All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 28 2023 // Geico General Insurance Co. must face a class action suit alleging that it has been underpaying benefits to its insureds injured in automobile accidents.U.S. District Court Judge Dora L. Irizarry in federal court in...
Mar 27 2023 // Georgia lawmakers have approved a bill that, if signed into law, would end the longstanding “use-and-file” mechanism on auto insurance rate filings in the state.The state Senate last week voted 49-2 in favor of...
Mar 24 2023 // Eliu Canales, 43, was arraigned this week on 54 felony counts of insurance fraud, assault with a deadly weapon and reckless driving after a joint investigation by the California Department of Insurance and San Joaquin...
Mar 24 2023 // A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court ruling that Berkshire Hathaway’s Covington Specialty Insurance Co. had no duty to indemnify its insureds against personal...
Mar 23 2023 // Marvel Francois, a 54-year old of Houma, Louisiana, was sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of staged automobile accidents with...
Mar 22 2023 // DETROIT (AP) – A deal has been reached over control of an 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh, lawyers said, weeks after the custody fight created public buzz and much tension near the end of a rare U.S. exhibition in...
Mar 20 2023 // Reliance Partners acquired the assets of Truck Team Insurance in Salt Lake City, Utah. Truck Team Insurance Owner Brent Tate will also join Reliance Partners’ team as vice president of sales. He has more than 20...
Mar 20 2023 // For many electric vehicles, there is no way to repair or assess even slightly damaged battery packs after accidents, forcing insurance companies to write off cars with few miles – leading to higher premiums and...
Mar 13 2023 // A 16-year-old girl in the Florida Panhandle was killed when a tree fell on the vehicle she was in during a fierce storm that saw wind speeds reach 80 mph (129 km), authorities said. The girl was killed and the...
Mar 10 2023 // LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) – A jury found UPS Inc. must pay a Missouri family $75 million, after a company driver with a known history of drug abuse collided with a pregnant woman’s car, causing her baby to be born with...
Mar 6 2023 // A tanker truck hauling a flammable liquid crashed on a Maryland highway Saturday and caught fire, killing the driver and damaging several homes and vehicles, authorities said.The truck crashed around noon on U.S. 15 in...
Mar 6 2023 // Ford Motor Co.’s push to use reams of data generated by its vans and trucks – from engines to oil filters or brake pads – to attract more customers in the European and U.S. commercial vehicle market plays...
Mar 6 2023 // It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” would be an apt description of the last few years for auto insurers. Immediately after a nationwide, months-long driving hiatus caused collisions to plummet and...
Mar 6 2023 // New figures show car sales in California continue to slowly return to pre-pandemic levels, which the state’s auto insurers believe is another indication the state’s insurance regulator needs to approve more...
Mar 6 2023 // The national combined average premium increased by 10.31%, and average liability premiums increased by 10.36% over the 2016-2020 period. The national combined average premium per insured vehicle was $1,176, a 2.4% decrease...
Mar 1 2023 // South Carolina authorities have charged a man with insurance fraud after he reported his vehicle was stolen, then admitted to setting it on fire.Rusty Dale Peeples, 46, was arrested Feb. 24, charged with making a false...
Feb 28 2023 // Truck insurers would be able to avoid being named as defendants in lawsuits filed after trucking accidents under a bill moving through the Georgia General Assembly.Senate Bill 191, reported favorably last week by the...
Feb 24 2023 // Georgia lawmakers are watering down a bill to allow heavier trucks on state highways after widespread opposition to the original measure by state and local officials.Rep. Steven Meeks, a Screven Republican, described the...
Feb 22 2023 // U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance sentenced New Orleans residents Herbert Allen,age 38, and Dion Ridley, age 23, after they pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code,...
Feb 21 2023 // The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asked Tesla Inc. for more information about one of its vehicles colliding with a fire truck in a fatal crash in the San Francisco Bay area.The agency reached out to the...