All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 4 2020 // Safety features such as automatic emergency braking and forward collision warnings could prevent more than 40% of crashes in which semis rear-end other vehicles, a new study has found.The Insurance Institute for Highway...
Sep 3 2020 // Auto insurer Metromile said it is teaming up with Ford Motor Co. to provide owners of Ford vehicles with connectivity technology with personalized car insurance.Ford is Metromile’s first agreement with a major...
Sep 2 2020 // A national subprime auto lender made unfair and deceptive loans to thousands of Massachusetts residents, provided investors with false or misleading information regarding auto securities, and engaged in unfair debt...
Sep 1 2020 // A study shows California’s stay-at-home order in response to the coronavirus seems to have reduced wildlife collisions, as decreased traffic resulted in fewer collisions with mountain lions, deer and other large...
Sep 1 2020 // Global advisory and brokerage company Willis Towers Watson announced the appointment of Jeff Van Kley as senior director within its Insurance Consulting and Technology business. Van Kley will be responsible for driving...
Aug 31 2020 // The U.S. government’s road safety agency is offering a smartphone app that will alert drivers if their vehicles are recalled.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was scheduled to roll out the free app...
Aug 31 2020 // Uber Technologies Inc. vowed to make public more safety information regarding its self-driving cars after the National Transportation Safety Board placed partial blame for a fatal 2018 crash on the company’s...
Aug 28 2020 // The California Department of Insurance issued a cease and desist order on Elite Integrity LLC, doing business as Auto Protection Plus, in Garden Grove, and its controlling manager, Kamisha Daniel, of Irvine, for allegedly...
Aug 28 2020 // The owner of the stretched limousine that crashed and killed 20 people in upstate New York repeatedly changed the listed number of seats in the vehicle and took other steps to avoid safety regulations, according to...
Aug 27 2020 // Teen drivers and drivers 65 years and older – two age groups at a higher risk of being involved in an automobile accident – are more likely to be driving vehicles that are less safe, putting them at even higher risk of...
Aug 25 2020 // Three Californians have been charged with multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and forgery for allegedly filing fraudulent insurance claims on a former employee’s policy and intercepting insurance checks to...
Aug 25 2020 // Though perhaps not the absolute worst region in the U.S. for insurance scams involving towing abuses, towing scams in Chicago continue to cause problems for residents and insurers alike, according to the National Insurance...
Aug 25 2020 // Eleven people have been in indicted in what law enforcement officials say is an expanding probe into tractor-trailer accidents staged in New Orleans, Louisiana, to defraud trucking and insurance companies.The 11 accused...
Aug 24 2020 // An insurtech managing general agency focused on commercial auto insurance has raised $16 million in new Series A financing, a climate-risk related platform has $4.2 million in new seed financing, and a home insurance...
Aug 24 2020 // As bad as the coronavirus pandemic has been for many insurance lines, personal automobile profits have soared thanks to reduced driving, as quarantines and shelter-at-home restrictions took hold across the United States...
Aug 21 2020 // One80 Intermediaries (One80), a national wholesale insurance broker and program manager headquartered in Boston, has launched the Transportation Threat Protect (TTP) program.TTP was designed to protect commercial drivers...
Aug 21 2020 // Travel on all U.S. roads and streets for 2020 is down by 264.2 billion vehicle miles, or 16.6%, according to the Department of Transportation.For June traffic was down 36.5 billion vehicle miles, or 13.0%, compared with...
Aug 18 2020 // Louisiana’s insurance commissioner has approved new rate decreases for private passenger auto policies for two major auto insurers in the state.Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has approved Progressive Insurance...
Aug 18 2020 // Auto insurance shopping and new business growth rebounded in May and June after a drop in late March and early April due to COVID-19 shutdowns, civil unrest and other events. However, there was little impact on the annual...
Aug 18 2020 // Root Insurance pledged to eliminate the use of credit scoring from its car insurance pricing model by 2025, a move the insurtech said will help remove bias and discrimination from the process.“Eliminating credit...