Latest Personal Auto Headlines
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Police Say Intoxicated Driver Hit 41 Cars in Rhode Island
Mar 1 2019 // Rhode Island police have arrested a man they say was driving under the influence when he struck more than 40 other vehicles. Police say 45-year-old Christopher Paolissi, of Foster, was “zig-zagging” his pickup...
Irish Drivers Will Need Special Insurance to Enter Northern Ireland After Hard Brexit
Mar 1 2019 // Irish drivers have been warned they will need a special insurance document to cross the currently invisible border to Northern Ireland after next month if the U.K. leaves the European Union without a deal. The Motor...
Police: 5 Hurt in Indiana Church Bus Crash; Driver Arrested, Charged with DWI
Feb 28 2019 // Authorities say an 82-year-old church bus driver is charged with driving while intoxicated after five people were injured when a bus returning from a Chicago Bulls game went off the road in northwestern Indiana. Indiana...
Travelers: Over 70% of Minneapolis-Area Drivers Surveyed Use Phones While Driving
Feb 27 2019 // A recently commissioned survey of 503 Minneapolis-area drivers by The Travelers Companies Inc. found that 71 percent of respondents use a mobile device while driving, with 84 percent of millennials, 72 percent of Gen Xers...
Really? Using Hands-Free Devices While Driving Not So Risky?
Feb 18 2019 // New research suggests that drivers who use hands-free electronic devices, as opposed to handheld ones, are not increasing their risk of getting into a crash. According to the research from Virginia Tech Transportation...
New Ventures, Driver Shortage Among Challenges in Trucking Insurance Market
Feb 15 2019 // The transportation industry is considered a barometer of the U.S. economy. If freight is trending up, so too is the U.S. economy. But capacity constraints for trucking – including a shortage of qualified drivers, low...
Nationwide’s ‘SmartMiles’ Auto Insurance Targets Low-Mileage Drivers
Feb 14 2019 // For those who work from home, carpool frequently or use public transit more than they drive, Nationwide is launching SmartMiles, an auto insurance policy for low-mileage drivers. BuildIng on its telematics SmartRide...
Dubai Ride-Hailing Firm, Careem, Provides Accident Insurance for Drivers, Passengers
Feb 14 2019 // Dubai-based ride-hailing service Careem Networks FZ is looking for new ways to get ahead of main rival Uber Technologies Inc. in the Middle East. Careem launched an accident insurance program for passengers as well as...
Uber’s London License Faces New Legal Challenge as Cab Drivers Fight Back
Feb 13 2019 // Months after Uber Technologies Inc. won a reprieve in a high-stakes battle over its operations in the U.K. capital, its London license is back in question. United Cabbies Group, which represents taxi drivers in the...
Hawaii Drunken Driving Bill Would Prohibit Alcohol Purchase for 3 Years
Feb 12 2019 // Hawaii lawmakers have advanced a measure that would allow judges to prohibit people convicted of drunken driving from purchasing or publicly consuming alcohol for three years after their conviction. The measure, introduced...
Using Hands-Free Devices While Driving Not So Risky: Research
Feb 11 2019 // New research suggests that drivers who use hands-free electronic devices, as opposed to handheld ones, are not increasing their risk of getting into a crash. According to the research from Virginia Tech Transportation...
South Dakota Bill Would Bar Using Mobile Device While Driving
Feb 5 2019 // People would be mostly barred from using mobile devices while driving under proposed legislation in South Dakota. Under House Bill 1088, which was scheduled to be considered by the House Transportation Committee on Feb. 5,...
South Carolina Hands-Free Driving Bill Advances in State Legislature
Feb 4 2019 // A bill banning drivers in South Carolina from holding cellphones in their hands passed its first hurdle. The proposal would fine drivers $200 for using a cellphone or other electronic device in their hands. Drivers could...
Big 3 Drive Personal Auto Insurance Recovery;
Feb 4 2019 // Signs of Rate Hike Fatigue Ahead Steady improvement for U.S. personal auto insurance companies has culminated in the sector’s best underwriting performance in 10 years, according to Fitch Ratings in a report. The...
Southeast Officials Focus on Curbing Fraud, Rising Auto Rates, Flood Insurance, Distracted Driving
Jan 29 2019 // For the seventh year in a row, the Florida insurance industry, regulators, and consumer advocates will push for reforms to the state’s assignment of benefits issue that has now become an insurance crisis, according...
How Cell Phone Use While Driving Is Changing
Jan 28 2019 // Manipulating a cellphone was a contributing factor in more than 800 crash deaths on U.S. roads during 2017 amid a marked increase in the percentage of drivers observed interacting with cellphones, new research by the...
Missouri Third-Worst State for Driver Safety Laws, Report Says
Jan 24 2019 // A new report ranks Missouri near the bottom of all states for driver safety laws, at a time when distracted driving is happening at a high rate. Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, a national roadway safety coalition,...
Mass. SJC Says Police Can Make Drugged Driving Arrest Based on Observations
Jan 17 2019 // The Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that a state police officer was justified in arresting a suspect for driving under the influence of marijuana based on the officer’s observations of the driver’s...
Big 3 Drive Personal Auto Insurance Recovery; Signs of Rate Hike Fatigue Ahead
Jan 16 2019 // Steady improvement for U.S. personal auto insurance companies has culminated in the sector’s best underwriting performance in 10 years, according to Fitch Ratings in a report. The market improvement was driven by the...
2019 Cyber Insurance Predictions: Strong Drivers for Growth Ahead
Jan 15 2019 // Cyber insurance is trending upward, the industry is growing, and the technology around it is evolving at a very quick pace. While predictions are always hard to make, here are five trends that are likely to catapult the...
