All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 12 2019 // In separate cases involving alleged staged accidents, two individuals have been charged in North Dakota with insurance fraud totaling nearly $29,000.The North Dakota Department of Insurance reported that charges were filed...
Jun 12 2019 // Have you ever thought about how much insurance a person should buy?If you ask the agent, she might tell you that they should buy as much as they can afford. If you ask the underwriter, he might tell you that they should...
Jun 12 2019 // Motorcycle taxi companies are expanding in West Africa with backing from investors betting that the meteoric rise of two-wheeled taxi firms in Asia can be replicated in some of the fastest growing countries in the...
Jun 11 2019 // Cars and trucks are killing a lot of moose near an intersection in western Wyoming.Recently vehicles killed two moose in a week near the intersection of Wyoming highways 22 and 390 a few miles (5 kilometers) west of...
Jun 11 2019 // The digital transformation of the insurance industry isn’t just for insurtech startups any more.At Allstate, 60 percent of claims are now filed with a cell phone application that allows policyholders to take photos...
Jun 11 2019 // Commercial insurance prices in the U.S. increased in the first quarter about 2%, according to insurance broker and advisor Willis Towers Watson.The company’s Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS) survey...
Jun 10 2019 // Wells Fargo has agreed to pay at least $385 million to settle a California lawsuit alleging it signed up thousands of auto loan customers for costly car insurance without their consent, resulting in many having their...
Jun 10 2019 // A subway car has derailed in Boston, sending nine people to the hospital.Local emergency officials said none of the injuries are life-threatening. Officials with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said the...
Jun 10 2019 // A Florida elementary school teacher was arrested on multiple felony charges including insurance fraud and organized scheme to defraud for allegedly staging a fake car accident in a local Publix parking lot, according to a...
Jun 7 2019 // Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to pay at least $385 million to customers who say they were signed up for auto insurance without their knowledge or consent when they took out a car loan. Terms of the proposed settlement,...
Jun 6 2019 // Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. (PPCI) has entered the Kansas commercial auto insurance market as an admitted carrier specializing in distressed and substandard risks.With PPCI, producers now have an insurance...
Jun 5 2019 // State Farm said last week it had received over 6,000 homeowner claims and more than 5,000 auto claims related to severe weather that pummeled the Midwest on May 27 and 28.The company reported around 6,110 total homeowner...
Jun 3 2019 // Brittany Jones and Steven Jones, of Marysville, Wash., each were charged with one count of filing a false insurance claim in Snohomish County Superior Court on May 14.The charges stem from an auto insurance claim and...
Jun 3 2019 // When looking to hire a new employee, their previous experience is always a first criteria. Have they worked in insurance? Do they have a least five years’ experience? These are relevant questions to ask.Maybe not so,...
Jun 3 2019 // U.S. personal lines insurance saw strong premium growth of 8% in 2018 and the sector’s statutory combined ratio of 99% for 2018 represented the market’s best results since 2013, according to a new special...
May 30 2019 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on May 28 defended a pending overhaul of the state’s auto insurance law, saying treatment for injured drivers will “still be there” if they forego what has been a...
May 29 2019 // Authorities say a dump truck hit a sports utility vehicle before crashing into a recording studio owned by Gloria and Emilio Estefan.Miami-Dade Fire Rescue tweeted that two people were taken to the hospital and two others...
May 29 2019 // A fleet of driverless cars working together to keep traffic moving smoothly can improve overall traffic flow by at least 35 percent, researchers have shown.The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, programmed a...
May 28 2019 // Capital Insurance Group is now a member of the Auto-Owners Insurance group of companies after regulatory approvals were cleared and closing documents were signed this week.CIG in February entered into an agreement to be...
May 28 2019 // It took the threat of a ballot initiative to make it happen, but the deal no one ever thought they would see has come to fruition: Michigan’s lawmakers have passed legislation to reform the state’s...