Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Auto Insurance Customer Loyalty Is Declining. Here’s Why.
Oct 15 2019 // Last year more than $6 billion in advertising was pumped into the marketplace to encourage consumers to shop and switch their auto insurance providers. Everywhere consumers look, they are being hit with insurance ads –...
Donelon Re-Elected to Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Post
Oct 14 2019 // Louisiana voters have re-elected Jim Donelon to the post of insurance commissioner, an office he has held since 2006. In the election held on Oct. 12, Donelon received 53.5% of the statewide vote, compared with 46.5% of...
Travelers Joins MIT Research Groups Focused on Autonomous Transportation
Oct 10 2019 // The Travelers Companies has joined the Advanced Vehicle Technology (AVT) Consortium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE), organizations working to advance...
Replacing Car Mirrors With High-Tech Cameras May be Closer Than It Appears
Oct 10 2019 // Drivers in the U.S. may one day no longer have to crane their necks to check their blind spots if regulators agree to let high-tech cameras and screens replace the humble side-view mirror. The National Highway Traffic...
Texas Regulators Warn of Auto Insurance Phone Scam
Oct 9 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance is alerting consumers about a phone calling scam being perpetrated by a group claiming to be the Consumer Insurance Association. The calls offer to lower the recipient’s auto...
Insurers Named as Defendants in Challenge to Michigan Auto Insurance Law
Oct 7 2019 // Crash victims and a brain-injury rehabilitation facility challenged Michigan’s new auto insurance law on Oct. 3, contending that pending limits on reimbursement rates for nursing and other care violate their...
Ohio Home, Auto Insurance Rates Remain Below National Average, Department Says
Oct 7 2019 // Home and auto insurance rates continue to run well below the national average, according to Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment. Data from the top 10 insurance groups in the state show that in Ohio the...
Donelon: Tort Reform Needed to Fix Louisiana’s Auto Insurance Crisis
Oct 7 2019 // When Louisiana voters go to the polls on Oct. 12, they will have a choice between two Republican opponents in the race for insurance commissioner: current commissioner, Jim Donelon, a former state legislator who has held...
Regulators Looking Into Reports of Tesla ‘Smart Summon’ Parking Lot Incidents
Oct 4 2019 // U.S. regulators are looking into parking lot crashes involving Tesla Inc. cars driving themselves to their owners using the company’s Smart Summon feature, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)...
NTSB Calls for National Safety Standards for Limousines Following New York Crash
Oct 3 2019 // The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday called for new national requirements for seating and seat belt systems on limousines, citing evidence gathered in investigations of accidents in New York, Illinois and...
Louisiana Auto Insurance Provider, GoAuto, to Lower Rates
Oct 3 2019 // A rate reduction has been approved for the Louisiana-based auto insurance provider, GoAuto, the Louisiana Department of Insurance reports. The 3.6% rate reduction for GoAuto Insurance Co. impacts 74,000 Louisiana drivers....
Bridge in Eastern Taiwan Collapses; Divers Search for Victims
Oct 2 2019 // A towering arch bridge over a bay in eastern Taiwan collapsed Tuesday, sending a burning oil tanker truck falling onto boats in the water below. An air force helicopter, fishing vessels and more than 60 military personnel,...
American Family Insurance Closes Acquisition of Wisconsin’s Ameriprise Auto & Home
Oct 1 2019 // American Family Insurance Mutual Holding Co. (American Family Insurance) has completed its purchase of Wisconsin-based property/casualty insurer, Ameriprise Auto & Home (AAH). American Family Insurance is based in...
Watch Out Insurtechs: Nationwide Readies Own Digital Auto Insurance Platform
Oct 1 2019 // Nationwide plans on striking hard against digital insurer upstart competitors with the debut of Spire, a digital auto insurance platform with an eye on millennial customers. Spire, which will be rolled out in the 2019...
Des Moines, Iowa, to Pay $90K to Settle Suit Over Man Killed by Fleeing Driver
Sep 30 2019 // Des Moines, Iowa, will pay $90,000 to settle a lawsuit over the death of a man killed when the vehicle he was driving was struck by a car being chased by police. The City Council has approved settling the October 2017...
1 Simple Step to Lose Customers if That’s What You Want
Sep 25 2019 // There’s something wrong with the insurance buying process. That’s not really accurate. There’s a lot wrong with the insurance buying process. Specifically, the process of getting personal auto insurance...
Mississippi Woman Ordered to Pay $2M Over Car Crash Caused by Loose Donkey
Sep 25 2019 // A Mississippi woman whose loose donkey caused a fatal car crash has been ordered to pay more than $2 million in a wrongful death lawsuit last month. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports K.K. Henderson Kent was sued by Sandra...
California Commissioner: Data Shows ‘Disturbing’ Disparities in Auto Insurance Discounts
Sep 24 2019 // The California Department of Insurance on Tuesday released data from an investigation showing what the CDI is calling “wide socioeconomic disparities” in auto insurance group discounts offered to millions of...
Michigan Classic Auto Insurer, Hagerty, Driving Into the Future
Sep 23 2019 // Traverse City, Michigan-based Hagerty is evolving to adapt to a changing automotive world. “Our mission as a business is to save driving and car culture for future generations,” said McKeel Hagerty, CEO....
Louisiana Commissioner Donelon: Tort Reform Needed to Fix Auto Insurance Crisis
Sep 20 2019 // When Louisiana voters go to the polls on Oct. 12, they will have a choice between two Republican opponents in the race for insurance commissioner: current commissioner, Jim Donelon, a former state legislator who has held...
