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#1 BlackSuit Cybercrime Gang Blamed in CDK Hack That Roiled Car Dealers
Jun 25 2024 // A hacking group called BlackSuit is behind the cyberattack on CDK Global that’s paralyzed car sales across the US, according to Allan Liska, a threat analyst at the security firm Recorded Future Inc. The cybercrime...
#2 Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Auto Insurance Reform Bills
Jun 17 2024 // Louisiana lawmakers passed a series of auto insurance reform bills that aim to bring availability and competition to the market by cutting down on excessive verdicts and settlements. Legislators passed four bills endorsed...
#3 Car Dealerships Across US Halt Services After Cyberattack
Jun 20 2024 // Thousands of car dealerships were ground to a halt during a normally busy holiday Wednesday by a cyber incident at CDK Global, a major software provider for dealers across the US. The company “shut all systems down...
#4 US Auto Insurance Market on the Mend; Homeowners Line Volatile: Fitch
Jun 7 2024 // The U.S. personal insurance sector is positioned for improving underwriting performance in 2024. According to Fitch’s latest U.S. Personal Lines Market Update, the change is predicted amid signs that the previous...
#5 Kansas Man Sentenced to Probation for Auto Insurance Fraud
Jun 5 2024 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced that a Kansas man has been sentenced to six months of probation for insurance fraud. Robert Heidbreder, age 30, pleaded guilty in the District Court of Sedgwick County...
#6 New Drivers and Electric-Vehicle Tech Bring New Risks to Auto Insurance Market
Jun 21 2024 // High claim severities, persistent risky driving behavior, electric vehicles and shop-and-swap consumers are challenging auto insurers to stay profitable. The challenges will continue through the end of the year and beyond,...
#7 No Workers’ Comp for Employee Injured When Vehicle Crashed Through Her Office Wall
Jun 28 2024 // An employee at the Virginia Department of Health who was seriously injured when a vehicle crashed through the wall of her first floor office is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. The Virginia...
#8 Auto Insurance Shopping
Jun 3 2024 // When it comes to understanding why auto rates are up, I feel fairly knowledgeable. After all I spend my working life reviewing and reporting on the property/casualty insurance world, so I hear the industry explain again...
#9 Lobster Monster Truck Gone Airborne Topples Utility Poles, Injuring Spectators
Jun 5 2024 // TOPSHAM, Maine (AP) — A lobster-themed monster truck performing for spectators in Maine clipped an aerial power line, toppling several utility poles and sending two people to hospitals, police said. Others suffered minor...
#10 Hard-to-Come-By Trust Is Top Driver of Auto Insurance Customer Satisfaction: J.D. Power
Jun 12 2024 // Rate increases do not necessarily erode customer satisfaction with auto insurers, according to the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Auto Insurance Study. The consumer intelligence company reported that when customers have a high level...
#11 Questions Raised about FIGA Board Changes, Now With No Auto Insurer Reps
Jun 17 2024 // In May, Florida’s chief financial officer sent out a notice that he had appointed new members to the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association’s board of directors. Just a week later, though, one of those...
#12 Orchestrator of $60 Million New York Auto Insurance Fraud Gets 10 Years in Prison
Jun 4 2024 // A New Jersey man who orchestrated a 13-year long, $60 million no-fault automobile insurance scam in New York has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Bradley Pierre was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe...
#13 Colorado Woman Handcuffed in Police Car Hit by Train Receives $8.5M Settlement
Jun 7 2024 // A Colorado woman who was seriously injured when a freight train hit the parked police vehicle in which she sat handcuffed has reached an $8.5 million settlement, a lawyer representing two of the involved police officers...
#14 Japan Auto Safety Scandal Widens; Toyota Halts Shipments of Some Vehicles
Jun 3 2024 // A safety test scandal at Japanese automakers widened on Monday, with Toyota Motor and Mazda both halting shipments of some vehicles after Japan’s transport ministry found irregularities in applications to certify...
#15 CCC: Severe Weather Impacting Collision Repair, Auto Insurance
Jul 1 2024 // The auto insurance and repair industry must “adapt to new patterns and prepare for an unpredictable future,” according to the Crash Course Q2 2024 report released by CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc., a P/C cloud...
#16 Rhode Island Bars Auto Insurers From Hiking Rates on Widows and Widowers
Jun 6 2024 // A new Rhode Island law prohibits auto insurers from charging policyholders more solely because they have been widowed. The new law bans insurers from treating widows or widowers any differently than married people in terms...
#17 Police Say No Charges Will Be Filed in Lobster Monster Truck Crash
Jun 11 2024 // A police investigator concluded no criminal charges were warranted after a lobster-themed monster truck clipped a power line, causing some scary moments with live wires falling to the ground. Two people were taken to...
#18 Uber Picks Once-Rival Aurora to Launch Driverless Truck Offering in Texas
Jun 25 2024 // Nearly a decade after it began working on self-driving vehicles, Uber Technologies Inc. plans to haul freight fully autonomously for the first time later this year through an expansion of an earlier deal with Aurora...
#19 Car Maker Stellantis Extends Preventive Recall to Other Models Over Airbag Worries
Jun 10 2024 // Car maker Stellantis has preventively extended a recall of vehicles with potentially faulty airbags to more Citroen and DS models, as well as the Opel brand, spokespeople for the carmaker told Reuters on Friday. Citroen...
#20 New Jersey: E-Scooter Rider Hit by Car Not Eligible for No-Fault PIP Benefits
Jun 3 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...
