Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Court Nixes Workers’ Compensation for ‘Light Beer’ Drinking UPS Driver
Dec 11 2024 // A United Parcel Service (UPS) driver who was intoxicated when he crashed his semi-trailer delivery truck has been denied workers’ compensation benefits. Delaware Superior Court Judge Kathleen Vavala last week...
Georgia Parents and Teen Indicted in Fatal Drunk Driving Crash
Dec 6 2024 // DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia couple has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after authorities say they let their daughter and her friends drink alcohol before they got in a fatal car crash that left one of them...
South Carolina Drunk Driver Who Hit Bride on Wedding Day Sentenced to 25 Years
Dec 4 2024 // A woman who admitted to drinking and who was driving well over twice the speed limit when she smashed into a golf cart, killing a bride who had just got married at a South Carolina beach, was sentenced Monday to 25 years...
NYC Man Charged With Insurance Fraud in Staged Car Crash Captured by Dashcam
Dec 2 2024 // A New York City man has been charged with staging a car accident for insurance fraud purposes in a case that received wide publicity after the victim shared dashboard camera footage of the crash, authorities...
Missouri Insurance Department Cautions Drivers to Look Out for Deer
Nov 25 2024 // The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance is cautioning drivers to be on the lookout for deer and other wild animals as temperatures drop and nights become longer. “Dawn and dusk are the most susceptible...
AM Best Improves Outlook on US Personal Auto Segment to ‘Stable’
Nov 25 2024 // Insurance rating agency AM Best today said it has shifted its outlook of the U.S. personal auto insurance segment to stable from negative thanks to improving loss ratios of the top 20 carriers this year. Underwriting...
Colorado Department of Transportation Report: Decline in Dangerous Driving Habits
Nov 22 2024 // Highway safety officials in Colorado are seeing a slight decline in a number of dangerous driving practices, such as driving while intoxicated, failing to use seat belts and speeding. A poll by the Colorado Department of...
Trump Team Is Seeking to Ease US Rules for Self-Driving Cars
Nov 19 2024 // Members of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team have told advisers they plan to make a federal framework for self-driving vehicles one of the Transportation Department’s priorities, according to...
Judge Reduces UPS Driver’s $237.6M Bias Verdict to $39.6M
Nov 18 2024 // A federal judge reduced a $237.6 million jury award against United Parcel Service to $39.6 million in the case of a Black former driver who accused the package delivery company of workplace bias and wrongful firing. In a...
Driver Dies in Crash Off Hurricane-Damaged North Carolina Highway
Nov 15 2024 // A driver has died after going around a barricade and driving off the edge of a hurricane-damaged North Carolina highway that became a symbol of Hurricane Helene’s destruction. Photos of Interstate 40 with multiple...
NYC Man Charged With Insurance Fraud in Staged Car Crash Captured By Dashcam
Nov 12 2024 // A New York City man has been charged with staging a car accident for insurance fraud purposes last month in a case that received wide publicity after the victim shared dashboard camera footage of the crash, authorities...
SC Man Sentenced for Targeting Drivers in Parking Lot Insurance Fraud Scheme
Nov 7 2024 // A 44-year-old South Carolina man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to an auto insurance fraud scheme that targeted elderly drivers in parking lots. In 2020 through 2022, Cornelius Jones, 44, of...
Massachusetts Voters Allow Uber, Lyft Drivers to Unionize
Nov 7 2024 // Massachusetts voters on Tuesday approved a ballot measure that would allow ride-share drivers to unionize, becoming the first U.S. state to allow drivers for app-based companies like Uber and Lyft to do so. With 94% of...
Uber Proposes Cutting NYC Driver Minimum Pay on Lower Gas Prices
Nov 5 2024 // Uber Technologies Inc. is proposing a cut to New York City drivers’ base pay rate, among other recommendations, as it seeks to lower prices of rides in one of its largest markets. The company would like the...
New Gallagher Re-Bitsight Report Identifies Cyber Footprint as Claims Driver
Oct 29 2024 // A new report from Gallagher Re has found that cyber insurers could reduce loss ratios up to 16% by removing most-at-risk entities. Using independent analysis of cybersecurity performance data provided by Bitsight in...
Lyft to Pay $2 Million to Resolve FTC Suit Over Driver Pay
Oct 28 2024 // Lyft Inc. agreed to pay $2.1 million to resolve a lawsuit by the US Federal Trade Commission accusing the ride-hailing company of deceiving drivers about how much they would earn when consumer demand picked up after the...
Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ Faces Defect Probe After Fatality
Oct 18 2024 // The US opened a federal investigation into whether Tesla Inc.’s partial-automation system marketed as Full Self-Driving is defective after a series of crashes, one of which resulted in a fatality. The National...
Britain’s Young Drivers Should Face Stricter Rules, Says CEO of AA Breakdown Service
Oct 17 2024 // Young British drivers who have just passed their test should be banned from carrying passengers of a similar age and should display special plates, according to the chief executive officer of the AA car breakdown...
No Sovereign Immunity for Virginia City or Truck Driver In-Between Garbage Pick-Ups
Oct 8 2024 // The Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled that a trial court erred in finding that a garbage truck driver and the city of Chesapeake were shielded by sovereign immunity for their role in an accident caused by the truck...
Five Dead, One Critically Injured in Tragic Ohio Car Crash
Oct 8 2024 // GOSHEN, Ohio (AP) — An early morning crash involving two cars on an Ohio road killed five people and critically injured another person, authorities said. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said a car heading northeast on...
