Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Michigan Drivers to Receive $400 Refund Per Vehicle
Dec 8 2021 // All Michigan drivers with auto insurance will receive a $400 per-vehicle refund next year. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and state regulators announced the dollar amount Tuesday, more than a month after she had requested the...
Jeep, Dodge, Fiat Automaker Stellantis Plans Usage-Based Insurance Offering
Dec 8 2021 // Automaker Stellantis rolled out its software strategy on Tuesday including a 2030 target of 20 billion euros ($22.5 billion) in annual revenue from related products and subscriptions as it takes aim at rival Tesla. CEO...
Buckle, Amwins Form MGA to Offer Auto to Gig Workers
Dec 8 2021 // Buckle, a technology-based financial services company, has entered into a managing general agency agreement with Amwins Specialty Auto to place non-standard automobile insurance for gig workers in Florida. Gateway...
Minnesota Winter Storm Causes Hundreds of Car Crashes, No Fatalities
Dec 7 2021 // Snowfall reached nearly 1 foot on Sunday, Dec. 5 in some parts of northern Minnesota. The Minnesota State Patrol reported hundreds of car crashes during the storm. Authorities said 26 of the crashes resulted in injuries,...
Inflation, Loss Severity May Curb Nonstandard Auto Market’s Positive Momentum
Dec 6 2021 // Players in the U.S. nonstandard auto insurance segment may find that return to pre-pandemic norms, with greater loss-cost pressures along with elevated inflation and supply chain issues, may counteract recent positive...
Wife of Injured Kansas Officer Settles with Auto Dealership
Dec 2 2021 // A lawsuit filed against a Wichita car dealership by the wife of a police officer injured when he was run over by a sport utility vehicle from the business has been settled for an undisclosed amount. Officer Brian Arterburn...
Nebraska Garage Fire Destroys More than $1 Million in Vintage Cars, Motorcycles
Dec 1 2021 // A garage fire near Denton, Nebraska has caused more than $1 million in damage to several classic cars and motorcycles. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the fire broke out Saturday, Nov. 27 in a detached garage....
Amazon’s New FleetWise Transfers Vehicle Data to Cloud to Aid Safety, Design
Dec 1 2021 // Amazon Web Services has launched a new cloud-based data service that could help automakers remotely diagnose issues in their vehicles to prevent recalls and improve safety, as well as manage related data, the company told...
Georgia High Court Leaves Truck Insurer on the Hook for Accident
Nov 24 2021 // If the owner of a trucking company drives one of his company’s trucks to a friend’s house for free repairs, is that considered a business use of the truck, or personal use? The Georgia Supreme Court effectively...
Inflation, Loss Severity May Curb Nonstandard Auto Market’s Positive Momentum
Nov 24 2021 // Players in the U.S. nonstandard auto insurance segment may find that return to pre-pandemic norms, with greater loss-cost pressures along with elevated inflation and supply chain issues, may counteract recent positive...
Reliance Expands Auto Quote Platform to Tennessee
Nov 23 2021 // Reliance Global Group, which utilizes artificial intelligence and data mining to assist agents in writing auto insurance policies, announced it has launched 5MinuteInsure.com in Tennessee, its fifth new state in recent...
New Jersey Man Indicted in Connection with Auto Insurance Fraud Scam
Nov 22 2021 // A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was indicted for allegedly causing fraudulent automobile insurance applications to be submitted on his behalf in an attempt to avoid paying the policy premiums. John A. Loor (also known as...
Michigan Governor: Drivers to See More Savings Under Auto Insurance Reform Law
Nov 16 2021 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that drivers should save on average between 25-62% on the PIP medical portion of their auto policies compared to the previous year. The lower premiums continue a trend of declining...
Commercial Auto Insurers Improved Results in 2020: AM Best
Nov 15 2021 // The U.S. commercial auto insurance market turned in results for 2020 that were the best it has seen in several years, although it still did not achieve an underwriting profit. Despite several years of price increases and...
Auto Safety Regulators Looking into Complaint from Michigan Tesla Driver
Nov 15 2021 // U.S. auto safety regulators are looking into a complaint from a Tesla driver that the company’s “Full Self-Driving” software caused a crash. The driver was beta testing the “Full Self-Driving”...
Southern Cities Rank High on List of Places With Highest Rates of Car Accidents
Nov 12 2021 // Almost a third of the U.S. cities with the highest percentage of drivers with prior automobile accidents are in the Southeast, according to a study by Insurify, an insurance data-analysis and rate comparison firm. The city...
Auto Safety Whistleblower Receives Maximum Award of $24 Million
Nov 10 2021 // The U.S. auto safety regulator announced on Tuesday its first-ever reward to a whistleblower, handing out more than $24 million to a former Hyundai Motor Co. employee who provided key information about safety lapses at the...
Lemonade to Acquire Auto Insurer Metromile in Merger of Insurtechs
Nov 9 2021 // Digital insurer Lemonade plans to acquire California-based pay-per-mile auto insurance startup Metromile in an all-stock transaction as it continues to expand, Carrier Management reported. With the agreement, the New...
Women Pay More for Car Insurance in Some States, Report Finds
Nov 8 2021 // Women 35 and older tend to pay more for automobile insurance, especially in Florida and Alaska, an insurtech company study found. Young men usually pay much more than young women do for car insurance. But by age 35, women...
Marsh McLennan Acquires Texas-Based Southwest Truck Insurance Agency
Nov 3 2021 // Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA), a subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Southwest Truck Insurance Agency, Inc., an independent agency in Irving, Texas. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 1986, Southwest Truck...
