Latest Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurtech Lemonade Enters ‘Green’ Auto Insurance Business
Nov 3 2021 // Home, renters and pet insurer Lemonade is deploying its artificial intelligence, behavioral economics and social good mantra with its newest product, Lemonade Car. Lemonade Car is designed to offer better auto insurance...
Proposed Mass. Bill Limits Auto Claims Investigations, Shifts Payments to Insurers
Nov 2 2021 // A proposed bill was heard last month in the Massachusetts legislature that aims to place a time limit on auto insurance claims investigations and would make investigating insurers responsible for premium payments until the...
Florida Man Jailed on Insurance Fraud After ‘Theft’ of Motorcycle
Nov 1 2021 // Cameras are everywhere these days, a Florida man learned after authorities say he faked the theft of a pricey motorcycle in order to gain an insurance payout. Jeffrey Stephens, 27, was arrested Friday on fraud charges, the...
Missouri Woman Sues GEICO After Contracting STD During Car Sex
Nov 1 2021 // A Missouri woman is suing GEICO after contracting a sexually transmitted disease in a car insured by the company. The woman, identified in District Court documents as M.O., had a sexual relationship with the insured, M.B.,...
Commentary: Does Personal Auto Policy Cover STDs?
Nov 1 2021 // You may have heard and even laughed about GEICO being sued by a Missouri woman who contracted a sexually transmitted disease (STD) as a result of unprotected sex in a GEICO-insured vehicle. Beyond the sheer inventiveness...
Fire Destroys US Auto Auction Building in New Jersey, No Injuries Reported
Oct 29 2021 // Officials on Wednesday were investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a large building that housed several businesses in southern New Jersey. Flames broke out Tuesday night and quickly spread throughout the US Auto...
Georgia Court Says No Double Dip on Auto Policies After Accident
Oct 27 2021 // The injured party in an automobile collision cannot double-dip on insurance coverage simply because she calls the payment from the other driver’s policy “punitive damages,” a Georgia appeals court has...
Multiple Delaware Residents Indicted for Auto Insurance Fraud
Oct 22 2021 // Late last month in New Castle County, Delaware, a grand jury indicted multiple residents for insurance fraud. The indictments stem from Department of Insurance Fraud Prevention Bureau investigations, in partnership with...
Biden to Nominate Cliff to Head Auto Safety Agency
Oct 20 2021 // President Joe Biden plans to nominate the No. 2 auto safety official and a former California Air Resources Board official to head the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the White House confirmed on...
Whoa! Horse Riding Is Riskier Than Football, Auto Racing or Skiing?
Oct 19 2021 // The risk of an injury is higher for horse riding than for other potentially risky sporting activities, such as football, motor racing or skiing. That’s according to research published in the online journal Trauma...
Higher Investment Returns Help Offset Catastrophe, Auto Losses for Travelers in Q3
Oct 19 2021 // Third quarter profit fell 20% at The Travelers Companies due to higher catastrophe and auto losses but the insurer also reported a 15% boost in investment returns. Net income of $662 million for the third quarter compared...
U.S. Auto Safety Agency Faces Backlog of Rules and Missed Deadlines
Oct 19 2021 // After their 16-year-old daughter died in a car crash, David and Wendy Mills wondered whether she would be alive if federal rules on rear seat belt warnings had been issued on time. Four years later, with no rule and...
Twins Who Built $1.3B Marshmallow Car Insurance Startup as Industry Challenger
Oct 18 2021 // For three centuries, a handful of insurers have dominated the market from the City of London. The upstart intent on challenging them rents two floors just outside the district in an area known as Silicon Roundabout, where...
Austin Luxury Car Dealer Sued for Retaliation Against Employee in Whistleblower Case
Oct 14 2021 // An Austin luxury car dealer has been sued by the U.S. Department of Labor for terminating an employee who warned managers and other co-workers about potential coronavirus hazards in the workplace. The action follows an...
Mercury Insurance Reports a 40% Spike in California Comprehensive Car Claims
Oct 14 2021 // Mercury Insurance is reporting a dramatic increase in vehicle vandalism and auto theft in California, with comprehensive auto insurance claims reportedly up 40% since pre-pandemic levels. While the increase in theft and...
Tesla Auto Insurance Expanding into Texas This Week
Oct 11 2021 // Tesla will launch its own brand of auto insurance in Texas this week, founder Elon Musk said during a Oct. 7 shareholders call addressing the company’s headquarters relocation from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas. In...
Missouri Woman Sues GEICO After Contracting STD During Sex in Car Insured by Company
Oct 11 2021 // A Missouri woman is suing GEICO after contracting a sexually transmitted disease in a car insured by the company. The woman, identified in District Court documents as M.O., had a sexual relationship with the insured, M.B.,...
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud After Staging Motor Vehicle Accident
Oct 6 2021 // A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 180 days in the Essex County Correctional Facility as a condition of probation for committing insurance fraud when he staged a motor vehicle accident in Newark, New Jersey. James E....
Southern States Mean Highest Auto Rates
Oct 4 2021 // Four Southern states have some of the least affordable automobile insurance rates in the country, according to a recently published affordability index by the Insurance Research Council (IRC). The index measures the...
Study: Louisiana Auto Insurance Least Affordable in Nation
Oct 4 2021 // Louisiana has the least affordable auto insurance in the United States according to a recently published affordability index by Insurance Research Council (IRC). IRC’s affordability index measures the proportion of...
