All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 19 2025 // Many commercial auto insurers are in a holding pattern, waiting to see how some states’ litigation reforms are enacted and enforced. However, there seems to be some positive signs for buyers.Insurance Journal’s...
Sep 18 2025 // U.S. vehicle thefts fell 23% in the first six months of 2025 from the first half of last year, a report out Wednesday from the National Insurance Crime Bureau shows.There were 334,114 vehicle thefts reported in the first...
Sep 18 2025 // Apollo Global Management Inc. is set to use a rare structure to raise $10 billion from insurers, people with knowledge of the matter said, in the latest illustration of the increasing ties between private capital and...
Sep 17 2025 // An auto parts manufacturer with a facility in Plymouth, Michigan, violated federal law when it refused to allow an older, female worker with a disability to re-enter its apprenticeship program, the U.S. Equal Employment...
Sep 10 2025 // Mexico’s government will propose a bill to impose import tariffs on some sectors, including automotives and manufacturing, in a bid to address trade imbalances, a top official said on Tuesday.The move would also...
Sep 9 2025 // Already sluggish adoption of electric vehicles in the US will slow even further after a $7,500 tax credit for EV buyers expires later this month.Battery-powered cars will account for half of US auto sales in 2039, five...
Sep 9 2025 // Major automakers showcased their latest models at the Munich car show on Monday, unveiling new EVs and lower-cost models as Europe’s auto sector fights crises ranging from tariff hikes to rising costs and rivalry...
Sep 8 2025 // Two members of the Marquette men’s lacrosse team were killed in a car wreck Friday night near the school’s campus in downtown Milwaukee.Marquette officials confirmed that Scott Michaud and Noah Snyder died in...
Sep 3 2025 // Workers at the Texas Department of Transportation have begun responding to calls to remove debris and abandoned vehicles from West Texas roads and extinguish vehicle fires.They also change flat tires and jumpstart car...
Sep 3 2025 // A multi-vehicle crash Saturday on an East Texas interstate sent 17 injured people to area hospitals and shut down a major interstate for hours. None of the injuries appeared to be life threatening after the crash along...
Sep 3 2025 // Landmark Dodge, Inc., and Landmark South, Inc. (Landmark Dodge), the owners of automobile dealerships in Independence, Missouri and formerly in Belton, Missouri, will pay $275,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S....
Sep 3 2025 // EU antitrust regulators have delayed fining Alphabet’s Google over its adtech business, while waiting for the United States to cut tariffs on European cars as part of a trade deal, three people with knowledge of the...
Aug 28 2025 // A New York man admitted he staged the theft of his own car in order to collect on his insurance fundsJonathan D. Martinelli pled guilty in May to a charge of third-degree insurance fraud in Union County Superior Court in...
Aug 27 2025 // Following a massive fire on Friday at an automotive lubricant plant in southeast Louisiana, residents are reporting soot on cars and oily residue in nearby bodies of water.But Gov. Jeff Landry said that there is no...
Aug 27 2025 // European Union targets to cut CO2 emissions from vehicles, including a 100% reduction for cars by 2035, are no longer feasible, the heads of the European automobile manufacturers’ and automotive suppliers’...
Aug 26 2025 // A fire at an automotive supply plant in Louisiana was 90% contained Sunday, but a mandatory evacuation order remained in place as crews tried to address remaining flames, law enforcement officials said.The fire at...
Aug 25 2025 // More and more consumers are looking for lower prices to protect their investments as the costs of owning both properties and vehicles continue to rise.According to the Q3 2025 Insurance Personal Lines Trends and...
Aug 22 2025 // The US will stop issuing worker visas for commercial truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday, the latest in a series of Trump administration moves to clamp down on foreign workers.“Effective...
Aug 21 2025 // A brand new veterinary hospital exploded Tuesday morning in North Carolina after a car crashed into a nearby gas meter, authorities said.About 20 minutes before the explosion in Wilmington, a car had run off the road and...
Aug 21 2025 // The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Monday that a truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida was in the country illegally, fueling a verbal tussle with California Gov....