Latest Commercial Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Commercial Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Seattle Mayor Warns of Uber Crackdown
Feb 27 2014 // Uber Technologies Inc. and other taxi services that let people summon drivers by smartphone might be shut down in Seattle if they don’t carry more insurance, Mayor Ed Murray said. “They have to start accepting...
Transportation Network Companies, Uber Liability Gap Worry Insurers
Feb 10 2014 // There’s a growing concern over a gap between personal and commercial insurance where ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft are concerned – and slowly states and cities across the country are taking a look at how...
N.J. Commissioner Offers Insurance Purchasing Tips for Small Businesses
Jan 30 2014 // Making the right insurance choices can have significant impact on the small business owner’s operation costs. With that in mind, New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski offered some...
Family Members Sue Over Fatal California Limo Fire
Oct 28 2013 // Family members of the victims of a fatal Bay Area limousine fire in California have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against six different companies. The San Francisco Chronicle reported the lawsuit claims the companies were...
Texas DPS Touts Success of Border Crime, Vehicle Safety Initiative
Oct 25 2013 // The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced that a multi-agency law enforcement initiative, dubbed Operation Strong Safety, that targeted crime, unsafe commercial vehicles and unsafe driving practices has been...
All Risks Offering WC for Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Risks
Oct 21 2013 // All Risks’ Workers Compensation Division has launched it’s third specialty class, non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT), with an exclusive A.M. Best “A” rated market. This WC unit has direct...
California Regulators OK On-Demand Ridesharing, With Conditions
Sep 20 2013 // On-demand ride services got the green light from California regulators on Thursday in a move the services hope will help clarify their legal status in other jurisdictions. The California Public Utilities Commission created...
Global Insurance Co. Expands Taxi, Para-Transit Coverage to Texas
Sep 13 2013 // Global Liberty Insurance Co. of New York, a specialty underwriter of limousine, executive car service, taxi and para-transit, will start accepting risks in Texas starting in October. The addition of the state represents...
Bill Would Require Safety Features In California Limos
Sep 12 2013 // Limousines that operate in California would be required to have emergency exits under legislation approved by the state Assembly in the wake of several limousine fire deaths. Democratic Sen. Ellen Corbett of San Leandro...
Tough-to-Kill New York Buses Drive Through U.S. Law’s Loopholes
Sep 3 2013 // Outside New York’s Winter Garden Theatre, where “Mamma Mia” is nearing the end of a 13-year Broadway run, unwitting tourists board a bus bearing the name of a company U.S. regulators tried to close two...
Cause of Limo Fire in California That Killed 5 Revealed
Aug 20 2013 // Recordings of the 911 calls released Monday captured witnesses, including some who had just escaped the limo, recounting the last moments of the five nurses who died inside, as authorities said a mechanical problem was...
10 Things to Know About Taxis & Limos
Jul 1 2013 // California lawmakers proposed new safety requirements after two recent incidents in which limousines caught fire. One bill would require two doors and two emergency window exits in the rear of all limos made after Jan. 1,...
Lawsuit Filed Against Charter Bus Company Over Kentucky Crash
Jun 24 2013 // The parents of two students who were among those injured when a bus crashed on a Kentucky interstate as the group returned from a college campus visit have sued the charter bus operator, claiming the vehicle was not...
NetRate Systems Introduces Value-Add Modules to Commercial Auto Rating Product
Jun 3 2013 // Okemos, MI, 6/3/13 – NetRate Systems, Inc., a leading supplier of ISO® Commercial Lines Rating software for the MGA and carrier marketplace, has announced the availability of several add-on modules which provide...
Paper: No Safety Inspections For Smaller California Limos
May 8 2013 // The limousine that burst into flames and killed five women in Northern California wasn’t required to undergo a state safety inspection, according to a report in the San Jose Mercury News. The limo burst into flames...
KF&B Launches New Bus Program
Apr 5 2013 // Wholesaler KF&B, Inc. has launched a new auto liability program for buses with up to $5 million in liability limits. The program is available in all 50 states through admitted carrier ProSight Specialty Insurance. It...
Boston Mayor Reviews City’s Taxi Industry, Pushes to Raise Insurance Requirements
Apr 3 2013 // Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has ordered a sweeping review of the city’s $1 billion taxi industry following a series of Boston Globe stories that shed light on a system that exploits drivers, enriches owners, and...
Trinity Underwriting Managers Announces Commercial Auto Program
Feb 26 2013 // Trinity Underwriting Managers, Inc. (TUMI), a Georgia-based program administrator, has expanded its commercial auto capabilities. TUMI has established a relationship with an “A” rated carrier that underwrites...
10 Things to Know About the Commercial Auto Market
Feb 11 2013 // The commercial auto segment saw an underwriting loss in 2011 for the first time in nine years, with a combined ratio of 103.6 percent, according to a special report on the U.S. commercial auto insurance industry published...
New Mexico Weighs Reform of Taxi, Shuttle Regulation
Jan 25 2013 // Lawmakers are proposing to revamp state regulation of taxis and moving companies to potential lower costs for consumers. Reps. Tom Taylor, a Farmington Republican, and Carl Trujillo, a Santa Fe Democrat, are sponsoring the...
