Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pennsylvania’s Auto Insurance ‘Regular Use’ Exclusion Faces State High Court Scrutiny
Jul 27 2022 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case that could limit application of the “regular use exclusion” in auto insurance policies. The state’s high court has agreed to review a Superior...
Woman Pleads Guilty in Louisiana Staged Auto Collision Scheme
Jul 27 2022 // United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Stacie Wheaton, age 51, of Fairburn, Georgia, pled guilty on July 21, 2022 to count one (1) of her indictment, charging Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in violation of...
Auto Claimants Waiting Longer for Collision Repairs
Jul 26 2022 // Auto claimants are waiting longer for collision repairs — 4.5 days longer this spring compared to the same period last year, according to a report released Friday by Enterprise Rent-a-Car. Enterprise extrapolated repair...
Four Injured When Car Crashes Into Daytona Beach
Jul 26 2022 // Four people, including a 3-year-old child, were injured when a car crashed through an unoccupied toll booth and ended up in the Atlantic Ocean, officials said. The crash happened just before 5 p.m. Sunday along Daytona...
Connecticut Law Focuses on Teens Charged With Repeat Motor Vehicle Thefts
Jul 25 2022 // Connecticut has updated its criminal justice laws to speed up law enforcement’s responses when young people are charged with repeated motor vehicle theft and other crimes. Gov. Ned Lamont has signed the bipartisan...
New Orleans Man Latest to be Sentenced in Staged Auto Accident Case
Jul 25 2022 // United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Larry Williams, age 49, of New Orleans, was sentenced last week for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising...
‘I’m Calling About Your Auto Warranty’: FCC Says No More, Orders Spam Block
Jul 25 2022 // The Federal Communications Commission has ordered phone companies to stop carrying traffic related to robocalls about scam auto warranties. US voice service providers must now “take all necessary steps to avoid...
Kids More Likely to Be Hospitalized From Off-Road Motorcycles Than Quad-Bikes: Study
Jul 21 2022 // Motorcycles cause a far higher rate of injuries among children than quad bikes do, a study from UNSW Sydney and NeuRA has found, but quad bikes account for more serious individual injuries. In a retrospective population...
Woman Dining in Rhode Island Outdoor Restaurant Dies After Being Hit by Car
Jul 21 2022 // A woman sitting in the outdoor eating area of a restaurant died after she was struck by a vehicle, police in Warwick, Rhode Island said. The driver was traveling through the parking lot of Tommy’s Clam Shack on...
MSP Recovery Scores Another Appeals Court Victory Against Auto Insurers
Jul 20 2022 // A Florida law firm that has made a lucrative business out of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act – and disrupted the auto insurance industry in the process – has scored another victory at the federal appeals court...
Settlement in Lawsuit over Autistic Utah Boy Dying in Hot Car
Jul 19 2022 // A wrongful death lawsuit filed after an 11-year-old autistic boy was left in a hot car while under the watch of a care facility in Utah has been settled. The lawsuit filed against Roost Services and some of its employees...
Personal Auto Results Slow to Recover; GEICO, Progressive to Pass State Farm
Jul 19 2022 // With an overall combined ratio in excess of 100 for the first time since 2017, private passenger auto joined homeowners in unprofitable territory last year, prompting carriers to respond with pricing and underwriting...
Tesla Sued in Germany Over Car Surveillance Cameras, Carbon Footprint Claims
Jul 19 2022 // Tesla Inc. was hit by a lawsuit in Germany over potential privacy concerns linked to its car surveillance cameras and claims that buying its vehicles helps cut CO2 emissions. VZBV, the main German consumer association,...
NTSB: Dad, Not 13-Year-Old, Was Driving Truck That Hit Golfers’ Van in Texas
Jul 15 2022 // A Texas man, not his 13-year-old son, was driving the pickup truck that crossed into the oncoming lane and struck a van carrying New Mexico college golfers, killing nine people, and he had methamphetamine in his system,...
Electric Vehicle Sales Rise Sharply, Signaling Changes for Auto Claims
Jul 15 2022 // US consumers are rapidly adapting to electric vehicles, a shift away from the internal combustion engine that may change auto insurance claim characteristics. CCC Intelligent Solutions said in new report that electric...
How Amazon Thinks About Auto Insurance for Delivery Service Partners
Jul 14 2022 // Amazon runs an auto insurance program for its delivery service providers, but if those DSPs choose to buy their insurance from competitors instead, Amazon is fine with that. In fact, Amazon might prefer it if their...
Woman Killed When Van Accelerates into Runners at North Carolina Race
Jul 13 2022 // A woman was killed and at least three people were injured when a van ferrying people to a runners’ race in North Carolina crashed into a crowd, authorities said. The N.C. State Highway Patrol said Friday that race...
Agency Probing Self-Driving Cruise Car Crash In California
Jul 11 2022 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a special investigation into a recent crash of a Cruise self-driving vehicle in California that resulted in minor injuries, the agency said on Thursday. The...
US Auto Crash Death Rate Highest in Study of Rich Countries
Jul 6 2022 // US death rates from motor vehicle crashes rates are the highest among 29 upper-income countries, according to a government study that adds to the country’s poor public-health record among developed nations. Annual US...
Should You Buy the Rental Car Damage Waiver?
Jul 4 2022 // As I have expressed on many occasions, I believe the myth that insurance is a commodity differentiated only by price is the greatest misconception perpetrated on the public. Sadly, most of the misconception comes from our...
