Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
US Supreme Court Rebuffs Uber, Lyft Bid to Avoid California Driver Suits
Oct 7 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge by Uber and Lyft to lawsuits by the state of California on behalf of drivers who signed agreements to keep legal disputes with the ride-hailing companies out of...
AM Best: Unfavorable Operating Performance Key Driver of Downgrades
Oct 7 2024 // Deteriorating market conditions and rising loss costs led to a 60 % increase in rating downgrades of AM Best-rated U.S.-based insurers in 2023 compared with two years earlier, according to a new report. The latest...
How Flood Risk Is Driving an Insurance Protection Gap in the US
Oct 7 2024 // It is likely that you have read recent headlines sounding the alarm over a potentially uninsurable future. The ongoing threat of more frequent and damaging extreme weather is making it increasingly difficult for homeowners...
Officials Identify Driver Who Crashed Into Texas Pipeline, Sparking Fire
Oct 4 2024 // The driver of a vehicle that crashed into a pipeline valve and sparked a four-day fire that forced the evacuation of nearby neighborhoods in a Houston suburb was a local 51-year-old man, according to police. Remains found...
Amazon Hit With US Labor Board Complaint Over ‘Joint Employment’ of Drivers
Oct 3 2024 // Amazon.com has been accused by a U.S. labor board of illegally refusing to bargain with a union representing drivers employed by a contractor, the agency announced on Wednesday. The complaint from the National Labor...
Judge Dismisses Shareholder Lawsuit Against Tesla, Musk Over Self-Driving Promises
Oct 1 2024 // Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk on Monday won the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing them of defrauding shareholders by overstating the effectiveness and safety of the automaker’s self-driving technology in order to boost...
Personal Auto Insurance Could Be Obsolete in 20 Years: Morningstar
Sep 27 2024 // Self-driving cars could make personal auto insurance largely obsolete within 20 years, according to a worst-case scenario modeled by Morningstar. A more likely, moderate scenario forecasts the line could remain necessary...
New York City Weighs Slashing Cab Insurance 75% to $50,000 to Aid Drivers
Sep 27 2024 // The New York City Council will introduce legislation this week that would drastically reduce the amount of insurance coverage taxi and ride-share vehicles are required to maintain, looking to contain potential fallout from...
Columbia Insurance to Transfer Personal Auto, Umbrella Books to Safeco
Sep 26 2024 // Safeco Insurance, a Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance company, said it has entered into a book transfer agreement with Columbia Insurance Group, a Central and Midwest regional carrier. Under the agreement, mutual...
Police Chase Ends with Driver Dead and 7 Officers, Civilian Taken to Hospital
Sep 23 2024 // MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — A police pursuit that began in New York City ended on Long Island with the shooting death of the driver, and seven police officers and a civilian taken to hospitals for treatment, police...
OSHA Orders Building Materials Supplier to Reinstate Whistleblower Truck Driver
Sep 19 2024 // A federal whistleblower investigation has found a Virginia subsidiary of one of the world’s largest building materials manufacturers fired a truck driver in September 2023 illegally after the employee raised safety...
Amazon Drivers Join Teamsters in New York, Union Says
Sep 18 2024 // Hundreds of delivery drivers for e-commerce giant Amazon.com have joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, seeking improved wages, working conditions and safety standards, the labor union said on Monday. Workers...
Driver Charged With Killing Gaudreau Brothers Was Drunk: Prosecutor
Sep 17 2024 // The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087, above the .08 legal limit in New Jersey, a prosecutor said...
Former UPS Driver Wins $238 Million Verdict in Suit Over Firing
Sep 16 2024 // A Black UPS driver won a $237.6 million jury verdict in a case in which he alleged he’d been discriminated against and subject to a hostile work environment before being fired. The verdict, rendered Thursday in the...
Justin Timberlake Reaches Plea Deal to Resolve Drunken Driving Case
Sep 13 2024 // Justin Timberlake is scheduled to enter a new plea Friday in his drunken driving case in New York’s Hamptons, prosecutors said. Details of the plea weren’t disclosed, but a person with knowledge of the deal...
AM Best: Unfavorable Operating Performance Key Driver of Downgrades
Sep 11 2024 // Deteriorating market conditions and rising loss costs led to a 60 percent increase in rating downgrades of AM Best-rated U.S.-based insurers in 2023 compared with two years earlier, according to a newly issued report. The...
FedEx Sued for Violating Federal Law by Discriminating Against Minnesota Driver
Sep 9 2024 // The Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) violated federal law when it failed to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified, disabled ramp transport drivers with medical restrictions, and instead forced them to take...
Driver of Partially Automated Mustang Charged With DUI Homicide
Sep 5 2024 // A woman was intoxicated and using a partially automated driving system when she caused a March highway crash in Philadelphia that killed two people, authorities said as they announced homicide charges against the...
Trucking Firm of Fatigued Driver Who Caused Fatal Crash Kept Fake Hours Data: NTSB
Aug 30 2024 // A crash that killed three passengers on a party bus on a Virginia highway was caused by a fatigued truck driver working for a company that allowed its drivers to log excessive hours, a federal report concluded...
US Justice Department Accuses RealPage of Driving Up Rents
Aug 26 2024 // The U.S. Department of Justice and eight states sued RealPage on Friday, accusing the property management software company of using algorithms to help landlords illegally collude and drive up rents for apartments. The...
