Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Canada Plans Harsher Laws, Equipment Bans to Fight Car Theft
May 21 2024 // Canada’s government is banning key-programming machines and other equipment used to steal cars, while implementing harsher penalties to combat a rising number of auto thefts across the country. Minister of Justice...
Markets/Coverages: MGA OpenRoad Enters Collector Vehicle Insurance Market
May 21 2024 // Managing general agency Open Road Insurance announced its entry into the marketplace for collector vehicle auto insurance with its first license in Texas, and plans to launch in other U.S. states later this...
Auto Insurance Shopping ‘Hot,’ Consumers Switching ‘Sizzling’: LexisNexis
May 17 2024 // Shoppers in the U.S. aren’t ready to accept higher auto insurance rates, choosing to shop around for the best deal and coverage, a new report finds. U.S. consumer auto insurance shopping activity registered as...
Four in Florida Charged with Faking Auto Accident Injuries to Gain PIP Payouts
May 15 2024 // Florida authorities this week charged four people with falsifying injuries from an auto accident and attempting to defraud three insurance companies out of personal injury protection payments. Maria Campos, Isabella...
High Court: E-Scooter Rider Hit by Car Not Eligible for No-Fault PIP Benefits
May 15 2024 // A man injured when he was hit by a car while he was operating a low speed Segway electric scooter is not entitled to personal injury protection (PIP) benefits under New Jersey’s no-fault auto insurance law, the...
Alphabet’s Waymo Probed by US After Autonomous Car Incidents
May 14 2024 // The top US auto-safety regulator opened an investigation into Waymo, the autonomous-vehicle subsidiary of subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., after 22 incidents in which the company’s cars were involved in collisions or may...
Most of 15 Million Bees Saved After Bee-Laden Truck Crashes
May 14 2024 // A tractor-trailer hauling about 15 million honey bees to be used to pollinate blueberry fields crashed and overturned on Interstate 95, officials in Clinton, Maine said. The driver was taken to the hospital as a precaution...
Truck Driver Who Fatally Struck 3 Pennsylvania Highway Workers Fell Asleep at Wheel
May 14 2024 // A truck driver fell asleep at the wheel before striking a construction vehicle and killing three workers on the shoulder of a Pennsylvania highway in April, authorities said Friday. Pennsylvania State Police said the...
15 Californians Charged in Complex Auto Insurance Fraud Ring
May 14 2024 // More than a dozen Southern California residents are reported to have conspired to create fraudulent insurance claims to illegally collect more than $350,000. They were arrested last week after an investigation reportedly...
Markets/Coverages: FloodFlash Launches New Parametric Auto Dealer Program
May 10 2024 // FloodFlash has added a dealer program in its efforts to support more U.S. businesses ahead of a hurricane season that is widely anticipated to be amongst the worst in recent memory. Stored on large, flat areas of often...
Personal Auto Insurers Have Edge on Innovation: AM Best
May 10 2024 // After two years of challenges for personal auto insurers, rating agency AM Best delivered a positive assessment: U.S. personal auto insurers are the furthest ahead when it comes to innovation. Personal auto insurers’...
Crews Demolish Connecticut I-95 Overpass Damaged During Fuel Truck Inferno
May 7 2024 // A bridge damaged in a fiery crash that kept Interstate 95 in Connecticut closed Thursday and Friday has been demolished. A live camera operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation on Saturday showed excavators...
New Vehicle Registrations in California Rose, While Tesla Registrations Dropped Again
May 6 2024 // The first quarter of the year saw the sixth straight quarterly increase (.7%) in overall registrations in California in the first quarter from the same period last year, while the state’s love affair with...
Vehicle Complexity, Labor ‘Reshaping’ Auto Insurance and Collision Repair: Report
May 6 2024 // New technologies and rising labor costs are putting pressure on auto insurance carriers and auto repairers by making repairs more costly and increasing repair times, trends that a new report asserts are...
Rising Prices, Low Satisfaction Drive 49% of Customers to Shop For New Auto Insurance
May 3 2024 // Increased premiums combined with lackluster customer satisfaction scores are driving record numbers of auto insurance customers into the market for a new policy, according to the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Insurance Shopping...
‘Car Wreck Clyde’ Attorney in Texas Charged with Skimming $2.4M from Settlements
May 2 2024 // A Houston plaintiffs’ attorney known as “Car Wreck Clyde” is awaiting court proceedings after being charged with skimming as much as $2.4 million in client settlement proceeds over the past decade,...
Inszone Acquires Van Oppen & Co. 2 in Wyoming
Apr 30 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired Van Oppen & Co. 2 in Wyoming. Founded in 2008 by Rick van Oppen, the firm has specialized in serving the needs of the architectural, engineering and environmental...
Hartford Q1 Income Up 41% on Commercial Lines as Auto Results Improve
Apr 29 2024 // The Hartford CEO Christopher Swift told analysts late last week that the insurer’s first quarter results included “progress toward restoring targeted profitability in auto” as it turned in an improved...
Houston Deputy Dies After Being Hit by Truck While Helping During Accident
Apr 25 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — A deputy who was a 20-year-veteran of a Houston-area sheriff’s office died Tuesday after being hit by a truck while trying to help a driver following a minor crash, according to officials. John...
TN VW Employees Vote Overwhelmingly to Join United Auto Workers Union
Apr 22 2024 // CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW’s renewed effort to...
