Latest Personal Auto Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Commissioner Likes Proposed Rideshare Regulations
Jun 12 2014 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Thursday gave a thumbs up to regulations proposed by California Public Utility Commission President Michael Peevey, which seeks broader commercial insurance coverage for...
Louisiana Drivers Sans Insurance to Face Hefty Fines
Jun 9 2014 // In the final hours of Louisiana’s legislative session, lawmakers passed a $53 million fee hike on drivers who don’t maintain car insurance as required by law. Most of the money expected to be raised is slated...
Penn. Advises Consumers to Check Insurance Before Using Rideshare Services
Jun 3 2014 // As the vacation travel season gets underway, Pennsylvania’s insurance department is reminding consumers to understand their personal auto insurance policies before participating with any of the new ridesharing...
Actuaries Grapple with Insurance Questions on Self-Driving Cars
Jun 2 2014 // The car of the future is pictured in an imagined scene in a 1950s science magazine. The illustration depicts a family sitting in a big convertible, a tail-finned monster. Mom, Dad and their kids are in a circle, playing a...
Self-Driving Car Testing Rules Adopted by California
Jun 2 2014 // California has new rules that govern the testing of self-driving cars on public roads. The rules, approved on May 19 by state attorneys, require a human to be in the driver’s seat when a computer takes control during...
New Hampshire Weighs Limited License for First-Time Drunk Drivers
May 29 2014 // New Hampshire House and Senate negotiators reached a tentative deal this week on legislation allowing a limited driver’s license for first-time drunken drivers to go to work, medical treatment, school or other...
The Insurance Implications of Google’s Self-Driving Car
May 28 2014 // Google has announced a truly “driverless” car that lacks a steering wheel, brakes or anything else that allows a driver to control its movements. This actually strikes me as a much bigger deal for the insurance...
N.J. Insurance Commissioner Alerts Consumers on Car-Sharing Services
May 28 2014 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski alerted consumers to the potential loss of insurance coverage in connection with popular business activities known as car-sharing or Transportation...
Self-Driving Car Testing Rules Adopted by California
May 22 2014 // California has new rules that govern the testing of self-driving cars on public roads. The rules, approved Monday by state attorneys, require a human to be in the driver’s seat when a computer takes control during...
Europe Moves Ahead with Self-Driving Cars in Reponse to Google
May 19 2014 // Cars could be driving themselves down the world’s streets far sooner than expected, thanks to a change in a global treaty backed by European countries. A little-noticed amendment to the United Nations Convention on...
Immigrants in California Study for Driver Test Months Out
May 19 2014 // There’s a lot riding on a California law to grant driver’s licenses to immigrants in the country illegally, and supporters are already preparing prospective drivers in the most populous U.S. state to pass the...
Actuaries Grapple with Insurance Questions on Self-Driving Cars
May 16 2014 // The car of the future is pictured in an imagined scene in a 1950s science magazine. The illustration depicts a family sitting in a big convertible, a tail-finned monster. Mom, Dad, and their kids are in a circle, playing a...
Maryland State Police Issuing More Tickets for Distracted Driving
May 12 2014 // Maryland State Police troopers have issued more electronic tickets for distracted driving in the last seven months than they did in all of 2013, according to agency data reflecting enforcement of a new state law targeting...
South Carolina Beauty Queen Urges Texting-While-Driving Ban
May 9 2014 // Miss South Carolina Brooke Mosteller has thrown her tiara into the political ring. Following in the footsteps of her uncle, Sen. Chip Campsen, R-Isle of Palms, Mosteller joined scores of pageant contestants at the...
N.Y. Senate OKs Bill Mandating Alcohol Tests After Bad Car Crashes
May 7 2014 // New York State senators have voted to require blood-alcohol tests of all drivers following serious accidents. The Senate passed the legislation on Monday. It would mandate that police test the alcohol levels of all drivers...
Bill Allowing Insurers to Drop Drivers Axed by Arizona’s Brewer
May 7 2014 // Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill that would have allowed insurance companies to drop drivers from their coverage if their car was driven mostly out of the state. The bill would have affected college students and...
Maryland Warns of Potential Insurance Coverage Gaps for Ridesharing Services
May 6 2014 // Maryland’s top insurance regulator recently issued a notice alerting consumers about potential coverage gaps affecting drivers for ridesharing services. The Maryland Insurance Administration said technology based...
New Funding Allows Crackdown on Texting While Driving in North Dakota
May 5 2014 // Motorists routinely may see fellow drivers texting and driving, but police rarely do, making enforcement of North Dakota’s distracted driving law difficult to enforce, authorities say. “When a squad car is in...
Nationwide Insurance to Sponsor NASCAR Driver Earnhardt
May 5 2014 // Through the first four months of 2014, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has landed a new sponsor, another Daytona 500 win and an award selected by the media. Now, life will be really grand if the popular NASCAR driver can rekindle his...
California Legislator Introduces Ridesharing Bill
May 5 2014 // A California Assemblywoman introduced a bill in late April to regulate ridesharing companies like Uber, Lyft and Sidecar. Assembly Bill 2293, authored by Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla, D-Concord, would clarify existing...
