All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 21 2022 // A car was buried in the backyard of a Northern California mansion 30 years ago as part of a scheme to commit insurance fraud, authorities said.The convertible Mercedes was discovered last month by landscapers in the...
Nov 21 2022 // Electric vehicles (EVs) were once a rare sight. Now, we regularly pass them on highways and park next to them at shopping centers. There are over 8 million new EVs being produced and sold annually today. This number is...
Nov 18 2022 // A Florida appeals court has upheld the dismissal of no fewer than 16 auto glass assignment-of-benefits lawsuits against Progressive Insurance companies, perhaps putting an exclamation point on the enforceability of...
Nov 16 2022 // WARSAW, Ind. (AP) – A New York truck driver faces more than two dozen felony charges following a weekend collision in northern Indiana between his semitrailer and a Chicago youth hockey team’s bus that injured 16...
Nov 15 2022 // Understory Inc. a Madison-Wisconsin provider of innovative insurance solutions for climate risk, and Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc., a Houston-based specialty insurance company, have partnered to launch a new...
Nov 15 2022 // The Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police has a new response truck to deploy teams to natural disasters.The truck, trailer and equipment will allow meal preparation for first responders at the scene and ensure adequate access...
Nov 15 2022 // Pennsylvania’s transportation agency dug a ditch and didn’t tell anyone, and it cost a motorcyclist her life, the victim’s family says in a new civil lawsuit.Leslie Gingrich, a mother of three who was...
Nov 9 2022 // Financial services holding company Ambac Financial Group, Inc. announced that it has acquired majority stakes in both All Trans Risk Solutions, LLC and Capacity Marine Corp, both of Mahwah, New Jersey.All Trans is a...
Nov 8 2022 // Brown & Brown Dealer Services has acquired Finance Builders, a Canton, Connecticut firm providing finance and insurance (F&I) products and sales support to auto dealers in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Finance...
Nov 7 2022 // Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance business recorded an after-tax underwriting loss of $962 million (a pre-tax loss of $1.15 billion) in the third quarter, a decrease of $178 million from 2021, as catastrophe losses and...
Nov 7 2022 // A car was buried in the backyard of a Northern California mansion 30 years ago as part of a scheme to commit insurance fraud, authorities said Thursday.The convertible Mercedes was discovered last month by landscapers in...
Nov 7 2022 // U.S. auto insurers are coping with the largest direct loss ratio in 20 years because of factors that include historic inflation, a deterioration in driving behavior and sky-high jury awards, the American Property and...
Nov 7 2022 // Three decades after a car was reported stolen in Northern California, police are digging the missing convertible out of the yard of a $15 million mansion built by a man with a history of arrests for murder, attempted...
Nov 4 2022 // Auto insurer Progressive Insurance is not responsible for a hospital bill incurred by a Massachusetts insured who refused to cooperate with its efforts to investigate the accident claim that led to the medical...
Nov 1 2022 // A federal judge on Monday said a lawsuit accusing Geico Corp. of overcharging more than 2 million California policyholders on car insurance early in the COVID-19 pandemic may proceed as a class action.U.S. District Judge...
Oct 28 2022 // NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas motorcyclist carrying a gasoline-filled backpack was expected to survive after he was engulfed by a fireball when a state trooper used a Taser on him during a traffic stop,...
Oct 27 2022 // Well documented are the pains insurers are facing while trying to keep up with rising claims frequency and severity in auto lines. J.D. Power’s newest study on claims satisfaction reveals the frustration has trickled...
Oct 27 2022 // US auto insurers are coping with the largest direct loss ratio in 20 years because of factors that include historic inflation, a deterioration in driving behavior and sky-high jury awards, the American Property and...
Oct 26 2022 // Kia will recall 71,000 2008-2009 model year Sportage vehicles in the United States previously recalled in 2016 for fire risks and is advising owners to park outside until repairs are completed. Kia said the recall fix is...
Oct 24 2022 // Three decades after a car was reported stolen in Northern California, police are digging the missing convertible out of the yard of a $15 million mansion built by a man with a history of arrests for murder, attempted...