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New Auto Liability Minimums Take Effect This Year in North Carolina
Jan 15 2025 // This year, the minimum automobile liability coverage requirements in North Carolina will jump to 50/100/50, among the highest minimums in the country. The change is the result of Senate Bill 452, approved in 2023 and which...
Lawsuit Filed Against City of New Orleans Over Fatal New Year’s Truck Attack
Jan 13 2025 // Six people who were injured and the father of a man who was killed in the New Year’s truck attack filed a lawsuit Thursday against the City of New Orleans and two contractors, claiming they failed to protect revelers...
Massachusetts to Hike Some Mandatory Auto Insurance Coverage Limits in 2025
Jan 10 2025 // Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey recently signed legislation increasing the minimum coverage limits of auto insurance for some mandatory coverages. These new limits will apply to policies issued or renewed on or after...
Rising US Auto Insurance Rates Are Disproportionately Hurting Classic Car Owners:
Jan 8 2025 // The Meteoric Rise in U.S. Auto Insurance Rates is Being Subsidized by Collector Car Owners According to Classic & Collector Insurer OpenRoad Standard auto insurers continue their efforts to recover from the...
Clearcover Expands Non-Standard Auto Coverage to Texas
Jan 8 2025 // Digital car insurer Clearcover announced the launch of Clearcover General Agency to serve the non-standard auto insurance market in Texas. Policies will be underwritten by Old American County Mutual Fire Insurance Company,...
Man Is Charged With Truck Arson While Out on Bail on Other Arson Charge
Jan 7 2025 // A Maine man out on bail for an April 2024 arson charge has been charged with a new arson incident. According to officials, on the evening of January 5, the Maine State Fire Marshal (FMO) assisted with an investigation of...
New Orleans Barriers to Prevent Vehicle Attacks Were in the Process of Being Replaced
Jan 3 2025 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Seven years ago, New Orleans officials began installing adjustable barriers at intersections in the famed French Quarter to temporarily prevent vehicles from entering the tourist area where the narrow...
Investigation After Train Hits Fire Truck in South Florida, Injuring 15
Jan 2 2025 // Three firefighters and a dozen passengers were injured in Florida last week when a fire truck with its lights flashing drove around rail crossing arms and into the path of a high-speed passenger train after waiting for...
‘Baby Driver’ Actor Hudson Meek Remembered After Fall From Car in Alabama
Dec 30 2024 // VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) — Teenage actor Hudson Meek has died after he fell out of a moving vehicle in Alabama, authorities said. Meek, 16, was hurt on Dec. 19 while on a street in Vestavia Hills, a suburb of...
Customs Agents Seize 22,000 Fake Vehicle Inspection Stickers Shipped From Israel
Dec 30 2024 // The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said it has seized more than 20,000 counterfeit Pennsylvania vehicle inspection stickers that were shipped from Israel to an address in Philadelphia. Customs officers found the...
New Texas Law Eliminates Annual Vehicle Safety Inspections
Dec 27 2024 // Most Texas drivers will no longer be required to have their cars pass an annual safety exam after state lawmakers removed the rule from Texas code. Texas is one of 15 states that mandate annual inspections for...
People Moves: B. F. Saul Hires Horcher; Maryland Auto Appoints Brown
Dec 26 2024 // John Horcher, Jr. B.F. Saul Insurance, headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, appointed John Horcher, Jr. as a commercial lines producer. Horcher is based in Philadelphia. Horcher’s previous roles include vice...
California’s Lemon Law Is Changing and Car Buyers Have Fewer Protections
Dec 26 2024 // The year 2025 is shaping up to be a confusing one for Californians unlucky enough to buy a new or used car that turns out to be a clunker. Starting Jan. 1, car buyers who purchase a faulty vehicle will have to navigate a...
Auto Insurer’s Online System Breach Tied to Unemployment Fraud
Dec 20 2024 // Noblr, a USAA Insurance subsidiary offering insurance through an online quoting application, will pay $500,000 following a data breach that New York officials say affected 80,000 people and led to fraudulent unemployment...
California Man Sentenced to 16 Years for Auto Insurance Fraud
Dec 20 2024 // A California man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for filing false claims on dozens of auto collisions. Jacob McNabb, 33, of Bakersfield, was sentenced following a jury’s guilty verdict on four felony counts...
Car Crashes in Foggy Weather Injure 33 People Near New Orleans
Dec 19 2024 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Several people were injured Tuesday morning after foggy conditions contributed to several car crashes that forced the closure of the 24-mile-long (38.6-kilometer-long) bridge connecting the north and...
NHTSA to Extend Airbag Probe Rather Than Require Vehicle Recall
Dec 19 2024 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday it will not seek an immediate recall of airbag inflators in about 50 million U.S. vehicles assembled by 13 automakers and instead will conduct further...
Trump Transition Recommends Scrapping Car-Crash Reporting Requirement
Dec 18 2024 // The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s Tesla, according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could cripple the...
Massachusetts Charges 12 With Running $2.6 Million High-End Car Theft Ring
Dec 17 2024 // Massachusetts law enforcement officials report that 12 individuals identified as stealing 63 high-end vehicles totaling more than $2.6 million have been arraigned. Another individual related to the investigation has an...
New Orleans Attorneys Accused of Staging Car Accidents in Insurance Fraud Scheme
Dec 13 2024 // Eight people and two law firms have been charged in what authorities say was more than a decade-long scheme of staging vehicle crashes in the New Orleans area and then submitting fraudulent insurance claims, leading to...
