All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 6 2017 // The costs of motor vehicle safety inspections could go up in Vermont as inspection stations start using a new electronic system.The safety requirements for vehicles will remain the same, but it’s thought some...
Feb 6 2017 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB) is requesting an average increase of 13.8 percent on private passenger automobile insurance rates in its latest filing with the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI).NCRB...
Feb 6 2017 // Arkansas has lower auto insurance rates than the neighboring states of Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, the state insurance department reported.The Arkansas Insurance Department says a study by the National Association of...
Feb 6 2017 // A Massachusetts appeals court used a recent case to warn auto insurers about the importance of taking retail book value into consideration early in the settlement process.While the court ruled in favor of defendant...
Feb 6 2017 // Tow truck drivers operate in a dangerous world. Every day they face angry drivers while repossessing vehicles, dangerous driving and road conditions, near misses while operating heavy equipment, and close calls on U.S....
Feb 3 2017 // The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office and California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced a major auto insurance fraud ring takedown, which was operating in San Diego County.Nine defendants were...
Feb 3 2017 // Self-driving car prototypes appear to be getting better at negotiating California streets and highways without a human backup driver intervening, according to data made public by California transportation regulators.The...
Feb 1 2017 // A Texas truck driver accused of causing a 2014 crash in Oklahoma that killed four college softball players has died by suicide at his home.The prosecutor in the Oklahoma case, Murray County District Attorney Craig Ladd,...
Feb 1 2017 // Two pedestrians were killed and seven others injured after police say a drunken driver whose blood-alcohol content was five times the legal limit lost control of his vehicle and plowed into a crowd standing near a food...
Jan 30 2017 // The number of live telematics policies in the UK exceeded three quarters of a million for the first time in 2016, according to annual research from the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA).The BIBA survey...
Jan 30 2017 // The U.S. property/casualty industry will likely post a small underwriting loss for 2016 after three previous years of underwriting profits, A.M. Best said in a new report.A.M. Best’s report appears in line with a...
Jan 27 2017 // The Main Street America Group has expanded Main Street Protection Auto, its new private passenger auto insurance program for the preferred/standard marketplace, into three additional states, including New York, as well as...
Jan 25 2017 // Arkansas has lower auto insurance rates than the neighboring states of Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, the state insurance department reported.The Arkansas Insurance Department says a study by the National Association of...
Jan 24 2017 // Rock-shattered windshields are such a common occurrence on Arizona roads that insurance companies have long been required to replace broken glass for free to drivers with full coverage policies.It ends up being a big...
Jan 24 2017 // Nearly 19 million Americans live in areas where auto insurance is unaffordable including a large number in the New York region, according to a first-of-its kind study by the U.S. Treasury Department.The study, conducted by...
Jan 23 2017 // Ohioans pay among the lowest average premiums in the nation for auto and homeowners insurance according to a national study, according to Lieutenant Gov. Mary Taylor. Taylor also serves as the state’s insurance...
Jan 23 2017 // Commercial truck drivers with three or more medical conditions double to quadruple their chance for being in a crash than healthier drivers, reports a study led by investigators at the University of Utah School of...
Jan 23 2017 // Technology companies and traditional auto manufacturers are racing to deploy fully automated cars without driver controls within the next three or so years. Their immediate goal is to develop fully autonomous vehicles that...
Jan 20 2017 // A Massachusetts appeals court used a recent case to warn auto insurers that it is important to take retail book value into consideration early in the settlement process.While the court ruled in favor of defendant...
Jan 20 2017 // The push to bring self-driving cars to American roads got a significant boost on Thursday when the nation’s chief auto safety regulator essentially cleared Tesla Motors Inc.’s Autopilot system of fault in a...