Latest Commercial Auto Headlines

All the headlines from our Commercial Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Meeting the Challenge of Dept. of Motor Vehicles Reporting

Jan 12 2004 // Today, more than 20 states—and the number keeps rising—require insurance companies to report vehicle insurance information to their department of motor vehicles (DMV). The states want the information to enforce laws...

Pa. Man Charged in Arson-for-Hire Fraud Scam

Dec 16 2003 // New Jersey’s Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a Pennsylvania man has been charged by the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor with reportedly participating in a scheme to get rid of...

Alliance: Ohio Top Court Gets It Right on Commercial Auto Cover

Nov 6 2003 // A decision by the Ohio Supreme Court to overturn its own previous ruling on commercial auto insurance coverage has finally corrected an injustice in the legal system, according to the Alliance of American Insurers. The...

Motor Truck Cargo & Commercial Auto Physical Damage

Nov 3 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade-Amstar has available a program for motor truck cargo and commercial auto physical damage. Appointed brokers have immediate access; others must call for an appointment. Market offers on hook...

ISO Authorized to Provide Advisory Pricing Info to Texas Insurers

Sep 11 2003 // Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO) announced that it is now able to provide advisory information services to Texas insurers for four lines of insurance—commercial auto, personal auto, homeowners and dwelling...

London American Has Four Markets for Commercial Auto

Jul 25 2003 // London American has available up to four markets for commercial auto in California. Classes include: Contractors, Retailers, Wholesalers and manufacturers. The markets offer light to extra heavy units with local to...

Safeco Makes Commercial Auto Ins. Sales Faster, Easier

Jul 23 2003 // Safeco Business Insurance has expanded its online sales platform to make it faster and easier for agents to sell commercial auto insurance to small businesses. The platform, called ESP(TM), allows agents to quote, bind and...

Commercial Automobile

Jun 23 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services is offering a program for commercial auto. The program is designed for up to four vehicles and up to 10 drivers. The program will allow vehicles with...

Soda Delivery Driver Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud

Feb 14 2003 // Armando M. Villesca Sr. of Fort Stockton, Texas, pleaded guilty to charges of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. A Travis County District Court judge ordered Villesca to submit to three years of community...

Commercial Lines Auto: A Sleeping Giant Awakens

Feb 10 2003 // The commercial lines auto market used to be a steady line of business, stirred up occasionally by a Department of Transportation regulatory change or fallout from personal auto regulatory issues. Like other lines, it was...

Big Yellow Taxis and Long Black Cars

Feb 10 2003 // According to the Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association (TLPA), in the U.S. alone there are approximately 6,300 companies operating 171,000 taxicabs. The TLPA, a non-profit trade association representing the...

Commercial Lines Auto: A Sleeping Giant Awakens

Feb 10 2003 // The commercial lines auto market used to be a steady line of business, stirred up occasionally by a Department of Transportation regulatory change or fallout from personal auto regulatory issues. Like other lines, it was...

Big Yellow Taxis and Long Black Cars

Feb 10 2003 // According to the Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association (TLPA), in the U.S. alone there are approximately 6,300 companies operating 171,000 taxicabs. The TLPA, a non-profit trade association representing the...

Montemayor Sends Biennial Report, Recommendations to Lawmakers

Jan 13 2003 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor recently submitted the Biennial Report, required under Section 32.022 of the Insurance Code, to Texas legislators suggesting needed changes in laws relating to insurance...

Mass. Broker’s License Revoked

Dec 18 2002 // The license of James Falzone, an insurance broker based in Waltham, Mass., was revoked after he allegedly collected $2,900 from a taxi company for coverage and then never purchased a policy for the client. The Daily News...

Alleged N. Y. Fraud Ring Sued by The Hartford

Dec 13 2002 // The Hartford filed suit against seven New York State residents and eleven New York businesses for their role in an alleged scheme to fraudulently purchase insurance coverage and avoid paying hundreds of thousands of...

Commercial Auto and General Liability

Dec 2 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: JLD Insurance Brokerage is offering a program for commercial auto and general liability. Dollars: Policy limits of $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. Carrier: Admitted market. States Available:...

2001 Market Share For Insurers in Texas

Oct 14 2002 // The 2001 premium and loss data for Texas verifies everything you heard from the insurance companies — it was a really bad year. Here are the highlights in review: • Texas accounts for 7 percent of the national premium...

Scottsdale Taxi

Jul 22 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: London American General Agency (LAGA) has launched an excess and surplus auto liability taxi program in California. LAGA, which writes the program on Scottsdale paper, will offer a 10 percent discount...

New Market: Arrowhead of Texas Offers Commercial Auto Program

Jun 28 2002 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency of Texas Inc. has a new commercial automobile program for Texas agents. Target classes include artisan contractors, wholesale/manufacturing/industrial, heavy construction, local and...