Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Lawmaker Files Insurance Department Transparency Bill
Mar 9 2015 // A bill filed by state Rep. Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, would require the Texas Department of Insurance to post on its website information regarding insurance rates of every residential property and personal auto insurer...
Florida Court: Proof Needed That Drivers Knew of Hit-and-Run
Mar 9 2015 // Drivers in Florida can’t be prosecuted for leaving the scene of an accident unless there is proof they knew they were in a crash. The Florida Supreme Court unanimously agreed with a lower court’s decision to...
What’s Driving Nonstandard Auto – Technology, Consolidation, Population Changes, Fuel Specialty, Opportunity
Mar 9 2015 // The nonstandard auto market is characterized by substandard operating performance. Since 2007, carriers writing nonstandard auto policies have reported deteriorating operating performance and many are struggling to...
Impact of Driving Record on Auto Insurance Cost Varies by State
Mar 9 2015 // While motorists who commit moving violations typically pay higher auto insurance costs, how much more they pay varies significantly by state, according to a report by an online insurance seller. For example, drivers who...
Trucking Safety Chief Defends Driver Rest Regulations
Mar 4 2015 // The trucking industry’s overseer is giving little ground to critics who asked Congress to loosen U.S. regulations and revise a rating system designed to root out unsafe carriers. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
Nearly 200 Distracted Drivers Ticketed in Nevada
Mar 2 2015 // Nearly 200 people in the Reno-Sparks, Nev. area were cited for distracted driving during a special enforcement effort earlier this month. The Nevada Highway Patrol and Washoe County Sheriff’s Office joined Reno and...
Uber: Hackers May Have Stolen Data on 50,000 Drivers
Mar 2 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. said its database was access by an unauthorized third party last year, resulting in the possible theft of information on 50,000 drivers. The drivers, who are part of Uber’s mobile car-booking...
Florida Court: Proof Needed That Drivers Knew of Hit-and-Run to be Charged
Mar 2 2015 // Drivers in Florida can’t be prosecuted for leaving the scene of an accident unless there is proof they knew they were in a crash. The Florida Supreme Court unanimously agreed last week with a lower court’s...
Kentucky Ignition Interlock Bill for Drunken Drivers Heads to Senate
Feb 27 2015 // The Kentucky House has passed a bill aimed at toughening Kentucky’s DUI laws by requiring convicted drunken drivers to install ignition interlock devices in their vehicles. The bill cleared the House on a 96-0 vote...
Bill Banning Texting and Driving Passes Oklahoma House
Feb 25 2015 // The Oklahoma House has overwhelmingly approved restrictions on texting while driving, despite concerns among the measure’s strongest supporters that they don’t go far enough. House members voted 96-2 for the...
City’s Refusal to Pay for Sinkhole Damage Upsets Ohio Driver
Feb 24 2015 // A truck owner says the city of Dayton should compensate him for sinkhole damage that left his truck inoperable. The Dayton Daily News reports that 52-year-old Mike McDonald is infuriated that the city rejected his $10,000...
Heading a National Ridesharing Outline a Political Gain for Jones?
Feb 23 2015 // A committee of regulators led by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is working on standards on ridesharing that departments of insurance in states across the U.S. can look to as an example. Whether the National...
Only 3 Days Jail Time for Kansas Man’s 10th Drunk Driving Conviction
Feb 22 2015 // A Kansas man convicted for the 10th time for drunken driving has been sentenced to jail, but only for three days. The Kansas City Star reports that Leavenworth County District Court Judge Gunnar Sunby sentenced 57-year-old...
Wal-Mart Driver Appeals in Bid to Delay Morgan Crash Suit
Feb 20 2015 // A Wal-Mart driver involved in a highway crash that killed a comic and severely injured actor-comedian Tracy Morgan has asked a judge to reconsider her decision not to delay Morgan’s lawsuit against the company. Truck...
Texas Issues Data Call on Named Driver Policies, Excluded Driver Endorsements
Feb 19 2015 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a special data call to obtain information from insurance companies writing private passenger automobile insurance in Texas. TDI said the information requested is in response to...
Impact of Driving Record on Auto Insurance Cost Varies Widely by State
Feb 19 2015 // While motorists who commit moving violations typically pay higher auto insurance costs, how much more they pay varies significantly by state, according to a report by an online insurance seller. For example, drivers who...
Louisiana’s ‘Sobriety Court’ Program Targets Drunk Drivers
Feb 18 2015 // State court officials in Lafayette are three months into a program designed to wean habitual drunken drivers off of alcohol. The Advocate reports it’s a program that demands sobriety and discipline from offenders who...
Texting-While-Driving Bill Moves Forward in Oklahoma
Feb 13 2015 // A measure aimed at curbing the dangerous trend of texting while driving easily passed out of an Oklahoma House committee, the bill’s author reports. House Bill 1965, by state Rep. Terry O’Donnell, strengthens...
Driver’s Licenses For Immigrants Spur Debate in New Mexico
Feb 12 2015 // Alejandro Altamirano from Durango, Mexico, has called New Mexico home for a dozen years, and it’s where his two U.S.-born daughters are being raised. But the 36-year-old dairy farmworker fears he will be forced into...
Connecticut Bill Would Bar Driving With Pet on Lap
Feb 11 2015 // Connecticut lawmakers are considering whether to make it illegal for pets to ride in a vehicle while sitting on the driver’s lap. Under a bill before the Connecticut General Assembly’s Transportation Committee,...
