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Reliance Expands Auto Quote Platform to Tennessee

Reliance Global Group, which utilizes artificial intelligence and data mining to assist agents in writing auto insurance policies, announced it has launched 5MinuteInsure.com in Tennessee, its fifth new state in recent months. The web-based platform is designed to provide consumers …

American Family Rolls Out Rewards Program for Infrequent Drivers in Arizona

American Family Insurance has partnered with Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT), a smartphone telematics company, to create the MilesMyWay auto insurance program that rewards drivers for driving less. The app-based program is a pay-as-you-drive (mileage-based) telematics offering that allows drivers to …

Massachusetts SJC Issues Decision in Auto Insurance Dispute

The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts (SJC) has answered a question regarding the priority of coverage for two automobile insurance policies covering a single motor vehicle accident. In its ruling, the SJC decided both excess policies cover the accident equally …

Michigan Lawmaker’s Proposal Would Allow Auto Insurance Options

Michigan state Rep. Jason Sheppard of Temperance has introduced legislation that he says would help drivers and families financially saddled by Michigan’s exorbitant automobile insurance rates. House Bill 4488 will allow consumers to choose a level of coverage, up to …

Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Offers Advice for Winter Storm Damage

Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller is offering tips to consumers whose home or automobile may have sustained damage from this week’s winter storm, according to a press release issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance. “Most standard homeowners’ insurance policies …

Expert: Targeting High-Risk Shoppers with Mobile Makes Sense

High-risk shoppers maybe one of the best segments for insurance agencies and carriers to target with online and mobile quoting and services. New data from online agency CoverHound shows high-risk shoppers are 93 percent more likely to conduct research for …

NAIC Report: New Jersey Tops Nation in Auto Insurance Rates

An annual industry report shows New Jersey has the costliest auto insurance rates in the nation. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners says New Jersey motorists paid an average of $1,220 in 2012. That’s about 49 percent more than the …

N.J. Man Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud Over Damage Done to Car

A New Jersey man has admitted that he sought more than $15,000 from his insurance company for damage done to his car before his policy took effect and for personal items he claimed were stolen. Derrick Smith of Newark, New …

Georgia Regulators Order Liquidation of Georgia Mutual

A Georgia superior court judge has given regulators approval to liquidate a former automobile insurer. Cynthia Write, judge of the superior court of Fulton County, signed-off on an order in February that will allow regulators to liquidate Georgia Mutual Insurance, …

Poll: Most Mississippians Support Ban on Texting While Driving for All Motorists

A new survey released this month says most Mississippians support tightening the state’s law on texting while driving. Currently Mississippi prohibits texting while driving for those with a learner’s permit or an intermediate license, according to the state’s Department of …