All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 12 2021 // Insurer Liberty Mutual reported that it will acquire State Auto Group, a super-regional insurance holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.Under the terms of the agreement, State Auto mutual members will become...
Jul 7 2021 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued a data call of 124 auto insurance companies for recent rebates given to policyholders during the COVID-19 pandemic.Kreidler is requesting claims data for private...
Jul 6 2021 // An employee at a car wash in Helena got caught in a piece of machinery that severed his lower leg, Helena fire officials said.The accident happened just before 1 p.m. Tuesday at Woody’s Car Wash, Assistant Chief of...
Jul 5 2021 // Shopping for personal lines insurance is showing signs of returning to pre-pandemic levels in the U.S., according to a new TransUnion report. Auto insurance remains a big exception, however.The consulting firm found in its...
Jul 5 2021 // The Hawaii Department of Taxation has been boosting its monitoring of peer-to-peer car rentals.The industry operates with the help of apps like Turo, which people can use to rent their personal cars to others. Department...
Jul 2 2021 // A Tesla Inc. Model S Plaid electric vehicle burst into flames on Tuesday while the owner was driving, just three days after the $129,900, top-of-the-range car was delivered following its June launch, an attorney for the...
Jun 30 2021 // Recreational vehicle rental marketplace Outdoorsy said it will use some of the $120 million it recently raised to expand its digital managing general agency that sells insurance to RV owners and renters in the U.S. and...
Jun 30 2021 // Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has vetoed a measure intended to replace auto insurance personal injury protection (PIP) coverage with bodily injury coverage limits and a requirement that insurers offer medical payments...
Jun 29 2021 // The Florida legislature has sent an auto insurance measure (Senate Bill 54) to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who must now decide whether to sign or veto the legislation, which would repeal the state’s Personal Injury Protection...
Jun 28 2021 // The Hawaii Department of Taxation has been boosting its monitoring of peer-to-peer car rentals.The industry operates with the help of apps like Turo, which people can use to rent their personal cars to others. Department...
Jun 28 2021 // Shopping for personal lines insurance is showing signs of returning to pre-pandemic levels in the U.S., according to a new TransUnion report. Auto insurance remains a big exception, however.The consulting firm found in its...
Jun 28 2021 // Two more individuals have pleaded guilty to conspiring to stage automobile accidents in Louisiana in a scheme to defraud insurance and trucking companies, the U.S. Justice Department says.The U.S. Attorney’s Office...
Jun 24 2021 // A Massachusetts man is suspected of stealing the identities of two people in an attempt to buy an $83,000 car, federal prosecutors said.Brandon Brouillard, 27, of Worcester, was indicted last week on bank fraud and...
Jun 22 2021 // Mercury Insurance has made its usage-based insurance app, MercuryGO, available to drivers in Oklahoma.The app acts as a virtual driving coach, providing skill scores that give real-time feedback about driving behavior, the...
Jun 21 2021 // The increased use of ridesharing apps appears to be associated with a decrease in motor vehicle collisions and impaired driving convictions.That’s according to research by The University of Texas Health Science...
Jun 21 2021 // A South Carolina Supreme Court opinion published in June nullifies auto insurance policy provisions that “step down” the maximum payout in instances where the insured was committing a felony or attempting to...
Jun 21 2021 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain has reminded insured Arkansans seeking automobile repairs that insurance companies cannot require automobile repairs be done at a specific repair shop.“If an insurer...
Jun 18 2021 // During the COVID-19 pandemic, auto insurers have returned more than $18 billion in premiums to address the drastic reduction in driving. It turns out all that extra money didn’t make consumers any happier, if they...
Jun 17 2021 // Two more defendants have pleaded guilty conspiring to stage automobile accidents in order to defraud insurance and trucking companies.The defendants from Orleans and Jefferson Parishes pleaded guilty before United States...
Jun 16 2021 // Insurer USAA is buying Noblr, an insurtech digital insurer offering behavior-based auto insurance.USAA, a Texas-based insurer focused on members of the U.S. military and their families, said the acquisition will help make...