All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 12 2016 // The Arkansas Insurance Department has announced recent statewide insurance fraud convictions that stipulate fines and restitution. They are: Frederick Randle, 46 of England, pleaded guilty in Pulaski County Circuit Court...
Oct 11 2016 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has named Gerrad Newton a producer within its auto dealer specialty program team in Sacramento, Calif. Newton will be focused on workers’ compensation and garage liability for...
Oct 11 2016 // Self-driving technology promises to pretty much transform the auto industry as we know it. It may also change the business of selling motorcycles—but in a very different way.It all comes down to safety, according to Karl...
Oct 10 2016 // The Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI) reports that average premiums for auto and home insurance in the state rose in 2015 but not by much.The average rate changes in 2015 for Ohio’s top 10 homeowners and private...
Oct 7 2016 // Global automakers Toyota, BMW and insurer Allianz will license technology from Silicon Valley start-up Nauto, which uses cameras and artificial intelligence systems in cars to understand driver behavior, Nauto said on...
Oct 6 2016 // If you hurt yourself while pulling stuff from your car, should your insurance company be on the hook for the injuries?The Michigan Supreme Court is opening a new term this week with arguments in that case and many others,...
Oct 5 2016 // Pennsylvania education secretary Pedro Rivera and Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller are focusing on helping high school students better understand car insurance.An interactive lesson titled “Insurance 101”...
Oct 5 2016 // U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told Reuters he expects automakers and tech companies will comply with voluntary guidelines his department issued last month for autonomous vehicles.The National Highway Traffic...
Oct 5 2016 // With its recent acquisition of self-driving truck startup Otto, Uber Technologies Inc. is plotting its entry into the long-haul trucking business, aiming to establish itself as a freight hauler and a technology partner for...
Oct 4 2016 // China’s tech giants — Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent — increasingly have a finger in every part of the economy. So why aren’t they bigger participants in what should be an easy sell online:...
Oct 4 2016 // People operating self-driving cars need at least six seconds and some cues from the vehicle to “get back in the loop” and take control in time to avoid an accident, researchers say.There are already partially...
Oct 4 2016 // American International Group Inc.’s business in Brazil agreed to transfer about 25,000 auto policies to a unit of Porto Seguro SA as the U.S. company scales back its international businesses.The deal is subject to...
Oct 3 2016 // A Tesla Motors Inc. car operating under Autopilot collided with a bus in northern Germany, but the electric car maker said a collision was unavoidable because the bus swerved into the vehicle’s lane.The incident...
Oct 3 2016 // New research from North Carolina State University finds that older adults have comparable response times to young adults when tasked with taking control of a semi-autonomous vehicle.“Before we see fully autonomous...
Oct 3 2016 // National wholesale insurance broker and managing general agent Worldwide Facilities is now offering a motor truck cargo/auto physical damage program significantly expanding its offerings to commercial transportation...
Oct 3 2016 // Google says three of its self-driving vehicles were involved in crashes in the Phoenix, Arizona, metro area in August.The California-based company says its drivers were manually controlling the vehicles during two of the...
Oct 3 2016 // Auto and tech companies are in a race to get self-driving cars to the public, but as with many cutting-edge technologies, there aren’t enough trained engineers to meet the demand for talent.So Mountain View,...
Oct 3 2016 // California is no longer the heartland for testing autonomous cars. The first commercial deployment of self-driving cars in the U.S. is already happening in Pittsburgh, where Uber is offering its customers the opportunity...
Oct 3 2016 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has ordered a Farmington man to stop selling fraudulent automobile insurance certificates through his company, SBS Agency.DIFS issued cease and desist...
Sep 30 2016 // Less than an hour into the third day of testimony in the fraud trial of former American International Group Inc. Chairman Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the judge took the reins.New York State Supreme Court Justice...