Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NAII: Auto Rating Discount Proposal Would Penalize Calif. Drivers
Sep 27 2001 // A proposed regulation that would allow only those drivers who renew coverage with their current insurer to receive discounts would stifle competition and unfairly penalize thousands of responsible motorists in the...
2000 Market Share For Insurers in Texas
Sep 3 2001 // The books are closed on 2000 Texas premium and loss information for the insurance industry. IIAT’s annual review of market share data contains a few surprises, some good news and some bad news. Here are the...
Report Private Ambulance Drivers Favor Their Own NYC Hospitals
Jun 27 2001 // A report in The Village Voice details the problems confronting New York City’s emergency services, focusing on the marked tendency of private ambulance drivers to bring injured, but insured, emergency victims to...
AIA Urges NY Governor To Veto Bill Removing Drunk Driving Benefit Exclusions
Jun 26 2001 // The American Insurance Association has urged NY Governor George Pataki to veto a bill passed by the Assembly and the Senate, which would remove the current exclusion of benefits for drunk drivers under the State’s...
NY Assembly Votes To Ban Driver Cell Phone Use
Jun 26 2001 // By a vote of 125 to 19 the New York State Assembly followed the lead of the Senate, and passed a bill banning the use of cell phones by automobile drivers. Governor Pataki is expected to sign the bill next week. It would...
Auto Club Says Calif. Teen Driving Law Could Prevent Nearly 100,000 Crashes in Next Decade
Jun 22 2001 // According to the Automobile Club of California California’s Graduated Driver Licensing Law (GDL), one of the toughest teen driving laws in the nation, will have a major impact on the number one killer of teens...
Robert F. Driver Co. Sold to Alliant Resources
Jun 11 2001 // One of San Diego’s best-known independent insurance brokerage firms, Robert F. Driver Co. Inc., is becoming part of Alliant Resources Group Inc., an insurance brokerage and financial services distribution...
Alliant Resources Group Acquires Robert F. Driver Company
Jun 6 2001 // The insurance brokerage and financial services distribution company Alliant Resources Group Inc. announced its acquisition of San Diego-based Robert F. Driver Co. Inc., one of the largest independent insurance brokerage...
Driving Up the Wrong Alley
May 7 2001 // California Insurance Commissioner Harry W. Low announced the filing of a formal legal complaint by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) against Abraham and Associates Insurance Services Inc., and its owner, Mark...
Drivers Protected With Use of Traffic Cameras
Apr 28 2001 // An Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study released April 26 reveals that cameras capturing red-light runners may also stop collisions and injuries, as reported by the Associated Press. Focusing on the California city...
Progressive Survey Finds Agents Still in the Driver’s Seat
Feb 27 2001 // Results of an extensive countrywide survey by Progressive Insurance show that while people ages 18 to 34 were more likely to use the Internet to purchase auto insurance than people ages 35 to 64, a majority of consumers...
MetLife Offers Cash, Bonds to Teen Drivers
Jan 22 2001 // MetLife Auto & Home announced that it is introducing the company’s “Teens on the Road to Safety” program to insureds in the states of Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Missouri, Oregon, and...
Allstate, Progressive To Raise Rates For SUV, Pickup Drivers
Dec 4 2000 // Auto insurance giants Allstate and Progressive will raise liability premiums for sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks and big vans because of evidence they cause more damage in accidents. Until now, drivers with similar...
Missouri Uninsured Driver Rate Down 18 Percent in 1999
Nov 22 2000 // Missouri’s projected rate of uninsured passenger vehicles dropped by 18 percent—or 63,000 autos—during 1999, reaching the lowest levels since the state enacted its current mandatory insurance law in 1987,...
AIG IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT
Oct 30 2000 // American International Group Inc. announced that its member companies have entered into a number of strategic alliances to provide insurance products and services to users of leading automotive-related sites including...
Progressive Announces Changes to Personal Auto Programs
Oct 12 2000 // Progressive announced that effective Nov. 11, 2000, the company will make changes to its personal auto programs in both Progressive West and Progressive Marathon. These actions, which are being taken in response to...
Personal Auto Profits Plummet
Aug 14 2000 // As Losses Top 66 Percent Will Texas Soon Bench the Benchmark System? Personal auto losses increased last year in 35 of 51 markets across the country, making for an average pure loss ratio of 65.6 percent, the highest level...
Devious Drivers
Jun 26 2000 // Following an 18-month investigation by the CDI Fraud Division, 11 suspects have been arrested for insurance fraud as well as conspiracy in connection with an auto drag-racing team. Investigators were assisted by the San...
Driver Co. Forms Alliance with Affinity
Jun 2 2000 // The San Diego-based Robert F. Driver Co. Inc. announced the formation of a strategic alliance with Affinity Insurance Services LLP. Driver, one of the largest independent insurance brokerage operations in the U.S., will...
AIA Urges Action on Cost Drivers
May 18 2000 // Rising liability costs are driving up New York City auto insurance rates, according to testimony by the American Insurance Association before the Assembly Insurance Committee. New York City bodily injury claims are much...
