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Ohio Auto Parts Company Cited for Safety Violations

Sep 8 2022 // A Clayton, Ohio company was cited for exposing workers to fires and failing to train them on initial stage fire identification and use of fire extinguishers after federal safety investigators received a referral from a...

Pennsylvaina Auto Body Shop Owner Accused of $426K in False Insurance Claims

Sep 7 2022 // The owner of a Chalfont, Pennsylvania auto body repair shop submitted 289 false insurance claims over several years to four insurance companies, pocketing more than $426,000 in payouts, according to the Bucks County...

Hot Spots for Hot Cars: Colorado Leads U.S. in Vehicle Theft Rate, California in Overall Thefts

Sep 6 2022 // Texas, California, Florida, Illinois, and Colorado are all places where your car is most likely to be gone in 60 seconds.Vehicle thefts have skyrocketed in many areas of the U.S., according to the recently released...

Missouri Collision Between Car and Horse and Buggy Leaves 5 Injured

Sep 1 2022 // Five people were injured when a car struck a horse and buggy southeast of Kansas City during the weekend, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. A vehicle driven by a 71-year-old man hit the back of the buggy on Saturday...

California Electric Car Rule Includes Equity Goals

Sep 1 2022 // Discounted prices, car-share programs and at least one million more public charging stations are among the ways California will try to make electric cars easier to buy and drive as it phases out the sale of gas-powered...

Commercial Auto Insurtech Fairmatic Raises $42M

Aug 31 2022 // Insurtech Fairmatic, founded by Jonathan Matus, a former Android and Facebook mobile executive, announced a $42 million Series A funding round to further expand its investment in the performance-priced fleet insurance...

Insurtech Accelerant Launches $175M Sidecar Investment Vehicle Flywheel Re

Aug 31 2022 // Accelerant, an insurtech platform that aims to provide underwriters with risk exchange, data analytics and long-term capacity commitments, announced a new $175 million sidecar vehicle, Flywheel Re.Flywheel will provide...

Vehicle Pedestrian Safety Systems Struggle to See in the Dark: IIHS

Aug 30 2022 // Many of the automatic braking systems automakers are using to prevent vehicles from hitting pedestrians do not work well in the dark, according to test results released Tuesday by the U.S. non-profitgroup Insurance...

USAA Settles Mississippi Class Action Over Underpaid Auto Claims

Aug 29 2022 // Another national insurance company has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it underpaid hundreds of auto insurance claims.A federal court in Mississippi this month signed off on a confidential settlement in a...

Michigan Court: Changes to Auto Insurance Law Don’t Apply to Long-Term Victims

Aug 26 2022 // Major changes in Michigan car insurance law do not apply to people who were severely injured before summer 2019, the state appeals court said Thursday, a victory for long-term victims of motor vehicle crashes and their...

3 Indiana State Students Killed in Car Crash

Aug 23 2022 // Two freshman members of the Indiana State University football team were among the three students who were killed in a weekend crash, officials said Monday.Two other football team members who were injured in the crash were...

Toyota’s Hino Suspends Small Truck Shipments as Data Falsification Scandal Deepens

Aug 22 2022 // Japan’s Hino Motors will suspend shipments of small trucks after confirming that a widespread data falsification scandal included those models, it said on Monday, highlighting deepening problems at the Toyota Motor...

Georgia Insurance Commissioner Slams Allstate’s 25% Auto Rate Increase

Aug 22 2022 // The Georgia insurance commissioner is publicly shaming one of the country’s largest auto insurers after the carrier announced an average 25% rate increase in the state.“I am angry and disappointed that Allstate...

U.S. Seeks Information From Tesla on In-Car Camera in Autopilot Probe

Aug 19 2022 // U.S. auto safety regulators on Thursday asked Tesla Inc. to answer questions about its in-car camera intended to monitor driver awareness as part of a probe into 830,000 Tesla vehicles that employ the carmaker’s...

Car Crash Into Virginia Pub Injures More Than a Dozen People, 2 Critically

Aug 15 2022 // Two people remained in critical condition on Saturday among the more than a dozen who were injured after a vehicle crashed into a northern Virginia pub and restaurant, according to authorities.The crash at the...

Louisiana Car Maintenance Operator Cited for Waiting to Report Stabbing

Aug 15 2022 // Federal safety inspectors have cited the operator of several Baton Rouge-area car wash, oil change, fueling and convenience store locations after a workplace violence investigation into the stabbing of an assistant manager...

Alleged Head of California Auto Insurance Fraud Crew Arraigned on 39 Felony Counts

Aug 15 2022 // Branden Heywood, 30, of Chino, California was arraigned on 39 felony counts of insurance fraud after an investigation found he allegedly acted as the leader of a “paper collision” ring to collect more than...

Auto Claimants Waiting Longer for Collision Repairs

Aug 15 2022 // Auto claimants are waiting longer for collision repairs — 4.5 days longer this spring compared to the same period last year, according to a report released by Enterprise Rent-a-Car.Enterprise extrapolated repair...

Jury Acquits Truck Driver in 2019 New Hampshire Crash That Killed 7 Motorcyclists

Aug 11 2022 // A jury on Tuesday acquitted a commercial truck driver of causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in a horrific head-on collision in northern New Hampshire that exposed fatal flaws in the processing of license revocations...

U.S. Agency Probes Tesla Crashes That Killed 2 Motorcyclists

Aug 8 2022 // Two crashes involving Teslas apparently running on Autopilot are drawing scrutiny from federal regulators and point to a potential new hazard on U.S. freeways: The partially automated vehicles may not stop for...