Latest Auto Headlines
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17 Arrested in Carolina Auto Insurance Fraud; Alleged Ringleader at Large
Apr 6 2022 // South Carolina authorities have charged 17 people in what’s being called a major insurance fraud ring that staged vehicle collisions and filed false claims over a one-year period. The alleged fraud took place from...
Safety Agency Moves to Ensure Recalls of Defective Auto Batteries
Apr 6 2022 // The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday said it is opening a review to ensure all defective batteries produced by LG Energy Solution have been recalled by automakers. The auto safety...
Logistics Giants Hedge Their Bets in Uncertain U.S. Self-Driving Truck Race
Apr 4 2022 // U.S. self-driving truck companies have a golden opportunity in the form of a nationwide driver shortage, but their robot drivers still are not ready and neither are their biggest potential customers. The uncertainties...
Tesla, Other Car Makers Have Edge Over Incumbent Auto Insurers: Moody’s
Apr 4 2022 // Tesla and other car makers represent a growing threat to incumbent auto insurers, even though they have little direct impact on the insurance market today, Moody’s Investors Services said. In a report titled,...
Arizona Auto Insurance Rates Rising on Heels of COVID
Apr 4 2022 // As if spiraling gas prices weren’t enough, motorists across Arizona and the nation are paying more for auto insurance as repair costs and more crowded roads push premium rates higher. After giving customers premium...
New Hampshire Police Officer Fails in Bid for Qualified Immunity for Truck Driver Arrest
Mar 30 2022 // An Ossipee, New Hampshire police officer failed in his bid to have an excessive force and unlawful arrest complaint against him dismissed based on his contention he is entitled to qualified immunity protection. A federal...
NTSB: Car Carrying Oklahoma Teens Made Rolling Stop Before Fatal Crash
Mar 29 2022 // A small, four-seat, car carrying six Oklahoma teenagers reportedly failed to come to a full stop before entering an intersection where it was hit by a large truck, killing all of the teens, the National Transportation...
Trucker in Maine Fatal Crash Says Other Vehicle, Not Netflix, Distracted Him
Mar 29 2022 // PORTLAND, Maine (AP) —A trucker was streaming Netflix when his tractor-trailer struck a car, killing a retired couple in Maine, according to a police report. The truck driver acknowledged streaming a Netflix show on his...
Markets/Coverages: Falvey’s Cyber Cover for Cargo; PHLY’s New Commercial Line; CoverEase’s Workers’ Comp; Mile Auto’s Telematics
Mar 28 2022 // Falvey Cargo Underwriting Offers Cyber for Cargo Falvey Cargo Underwriting announced its latest product offering, Cyber for Cargo, to help address broad cyber exclusions that apply to nearly all cargo insurance...
U.S. Fuelmakers on Hook for Vehicle Emissions in New SEC Rule
Mar 23 2022 // U.S. drillers and refiners will likely need to report estimated greenhouse gas emissions from the cars, trucks, planes and ships that use their fuel if a rule proposed by U.S. regulators on Monday passes later this year,...
Virginia Governor Signs ‘Squatted Truck’ Ban Into Law
Mar 23 2022 // Virginia’s governor signed into law Monday a ban on squatted trucks just weeks after a crash that left a 27-year-old man dead. The legislation signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin prohibits modifications that make a...
Michigan AG Warns of Scams Over $400 Auto Refund Checks
Mar 22 2022 // Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel warned residents to be aware of scams as auto insurers issue $400 per-vehicle refunds to eligible Michigan policyholders. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced earlier this...
Arizona Auto Insurance Rates Rising on Heels of COVID
Mar 22 2022 // As if spiraling gas prices weren’t enough, motorists across Arizona and the nation are paying more for auto insurance as repair costs and more crowded roads push premium rates higher. After giving customers premium...
Shooting at Arkansas Car Show Kills At Least 1, Injures 20
Mar 21 2022 // At least one person was killed and 20 people wounded, including children, in a shooting outside a car show in southeast Arkansas on March 19, local police said. Keith Finch, chief of police in the town of Dumas, provided...
Inflation Outpacing Premium Increases for Auto and Homeowners Lines
Mar 21 2022 // US Insurers — already hammered by extraordinary losses caused by natural disasters — are failing to raise premiums at a pace that matches the inflation rate, according to the American Property Casualty...
No Changes to Michigan Auto Insurance Law This Term
Mar 18 2022 // Bills intended to fix a Michigan law that slashed auto insurance payments for crash survivors’ post-acute care are dead for the term, a key lawmaker said. House Speaker Jason Wentworth, a Farwell Republican and...
U.S. to See ‘Meaningful’ Autonomous Vehicle Policy in 2020s: Buttigieg
Mar 17 2022 // U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on March 16 said federal policy on autonomous vehicles will undergo “meaningful” developments in the coming years, saying policy frameworks had not fully caught up...
High Definition Vehicle Insurance Expands Into 2 More States
Mar 16 2022 // High Definition Vehicle Insurance has expanded its service to Arkansas and Missouri. According to the Arkansas Trucking Association, 87% of communities in Arkansas depend exclusively on trucks to transport their goods, and...
Tussle Over Connected Vehicle Data Moving Into High Gear
Mar 16 2022 // LONDON — Where you go. What you pass. Where you stop. What you listen to. What you watch. Your good habits. Your bad habits. Companies in Europe and beyond are vying for control of the crown jewels of the connected...
First Chicago Launches Commercial Auto Insurance Program in Illinois And Indiana
Mar 15 2022 // First Chicago Insurance Company announced it recently launched its augmented commercial auto insurance program in Illinois and Indiana. The program covers owned or leased Vehicles, hired autos, non-owned, temporary...
