All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 10 2019 // The Travelers Companies has joined the Advanced Vehicle Technology (AVT) Consortium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE), organizations working to advance...
Oct 10 2019 // Drivers in the U.S. may one day no longer have to crane their necks to check their blind spots if regulators agree to let high-tech cameras and screens replace the humble side-view mirror.The National Highway Traffic...
Oct 9 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance is alerting consumers about a phone calling scam being perpetrated by a group claiming to be the Consumer Insurance Association.The calls offer to lower the recipient’s auto...
Oct 7 2019 // Crash victims and a brain-injury rehabilitation facility challenged Michigan’s new auto insurance law on Oct. 3, contending that pending limits on reimbursement rates for nursing and other care violate their...
Oct 7 2019 // Home and auto insurance rates continue to run well below the national average, according to Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment.Data from the top 10 insurance groups in the state show that in Ohio the...
Oct 7 2019 // When Louisiana voters go to the polls on Oct. 12, they will have a choice between two Republican opponents in the race for insurance commissioner: current commissioner, Jim Donelon, a former state legislator who has held...
Oct 4 2019 // U.S. regulators are looking into parking lot crashes involving Tesla Inc. cars driving themselves to their owners using the company’s Smart Summon feature, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)...
Oct 3 2019 // The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday called for new national requirements for seating and seat belt systems on limousines, citing evidence gathered in investigations of accidents in New York, Illinois and...
Oct 3 2019 // A rate reduction has been approved for the Louisiana-based auto insurance provider, GoAuto, the Louisiana Department of Insurance reports.The 3.6% rate reduction for GoAuto Insurance Co. impacts 74,000 Louisiana drivers....
Oct 2 2019 // A towering arch bridge over a bay in eastern Taiwan collapsed Tuesday, sending a burning oil tanker truck falling onto boats in the water below. An air force helicopter, fishing vessels and more than 60 military personnel,...
Oct 1 2019 // American Family Insurance Mutual Holding Co. (American Family Insurance) has completed its purchase of Wisconsin-based property/casualty insurer, Ameriprise Auto & Home (AAH).American Family Insurance is based in...
Oct 1 2019 // Nationwide plans on striking hard against digital insurer upstart competitors with the debut of Spire, a digital auto insurance platform with an eye on millennial customers.Spire, which will be rolled out in the 2019...
Sep 30 2019 // Des Moines, Iowa, will pay $90,000 to settle a lawsuit over the death of a man killed when the vehicle he was driving was struck by a car being chased by police. The City Council has approved settling the October 2017...
Sep 25 2019 // There’s something wrong with the insurance buying process. That’s not really accurate. There’s a lot wrong with the insurance buying process. Specifically, the process of getting personal auto insurance...
Sep 25 2019 // A Mississippi woman whose loose donkey caused a fatal car crash has been ordered to pay more than $2 million in a wrongful death lawsuit last month. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports K.K. Henderson Kent was sued by Sandra...
Sep 24 2019 // The California Department of Insurance on Tuesday released data from an investigation showing what the CDI is calling “wide socioeconomic disparities” in auto insurance group discounts offered to millions of...
Sep 23 2019 // Traverse City, Michigan-based Hagerty is evolving to adapt to a changing automotive world.“Our mission as a business is to save driving and car culture for future generations,” said McKeel Hagerty, CEO....
Sep 20 2019 // When Louisiana voters go to the polls on Oct. 12, they will have a choice between two Republican opponents in the race for insurance commissioner: current commissioner, Jim Donelon, a former state legislator who has held...
Sep 19 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance has extended the period in which recent rate increase request by the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA) may be approved.TAIPA, the state’s auto insurer of last...
Sep 19 2019 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has awarded a dividend of $623,341 to the Lone Star Auto Dealers Association (LSADA) Safety Group, which includes franchised auto, truck, RV, boat and...