Most Popular Commercial Auto Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Commercial Auto Topic Page over the last year.
#1 AM Best: Commercial Auto Liability Drags Down Segment and it Could Get Worse
Sep 22 2025 // Commercial auto has been a dark cloud hanging over the U.S. property/casualty industry for more than a dozen years—and things are getting worse. For the 14th consecutive year, commercial auto has posted an underwriting...
#2 NYC Council Passes Bill to Lower Insurance Limits for For-Hire Vehicles
Jun 13 2025 // With urging from a coalition of for-hire vehicle drivers and companies including Uber, the New York City Council voted to lower a for-hire vehicles’ insurance requirement in hopes of lowering premiums and...
#3 NYC Mayor Adams Signs Bill Lowering For-Hire Vehicles’ Insurance Mandate
Jul 2 2025 // New York City Mayor Eric Adams has signed into law legislation reducing the auto insurance liability coverage that for-hire vehicles must carry. The new law reduces the amount of personal injury protection (PIP), or...
#4 NCDOI Fines Builders Mutual for Repeat Violations in Commercial Auto
May 22 2025 // Builders Mutual Insurance and its subsidiary, Builders Premier, have agreed to pay a $39,000 penalty after a North Carolina market conduct examination again found issues with producer licensing, nonrenewals and subrogation...
#5 Commercial Auto MGA Cover Whale Obtains $40M Equity Financing
Jul 30 2025 // Cover Whale Insurance Solutions, Inc., a managing general agency (MGA) focused on commercial auto isurance, announced $40 million in new equity financing from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. Founded in 2020, Cover...
#6 [Video] Commercial Auto Insurers Wait on Impact of Litigation Reforms
Sep 19 2025 // Many commercial auto insurers are in a holding pattern, waiting to see how some states’ litigation reforms are enacted and enforced. However, there seems to be some positive signs for buyers. Insurance...
#7 Alliant Acquires Laredo Commercial’s For-Hire Trucking Portfolio
Feb 12 2026 // Alliant Insurance Services has acquired Laredo Commercial Insurance Agency’s For-Hire Trucking portfolio, establishing the firm’s local presence in Laredo, Texas. As part of the acquisition, Steven Cadena has...
#8 AM Best: Commercial Auto Liability Drags Down Segment, and It Could Get Worse
Oct 6 2025 // Commercial auto has been a dark cloud hanging over the U.S. property/casualty industry for more than a dozen years–and things are getting worse. Commercial auto has posted an underwriting loss for the 14th...
#9 Boston Weighs Clampdown on Driverless Taxis in Threat to Waymo
Oct 31 2025 // Boston city councilors are proposing an ordinance that would require Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo and other autonomous ride-share services to have a human operator present in the vehicle. The legislation would mandate a...
#10 Rockford Mutual Launches Commercial Auto in Michigan
Oct 21 2025 // Rockford Mutual Insurance Company (RMIC) announced the official launch of commercial auto coverage in Michigan, effective immediately. With this latest addition, RMIC now offers a complete suite of commercial insurance...
#11 Driverless Taxis Are Heading to UK, but Who’s Liable When Something Goes Wrong?
Dec 11 2025 // Driverless taxis are a bit like buses. You wait ages for one, and then a fleet arrives all at once. The US firms Waymo and Uber have both said their vehicles will be on the streets of London in 2026. But as this transport...
#12 Joby Aviation Sues Air-Taxi Rival Archer in California Over Trade Secrets
Nov 24 2025 // Electric air-taxi company Joby Aviation has sued rival Archer Aviation in California state court for allegedly stealing its trade secrets, according to a complaint made public on Thursday. Joby said in the lawsuit, filed...
#13 Reliable Transportation Association Launches Lloyd’s Backed Physical Damage Program for Commercial Auto
Aug 6 2025 // New Physical Damage coverage now available in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Illinois, California, and Texas; Georgia, Florida, and additional states to follow. Warminster, PA., August 5, 2025 — Reliable...
