Latest Commercial Auto Headlines

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

Commercial Auto Agents: Between a Rock and a Hard Market

Feb 11 2002 // The cyclical ups and downs of the multisegmented arena referred to collectively as commercial auto are nothing new. Though the years referred to as “soft” and “hard” vary in both length and...

Cell Phones and Commercial Auto Insurance: Leading by Example

Feb 11 2002 // If it seems like you’re seeing more drivers with phones stuck to their ears, it isn’t your imagination. There are more than 88 million cell phone users in this country —40,000 new subscribers every day—and...

Building Profitability into the Commercial Auto Market

Feb 11 2002 // Like most property and casualty insurance lines, the commercial auto insurance market has witnessed rate increases over the past year and expects to see more. And, as in other lines, underwriters are scrutinizing accounts...

Cell Phones and Commercial Auto Insurance: Leading by Example

Feb 11 2002 // If it seems like you’re seeing more drivers with phones stuck to their ears, it isn’t your imagination. There are more than 88 million cell phone users in this country —40,000 new subscribers every day—and...

Lancer Insurance Recommends DriveCam

Dec 7 2001 // San Diego-based DriveCam Video Systems, an innovator in vehicle safety and protection, announced that Lancer Insurance, a specialty insurer of passenger transportation vehicles, has recommended DriveCam to its customers...

CNA Unveils New Online Capabilities

Oct 9 2001 // CNA unveiled new online capabilities on CNA Central. The website features dynamic transactional tools and account management resources for a broad range of CNA products and services for the company’s U.S. insurance...

CDI Continues Probe of Alleged Taxicab Fraud

Aug 13 2001 // In the current commercial auto arena, one of the toughest risks to place is taxicabs. Given that, it is not surprising that certain entities might be attracted to the prospect of luring the gullible or less vigilant by...

Travelers to Resume Writing New Commercial Auto and Umbrella Business in Ohio

Aug 2 2001 // Travelers Insurance announced it will re-enter the Ohio insurance marketplace for new commercial auto and umbrella business with the enactment of the “Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Availability Act of...

Statewide Sweep Investigates Alleged Taxicab Insurance Fraud in Calif.

Jul 27 2001 // An article in the Contra Costa Times reported that California state investigators last week searched three brokers in the East Bay area, including Arvind Insurance Services in Richmond, to check allegations of fraud by...

Tulsa Taxi Makes Drive to Appeal Suspension

Jun 5 2001 // Tulsa Taxi Co. is awaiting an appearance before the City Council June 7 to hear its case regarding a three-day suspension of the company’s operating certificate. According to a report in the Tulsa World, the company...

Amwest Discontinues Commercial Auto Program

Mar 20 2001 // Amwest Insurance Group Inc. announced that it will immediately cease writing new commercial automobile policies. The decision to discontinue this product line follows the company’s plan of reorganization previously...

Carriers Battle Alleged Taxicab Market Fraud

Feb 19 2001 // In what looks uncomfortably like a return to the offshore scams of the late ’80s, several reports of questionable taxicab policies using the names of two well-known carriers have recently surfaced in California. The...

Commercial Auto-The LONG Road Back to Profitability

Feb 19 2001 // The signs were there in 2000—and now it can safely be said that prices in the commercial auto industry are definitely firming. But how long it will take the industry to truly return to profitability is still hard to...

NAFTA Panel: U.S. in Violation of Treaty

Feb 19 2001 // On Feb. 6, a North American Free Trade Agreement arbitration panel upheld an interim ruling opening the United States border to Mexican trucks. Many in the insurance industry say they will cautiously review the changes the...

Carriers Battle Alleged Taxicab Market Fraud

Feb 12 2001 // In what looks uncomfortably like a return to the offshore scams of the late ’80s, several reports of questionable taxicab policies using the names of two well-known carriers have recently surfaced in California. The...

Commercial Auto: The Long Road Back to Profitability

Feb 12 2001 // The signs were there in 2000—and now it can safely be said that prices in the commercial auto industry are definitely firming. But how long it will take the industry to truly return to profitability is still hard to...

NAFTA Ruling Expected to Allow U.S. Access to Mexican Trucks

Feb 12 2001 // A North American Free Trade Agreement arbitration panel is expected to uphold an interim ruling from November allowing Mexican trucks to operate in the United States. Many in the insurance industry say they will cautiously...

Commercial Auto Rates Up; Sector Ripe for Rapid Change

Oct 23 2000 // Someone up above has been listening. How else can one explain the hardening market that has been the subject of thousands of prayers. Both agents and E&S vendors, then, should be doubly excited about the commercial...