Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Uber Driver Must Face Injury Claim for Picking Up Passenger 2 Feet From Curb
Oct 19 2023 // Uber and one of its New York drivers who failed to pull within a foot of the curb when picking up a passenger must face a negligence lawsuit after all. A lower court had dismissed the negligence suit against Uber and the...
S&P: Struggles in Personal Auto Insurance to Subside Slower Than Expected
Oct 19 2023 // S&P Global Market Intelligence projects that personal auto results will improve from 2022’s worst-in-decades combined ratio of 112.2%, though not as rapidly as the organization’s experts previously...
Asleep at Wheel: When a Medical Emergency Does Not Negate a Driver’s Negligence
Oct 19 2023 // A driver who suffers a sudden medical emergency and crashes into another vehicle may be held liable for the accident even if never diagnosed with the condition or never advised not to drive. If the driver knew or should...
Virginia School Bus Crash Injures 12 Children and Driver
Oct 18 2023 // A bus driver and 12 children were hurt when a school bus headed to a southeastern Virginia elementary school overturned Monday morning, officials said. City of Suffolk spokesperson Jennifer Moore said the crash happened...
NHTSA Probes Pedestrian Risks at GM’s Self-Driving Unit Cruise
Oct 18 2023 // U.S. auto safety regulators on Tuesday opened a probe into whether General Motors’ self-driving unit Cruise is taking sufficient precautions with its autonomous robotaxis to safeguard pedestrians. The National...
Driving Your Organization Forward with Advanced Analytics
Oct 18 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. A recap of AgentSync Co-Founder Jenn Knight’s panel at the 2023 Insurtech Insights Conference With the insurtech landscape becoming increasingly competitive,...
Colorado Train Derails, Spilling Train Cars and Coal onto Highway and Killing Truck Driver
Oct 17 2023 // A semi-trailer truck driver was killed when a train derailed and a bridge collapsed, spewing coal and mangled train cars across a highway near Pueblo, Colorado, on Sunday, authorities said. The driver has died, but no...
Artificial Intelligence Startup Helps Insurers Spot Cognitive Decline in Older Drivers
Oct 17 2023 // Mind Foundry Ltd., an artificial intelligence startup vying to help insurers decide which drivers should be covered, has raised $22 million in funding, the latest sign of growing demand to deploy AI in critical sectors...
Insurance Technology Is a Driver for Change
Oct 16 2023 // The insurance industry is truly a nexus for innovation. Particularly through the use of technology, it is inspiring to dive into the many ways insurance professionals across the country and the world create real-time...
Wrong-way Driver Causes Fiery Wreck in Georgia, Killing 3
Oct 12 2023 // ROOPVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A driver traveling the wrong way on a four-lane Georgia highway crashed into two other cars, killing all three drivers, state troopers said. The wreck happened Monday night on U.S. 27 near...
Summit: Big Picture Trends Driving Insuring Cannabis Conditions
Oct 12 2023 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Certain exclusions that were once prevalent in cannabis insurance seem to be eroding, possibly a sign of some good news for businesses in the industry. A group of experts gathered during...
Amtrak Train Crash into Car in Vermont Kills Driver, Injures Passenger
Oct 10 2023 // An Amtrak passenger train crashed into an SUV in southeastern Vermont, killing the SUV`s driver and injuring his passenger, authorities said. The state police said 53-year-old Craig Hudson, of Brattleboro, died in the...
Tesla Engineer Defends ‘Full Self-Driving’ Name at Crash Trial
Oct 6 2023 // A Tesla engineer in court on Wednesday rejected a lawyer’s suggestion that the company named its driver-assistant feature “Full Self-Driving” because it wanted people to believe that its systems had more...
Is Industry Prepared? Hail, Convective Storms, Population Now Driving Billions in Losses
Oct 4 2023 // Hurricanes in the East. Wildfires in the West. Those are the big disasters that grab the headlines and are driving property insurance costs and cancellations, to a large degree, right? Yes, but insurers also are seeing a...
Employer Hosting Golf Outing Not Liable for Drunk Driver, Pennsylvania High Court Says
Oct 2 2023 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to extend the state’s liquor liability law to social hosts. The high court cited a half-century of precedent in upholding lower courts in a case where an employer hosting a...
INSHUR Partners with Uber on Insurance Products for On-Demand Livery Drivers in Arizona
Sep 29 2023 // On-demand insurance platform INSHUR launched its insurance offering for on-demand livery drivers in Arizona, its second state in the U.S. following New York. This comes after the company’s acquisition of American...
Driver Pleads Not Guilty in Vermont Crash That Killed Actor Treat Williams
Sep 27 2023 // A Vermont driver pleaded not guilty to a charge in the June crash that killed actor Treat Williams. Ryan Koss, 35, could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison if he`s convicted of gross negligent operation with death...
California Governor Vetoes Bill to Have Human Drivers Ride in Autonomous Trucks
Sep 25 2023 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure that union leaders and truck drivers said would save hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state. The...
EEOC Sues UPS, Alleging Discrimination Against Deaf Drivers
Sep 25 2023 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Friday said it sued United Parcel Service for disability discrimination, alleging the delivery firm refused to hire deaf or hearing-impaired individuals as...
California Truck Drivers Ask Governor to Sign Job-Saving Bill as Self-Driving Big Rigs Are Tested
Sep 21 2023 // California lawmakers, union leaders and truck drivers are trying to steer Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom toward signing into law a proposal that could save jobs as self-driving trucks are tested for their safety on the...
