All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 24 2022 // The insurance industry is ringing alarm bells about the cost of social inflation again, this time with the help of an actuarial analysis that concludes the phenomenon added more than $20 billion to the cost of commercial...
Feb 23 2022 // Dents.co, a new software company based in Longview, Texas, has launched a mobile app that measures auto body damage and provides reporting that repairers can share with insurers partners to speed negotiation repair...
Feb 23 2022 // A North Carolina motorcyclist who lost a leg after a collision with an Amazon delivery truck has filed a lawsuit arguing that unrealistic expectations for the tech giant’s delivery drivers have led to...
Feb 23 2022 // The operator of Felicity Ace, the ship transporting thousands of Porsches, Lamborghinis and other Volkswagen AG vehicles, said Tuesday it assumes the car carrier is still on fire almost a full week after the crew abandoned...
Feb 21 2022 // Self-driving vehicle companies from Tesla Inc. to General Motors Co.’s Cruise are racing to start making money with their technology, outrunning efforts by regulators and Congress to write rules of the road for...
Feb 21 2022 // The two possessions that most concern insurers — homes and motor vehicles — happen to be the largest contributors to the historic 7.5% inflation rate.Perhaps that should be no surprise. “It’s the...
Feb 21 2022 // A new auto insurer is turning the tables on car manufacturers that offer insurance with their roadside and emergency services by including these accident services with its auto insurance policy.Austin, Texas-based Sensa is...
Feb 18 2022 // The family of a Portland, Oregon, man whose car slid off the Glenn Jackson Bridge and plunged into the Columbia River during a winter storm is suing the Oregon Department of Transportation for $12 million.A crash...
Feb 18 2022 // State Farm filed a $1.2 million subrogation claim against Tesla in Indiana federal court on Feb. 16, alleging negligence and strict product liability over a fire that damaged an insured’s car and residence.Two State...
Feb 17 2022 // An auto insurer is not required to pay underinsured motorist benefits to the son of man who was killed in an auto crash because the father was not insured by its policy, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in an...
Feb 15 2022 // The two possessions that most concern insurers — homes and motor vehicles — happen to be the largest contributors to the historic 7.5% inflation rate announced last week.Perhaps that should be no surprise....
Feb 14 2022 // The Texas Supreme Court recently ruled that injuries suffered in a golf cart at a school isn’t covered in an auto liability policy held by the school district.In Pharr–San Juan–Alamo Independent School District,...
Feb 14 2022 // The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the district court’s decision declining to certify a proposed damages class in an auto insurance diversity action in Washington involving Liberty Mutual.This case centers...
Feb 14 2022 // Georgia authorities are investigating what may be an Atlanta-based theft ring that has stolen more than two dozen moving trucks, swiping families’ entire belongings in the process.Some of the victims were en route to...
Feb 10 2022 // The Federal Trade Commission has filed a federal lawsuit against a Florida-based vehicle warranty firm and related companies, charging that the firms’ telemarketers illegally said they represented car manufacturers...
Feb 10 2022 // Liberty Mutual Motor Cargo Product Serves ‘Last Mile’ Delivery MarketLiberty Mutual Insurance has launched a motor cargo product to serve the emerging last mile and gig economy delivery segments, including the...
Feb 8 2022 // A new auto insurer is turning the tables on car manufacturers that offer insurance with their roadside and emergency services by including these accident services with its auto insurance policy.Austin, Texas-based Sensa is...
Feb 8 2022 // Betterview, an insurtech provider of property intelligence to property/casualty insurance companies, now has available what it calls its Defensible Space feature that enables insurers using the company’s Remote...
Feb 7 2022 // The average price paid by motorists for their motor insurance in 2021 fell to its lowest level in six years according to the ABI’s latest Motor Insurance Premium Tracker. However, there is evidence that sustained...
Feb 7 2022 // Although it wasn’t the headline of a commercial insurance broker’s market pricing report last month, the report’s observation that “commercial auto liability coverage rates are starting to...