile, a leading provider of fleet safety software, today announced the availability...
ISO Business Auto Form and Endorsement Revisions
Oct 23 2020 // Effective November 1, 2020, Insurance Services Office (ISO) is introducing 19 new endorsements for its business auto program. Many of these changes are the result of requests from IIABA’s Technical Affairs...
3 More Guilty Pleas in Louisiana Staged Auto/Tractor-Trailer Crashes
Oct 23 2020 // Three more people have pleaded guilty to conspiring to stage accidents between automobiles and tractor-trailers in Louisiana, federal authorities say. Roderick Hickman, 49, of Baton Rouge; Bernell Gale, 43, of Raceland;...
Safety Regulator Vows to ‘Closely Monitor’ New Tesla Self-Driving Software
Oct 23 2020 // The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Thursday it was closely watching Tesla Inc.’s release of a software version intended to allow its cars to drive themselves, saying it stood ready to protect the public against...
Nebraska GOP Liable for Illegal Auto-Dial Calls, Regulators Say
Oct 22 2020 // State regulators have found the Nebraska Republican Party and a political consulting firm liable for making illegal robocalls in a hotly contested legislative race. The Nebraska Public Service Commission issued the ruling...
Auto Insurance Claims Satisfaction Continued to Rise During Pandemic
Oct 22 2020 // Having fewer auto insurance claims during the coronavirus pandemic appears to have given insurers time to refine their customer experience and deliver higher higher quality claims service. According to the J.D. Power 2020...
Self-Driving’s Latest Turn: GM’s Cruise Seeks OK for Cars Without Steering Wheel, Pedals
Oct 22 2020 // Self-driving car maker Cruise said on Wednesday it and majority shareholder General Motors Co. would seek U.S. regulatory approval in coming months to deploy a limited number of Cruise Origin vehicles without steering...
Ratings of Texas’ Hallmark Financial No Longer Under Review with Negative Implications
Oct 20 2020 // AM Best has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “bbb-” and the Long-Term Issue Credit Ratings (Long-Term IR) of Hallmark...
Battery Fires Make Headlines as Electric Vehicle Sales Take Off
Oct 20 2020 // First, Hyundai Motor Co. made headlines about its electric cars catching fire. Five days later, it was General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. The next day, it was BMW AG. Vehicles going up in flames aren’t new to the...
How Many Screwdrivers Do You Need?
Oct 19 2020 // If you do not do much home or auto maintenance or build furniture, or in general, you just don’t do much with hand tools for any reason, then you probably only need two screwdrivers — a Phillips #2 and a...
Maryland Auto Insurance Launches New Auto Insurance Fraud Initiative
Oct 16 2020 // Maryland Auto Insurance has launched an initiative aimed at combatting auto insurance fraud in Maryland. This comes as the FBI projects insurance fraud accounts for more than $40 billion in costs annually, according to a...
California Permits GM’s Driverless Car to Cruise Streets of San Francisco
Oct 16 2020 // The race for driverless autonomous vehicles is heating up and on Thursday Cruise became the first to receive a permit to test cars without anyone in them on the streets of San Francisco from California’s Department...
Insurance Acquisition Completes Shift Auto Retailer Deal; IPO Launches
Oct 16 2020 // Shares of Shift Technologies Inc. fell 6.7% in their Nasdaq debut on Thursday after the online used-car seller went public through a reverse-merger deal with blank check firm Insurance Acquisition Corp. Shift shares were...
Top 10 Stolen Vehicles; Ford Beats Honda
Oct 15 2020 // Car thieves have a new favorite target: the Ford full-size pickup. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s latest “Hot Wheels” report, which includes crime data from across the country, Ford...
