All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 17 2016 // A grand jury has indicted a tractor-trailer driver and his employer accused of causing a fiery interstate crash that killed five Georgia Southern University nursing students.The Bryan County grand jury on Wednesday...
Jun 16 2016 // Teenagers are risky drivers who are very expensive to insure but rates for insuring teens have come down, according to a report from online auto insurance site insuranceQuotes.The study found that U.S. families who add a...
Jun 16 2016 // South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has vetoed a moped safety bill, saying it is government overreach to require reflective vests for nighttime driving and helmets for drivers under 21.People over 18 “should decide for...
Jun 13 2016 // Commercial insurance prices increased only a bit in aggregate (less than 1 percent) during the first quarter of 2016, according to the latest Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS).While price changes in the...
Jun 13 2016 // Amica Mutual Insurance has begun offering auto insurance quotes through the online auto comparison site Compare.com. Amica will offer quotes for consumers in California and Texas starting this month, with plans to add more...
Jun 13 2016 // A.M. Best has removed from under review with positive implications and upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a” from...
Jun 10 2016 // Louisiana drivers struggling to pay unpaid fines from lapsed car insurance coverage can now find some relief.Gov. John Bel Edwards’ office announced the governor has signed a bill to authorize driver payment plans to...
Jun 10 2016 // An American Olympian is searching for his 1992 gold medal after he says it was stolen by thieves who broke into his car in Atlanta.Joe Jacobi won a gold medal for the U.S. in the two-man canoe slalom event in Barcelona,...
Jun 9 2016 // That’s one small step for drones, and no steps needed for mankind.Autonomous drone transport for humans. Why not? We’re eventually getting autonomous cars so you don’t have to do the driving, and drones...
Jun 9 2016 // CoverHound CEO Keith Moore has a vision of simplifying cyber insurance sales that involves underwriting the security vendors used by insureds—a model that could ultimately allow small business customers to bind their...
Jun 9 2016 // I’ll spare you the suspense, the one auto insurance commercial that really ticks me off (and I mean it causes a physical and even visceral response) is the Good2Go Auto commercial.This is not a word-for-word recount...
Jun 9 2016 // Delta Lloyd NV may raise as much as 198.4 million euros ($226 million) through the sale of its stake in wealth manager Van Lanschot NV after shares were priced at 16 euros apiece.The offering size was 180 million euros...
Jun 9 2016 // Global sales of autonomous vehicles will reach nearly 21 million vehicles by 2035, a substantial increase from previous estimates, according to a forecast from the automobile industry information firm IHS Automotive.By...
Jun 8 2016 // Confie has acquired ExpressLink Inc., a Calabasas, Calif.-based provider of auto dealer point of sale insurance and related products and services.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Brian Murphy will continue as...
Jun 7 2016 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) reported that 11 of the 15 Ohio metro areas (MSAs) in the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) Hot Spots report show a decline in auto thefts between 2014 and 2015, based on...
Jun 7 2016 // Think of it as driver education with the car as the student and you as the instructor.That’s what it’s like in the latest version of Carnegie Mellon University’s self-driving car, a 2011 Cadillac SRX on...
Jun 6 2016 // The Michigan Legislature is close to repealing an annual tax break worth tens of millions of dollars that was inadvertently given to auto insurers four years ago, a move agreed to as part of a state budget deal.The...
Jun 6 2016 // When it comes to vehicle theft, California’s on top. California owns eight of the top 10 hot spots for vehicle theft in 2015, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) latest Hot Spots report....
Jun 6 2016 // Richard J. BadolatoNew Jersey’s insurance marketplace is strong and continues to grow, with new market entrants bringing more competition and products for the benefit of consumers, the state’s top regulator...
Jun 6 2016 // Millennials are less interested than older folks in owning their own cars, right?Maybe not, according to auto loan data showing young Americans are increasingly active in the car buying market. Despite the belief that...