All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 11 2022 // Virginia has increased the liability insurance coverage required for vehicles in Virginia.The new law applies to vehicle insurance policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2022. On January 1, 2025, requirements...
Jan 10 2022 // Shipping companies and software developers are experimenting with self-driving trucks as a way to solve a driver shortage worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic, drawing fire from safety advocates who call the technology a risk...
Jan 10 2022 // Hollingsworth Richards, LLC, a Louisiana car dealer doing business as Honda of Covington, has agreed to pay a former sales representative $100,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal...
Jan 6 2022 // MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd. (MS AUL), the Lloyd’s global specialty re/insurer, announced its Singapore-based operation has launched its second local special purpose reinsurance vehicle (SPRV).Called Phoenix 2 Re Pte....
Dec 29 2021 // While car buyers say new vehicle technology is a leading reason they choose one vehicle over another, there are some tech features that they would just as soon do without.“New-vehicle prices are at an all-time high,...
Dec 21 2021 // A northwest Louisiana firefighter died Saturday after a tire he was maintaining on a fire truck exploded.The South Bossier Parish Fire District No. 2 said 28-year-old Jessie Henry died at one the district’s stations...
Dec 21 2021 // Davis Automotive Group, Inc., doing business as BMW Cleveland, an automobile dealership located in Solon, Ohio, will pay $390,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by...
Dec 21 2021 // Nephila, the Bermuda-based insurance-linked securities manager, has funded its newly launched Syndicate 2358, with capital provided through London Bridge Risk PCC (LBR PCC), a Lloyd’s-sponsored protected cell...
Dec 16 2021 // President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as the top auto safety regulator will vow to address the massive increase in U.S. road deaths, according to congressional testimony seen by Reuters.Steven Cliff, who was tapped...
Dec 14 2021 // The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday is set to hold a confirmation hearing on President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), an agency without a permanent...
Dec 10 2021 // An American Automobile Association report revealing the top auto insurance claims among Texas members in 2021 shows that rear-end collisions and fender benders accounted for 18% of all claims this year. A rear-end...
Dec 10 2021 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) will offer free town hall events for consumers about auto insurance. The town halls will take play Dec. 14 at 6 p.m. and Dec. 15 at 12 p.m. via Zoom.The...
Dec 10 2021 // Automaker Toyota’s insurance arm has begun selling its first branded insurance coverage, Toyota Auto Insurance, in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and South Carolina, and will soon be offering the coverage in...
Dec 9 2021 // Automobile insurance carriers in Florida may limit reimbursement to health providers in keeping with a fee schedule in a personal injury protection policy, the Florida Supreme Court decided in a decision posted...
Dec 9 2021 // Liberty Mutual Insurance plans to appoint Kim Garland as president of State Auto Financial Corp. following the completion of Liberty Mutual’s pending acquisition of State Auto. The deal is expected to close in...
Dec 8 2021 // All Michigan drivers with auto insurance will receive a $400 per-vehicle refund next year. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and state regulators announced the dollar amount Tuesday, more than a month after she had requested the...
Dec 8 2021 // Automaker Stellantis rolled out its software strategy on Tuesday including a 2030 target of 20 billion euros ($22.5 billion) in annual revenue from related products and subscriptions as it takes aim at rival Tesla.CEO...
Dec 8 2021 // Buckle, a technology-based financial services company, has entered into a managing general agency agreement with Amwins Specialty Auto to place non-standard automobile insurance for gig workers in Florida. Gateway...
Dec 7 2021 // Snowfall reached nearly 1 foot on Sunday, Dec. 5 in some parts of northern Minnesota. The Minnesota State Patrol reported hundreds of car crashes during the storm. Authorities said 26 of the crashes resulted in injuries,...
Dec 6 2021 // Players in the U.S. nonstandard auto insurance segment may find that return to pre-pandemic norms, with greater loss-cost pressures along with elevated inflation and supply chain issues, may counteract recent positive...