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PHLY Makes Largest Acquisition in Its History With Collector Car Business Expansion

Oct 31 2025 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies announced the acquisition of the Collector Vehicle Division from Ignyte Insurance, a Carlyle backed portfolio company.The transaction, valued at $615 million, is the largest acquisition in...

California Attorney General Charges Eight in Bay Area Auto-Theft Ring

Oct 31 2025 // The California Attorney General filed felony charges against eight people in connection with the theft of 19 vehicles throughout the U.S. with a combined value of more than $800,000. The complaint, filed in Alameda County...

Monkeys Escape From Overturned Truck on Mississippi Highway

Oct 30 2025 // Monkeys being transported on a Mississippi highway escaped captivity Tuesday after the truck carrying them overturned, according to law enforcement.All but one of the escaped monkeys were killed, the Jasper County...

GEICO, Daimler Launch Connected Insurance Program for Truck Fleets

Oct 30 2025 // Daimler Truck Financial Services USA LLC (DTFS), the captive finance partner of Daimler Truck North America LLC, and GEICO announced the launch of Connected Insurance, a new data-driven insurance program designed to help...

Transportation Secretary May Pull $160M From California Over Noncitizen Truck Licenses

Oct 28 2025 // U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that he is about make good on a threat to revoke millions in federal funds for California because he says the state is illegally issuing commercial driver’s licenses to...

Truck Driver in Fatal Crash Repeatedly Failed Driving Tests, Florida AG’s Office Says

Oct 28 2025 // A commercial truck driver who is charged with killing three people in a deadly crash in Florida in August had failed a commercial driver’s license test 10 times in the span of two months in 2023 in Washington state,...

Banks Rocked by ‘Extreme’ Car Loan Costs Gear Up for FCA Fight

Oct 27 2025 // The UK’s biggest banks are gearing up for yet another fight with regulators over how they’ll compensate consumers who were missold car loans — even after they set aside an additional £1.5 billion to resolve...

Employee Accused of Stealing 47 Vehicles From Car Rental Site at Airport

Oct 27 2025 // An employee allegedly stole 47 vehicles from an Avis Budget site at an upstate New York airport and rented them out around the region, police said Friday.The car rental company reported to authorities that the vehicles,...

GEICO Sues Medical Firms in Florida, NY Over Alleged No-Fault Auto Fraud

Oct 23 2025 // GEICO is taking aggressive action against medical firms in Florida and New York, accusing them of leading multimillion-dollar, no-fault auto insurance fraud schemes.In a lawsuit filed this month in federal court in Tampa,...

Colorado’s Regulator Warns Insurers About Auto Shops Waiving Deductibles

Oct 22 2025 // Colorado’s Insurance regulator is warning consumers and insurers about trend in auto shops in the state offering to waive deductibles.“The Division has become aware that certain auto repair shops in Colorado...

Rockford Mutual Launches Commercial Auto in Michigan

Oct 21 2025 // Rockford Mutual Insurance Company (RMIC) announced the official launch of commercial auto coverage in Michigan, effective immediately.With this latest addition, RMIC now offers a complete suite of commercial insurance...

People Moves: Liberty Mutual Re Promotes Blosche to Head of Northern Europe as Van Oort Retires; AXA Announces Key Leadership Appointments

Oct 20 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Mutual Reinsurance and AXA.A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Mutual Re Promotes Blosche to Head of Northern Europe as Van Oort...

Gun-Owning New Hampshire Teen Sues School Officials Who Searched His Truck

Oct 20 2025 // A New Hampshire teenager sued his former high school principal and others Thursday, alleging they illegally searched his truck based solely on his status as a gun owner.Jack Harrington, 18, graduated from Hillsboro-Deering...

TDI Drafts New Rule Requiring Appraisal Provision in Auto and Homeowners Policies

Oct 16 2025 // The Texas Department of Insurance recently published an informal draft of rules that would implement a new law requiring all personal auto and residential property insurance policies to include a binding appraisal...

Trump Withholding $40.6M From California Over Truck Driver English Rules

Oct 15 2025 // The Trump administration said Wednesday it is withholding $40.6 million from California in federal transportation funding for failing to comply with truck driver English proficiency rules. The U.S. Transportation...

Semi-Trailer Crash Into Van Kills 7 on Northeast Georgia Highway

Oct 15 2025 // Seven people were killed in a fiery crash on a highway in Georgia on Monday afternoon when a semi-trailer struck a van and it burst into flames, according to law enforcement.The semi-trailer was following too close to the...

Volvo, State Farm Partner on Point-of-Sale Auto Insurance

Oct 15 2025 // There has been another announcement of a relationship between insurance and an auto manufacturer.State Farm and Volvo are collaborating to provide Volvo customers across the U.S. with access to car insurance options when...

8 Auto Insurance Providers to Pay New York $19M Over Data Breaches

Oct 15 2025 // New York State is securing more than $19 million in penalties from eight auto insurance providers for violations of the state’s cybersecurity regulation.Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Adrienne...

Truck Driver Sues Fox NFL Broadcaster Over Fight in Indianapolis

Oct 10 2025 // A 69-year-old truck driver who was seriously injured in a fight that prosecutors say was started by former NFL quarterback and sports analyst Mark Sanchez is suing Sanchez and his employer, Fox Corporation, in Indiana...

UK Car Finance Industry Faces $11 Billion-$13 Billion Mis-Selling Hit

Oct 8 2025 // Britain’s motor finance industry is on the hook for 8.2 billion to 9.7 billion pounds ($11 billion-$13 billion) to compensate consumers for unfair car loans, the regulator said on Tuesday, in plans that point to a...