All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
May 28 2019 // Michigan’s Legislature on May 24 passed a landmark bill that would cut the country’s highest auto insurance premiums by letting drivers forego a one-of-a-kind requirement to buy unlimited medical coverage for...
May 28 2019 // One man was sentenced and four people were charged in separate insurance fraud investigations by Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigations Unit.Paul Albarella, of Kennewick, pleaded...
May 28 2019 // The cost of UK motor theft claims paid by insurers in the first quarter rose by more 20% from the same period last year, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI).The ABI report revealed that the number of Q1...
May 28 2019 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. said it plans to cut overall personal auto rates in West Virginia by 5.5%. The expected total statewide impact for State Farm Mutual by this rate decrease in West Virginia will be...
May 24 2019 // State Auto Labs, the innovation arm of the State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co., says in the 18 months after launching its $25 million corporate venture fund to support entrepreneurs and innovations in the insurance...
May 24 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 23 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...
May 23 2019 // One out of six Uber and Lyft drivers in the New York City and Seattle areas are driving vehicles with outstanding recalls, according to Consumer Reports.But taking a taxi or limousine isn’t necessarily a safer...
May 23 2019 // Ride-hailing apps like those of Uber Technologies and Lyft Inc. are expected to alter the state of car ownership towards subscription-based services and shared ownership, auto industry experts said at a conference on...
May 22 2019 // “The car’s just not worth anything.”“The state only requires…” “I don’t owe on it, so I don’t have to have it.”I’ve heard these sentences recently when talking...
May 22 2019 // Selective Insurance Company of America, the lead insurance company of Selective Insurance Group, Inc., is working with its independent insurance agency partners to help customers become aware of recalls affecting their...
May 22 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of April 2019.Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to North...
May 21 2019 // Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to a measure that could relax a pair of roadway safety provisions.The legislation sent to Gov. Mike Parson on Friday would do away with the need for vehicle safety inspections...
May 21 2019 // Billionaire businessman Dan Gilbert is starting a ballot drive as a “failsafe” in case Michigan’s Republican-led Legislature and Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer do not enact legislation to cut the...
May 20 2019 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she opposes Republicans’ proposal to let drivers fully forgo mandatory, unlimited medical benefits covered by their auto insurance premiums, saying she must “draw a...