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Markets/Coverages: Falvey’s Cyber Cover for Cargo; PHLY’s New Commercial Line; CoverEase’s Workers’ Comp; Mile Auto’s Telematics

Mar 28 2022 // Falvey Cargo Underwriting Offers Cyber for CargoFalvey Cargo Underwriting announced its latest product offering, Cyber for Cargo, to help address broad cyber exclusions that apply to nearly all cargo insurance policies....

U.S. Fuelmakers on Hook for Vehicle Emissions in New SEC Rule

Mar 23 2022 // U.S. drillers and refiners will likely need to report estimated greenhouse gas emissions from the cars, trucks, planes and ships that use their fuel if a rule proposed by U.S. regulators on Monday passes later this year,...

Virginia Governor Signs ‘Squatted Truck’ Ban Into Law

Mar 23 2022 // Virginia’s governor signed into law Monday a ban on squatted trucks just weeks after a crash that left a 27-year-old man dead.The legislation signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin prohibits modifications that make a...

Michigan AG Warns of Scams Over $400 Auto Refund Checks

Mar 22 2022 // Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel warned residents to be aware of scams as auto insurers issue $400 per-vehicle refunds to eligible Michigan policyholders.Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced earlier this month...

Arizona Auto Insurance Rates Rising on Heels of COVID

Mar 22 2022 // As if spiraling gas prices weren’t enough, motorists across Arizona and the nation are paying more for auto insurance as repair costs and more crowded roads push premium rates higher.After giving customers premium...

Shooting at Arkansas Car Show Kills At Least 1, Injures 20

Mar 21 2022 // At least one person was killed and 20 people wounded, including children, in a shooting outside a car show in southeast Arkansas on March 19, local police said.Keith Finch, chief of police in the town of Dumas, provided...

Inflation Outpacing Premium Increases for Auto and Homeowners Lines

Mar 21 2022 // US Insurers — already hammered by extraordinary losses caused by natural disasters — are failing to raise premiums at a pace that matches the inflation rate, according to the American Property Casualty...

No Changes to Michigan Auto Insurance Law This Term

Mar 18 2022 // Bills intended to fix a Michigan law that slashed auto insurance payments for crash survivors’ post-acute care are dead for the term, a key lawmaker said.House Speaker Jason Wentworth, a Farwell Republican and backer...

U.S. to See ‘Meaningful’ Autonomous Vehicle Policy in 2020s: Buttigieg

Mar 17 2022 // U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on March 16 said federal policy on autonomous vehicles will undergo “meaningful” developments in the coming years, saying policy frameworks had not fully caught up...

High Definition Vehicle Insurance Expands Into 2 More States

Mar 16 2022 // High Definition Vehicle Insurance has expanded its service to Arkansas and Missouri.According to the Arkansas Trucking Association, 87% of communities in Arkansas depend exclusively on trucks to transport their goods, and...

Tussle Over Connected Vehicle Data Moving Into High Gear

Mar 16 2022 // LONDON — Where you go. What you pass. Where you stop. What you listen to. What you watch. Your good habits. Your bad habits.Companies in Europe and beyond are vying for control of the crown jewels of the connected...

First Chicago Launches Commercial Auto Insurance Program in Illinois And Indiana

Mar 15 2022 // First Chicago Insurance Company announced it recently launched its augmented commercial auto insurance program in Illinois and Indiana. The program covers owned or leased Vehicles, hired autos, non-owned, temporary...

Who Owns Tesla Vehicle Performance Data?

Mar 11 2022 // At the end of an interview with the founder of Quantiv Risk, an insurtech that helps carriers make sense of performance data from vehicles with advanced driver assistance systems, Carrier Management posed a big picture...

Tesla, Other Car Makers Have Edge Over Incumbent Auto Insurers: Moody’s

Mar 10 2022 // Tesla and other car makers represent a growing threat to incumbent auto insurers, even though they have little direct impact on the insurance market today, Moody’s Investors Services said.In a report titled,...

Michigan Drivers to Receive $400 Auto Insurance Refunds Over Next 2 Months

Mar 10 2022 // Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state’s top insurance regulator said Monday that a $3 billion transfer of surplus funds from the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association to car insurers will be completed this week. The...

APCIA: Inflation Outpacing Premium Increases for Auto and Homeowners Lines

Mar 8 2022 // US Insurers — already hammered by extraordinary losses caused by natural disasters — are also failing to raise premiums at a pace that matches an historic inflation rate, the American Property Casualty Insurance...

Vermont Police Continue Probe Into 36-Car Pileup

Mar 7 2022 // Vermont State Police say the recent multi-car pileup on I-89 likely was the largest motor vehicle crash in state history. Thirty-six vehicles were directly involved in the crash Feb. 28 in heavy and blowing snow and icy...

How Data-Rich Telematics Is Accelerating the Future of Auto Insurance

Mar 7 2022 // Auto insurance pricing is complex, challenging carriers to deliver competitive rates that effectively balance risk with profit potential.Fortunately, the evolution of telematics has streamlined the pricing process to...

Pandemic Brought Surge in Illegal Street Racing Across U.S.

Mar 7 2022 // Jaye Sanford, a 52-year-old mother of two, was driving home in suburban Atlanta on Nov. 21 when a man in a Dodge Challenger muscle car who was allegedly street racing crashed into her head-on, killing her.She is one of the...

Social Inflation Increased Commercial Auto Claim Costs by $20B Over 10 Years

Mar 7 2022 // The insurance industry is ringing alarm bells about the cost of social inflation again, this time with the help of an actuarial analysis that concludes the phenomenon added more than $20 billion to the cost of commercial...