Latest Auto Headlines
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The Insurance Place Expands Coverage to Military Service Members in San Diego
Sep 18 2012 // The Insurance place is now offering military car insurance in San Diego, as well as home insurance and motorcycle insurance for military service members. The Insurance Place offers protection against the risks of owning a...
Top 10 Car Technologies For Mature Drivers
Sep 18 2012 // Smart headlights, emergency response systems and reverse monitoring features rank highest in car technologies that benefit mature drivers, according to researchers at The Hartford and the AgeLab at the Massachusetts...
Mass. Woman Charged With 46 Counts of Motor Vehicle Insurance Fraud
Sep 17 2012 // A Rockland, Mass., woman has been indicted in connection with a scheme to fraudulently collect insurance payments of more than $28,000. The Massachusetts attorney general’s office announced last Friday that Olga...
Common Type of Rail Car Has Dangerous Design Flaw
Sep 13 2012 // For two decades, one of the most commonly used type of rail tanker has been allowed to haul hazardous liquids from coast to coast even though transportation officials were aware of a dangerous design flaw that almost...
Length of Yellow Traffic Lights Could Prevent Accidents
Sep 13 2012 // A couple of years ago, Hesham Rakha misjudged a yellow traffic light and entered an intersection just as the light turned red. A police officer handed him a ticket. “There are circumstances, as you approach a yellow...
GEICO to Sell Commercial Auto Coverage Direct to Customers in N.Y.
Sep 10 2012 // Business owners in New York can now purchase commercial auto coverage directly from GEICO, which could lead to lower premium rates for many risks. Commercial insurance packages cover the cars, trucks and vans used by small...
Ohio Auto, Homeowners Rates Still Competitive
Sep 10 2012 // Ohio’s 2011 average auto and homeowners insurance rates were again among the most competitive in the United States, according to state insurance regulators. The Ohio Department of Insurance reported that Ohio has the...
Esurance Pay-Drive Filing Approved
Sep 7 2012 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones approved a personal auto filing by Esurance that will allow its policyholders to voluntarily participate in a pay-drive verified mileage auto program. Under the San...
Missouri’s High Court Favors Insured in Question of Policy Ambiguity
Sep 6 2012 // Is a person hired to perform seasonal, part-time tasks for a company owner, based on a referral from an employee of the company, an employee or a temporary worker? It depends, according to Missouri’s high court...
Tennessee Court: Parents’ Emotional Distress Not Covered by Auto Policy
Sep 4 2012 // Tennessee’s high court has ruled that two parents’ emotional distress following an automobile accident that took the life of their son is not covered under the uninsured motorist portion of their automobile...
Lloyd’s Names Vandendael – Director, Int’l. Markets; Van Saun to Franchise Board
Sep 4 2012 // Lloyd’s has announced two top level executive appointments. Vincent Vandendael will take over as Director – International Markets, and Bruce Van Saun has been appointed as an independent non-executive director...
Brownsville Named Safest Driving City in Texas
Aug 30 2012 // Brownsville once again tops the list as the safest driving city in Texas, according to the eighth annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report” released by Allstate Insurance Company. The report, based...
Maine Regulator Highlights New App That Helps Motorists in Accidents
Aug 30 2012 // Maine’s top insurance regulator is highlighting a new mobile application that can help motorists take the guesswork out of auto accidents. Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa said this week that a new...
Van Gilder Names Former Community Bankshares CEO as New President
Aug 28 2012 // Denver, Colo.-based Van Gilder Insurance Corp. named Don Woods its new president. Woods is co-founder and CEO of Community Bankshares Inc. and its subsidiaries. He began his new role at Van Gilder on Monday. Under Woods,...
Towers Watson, Hughes Telematics Offer Auto Insurers Usage-Based Service
Aug 28 2012 // Professional services firm Towers Watson is teaming with Hughes Telematics, Inc. (HTI), a Verizon company, to provide U.S. auto insurers with data services for usage-based insurance (UBI) programs. With the alliance,...
10 U.S. Cities with Safest Drivers
Aug 28 2012 // This year’s top honor of “America’s Safest Driving City” is Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where the average driver will experience an auto collision every 13.8 years, which is 27.6 percent less likely...
Reforms May Save Florida Drivers Up to 24.6% on PIP Premium: Report
Aug 24 2012 // Florida’s new no-fault auto insurance law could result in savings of 14 percent up to as much as 24.6 percent for drivers’ on their personal injury protection premiums, although it remains to be seen whether...
Mississippi Supreme Court Orders Trial in Car-Horse Accident
Aug 23 2012 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has order a trial in a lawsuit over a George County accident involving a car and a horse. The personal-injury case involved a 2008 automobile collision between Diana Ladnier and Diego, a horse...
Road Tests of ‘Talking’ Cars Underway
Aug 21 2012 // Nearly 3,000 cars, trucks and buses that can “talk” began traveling the streets of Ann Arbor, Michigan today as part of a year-long safety pilot project by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The vehicles...
Economic Implications of the Death of Auto Insurance
Aug 20 2012 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 20, 2012. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
