All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 6 2022 // Despite inflation and rising costs, most Americans would rather pay more for insurance coverage than use data-monitoring devices, according to an annual survey from Policygenius.The survey found that 68% of U.S. consumers...
Oct 6 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance International, Beazley, and Aon Reinsurance Solutions.A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Insurance Int’l Names...
Oct 5 2022 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said his office has filed criminal charges against 19 individuals and 13 separate businesses for alleged motor vehicle “title washing.”Prosecutors allege the...
Oct 5 2022 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office recovered more than $282,000 for wage theft violations affecting 22 car wash workers in Long Beach, who were not paid for the time they were on premises. The workers were...
Oct 4 2022 // Despite near constant disruption from the twin forces of digital transformation and economic uncertainty, independent insurance agents have never been more satisfied with their carrier partners.According to the J.D. Power...
Oct 4 2022 // California’s insurance commissioner ordered nearly 50 auto insurers to provide detailed information about their claim costs during the pandemic, his latest attempt to compensate consumers he says were overcharged as...
Oct 4 2022 // A passenger’s cellphone automatically alerted responders after a car hit a tree early Sunday in a Nebraska crash that killed all six of its young occupants, authorities said.Five men in the Honda Accord died at the...
Oct 4 2022 // The Michigan Supreme Court agreed last week to decide whether major changes in car insurance law apply to people who were catastrophically injured before summer 2019.The case is being closely watched by insurers,...
Sep 30 2022 // Two people were killed and 10 others injured when a pickup truck crashed into two other vehicles in the Texas city of Uvalde, authorities said.Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez said U.S. Border Patrol agents saw the...
Sep 27 2022 // Top U.S. insurance companies and associations say California is risking a crisis in the nation’s largest automobile insurance market by refusing to approve any rate increases for more than two years, since the start...
Sep 27 2022 // A pop-up car rally over the weekend in southern New Jersey led to multiple crashes and the deaths of at least two people riding in a golf cart, officials say.Wildwood Mayor Pete Byron told NJ Advance Media on Sunday that...
Sep 23 2022 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said his office has secured a court order for more than $1.7 million in restitution against a car service coverage firm he said denied claims for services and refused to refund...
Sep 23 2022 // Workers’ compensation carriers in North Carolina continue to be bound by a 44-year-old presumption that a death during work duties is work-related, even when a doctor testifies that a heart condition was the cause of...
Sep 22 2022 // Management at a Massachusetts car dealership accused in a lawsuit filed by the state of illegally charging Black and Hispanic customers more for remote starters, paint protection and other add-on products than it does for...
Sep 21 2022 // Bundling home and auto insurance may have hit a roadblock as consumers have started to break up policies largely due to increases in auto insurance premiums, according to J.D. Power.Overall satisfaction and retention rates...
Sep 21 2022 // A Massachusetts car dealership illegally charged Black and Hispanic customers hundreds of dollars more for remote starters, paint protection and other add-on products than it did for white customers, the state attorney...
Sep 20 2022 // Higher auto loss costs are here to stay, according to the leader of Allstate, who also said that his company will be pushing up auto insurance prices higher, and at a faster pace, for the balance of the year.Speaking at...
Sep 19 2022 // InsureScan, a company that says its software can help agents quote and bind auto coverage in a few minutes, has expanded to Alabama. CEO Mark Chappell, who is based in Alabama, said that while some insurance companies are...
Sep 16 2022 // At a time when auto insurers react to inflation shocks by filing rate increases at a frenetic pace, an insurtech CEO says automation of the activity is speeding his company’s actuarial rate indications onto...
Sep 9 2022 // AM Best said it held the belief that the U.S. personal auto line would right the ship following weakening performance in 2021, but headwinds such as inflation remain too strong and the rating agency revised its outlook for...