Latest Commercial Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Commercial Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Self-Driving Delivery Cars, Robot Taxis ‘Will Be Ready to Roll’ in 2018
Dec 5 2017 // Self-driving vehicles will be ready to roll next year, though the work to make them affordable to individual consumers is still “in the first inning,” according to the CEO of a company working on the...
GM Plans Fleets of Autonomous Robo-Taxis by 2019
Dec 1 2017 // General Motors Co. laid out its vision for self-driving vehicles on Thursday, telling investors it planned a commercial launch of fleets of fully autonomous robo-taxis in multiple dense urban environments in 2019, in a...
Chinese Startup Develops ‘Taxi Drone’ with Plans for 2018 Rollout
Nov 29 2017 // A Chinese startup has developed a flying car that it plans to roll out as soon as next year. EHang Inc.’s E-184 drone can carry one passenger in its small cockpit, but the firm says it’s working on a model that...
How Cabbies Are Morphing Into Hybrid Taxi-Ridesharing Firms
Nov 8 2017 // Taxi companies across the U.S. waged a bitter, high-profile battle to keep Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. from bringing the sharing economy to cabs. They lost. Now the cabbies are adopting a...
ASC to Acquire Forestry Insurance Co. of the Southeast’s Commercial Auto Book
Nov 6 2017 // Accredited Surety and Casualty Company, Inc. (ASC), a subsidiary of Randall & Quilter (R&Q), has entered into an agreement with Forestry Insurance Company of the Southeast to acquire its commercial auto book of...
Investors in Litigation Financing Target Commercial Auto
Oct 31 2017 // Investor-funded litigation is not new but it is expanding its reach in commercial auto cases, according to experts in the field. Panelists at the 2017 Risk Management Summit in Las Vegas, Nev., addressed the growing trend...
Fighting Drivers of Commercial Auto Frequency, Severity
Oct 20 2017 // Litigation financing, distracted driving and unexpected verdicts are just some of the factors impacting commercial auto frequency and severity, according to panelists speaking at the 2017 Risk Management Summit this week...
Vegas Risk Management Summit Tackled Commercial Auto, Workers’ Comp And More
Oct 16 2017 // One factor driving continuously dismal commercial auto insurance losses is a spate of “nuclear cases” that are plaguing the industry with multi-million lawsuits. The amount of money and resources being put into...
Texas’ QEO Group to Write Commercial Auto with Clear Blue Insurance Group
Oct 12 2017 // Irving, Texas-based QEO Group LLC (QEO) and Clear Blue Financial Holdings LLC (Clear Blue), headquartered in North Carolina, have agreed to a long-term, exclusive relationship for QEO to write its commercial automobile...
Starr Cos. Now Offers Commercial Auto Coverages in Canada
Oct 11 2017 // Starr Cos. announced it has introduced commercial primary auto coverages in all provinces and territories in Canada. “This allows Starr to better support our primary general liability accounts by offering commercial...
Starr Adds Commercial Auto Coverage for Aviation Insureds
Oct 5 2017 // Starr Companies has added commercial auto coverage for aviation insureds. Auto coverage is available on an ‘any auto’ basis for fleets owned by companies operating in the aviation industry when purchased along...
After Deadly New York Crash, Schumer Seeks Charter Bus Safety Grades
Oct 2 2017 // U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says charter bus companies should be graded for safety and the grades should be posted the way New York City posts restaurant letter grades. The New York Democrat says letter grades for bus safety...
Dubai Stages First Public Test of Drone Taxi Service with Electric Volocopter
Sep 27 2017 // Talk about rising above the masses. Dubai staged the first public test of its drone taxi service on Monday, offering a peek at what it might—or will—be like to commute by flying car. The self-piloting, electric...
Uber CEO Apologizes to Londoners for Taxi App’s Mistakes
Sep 26 2017 // Uber’s new boss Dara Khosrowshahi apologized to Londoners for the taxi app’s mistakes and pledged to make changes as the Silicon Valley firm tries to overturn a decision to strip it of its license in one of its...
Trial Nears for Final Defendant in Delaware Murder-For-Hire Case
Aug 29 2017 // A judge is holding a final case review for the last of four defendants charged in the murder-for-hire killings of a Delaware couple. Monday’s court proceeding comes as a trial looms for Dominique Benson in the 2013...
How to Catch Commercial Auto Use Fraud
Aug 7 2017 // Pulling the wool over the insurance company’s eyes seems like a victimless crime. After all, if a few dollars are saved by saying a car is a personal vehicle instead of the commercial work truck it really is, who...
At Labor’s Urging, House Bill to Speed Self-Driving Vehicles Exempts Trucks
Jul 31 2017 // Labor unions are urging a slowdown as lawmakers fast track legislation to allow self-driving vehicles on the road, a potential boon to some union jobs and an existential threat to others. The House Energy & Commerce...
Driverless Car Technology and Its Impact in New York
Jul 24 2017 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in May signed a budget bill into law allowing self-driving and self-parking cars to be tested for one year on New York public highways. Prior to this law going into effect, the technology was...
Blind Americans Want to Participate in Future of Driverless Vehicles
Jul 19 2017 // Anil Lewis was behind the wheel of his Ford Mustang convertible on a sunny Atlanta day in 1988, when he nearly hit a pedestrian who appeared in a crosswalk ahead of him, seemingly out of nowhere. It was then Lewis realized...
Taxi Drivers in North Carolina’s Capital City Face Rough Year Thanks to Ridesharing
Jul 18 2017 // Johnson Umeh has plenty of experience as a taxi driver, and he says the job has never been as tough as it is now. Like many drivers, his business is being sapped by Uber and Lyft – the popular ride-hailing apps that...
