Latest Personal Auto Headlines
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Proposal to Replace Mass. Safe Driver Plan Unveiled; New Merit Rating System Sought by 2006
Jun 4 2004 // As anticipated in an earlier report by Insurance Journal, an arm of the Massachusetts insurance department has come up with a plan to replace the state’s current safe driver insurance plan with a new one by 2006 and...
Mass. High Risk Rules on Commissioner’s Desk; Safe Driver Plan Next on Reform Agenda
Jun 1 2004 // As expected, last week the governing committee of the high risk auto reinsurance facility in Massachusetts approved rules guiding the pool’s changeover to an assigned risk plan. Commonwealth Auto Reinsurers, known as...
Elderly Drivers Pose Growing Challenge for States and Auto Insurers
May 17 2004 // As the nation’s population ages, states are looking for ways to weed out people who shouldn’t drive. Half the states have passed some form of elderly driver restrictions, usually laws that require older...
Virginia Yanks Illegal Drivers Licenses
May 13 2004 // The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has yanked the licenses of 1,016 drivers who failed to verify they obtained their licenses legally from two clerks convicted in a license-selling scam. In December, the DMV sent...
Utah Committee Considers Uninsured-drivers Problem
May 13 2004 // A committee of legislators and state agency and insurance representatives is considering how the state might implement a plan to treat the state’s 120,000 uninsured drivers much the way financial institutions deal...
PEMCO Releases List of Top Distracting Activities for Washington Drivers
May 10 2004 // They may not think it’s safe, but most Washington drivers admit to keeping one eye and one hand on a meal while driving, according to a PEMCO Insurance poll on driver distraction released today. Eating a meal turned...
Driver-Alliant Acquires Gaddy Ward
May 5 2004 // Operating out of a single location in Lodi, Calif., Gaddy Ward & Company Insurance Brokers announced the sale of their agency to Driver-Alliant Insurance Services Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Connecticut-based...
MetLife Auto & Home Promotes Safer Teen Driving
May 4 2004 // Nearly all states have enacted graduated driver’s licensing laws, requiring parents to spend many hours in the passenger’s seat with their teens behind the wheel. For parents and teens alike, the prospect may...
R.I. Senate Votes to Close Drunk Driving Loophole
Apr 30 2004 // The Rhode Island Senate has unanimously passed a bill to hold drunk drivers accountable for injuruies and deaths they cause. Under the legislation, DNA laced blood, fluids and body tissue could be taken from suspects who...
Automakers’ Product Could Help Prevent Drowsy-Driving Crashes
Apr 19 2004 // Volvo is trying to retain its image as a leader in safety with new technology designed to help drowsy drivers. Volvo and its owner, Ford Motor Co., released results of a study on the problem at the New York Auto Show and...
ISO Symbols Rate Liability By Make and Model
Apr 19 2004 // Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has introduced a personal auto rating program carriers can use to tailor the cost of insurance for bodily injury and property damage liability and no-fault/medical payments coverage...
Gov. Granholm Gives Michigan Drivers a Pass on Insurance Proof
Apr 19 2004 // Michigan drivers who have auto insurance but can’t immediately prove it when stopped by police no longer will face a $300 fine. Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a bill that changes the state’s driver...
Colorado Bill Would Require Drivers to Buy More Insurance Coverage
Apr 8 2004 // Drivers might have to buy more insurance coverage under a bill given initial approval by members of the House on April 6. Lawmakers backed a change in the law that would say coverage for uninsured or underinsured motorists...
Federal Roads Bill Upgrades States’ Driver Safety
Apr 5 2004 // Kevin Jordan is a retired State Highway Patrol trooper who believes that learning how to drive means learning what to do when the brakes lock up. “Many kids don’t get anything more than the basic stuff, and the...
Wash. Drivers with High Incomes, Degrees Speed More Often
Apr 5 2004 // According to a PEMCO Insurance survey, the person passing you on the highway well above the speed limit is more likely to have an advanced education and earn a higher income than those traveling at safer speeds. The...
OneBeacon Expands Auto Product for Maine Drivers
Apr 2 2004 // The family with a car each for dad, mom, the college sophomore and the high-school senior. The tenant in apartment 2B who’s never had a ticket or an accident in 20 years of driving. The distracted shopper who backed...
New ISO Symbols Rate Cars By Make and Model for Liability, No-Fault/Medical Payments Insurance
Apr 1 2004 // Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO) has introduced a personal auto rating program carriers can use to tailor the cost of insurance for bodily injury and property damage liability and no-fault/medical payments coverage...
AIADA Notes Older Drivers Safety Concerns
Mar 31 2004 // The American International Auto Dealers Association (AIADA) has indicated that traffic safety of aging Americans is fast becoming one of the greatest public safety concerns of government, auto manufacturers, and insurance...
Wash. Drivers with High Incomes, Degrees Speed More Often
Mar 23 2004 // According to a PEMCO Insurance survey, the person passing you on the highway well above the speed limit is more likely to have an advanced education and earn a higher income than those traveling at safer speeds. The...
Consumer Protections Added for N.J. Drivers
Mar 22 2004 // New Jersey Governor James McGreevey took further steps Monday toward a consumer-directed, competitive auto insurance market, announcing the adoption of additional consumer initiatives as part of his auto insurance reforms...
