All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 24 2015 // An annual industry report shows New Jersey has the costliest auto insurance rates in the nation.The National Association of Insurance Commissioners says New Jersey motorists paid an average of $1,220 in 2012. That’s...
Mar 24 2015 // Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens says seven central Georgia residents accused of staging a car crash have been charged with insurance fraud. Hudgens said in a statement that the crash on Sept. 5, 2013 involved a 1998...
Mar 24 2015 // Driverless vehicles may reduce the number of vehicles a family needs, but may lead to an increase in total miles driven.Researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) examined U.S....
Mar 23 2015 // Michigan has some of the highest auto insurance rates in the country and auto insurance rate hikes there were higher than those in any other state over the past two years, according to the insurance consulting firm,...
Mar 23 2015 // A push to repeal Nebraska’s motorcycle helmet law is going to a vote in the Legislature despite opposition from senators who say the requirement saves lives.The repeal measure would lift Nebraska’s restriction...
Mar 23 2015 // Nothing is more exciting than reading the latest updates on insurance law, unless, of course, you can get updates on corporate law at the same time.Fortunately, there are two recent Louisiana cases where the outcome of...
Mar 20 2015 // Dozens of drivers are being ticketed following January’s massive pileup on snowy Interstate 94 in southwestern Michigan that killed a 57-year-old trucker and closed a stretch of the roadway for two days, police...
Mar 19 2015 // New Jersey’s state Senate on March 16 passed a bill (A-3905) that would allow motorists to display proof of auto insurance in either physical or electronic format. The bill was previously approved by the state...
Mar 18 2015 // Michigan insurance regulators have permanently revoked the insurance licenses of father and son insurance agents and their agencies for selling fraudulent insurance certificates.The Michigan Department of Insurance and...
Mar 18 2015 // Police in New Jersey are writing more tickets for safety violations in the nearly four years since the state ended motor vehicle safety inspections.A review of court records by The Record newspaper finds police issued...
Mar 18 2015 // A New Jersey man has admitted that he sought more than $15,000 from his insurance company for damage done to his car before his policy took effect and for personal items he claimed were stolen.Derrick Smith of Newark, New...
Mar 18 2015 // People in Iowa with outdated car insurance would be monitored by a private company for compliance under a bill approved by a House panel.Members of a Ways and Means subcommittee approved the bill before sending it to a...
Mar 17 2015 // The cheapest 2015 models to insure include two minivans, seven sport-utilities and the tiny Smart ForTwo, according to an Insure.com ranking of the most and least expensive vehicles to insure.The Jeep Wrangler Sport 4WD...
Mar 16 2015 // Atlas Financial Holdings Inc. in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, announced last week it has closed the acquisition of Global Liberty Insurance Company of New York along with its affiliated underwriting and premium finance...
Mar 16 2015 // Delphi Automotive Plc, a supplier of car electronics, is undertaking the longest test of a driverless auto, going coast to coast in the U.S. with a specially outfitted Audi Q5 sport-utility vehicle.The SUV will cover about...
Mar 13 2015 // Two women who were among dozens of passengers hurt when a commuter train struck a pickup truck abandoned on Southern California railroad tracks are suing the truck’s driver and his employer.The lawsuits were filed...
Mar 12 2015 // A bill addressing the insurance requirements of transportation network companies (TNCs), or rideshare organizations, and their drivers has passed the Oklahoma Senate by an overwhelming majority vote of 40-3.SB 436, the...
Mar 12 2015 // Trinity Underwriting Managers, Inc. (TUMI), a Georgia-based program administrator, is now an approved Lloyd’s Coverholder and recently began underwriting business on behalf of certain underwriters at Lloyd’s....
Mar 12 2015 // Canada proposed tough new oil tank car standards on Wednesday and said even improved tank cars coming into service now would have to be off the rails by 2025 at the latest.The announcement comes after a rash of fiery...
Mar 12 2015 // The 127-ton tractor-trailer that derailed an Amtrak train at a railroad crossing in North Carolina was about three times the size and weight of a standard 18-wheeler, so huge it required a Highway Patrol escort, and so...