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Soaring Insurance Costs Hit as US Buyers Finally Get a Break on Car Prices

Apr 12 2024 // A new form of sticker shock has hit American car buyers like Darin Davis.In January, when the 56-year-old Dallas real estate agent renewed the insurance on the pearly-white 2024 Cadillac XT4 that he bought just a few...

Truck Driver Fatally Shot in Confrontation With Police Officer in Michigan

Apr 10 2024 // ST. JOSEPH TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The driver of a semitrailer-truck rammed a police vehicle in southwestern Michigan, crashed it into a home, tried to flee and was fatally shot by an officer, officials said.St. Joseph...

National Crime Report Shows Vehicle Thefts Surged to More than 1 Million in 2023

Apr 10 2024 // It was another record-breaking year for vehicle thefts in 2023, with more than one million vehicles reported stolen – an overall increase of 1% nationwide from 2022 to 1,020,729 last year.A report from the National...

Vehicle Complexity, Labor ‘Reshaping’ Auto Insurance and Collision Repair: Report

Apr 9 2024 // New technologies and rising labor costs are putting pressure on auto insurance carriers and auto repairers by making repairs more costly and increasing repair times, trends that a new report asserts are...

Michigan Man Dies After Tire Comes Off SUV and Hits His Car

Apr 5 2024 // ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A driver died when a tire came off another vehicle and flew through the air and into the windshield and roof of his car, Michigan State Police said. A Dodge Journey SUV being driven by a...

Arrowhead Launching Commercial Auto Product in California

Apr 5 2024 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. in California launched a new commercial auto product.Arrowhead’s Commercial Auto is available to California customers in construction-related industries. The program...

Major Highway, Rail Service Shut Down in Philadelphia After Truck Hits Bridge

Apr 4 2024 // A stretch of a major interstate highway will be closed for several days after a tractor-trailer carrying an oversize load struck a railroad bridge in Philadelphia.The truck crashed on I-95 northbound around 1:30 p.m....

Nationwide Wants 19% Increase in Auto Rates in West Virginia

Apr 4 2024 // Nationwide Insurance is asking West Virginia regulators for a 19% average rate increase on auto liability insurance, a move that could affect more than 27,000 insured drivers.The West Virginia insurance commissioner said...

KC Chiefs Player Cooperating With Police After Sports Car Crash in Texas

Apr 3 2024 // DALLAS (AP) — An attorney for Kansas City Chiefs player Rashee Rice said Monday that the wide receiver is cooperating with authorities after a speeding Corvette and Lamborghini sport utility vehicle caused a...

NICB Praises Florida’s New Law on Predatory Tow Truck Practices

Apr 2 2024 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau is hailing a new Florida law that aims to deter predatory tow-truck practices and limit the fees that tow companies can charge.House Bill 179 was signed by the governor in March and it...

NTSB Investigates Fatal Texas Ford Electric Vehicle Crash

Apr 1 2024 // The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a fatal crash in San Antonio, Texas, involving a Ford electric vehicle that may have been using a partially automated driving system.The agency said in a statement...

Texas School Bus With Over 40 Pre-K Students Struck by Cement Truck, Killing 2

Mar 25 2024 // BASTROP, Texas (AP) — A cement truck veered into a school bus carrying more than 40 pre-K students returning from a field trip to a Texas zoo Friday, killing a boy on the bus and a man in another vehicle, authorities...

UK Insurer Direct Line Posts Operating Loss as it Grapples With Auto Claims Inflation

Mar 21 2024 // Direct Line posted a 2023 operating loss as it grapples high motor claims inflation, but reinstated its dividend as the British home and motor insurer tries to fend off takeover offers from Belgian rival Ageas.The 189.6...

Boundless Rider Expands Motorcycle, Powersport Coverage to Illinois

Mar 19 2024 // Boundless Rider, a new insurtech focused on insurance for motorcycle and powersport riders, announced that policy coverage is available for purchase in Illinois.Owners of on-road and off-road motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs,...

NTSB Investigates Fatal Crash Involving Ford Electric Vehicle in San Antonio

Mar 19 2024 // The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a fatal crash in San Antonio, Texas, involving a Ford electric vehicle that may have been using a partially automated driving system.The agency said in a statement...

Louisiana Truck Driver Charged After Deadly 2023 Pileup

Mar 19 2024 // RESERVE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide for his role in a fiery highway pileup that left eight dead last year after a “super fog” of marsh fire smoke and dense...

Six Defendants to Stand Trial for Michigan Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme

Mar 18 2024 // Six defendants will stand trial on charges alleging the group operated an auto insurance fraud scheme targeting Michigan residents involved in automobile collisions, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Anita Fox,...

How to Maintain Your Truck’s Gross Weight Compliance

Mar 14 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. Many of the top issues facing the trucking industry this year all roll up into one prime source: the economy.[1]In 2022, the cost of operating in the trucking...

Virginia Governor Faces Decision on Bad Faith Bill Opposed by Auto Insurers

Mar 13 2024 // Property/casualty insurers are urging Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to veto a “bad faith” insurance claims measure that they contend will “open the floodgates of litigation against insurance...

Nine Killed in Wisconsin Highway Crash Involving Semitrailer and Van

Mar 11 2024 // DEWHURST, Wis. (AP) — Nine people were killed Friday in a crash involving a semitrailer and a van at a western Wisconsin highway intersection.Preliminary reports about the early morning crash indicated the semitrailer...