All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 21 2024 // Auto insurance websites and apps are doing a good job of delivering foundational functional capabilities, bringing in more customers than agents and call centers. But far fewer are providing the type of value-added...
May 21 2024 // A child was among the three victims killed when a passenger train hit a pickup truck, officials said.The northbound Amtrak train hit a Dodge truck Friday evening in North Tonawanda, New York, a small town along the Niagara...
May 21 2024 // Canada’s government is banning key-programming machines and other equipment used to steal cars, while implementing harsher penalties to combat a rising number of auto thefts across the country.Minister of Justice...
May 21 2024 // Managing general agency Open Road Insurance announced its entry into the marketplace for collector vehicle auto insurance with its first license in Texas, and plans to launch in other U.S. states later this summer.National...
May 17 2024 // Shoppers in the U.S. aren’t ready to accept higher auto insurance rates, choosing to shop around for the best deal and coverage, a new report finds.U.S. consumer auto insurance shopping activity registered as...
May 15 2024 // Florida authorities this week charged four people with falsifying injuries from an auto accident and attempting to defraud three insurance companies out of personal injury protection payments.Maria Campos, Isabella Mendez,...
May 15 2024 // A man injured when he was hit by a car while he was operating a low speed Segway electric scooter is not entitled to personal injury protection (PIP) benefits under New Jersey’s no-fault auto insurance law, the...
May 14 2024 // The top US auto-safety regulator opened an investigation into Waymo, the autonomous-vehicle subsidiary of subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., after 22 incidents in which the company’s cars were involved in collisions or may...
May 14 2024 // A tractor-trailer hauling about 15 million honey bees to be used to pollinate blueberry fields crashed and overturned on Interstate 95, officials in Clinton, Maine said.The driver was taken to the hospital as a precaution...
May 14 2024 // A truck driver fell asleep at the wheel before striking a construction vehicle and killing three workers on the shoulder of a Pennsylvania highway in April, authorities said Friday.Pennsylvania State Police said the...
May 14 2024 // More than a dozen Southern California residents are reported to have conspired to create fraudulent insurance claims to illegally collect more than $350,000.They were arrested last week after an investigation reportedly...
May 10 2024 // FloodFlash has added a dealer program in its efforts to support more U.S. businesses ahead of a hurricane season that is widely anticipated to be amongst the worst in recent memory.Stored on large, flat areas of often...
May 10 2024 // After two years of challenges for personal auto insurers, rating agency AM Best delivered a positive assessment: U.S. personal auto insurers are the furthest ahead when it comes to innovation.Personal auto insurers’...
May 7 2024 // A bridge damaged in a fiery crash that kept Interstate 95 in Connecticut closed Thursday and Friday has been demolished.A live camera operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation on Saturday showed excavators...
May 6 2024 // The first quarter of the year saw the sixth straight quarterly increase (.7%) in overall registrations in California in the first quarter from the same period last year, while the state’s love affair with...
May 6 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...
May 3 2024 // Increased premiums combined with lackluster customer satisfaction scores are driving record numbers of auto insurance customers into the market for a new policy, according to the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Insurance Shopping...
May 2 2024 // A Houston plaintiffs’ attorney known as “Car Wreck Clyde” is awaiting court proceedings after being charged with skimming as much as $2.4 million in client settlement proceeds over the past decade,...
Apr 30 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired Van Oppen & Co. 2 in Wyoming. Founded in 2008 by Rick van Oppen, the firm has specialized in serving the needs of the architectural, engineering and environmental...
Apr 29 2024 // The Hartford CEO Christopher Swift told analysts late last week that the insurer’s first quarter results included “progress toward restoring targeted profitability in auto” as it turned in an improved...