All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 16 2025 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday said it was streamlining reviews of requests filed by automakers seeking to deploy self-driving vehicles without required human controls like steering wheels,...
Jun 16 2025 // The auto insurance market is shifting gears.Last year, the sector saw premium growth, lower retention rates and improved loss ratios, leading to a softening market and increased profitability. However, it’s a winding...
Jun 16 2025 // Connecticut lawmakers have passed a measure to shift the cost of auto insurance arbitration hearings between claimants and insurers over damage claims to the insurance industry.Currently the department of insurance absorbs...
Jun 13 2025 // “It’s Now a Buyer’s Market for Auto Insurance, J.D. Power Finds.”That headline on top of an announcement about the release of the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Auto Insurance Study this week summed up a key...
Jun 12 2025 // Former NFL player Kelvin Joseph is facing charges for his involvement in a crash that killed a female motorcyclist on a Dallas-area freeway, The Dallas Morning News reported.Police in the Dallas suburb of Richardson said...
Jun 11 2025 // North Carolina automobile insurance rates are poised to increase statewide by a 5% average this fall as part of an agreement reached between state regulators and the insurance industry. The increase comes six months after...
Jun 6 2025 // In a hulking grey building just east of Tiananmen square in Beijing, a small team in China’s Ministry of Commerce is deciding the fate of the global auto industry, one rare earth magnet export permit at a time.China...
Jun 5 2025 // A cargo ship that was abandoned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after catching fire Tuesday was carrying cars from several Chinese automakers, according to people familiar with the matter.The Morning Midas was shipping...
Jun 4 2025 // Two former police officers have pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with an auto-insurance fraud scheme, according to U.S. Attorney for Maryland Kelly O. Hayes.Michael Anthony Owen, Jr., a former Prince Georges...
May 28 2025 // Criswell Chevrolet, Inc., a Maryland car dealership group, violated federal law by refusing to allow a parts department worker to have a service dog at work as a reasonable accommodation for his post-traumatic stress...
May 22 2025 // Builders Mutual Insurance and its subsidiary, Builders Premier, have agreed to pay a $39,000 penalty after a North Carolina market conduct examination again found issues with producer licensing, nonrenewals and subrogation...
May 21 2025 // Overnight parking for long-haul truckers at interstate rest stops is critically short and was a key contributor to a 2023 Greyhound bus crash in Illinois that killed three people, federal regulators said Tuesday.The...
May 20 2025 // The U.S. Senate will move this week to block California from enforcing a series of vehicle emissions standards that are tougher than the federal government’s, including first-in-the-nation rules phasing out the sale...
May 20 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group.Motor vehicle crashes cost employers $60 billion annually — some of which are not actually “accidents.” Staged auto accidents — in which...
May 19 2025 // Everyone knows that an ISO Commercial General Liability (CGL) policy does not cover the use of autos other than some limited coverage such as accidents arising from, for example, valet parking on or next to owned or rented...
May 15 2025 // CALHOUN, Ga. (AP) — Three people were killed and two others injured in a fiery wreck involving multiple vehicles and semi-trailers on the interstate that connects Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tennessee, authorities said. The...
May 13 2025 // Maine lawmakers today are expected to consider a measure that would allow followers of the Mennonite religion to self-insure for motor vehicle insurance.Rep. Steve Foster (R-Dexter) introduced the bill on behalf of his...
May 13 2025 // United Security Insurance Company has expanded its personal lines auto insurance product into Arizona.The product was developed by USIC and is marketed by Warrior Insurance Network. Arizona is the first state in WIN member...
May 13 2025 // A pickup truck that collided with a tour van near Yellowstone National Park last week, killing seven people, crossed the highway’s center line and hit the van, according to Idaho State Police.Investigating troopers...
May 6 2025 // Insurtech Lemonade reported a first quarter 2025 net loss of about $62.4 million compared to a loss of $47.3 million a year ago during the same time.The decline, according to a letter to shareholders, was due primarily to...