All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 22 2021 // Not only is Tesla moving some manufacturing operations to Austin, Texas, its founder, Elon Musk, is said to be relocating there, and the electric car company will soon be offering its own brand of car insurance in the Lone...
Feb 17 2021 // National Transportation Safety Board said it would investigate a massive crash involving more than 130 vehicles on an icy Texas highway that killed six people and injured dozens more.The NTSB said on Twitter that its...
Feb 16 2021 // Lawmakers and the attorney general’s office want a state agency to force car insurance providers to lower rates for Massachusetts customers.The pandemic has kept many drivers off the road, meaning thousands of fewer...
Feb 16 2021 // Ullico has partnered with The Hagerty Group to offer Hagerty’s insurance for classic, collector and enthusiast vehicles.Per the partnership, Hagerty’s insurance will be offered through UnionCare, a Ullico...
Feb 11 2021 // A former Flint, Michigan, insurance agent has pleaded guilty to selling or offering customers fake auto insurance certificates, state regulators said.Attorney General Dana Nessel said Dillen Leonard, 25, pleaded guilty to...
Feb 5 2021 // It looks like Tesla has gone all-in on Texas. Not only is the electric car company moving some manufacturing operations to Austin, its founder, Elon Musk, is said to be relocating there, and it will soon be offering its...
Feb 5 2021 // A Florida woman allegedly acting as an insurance agent without a license was arrested last month after an investigation by the Florida Department of Financial Services Bureau of Insurance Fraud.According to a statement...
Feb 3 2021 // Branch Insurance, based in Columbus, Ohio, has expanded into Indiana.Using technology and automation, the company offers bundled home and auto insurance online. Branch’s entry into Indiana marks the company’s...
Feb 2 2021 // Federal investigators said they’ll focus on the crash of a box truck that killed five bicyclists on a stretch of Nevada highway in December as they consider recommendations to prevent similar fatalities.The National...
Feb 1 2021 // Buckle, a tech-enabled financial services company, has expanded its rideshare-only auto insurance into Tennessee. Last year, the company launched the insurance offering that provides rideshare and transportation network...
Jan 29 2021 // Drivers with less education and lower-ranking jobs could wind up paying more for auto insurance, magnifying the impact of systemic racism, according to a Consumer Reports analysis.The consumer-advocacy group sought price...
Jan 27 2021 // Automobile insurance provider, Bluefire Insurance, has expanded its presence into Illinois.With the addition of Illinois, Bluefire, an Irving, Texas-based managing general agency, now offers coverage in eight states, with...
Jan 27 2021 // Auto theft appears to have increased considerably in 2020 compared to 2019, reversing two years of auto theft declines.A preliminary analysis by the National Insurance Crime Bureau shows there were 873,080 auto thefts in...
Jan 25 2021 // Louisiana motorists filing car accident lawsuits will encounter tougher rules to win damage awards, under a new law championed by the state’s business lobby that took effect Jan. 1, a law that backers hope will lower...
Jan 22 2021 // A long-running Silicon Valley soap opera took an unexpected twist on Wednesday after outgoing President Donald Trump pardoned a former Google engineer for stealing self-driving car secrets shortly before joining...
Jan 21 2021 // A failed attempt to settle debt insurance on a struggling French car-rental company is the latest blow to the $9 trillion market in credit derivatives, but this time the focus is on speculators.Protection buyers who...
Jan 19 2021 // Loop, a managing general agency focused on building an auto insurance model that does not utilize credit scores and ZIP codes, announced the close of a $3.25 million seed round last week.Freestyle.VC led the funding round,...
Jan 14 2021 // Lloyd’s announced it has received regulatory approval to set up a new multi-insurance special purpose vehicle, which aims to attract new forms of capital.A key milestone for the Future at Lloyd’s strategy, the...
Jan 11 2021 // Automobile insurance looks very different today than it did a generation ago. The means by which people (and goods) travel via motor vehicles continue to expand and evolve, as do businesses and their automobile insurance...
Jan 8 2021 // Auto insurance rates are falling across the country an average 1.7 percent, with drivers in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Arkansas and Louisiana seeing the biggest drops of more than 4 percent.This is the first time rate have...