Latest Personal Auto Headlines
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Robert F. Driver Co. Becomes Driver Alliant Insurance Services
Mar 1 2002 // After 76 years of delivering insurance solutions as Robert F. Driver Co. Inc., the company has announced its new name. Ranked as the 29th largest insurance brokerage operation in the country, the San Diego-based company...
AAI Says Appeal of Reg 68 Ruling Costs NY Drivers $2 Million a Day
Feb 28 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) has strongly attacked the decision of groups led by trial lawyers to appeal trial Judge William Wetzel’s decision to give the New York State Insurance Department the go-ahead...
Nevada Amendments Could Hurt Drivers
Dec 17 2001 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), several amendments the Nevada Division of Insurance is considering to underwriting and rating regulations would hurt consumers who find it difficult to...
California Drivers to See Some Auto Rate Increases in the New Year
Dec 10 2001 // Auto insurers across the state are making a beeline for Sacramento with their Christmas wish list for rate hikes following several years of rate cuts for California motorists. Those insurers who were chopping rates two or...
Cameras Catch Up with Los Angeles Drivers
Dec 6 2001 // Cameras installed this year to catch red light runners at just eight intersections in the Los Angeles have produced 12,000 citations, police officials said. According to the Los Angeles Times, in comparison, without such...
Drivers Warned of Deer, Moose Accidents at Dusk
Oct 22 2001 // As the days become shorter with the approach of winter, New Hampshire’s deer and moose population is on the move. Unfortunately this causes a dramatic rise in accidents with motorists, especially during the twilight...
RSA To Offer Safe Drivers Lifetime No-Claims Bonus
Oct 22 2001 // Royal & Sun Alliance’s “More Than” Unit became the first U.K. insurer to offer safe drivers a plan to keep their no-claims bonus for life. Under the terms of the plan announced Friday existing...
Commerce Group to Take Over Mass. Personal Auto Business from Berkshire Mutual
Oct 5 2001 // The Commerce Group Inc. announced that it had entered into an agreement with Berkshire Mutual Insurance Co. to transfer Berkshire’s Massachusetts personal automobile business to its Mass. subsidiary, Commerce...
NAII: Auto Rating Discount Proposal Would Penalize Calif. Drivers
Sep 27 2001 // A proposed regulation that would allow only those drivers who renew coverage with their current insurer to receive discounts would stifle competition and unfairly penalize thousands of responsible motorists in the...
2000 Market Share For Insurers in Texas
Sep 3 2001 // The books are closed on 2000 Texas premium and loss information for the insurance industry. IIAT’s annual review of market share data contains a few surprises, some good news and some bad news. Here are the...
Report Private Ambulance Drivers Favor Their Own NYC Hospitals
Jun 27 2001 // A report in The Village Voice details the problems confronting New York City’s emergency services, focusing on the marked tendency of private ambulance drivers to bring injured, but insured, emergency victims to...
AIA Urges NY Governor To Veto Bill Removing Drunk Driving Benefit Exclusions
Jun 26 2001 // The American Insurance Association has urged NY Governor George Pataki to veto a bill passed by the Assembly and the Senate, which would remove the current exclusion of benefits for drunk drivers under the State’s...
NY Assembly Votes To Ban Driver Cell Phone Use
Jun 26 2001 // By a vote of 125 to 19 the New York State Assembly followed the lead of the Senate, and passed a bill banning the use of cell phones by automobile drivers. Governor Pataki is expected to sign the bill next week. It would...
Auto Club Says Calif. Teen Driving Law Could Prevent Nearly 100,000 Crashes in Next Decade
Jun 22 2001 // According to the Automobile Club of California California’s Graduated Driver Licensing Law (GDL), one of the toughest teen driving laws in the nation, will have a major impact on the number one killer of teens...
Robert F. Driver Co. Sold to Alliant Resources
Jun 11 2001 // One of San Diego’s best-known independent insurance brokerage firms, Robert F. Driver Co. Inc., is becoming part of Alliant Resources Group Inc., an insurance brokerage and financial services distribution...
Alliant Resources Group Acquires Robert F. Driver Company
Jun 6 2001 // The insurance brokerage and financial services distribution company Alliant Resources Group Inc. announced its acquisition of San Diego-based Robert F. Driver Co. Inc., one of the largest independent insurance brokerage...
Driving Up the Wrong Alley
May 7 2001 // California Insurance Commissioner Harry W. Low announced the filing of a formal legal complaint by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) against Abraham and Associates Insurance Services Inc., and its owner, Mark...
Drivers Protected With Use of Traffic Cameras
Apr 28 2001 // An Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study released April 26 reveals that cameras capturing red-light runners may also stop collisions and injuries, as reported by the Associated Press. Focusing on the California city...
Progressive Survey Finds Agents Still in the Driver’s Seat
Feb 27 2001 // Results of an extensive countrywide survey by Progressive Insurance show that while people ages 18 to 34 were more likely to use the Internet to purchase auto insurance than people ages 35 to 64, a majority of consumers...
MetLife Offers Cash, Bonds to Teen Drivers
Jan 22 2001 // MetLife Auto & Home announced that it is introducing the company’s “Teens on the Road to Safety” program to insureds in the states of Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Missouri, Oregon, and...
