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Insurance Navy Auto Insurance Expanding into Las Vegas

Sep 15 2023 // Insurance Navy Auto Insurance is expanding into Las Vegas, Nevada with its car insurance offerings. Insurance Navy Brokers opened its first location in Las Vegas, at 3266 Las Vegas Blvd N STE 12. The new branch in Las...

EEOC Sues Oklahoma Powersports Vehicle Retailer for Sex Discrimination

Sep 13 2023 // Vicars Powersports, a McAlester, Oklahoma retailer of ATVs, UTVs, dirt bikes, motorcycles and personal watercraft, violated federal law when it fired a female manager because she is a woman, the U.S. Equal Employment...

Driver Killed as Loose Wheel Crashes into Vehicle on Interstate 70 in Indianapolis

Sep 13 2023 // INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A wheel came off a pickup truck on an Indianapolis freeway, bounced over a median and crashed into the windshield of another vehicle, killing its driver Monday, police said.The woman driving the...

Wait ‘Til 2025: The Hartford Won’t See Auto Profit Next Year

Sep 12 2023 // Even after putting through 20% rate hikes over the course of this year, The Hartford needs another round of similar magnitude next year, the insurance company’s leader said recently.The Hartford’s auto book...

Wet Roads, Speed Factored Into Car Crashing Into Texas Denny’s, Police Chief Says

Sep 7 2023 // ROSENBERG, Texas (AP) – A Texas police chief said Tuesday that wet roads and speed factored into the driver of an SUV plowing into a Denny`s restaurant outside Houston on Labor Day, injuring nearly two dozen people...

Vermont Tightens Rules for Out-of-State Car Registrations

Sep 6 2023 // Vermont is implementing new requirements for vehicle registrations using out-of-state addresses.In years past Vermont was happy to register non-residents’ vehicles if they paid the registration fee, which some in...

Boy Struck and Killed by Car in Florida After Dog Chased Him into the Street

Sep 5 2023 // JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy was struck and killed by a car Friday morning in Florida after a dog chased him into the street, authorities said.The boy and his younger brother had been walking on a...

The Most Common Commercial Truck Accidents and Best Practices for Drivers to Avoid Them

Sep 5 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. Protecting your fleet and maintaining steady operations today means implementing risk management practices to combat rising costs and reduce claims. Our...

Rate Hikes Not Bringing Profit to US Auto Insurers: Fitch

Sep 4 2023 // Jumps in rates and written premiums did little to move the needle on underwriting profits for U.S. personal auto insurers, Fitch Ratings reported based on a recent review of midyear results of nine big market...

Arrests Made in ‘Family and Friend’ Auto Insurance Fraud Ring

Sep 4 2023 // An alleged “family and friend” organized auto insurance fraud ring in California was broken up by the Urban Automobile Insurance Fraud Task Force when seven people were arrested on Wednesday in connection to...

Georgia Sheriff Killed Responding to a Call When Car Hits Tree and Overturns

Sep 1 2023 // ABBEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A central Georgia sheriff responding to a call for service was killed when his car went off the road, hit a tree and overturned, authorities said.Wilcox County Sheriff Robert Rodgers died...

Car Premiums to Rise Again as British Insurers Feel the Heat

Aug 30 2023 // Motorists in Britain should brace for another year of steep insurance rises as providers confront cost pressures, industry figures have warned.Admiral Group Plc will continue increasing motor insurance prices and expects...

Former North Dakota Governor Victim of Car Theft

Aug 29 2023 // FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer learned a lesson about his car keys after his vehicle was stolen as he hosted a Fargo radio show.Schafer was guest hosting KFGO`s “News and Views”...

NHTSA Proposing New Rules to Encourage Seat Belt Use by All Vehicle Passengers

Aug 28 2023 // The Department of Transportation is proposing new rules designed to encourage seat belt use by car and truck passengers, including those sitting in the back seat.The new rules proposed by the National Highway Traffic...

Two British Teens and Their Audacious Hack of Nvidia, Grand Theft Auto and Uber

Aug 25 2023 // At 9 p.m. on Sept. 22 last year, a group of City of London police officers waited outside room M15 at the Travelodge Bicester, a one-star budget hotel in Oxfordshire, England, for the right moment to bust in. On the other...

NHTSA Shifts Gears, No Longer Opposes Massachusetts’ Vehicle Data Access Law

Aug 24 2023 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has dropped its opposition to a motor vehicle right-to-repair law in Massachusetts that unlocks vehicle data after the state explained how manufacturers may comply...

Lapsus$ Hacker Targeted Uber, Revolut, Grand Theft Auto Maker, London Jury Finds

Aug 24 2023 // A teenage member of the Lapsus$ hacking group was on Wednesday found by a London jury to have hacked Uber and fintech firm Revolut, and blackmailed the developers of best-selling videogame Grand Theft Auto.Arion Kurtaj,...

Two Killed After Car is Struck by Train in South Dakota

Aug 22 2023 // ELKTON, S.D. (AP) – Two people died when a car was struck by train in South Dakota, an accident that caused the train to derail and crash into a grain elevator.The South Dakota Highway Patrol said the accident that...

Amwins Specialty Auto Launches in Oklahoma

Aug 21 2023 // Amwins announced Amwins Specialty Auto, in partnership with Agricultural Workers Mutual Auto Insurance Company, will launch a new private passenger automobile program in Oklahoma.Both Amwins Specialty Auto and Ag Workers...

Amwins Specialty Auto Launches Oklahoma Program

Aug 21 2023 // CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 21, 2023 – Amwins today announced Amwins Specialty Auto, in partnership with Agricultural Workers Mutual Auto Insurance Company, will launch a new private passenger automobile program in...