March 12, 2014
A Kentucky House panel says when it comes to letting your vehicle insurance lapse, one strike and you’re out. Currently, Kentucky law allows a driver’s insurance to lapse three times before the vehicle registration is revoked. But under a bill …
March 11, 2014
Most uninsured motorists in the U.S. are responsible, safe drivers who simply cannot afford to purchase liability coverage with their income but who still need to drive for their work, according to a consumer advocacy group. The Consumer Federation of …
September 29, 2013
Members of the Oklahoma Insurance Department’s Anti-Fraud Unit and deputies with the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office recently wrote 17 citations for driving without auto insurance in Tulsa. Fourteen of the uninsured vehicles were towed during the safety checkpoint. The crackdown …
August 27, 2013
Rhode Island recently enacted legislation that will allow the division of motor vehicles to hire a third-party contractor to develop an uninsured motorist identification database — and send warning notices to motorists who lack the minimum insurance required by law. …
July 8, 2013
A contractor projects that a system to instantly verify whether Mississippians have auto insurance would lead to fines of more than $150 million a year being collected over the program’s first three years The computer system was supposed to launch …
May 15, 2013
The Missouri Senate has given final approval to legislation limiting the money that multi-vehicle accident victims could win in lawsuits if their own vehicles are uninsured. The measure sent to the governor would apply to cases in which an uninsured …
April 5, 2013
An Oklahoma House committee approved a bill on April 2 aimed at preventing uninsured drivers from receiving any monetary damages after auto accidents – even if the accident is someone else’s fault – after its sponsor told committee members the …
January 29, 2013
As Illinois becomes the fourth and most populous U.S. state to issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, nagging concerns remain about whether there are enough safeguards to avoid the identity fraud and other pitfalls faced by other states with similar …
December 26, 2012
The owners of the 900,000 Alabama vehicles without liability insurance stand a better chance of getting caught starting Jan. 1. That’s when the state will start enforcing a law designed to crack down on motorists who don’t abide by Alabama’s …
July 5, 2012
The number of uninsured drivers in Texas has dropped more than 38 percent from a year ago, state statistics show, and officials attribute the decline to a program focused on getting those drivers either insured or off the road and …