All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 11 2022 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced this week that auto insurers should have issued the last of $400 per eligible vehicle insurance refunds by May 9 and that any residents who have not received their refund should...
May 11 2022 // It’s not just homeowners insurance costs that are high in Florida. A new report shows that Floridians continue to pay some of the largest auto coverage premiums in the country.The BankRate 2022 report shows that the...
May 9 2022 // An armored car company has settled its lawsuit that accused the San Bernardino County sheriff of illegally seizing over $1 million in cash it was transporting from medical marijuana businesses in California.The settlement...
May 6 2022 // Rate increases in Allstate’s auto insurance business are in integral part of the insurer’s overall plan to address the impact of inflation.Wednesday during a conference call with analysts to discuss...
May 5 2022 // Boston-based Safety Insurance Group, Inc. reported first quarter 2022 results showing net income of $7.8 million, compared to $36.2 million for the comparable 2021 period, as auto insurance claim frequency returned to...
May 4 2022 // First quarter 2022 insurance premiums earned grew 6.5% to about $11 billion at Allstate Corp., as net income was $630 million compared with a loss of about $1.4 billion during the first three months of 2021.CEO Tom Wilson...
May 3 2022 // There wasn’t a lot of talk about auto insurance at this year’s annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway, but when the subject came up, Warren Buffett acknowledged the continued dominance of one competitor—a...
May 2 2022 // Allstate said it is raising auto insurance rates more due to continued upticks in physical damage and bodily injury severity.The personal property insurer said in a statement on April 21 that first quarter unfavorable...
May 2 2022 // The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) is not a “farm type vehicle” covered by a homeowner’s insurance policy, reversing a lower court decision.The lower court ruled for...
Apr 28 2022 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited Torrance Car Wash more than $800,000 for wage theft violations affecting 35 workers, including minimum wage, overtime and contract wage violations.An investigation...
Apr 27 2022 // As the number of catalytic converter thefts has soared nationwide, one Alabama auto repair shop has begun building anti-theft cages that cover the pollution-control devices.Dean and Cory Parker, owners of Dean’s Auto...
Apr 25 2022 // Allstate said it is raising auto insurance rates more due to continued upticks in physical damage and bodily injury severity.The personal property insurer said in a statement on April 21 that first quarter unfavorable...
Apr 22 2022 // Auto insurance carriers and independent agents in New York have launched a campaign to eliminate what they say is an outdated requirement for the state’s auto insurance buyers.The group wants lawmakers to let auto...
Apr 21 2022 // The cost of a comprehensive car insurance policy in Britain touched an 18-month high in the first quarter and will continue to increase on the back of rising inflation and regulatory changes, a survey showed on Thursday.UK...
Apr 19 2022 // Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that nearly a third of eligible Michiganders have already received their $400 auto refund checks from the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA) catastrophic fund...
Apr 19 2022 // A subsidiary of American Family Insurance now faces a federal class-action lawsuit in Florida, alleging it regularly charged auto policyholders a cancellation fee that was never mentioned in the policy.The size of the...
Apr 18 2022 // The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) is not a “farm type vehicle” covered by a homeowner’s insurance policy, reversing a lower court that ruled in favor of coverage.The...
Apr 11 2022 // A man prosecutors said was a leader of a conspiracy that involved bribing 911 operators, hospital workers, and police officers to obtain the confidential information of tens of thousands of New York and New Jersey motor...
Apr 11 2022 // Eleven people were injured in a “major collision” the night of April 8 in Austin, Texas, involving pedestrians and two vehicles, one of which hit a food truck, authorities said.Austin-Travis County Emergency...
Apr 6 2022 // South Carolina authorities have charged 17 people in what’s being called a major insurance fraud ring that staged vehicle collisions and filed false claims over a one-year period.The alleged fraud took place from...