All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 17 2024 // Massachusetts law enforcement officials report that 12 individuals identified as stealing 63 high-end vehicles totaling more than $2.6 million have been arraigned.Another individual related to the investigation has an...
Dec 13 2024 // Eight people and two law firms have been charged in what authorities say was more than a decade-long scheme of staging vehicle crashes in the New Orleans area and then submitting fraudulent insurance claims, leading to...
Dec 13 2024 // While publicity about personal auto insurer initiatives has focused chiefly on requested rate increases, there’s more to the picture regarding auto insurers’ efforts to improve underwriting results after two...
Dec 13 2024 // Standing in his front yard in Wilmington, Jose Ulloa can’t get a sentence out without coughing. Heavy-duty trucks, headed to and from the Port of Los Angeles, pass in front of his home all day, their engines roaring...
Dec 11 2024 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office issued $1.3 million in fines for wage theft restitution and civil penalties against 19 car washes in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County and in Orange County.The LCO...
Dec 10 2024 // Ten people were injured after a police traffic officer on a motorcycle crashed into bystanders at a weekend holiday parade in Palm Springs, California, authorities said.All of the injured were taken to hospitals Saturday...
Dec 5 2024 // Providence Mutual recently notified state regulators that it is exiting the auto insurance business for both commercial and personal lines in the four states where it currently offers the coverages – Connecticut, Maine,...
Dec 2 2024 // The U.S. Energy Department said Monday it is planning to loan up to $7.54 billion to a joint venture of Chrysler parent Stellantis STLAM.MI and Samsung SDI 006400.KS to help build two electric vehicle lithium-ion battery...
Dec 2 2024 // After the U.S. commercial auto insurance segment sustained a $5 billion net loss in 2023, a new AM Best report indicates further deterioration in the first half of 2024.Despite targeted underwriting initiatives, including...
Dec 2 2024 // A New York City man has been charged with staging a car accident for insurance fraud purposes in a case that received wide publicity after the victim shared dashboard camera footage of the crash, authorities...
Nov 27 2024 // Shares of US automakers tumbled on worries that a new round of tariffs imposed by President-elect Donald Trump will cause sticker prices to soar even further.Trump said that he would impose additional 10% levies on goods...
Nov 26 2024 // Repeated disregard of safety regulations, along with ineffective federal and state enforcement and oversight, contributed to the collision between a bus and box truck in Louisville, New York in 2023, the National...
Nov 25 2024 // Insurance rating agency AM Best today said it has shifted its outlook of the U.S. personal auto insurance segment to stable from negative thanks to improving loss ratios of the top 20 carriers this year.Underwriting...
Nov 25 2024 // Two auto insurers will pay fines totaling $11.3 million for data breaches of online insurance quoting systems that New York officials say compromised personal information of an estimated 120,000 customers in total.New York...
Nov 21 2024 // A new study examining potential unintentional bias in auto insurance finds that while Black and Hispanic drivers pay more than other drivers for coverage, they also have more claims and driving infractions.The...
Nov 18 2024 // Commercial auto insurance has struggled to achieve underwriting profitability, even before inflationary conditions affected property/casualty lines in recent years. The trend has been accompanied by steady growth in net...
Nov 14 2024 // After the U.S. commercial auto insurance segment sustained a $5 billion net loss in 2023, a new AM Best reports indicates further deterioration in the first half of 2024.Despite targeted underwriting initiatives, including...
Nov 12 2024 // A New York City man has been charged with staging a car accident for insurance fraud purposes last month in a case that received wide publicity after the victim shared dashboard camera footage of the crash, authorities...
Nov 6 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Police in Mississippi’s capital said a man died Monday when he was trying to repair a dump truck and asphalt poured onto him.Darrell Sheriff, 41, was underneath the truck working on a...
Nov 4 2024 // Five people died in a fiery vehicle crash in Wisconsin, authorities said Saturday. The Dane County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the vehicle crashed into a tree Friday night off a roadway just south of...