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Congress Repeals Insurance Booklet Mandate at Car Dealerships
Dec 26 2012 // The U.S. Senate has approved legislation that would eliminate the requirement that new-car dealerships keep on hand an information booklet about insurance. The bi-partisan legislation, H.R. 5859, endorsed by the National...
Louisiana Used Car Dealer Sentenced in Odometer Fraud Scheme
Dec 17 2012 // Beau Michael Guidry of Baton Rouge, La., has been sentenced in connection with an odometer tampering scheme that defrauded victims in and around Louisiana, the Justice Department announced. U.S. District Judge for the...
Sandy Could Force 250,000 Cars to Scrap Heap
Nov 8 2012 // Superstorm Sandy may consign as many as a quarter of a million new and used cars and trucks to the scrap heap, a loss that could eventually lead to a spike in new auto sales, automakers and dealers said. So far, automakers...
N.Y. Auto Repair Shop’s Lawsuit Against Progressive Allowed to Proceed
Oct 24 2012 // A New York-based auto body shop has been allowed to move forward with its lawsuit that accuses Progressive Insurance Group Company and its affiliates of deceptive acts and practices. The ruling last week by the Appellate...
Ala. Regulator OKs New Insurance Certification Form for Auto Dealers
Oct 9 2012 // Alabama Insurance Commissioner Jim L. Ridling issued a bulletin last week approving the use of a new “insurance certification form,” MVD-1, that is designed for licensed motor vehicle dealers and others. The...
GMI Launches Program for Non-franchised, Used Auto Dealerships
May 29 2012 // GMI Insurance, a managing general agent for transportation insurance nationwide, has launched a new program for non-franchised, used auto dealerships. GMI is the exclusive nationwide underwriting manager for this program,...
Colorado Car Dealers Installing GPS to Protect Risky Loans
Feb 24 2012 // Some Colorado car dealers who are approving high-risk loans for the vehicles they sell are installing GPS tracking units to protect their investments. According to KREX-T, the use of tracking units is an industry-wide...
N.Y. Court: Worker Injured on Break Entitled to Workers’ Comp Benefits
Jan 11 2012 // A New York court has ruled that a worker taking a short break does not constitute an interruption of employment, thus a worker injured during such a break is still entitled to workers’ comp benefits. The Appellate...
West Virginia AG Sues Insurer, Auto Repair Shop
Dec 20 2011 // West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw said last week that his office has sued Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and an auto repair shop. The attorney general says the defendants allegedly repaired vehicles with what...
Wisconsin Governor Signs Bill Capping Attorney Fees
Dec 9 2011 // Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill designed to limit attorneys’ fees after a well-known lemon law lawyer collected more than $150,000 in an auto-repair dispute. The measure, part of Walker’s special...
5Star Specialty Programs Expands Auto Dealer Product
Dec 6 2011 // 5Star Specialty Programs has expanded its Auto Dealers program to 43 states. With these new markets, the coverage is nationwide, except in Ark., Conn., D.C., Hawaii, Mass., Minn., N.J. and R.I. DEALERsure covers rural and...
Texas Car Dealer Convicted in Title Washing Scheme
Sep 23 2011 // A federal jury in Texas has convicted a car dealer from Rowlett for ‘title washing,’ a fraudulent process through which a vehicle’s title is corruptly altered to conceal information that should normally...
Consumers Not Required to Arbitrate Warranty Claims with Car Dealers: Court
Sep 21 2011 // A federal appeals court handed car owners a victory by striking down a requirement that they arbitrate warranty disputes with dealers. Reversing a lower court ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a...
Appalachian Underwriters Launches Commercial Lines Rater for Auto Dealers
Sep 19 2011 // Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. (AUI) launches a new commercial lines online rater for independent auto dealers, www.xpressdealerpro.com. Xpress DealerPro is the latest installment of enhancements to be integrated into...
Brooklyn Auto Body Shop Charged with Inflating Bills to Insurer
Jun 24 2011 // Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes announced has charged Borough Park autobody shop, Perfect Collision, with intentionally damaging cars brought in for repairs, so it could submit inflated bills to insurance...
Why Bragging May Create a Greater Legal Duty of Care
May 19 2011 // It has often been said that every attorney has a little larceny in his heart. In similar fashion, it could be said that every insurance agent has a little puffery in his heart regarding his book of business, background and...
Bragging About an Agent’s Book of Business May Create a Greater Legal Duty of Care
May 2 2011 // It has often been said that every attorney has a little larceny in his heart. In similar fashion, it could be said that every insurance agent has a little puffery in his heart regarding his book of business, background and...
EEHall, NIADA to Offer P&C Program to Independent Auto Dealers
Mar 30 2011 // The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NIADA) has partnered with Edward E. Hall and Company (EEHall) to offer a nationwide property and casualty insurance program to independent auto dealers. The NIADA...
4 Consumer Misconceptions About Personal Lines
Mar 7 2011 // Agents, Don’t Be on Spring Break When Customers Need You to Prepare for Summer As spring draws near, it’s time to reconnect with your clients. There is no better time than now to reach out and address some...
Texas Court Halts Sale of Unauthorized Auto Insurance
Nov 17 2010 // Travis County, Texas, District Judge Suzanne Covington issued a permanent injunction on Nov. 15 barring SideCars Inc. of Joplin, Mo., from marketing and selling a form of limited physical damage insurance to used car...
