All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 18 2015 // While car thefts are declining across the country, stealing car parts and accessories is proving to be a lucrative business for professional thieves.According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), organized crime...
Jun 18 2015 // Cambridge, MA, June 18, 2015 – EverQuote, Inc., operator of the leading online auto insurance marketplace in the U.S. for consumers and insurance providers, today announced the EverQuote Pro Agency Analytics...
Jun 16 2015 // Georgia will spend $10 million to add officers to the state law-enforcement division focused on watching and inspecting commercial trucks, Gov. Deal announced June 11 along a stretch of interstate where tractor-trailers...
Jun 15 2015 // A third of people who shopped for auto insurance online actually changed their insurance carrier, an insurance industry survey found.At the same time, the online opinion survey by the Insurance Research Council (IRC) found...
Jun 15 2015 // JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc. has appointed Hans H. van Heukelum as chief commercial officer. Van Heukelum will lead the broker’s U.S. strategy and expansion with respect to clients, prospects, markets and...
Jun 15 2015 // Even though it meant the commencement of hurricane season, weather-beleaguered Texans are likely pleased that May 2015 has come and gone.Both Texas and Oklahoma were pelted during the month of May with all kinds of violent...
Jun 11 2015 // The number of vehicles on U.S. roads with potentially defective Takata air bags appears to be less than half the 34 million initially estimated by federal regulators, according to a Reuters analysis of recall records...
Jun 11 2015 // George Rawlings grabs a stack of computer printouts and stretches them six feet across his office, admiring data from police reports of Florida auto accidents: the names of those hurt and the severity of their injuries.For...
Jun 11 2015 // As companies such as Google Inc., Mercedes- Benz and Volvo Cars race to develop vehicles that are smart enough to drive themselves, even the most sophisticated systems will sometimes be no match for human error.In a recent...
Jun 10 2015 // Arson investigators say they suspect car fires were intentionally set at a dealership north of San Francisco. KNTV-TV reported Sgt. Sasha D’Amico says officers found several vehicles on fire when they responded to a...
Jun 10 2015 // On day two of a European trade mission, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has snared nearly 1,200 jobs for his state.The economic development announced Tuesday from Cardiff, Wales, involves a $2 million investment by Elephant...
Jun 10 2015 // U.S. safety officials this week called on automakers to begin installing collision avoidance systems in all new passenger and commercial vehicles, saying existing technology could save lives and avoid injuries by reducing...
Jun 9 2015 // Terry Dietrich celebrated her 62nd birthday by reigniting a teenage romance.The 62-year-old accountant from Duluth, Georgia, was finally reunited last week with the 1972 Corvette Stingray that was stolen from her more than...
Jun 8 2015 // A Missouri rancher and political activist is suing the state for the second time, alleging that a law allowing troopers and other officers to pull over and inspect commercial vehicles without cause is unconstitutional.Ron...
Jun 8 2015 // Google Inc. said it would give monthly updates of accidents involving its driverless cars.The report for May showed Google cars had been involved in 12 accidents since the company first began testing its self-driving cars...
Jun 5 2015 // Allstate has launched a “Ride for Hire” endorsement for qualified transportation network company drivers that will be available in four states – Colorado, Illinois, Texas, and Virginia – by the end of this...
Jun 5 2015 // The recent flooding in Texas means the end of the road for an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 insured vehicles that suffered water damage, National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB).That’s the current estimate from Copart, a...
Jun 4 2015 // The husband and the son of a pregnant woman who died in a rollover crash seek up to $18 million in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against three businesses, including the maker of a tire that blew during an Oregon...
Jun 3 2015 // The Arizona Department of Transportation reported that deaths of Arizona residents in motor-vehicle crashes dropped by nearly 9 percent in 2014.The department collected data on law enforcement reports to find that 774...
Jun 3 2015 // While the per barrel oil price has rebounded somewhat after it plunged to under $45 per barrel in March 2015, the energy industry — and by extension the energy-focused insurance sector — continues to adjust to the...