All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 2 2017 // A Connecticut man who federal prosecutors say was the ringleader of an auto insurance scam involving as many as 50 staged car crashes is set to be sentenced. Mackenzy Noze filed court documents saying he should receive...
Sep 28 2017 // Chicago, Ill.-based Clearcover announced an initial funding round of $11.5 million led by Lightbank.Greycroft Partners, 500 Startups, Silicon Valley Bank, and other insurance and fintech investors also participated in the...
Sep 28 2017 // Two U.S. senators said late on Wednesday that they had reached a bipartisan deal on legislation aimed at easing hurdles to getting self-driving cars to drivers.U.S. Senator John Thune, a Republican who chairs the Commerce...
Sep 27 2017 // Michigan drivers would no longer be required to buy unlimited medical insurance to cover serious crash injuries under legislation that high-ranking supporters proposed Tuesday to significantly reduce the country’s...
Sep 27 2017 // Saudi Arabia’s decision to end a driving ban for women is likely to save families billions of dollars, boost industries from car sales to insurance, and reassure investors that the kingdom’s push to diversify...
Sep 26 2017 // State Auto Labs Corp., the innovation arm of Columbus, Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co., has launched a $25 million corporate venture fund to support entrepreneurs and innovations in the insurance...
Sep 26 2017 // Answer Financial, a national auto and home insurance agency., has added rideshare gap coverage plans to its offerings on its insurance comparison shopping platform.Rideshare drivers can now compare specialized coverage...
Sep 26 2017 // The technology that gives cars superpowers to see around corners and through walls won’t be on the first self-driving rides hitting the road in the next few years.Vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems, known as...
Sep 21 2017 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) has named Lansing, Mich.-based Auto-Owners Insurance Co. as recipient of its 2017 Company Award of Excellence.“Auto-Owners is highly deserving of this,...
Sep 19 2017 // As the U.S. Congress moves quickly to pass the first federal law governing self-driving cars, some state and city officials are pushing back over fears that the measure will limit their ability to regulate vehicle safety...
Sep 18 2017 // German carmaker Audi is taking a lead in bringing more automated driving to roads, but rivals seem in no rush to follow while legal and regulatory uncertainties still cloud the technology.At the Frankfurt car show, Audi...
Sep 18 2017 // A group defending Michigan’s auto insurance system says it has uncovered instances of insurers illegally selling more expensive policies to women and widowed drivers, raising questions about state oversight of rating...
Sep 18 2017 // Trucking serves as a barometer of the U.S. economy, representing 70.6 percent of all domestic freight transportation tonnage and $676 billion, or 79.8 percent,of transportation revenues in the country.Despite the...
Sep 15 2017 // The U.S. Transportation Department unveiled a new policy that permits companies developing autonomous vehicles to self-police the technology’s safety, a move that drew plaudits from automakers but criticism from...
Sep 14 2017 // A U.S. trucking trade group and truck maker Navistar International Corp. urged a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday to include self-driving commercial trucks in proposed legislation intended to speed autonomous vehicles to...
Sep 13 2017 // The chairman of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Tuesday “operational limitations” in the Tesla Model S played a “major role” in a May 2016 crash that killed a driver...
Sep 13 2017 // A multi-car pileup on Interstate 55 in southern Mississippi has left two people dead. Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Cpl. Brandon Fortenberry tells local media that seven vehicles, including an 18-wheel truck were...
Sep 12 2017 // Cincinnati Insurance Promotes LifeSaver as a Loss Control Option to its Commercial Policyholders.San Jose, CA, September 12, 2017– LifeSaver and Cincinnati Insurance have joined forces to fight phone-related distracted...
Sep 12 2017 // Federal accident investigators are poised to find that Tesla Inc.’s auto-driving system should share blame for a fatal 2016 crash in which a Model S sedan drove itself into the side of a truck.The investigative staff...
Sep 12 2017 // The Trump administration will alter the course set by the Obama administration on autonomous vehicle policy after industry raised concerns about elements of that initial proposal.The revised guidance — to be unveiled...