Latest Auto Headlines
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Allstate Announces May Catastrophe Losses, Auto Rate Hikes
Jun 15 2023 // Allstate Corp. today released estimated catastrophe losses for the month of May of $885 million or $699 million, after-tax. There were a dozen events in May causing $893 million in catastrophe losses, Allstate said, but...
Usage-Based Insurance Surges as Customers Dissatisfied With Auto Insurance
Jun 14 2023 // About one third of auto insurance customers in the U.S. reported a rate increase in the past year, leading to a growing number moving to usage-based insurance (UBI). This has led to the largest decline in customer...
Washington Workshop to Address Increased Auto Insurance Complaints
Jun 14 2023 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is holding a workshop to hear from consumers, insurers and other parties on the reasons about auto and homeowners insurance issues being reported “at a record...
UK Autonomous Vehicle Dreams Could Break Down at Starting Line Without Rules
Jun 12 2023 // Britain could lose out on investments in autonomous vehicles (AVs) and see startups shift testing elsewhere if promised laws to regulate the technology are not passed before the next general election, startups and...
Texas Car Dealership Sued for Age and Disability Discrimination
Jun 7 2023 // DALLAS – Pete’s Car Smart Inc., a car dealership based in Amarillo, Texas, violated federal law by firing a long-time employee based on her age and cardiovascular-related disability, the federal agency announced...
Children Rescued from Burning Car While Florida Mom was Shoplifting, Police Say
Jun 7 2023 // Shoppers at a Florida mall managed to pull two children out of a burning car after their mother left them alone while she shoplifted, police said. The vehicle caught fire May 26 outside the Oviedo Mall, just northeast of...
Auto Claim Severity Up 35% Over Pre-Pandemic Rates: LexisNexis Report
Jun 5 2023 // Claim severity for bodily injury and property damage increased by 35% since 2019, while collision claim severity has jumped 40%, LexisNexis Risk Solutions says in a new report. The data broker’s 2023 U.S. Auto...
NHTSA to Require Auto Braking on New Vehicles and Set Tougher Standards
Jun 2 2023 // The U.S. government’s auto safety agency plans to require that all new passenger cars and light trucks include potentially life-saving automatic emergency braking and meet stricter safety standards within three...
School Bus, Tanker Truck Collide, Sending 18 to Hospital in South Carolina
Jun 1 2023 // A school bus collided with a tanker truck in South Carolina, sending at least 18 people, mostly children, to the hospital, authorities said. The bus was carrying 36 passengers when it collided with the tanker at about 4 p....
Truck Driver Indicted After Deadly Oregon Crash That Killed 7 Farmworkers
Jun 1 2023 // The driver of the semitruck involved in a fatal crash on Interstate 5 in Oregon earlier this month that left seven farmworkers dead has been indicted on charges of manslaughter, court documents show. A grand jury in Marion...
Miss. High Court: Law Firm Not Liable for ‘Negligent’ Subro Action in Car Wreck
Jun 1 2023 // A collections law firm for State Farm Insurance cannot be held liable for a poorly handled subrogation claim against a Mississippi driver, but the insurance company must still face trial in the matter, the Mississippi...
Florida DFS Charges Claims Adjuster with Submitting $24,000 in Fraudulent Auto Claims
May 26 2023 // Florida investigators have charged a former Progressive Insurance claims adjuster with fraud, alleging that she used claimants’ identities to submit fraudulent auto claims, then pocketed almost $24,000 in...
Truck Driver in Multi-Vehicle Freeway Crash That Killed 7 in Oregon Arrested
May 24 2023 // The driver of a semitruck that slammed into a passenger van on Interstate 5 in western Oregon, killing 7 people in one of the state’s deadliest crashes in recent years, was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, DUI...
Rising Premiums Tighten Auto Insurance Market as Customers Shop Deals: J.D. Power Study
May 22 2023 // Saving money is the primary focus of consumers searching for auto insurance, according to the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Insurance Shopping Study. Now in its 17th year, the report highlights the increasing focus on cost as...
Drivers Are Shopping, Swapping Auto Insurance Policies at Record Pace
May 19 2023 // Drivers are kicking the tires and trading up for new auto insurance policies. In the first quarter, new policy growth rate was up 17% over the same period in 2022, and a record-breaking shopping growth rate was up 10.2%...
Stellantis Tells UK to Change Brexit Deal or See Car Plants Close
May 17 2023 // British car plants will close with the loss of thousands of jobs unless the Brexit deal is swiftly renegotiated, Stellantis has warned, as Ford added its voice to the latest warning from the auto industry since Britain...
Auto Claim Severity Up 35% over Pre-Pandemic Rates – LexisNexis Report
May 12 2023 // Claim severity for bodily injury and property damage increased by 35% since 2019, while collision claim severity has jumped 40%, LexisNexis Risk Solutions says in a new report. The data broker’s 2023 U.S. Auto...
Toyota Blames Human Error for Leak of Vehicle Data of 2 Million Users in Japan
May 12 2023 // Toyota Motor Corp. said on Friday the vehicle data of 2.15 million users in Japan, or almost the entire customer base who signed up for its main cloud service platforms since 2012, had been publicly available for a decade...
Auto Insurance Results ‘Historically Bad’ in 2022: S&P
May 12 2023 // In 2022, the U.S. private auto insurance industry reported its worst underwriting results in over two decades, according to a S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis. The net combined ratio for the sector — when...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Consider Limiting Zip Code Weight in Auto Rates
May 11 2023 // Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a measure that would curtail the use of geographical location in the rating of private passenger auto insurance, a factor that critics say now penalizes urban and minority...
