All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 2 2019 // Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. has entered the New Mexico commercial auto market as an admitted carrier specializing in insurance for distressed and substandard risks.PPCI offers the capacity to insure any...
May 1 2019 // A Georgia man was arrested last month after a joint effort between investigators in the Fraud Unit at the Georgia Department of Insurance and multiple state agencies discovered he was allegedly operating a chop shop in...
Apr 30 2019 // Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. has hired transportation broker Mary Kidd to focus on large commercial transportation accounts in its Sarasota, Fla., office.Kidd will work with accounts with more than $25,000 in premium,...
Apr 29 2019 // Oklahoma would establish rules regulating how to safely operate driverless vehicles navigating state highways under a bill passed by Legislature that has been sent to the governor’s office.Autonomous vehicles are...
Apr 29 2019 // The distracted driving report by Zendrive, a traffic-data startup, makes it clearer and clearer each year that millions of Americans can’t stop themselves from talking, texting and livestreaming—yes, even using...
Apr 26 2019 // A bill aimed at lowering Louisiana’s sky-high auto insurance rates has passed the state House of Representatives.On April 23, House lawmakers passed HB 372, named the “Omnibus Premium Reduction Act of 2019,...
Apr 25 2019 // Cover, a mobile-first insurance brokerage, has begun selling its own auto insurance policies in Texas.The new service — an evolution from the company’s nationally-licensed insurance brokerage — combines a...
Apr 25 2019 // Direct-to-consumer auto insurers appear to be gaining serious market traction, according to a report from J.D. Power.The firm reports that auto insurance revenue hit $245 billion in 2018, reflecting industrywide growth of...
Apr 25 2019 // The National Transportation Safety Board faults law enforcement planning in a report on a double fatal crash during the United Bikers of Maine Toy Run in September 2017.The report, released Tuesday, said an unsafe maneuver...
Apr 25 2019 // Brightway Insurance opened new stores in Florida and Tennessee on April 15.The new franchise owners include: Steve Moser who opened Brightway, The Steve Moser Agency of Belle Meade in Nashville, Tennessee. This is...
Apr 24 2019 // It has been a long-held insurance axiom that flood is not considered an insurable peril due to its potentially catastrophic nature. Here is what the report, “Affordability of National Flood Insurance Program...
Apr 23 2019 // Portland, Ore. police say a man driving a stolen pickup truck 100 mph crashed into a sport-utility vehicle, killing an Uber passenger.Police believe the pickup truck driver was under the influence of intoxicants when he...
Apr 23 2019 // It was about 6:30 on a Friday night in January when Phoenix Police Det. Kemp Layden pulled over a white Jeep Cherokee that was speeding and weaving in and out of its lane.The 47-year-old driver spoke slowly, his eyes were...
Apr 23 2019 // Officials in Bridgewater, Mass., say a pickup truck with three people inside was hit by a commuter rail train after the truck driver apparently went around a railroad crossing gate.The Boston Globe reports the accident...
Apr 22 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. said it was rolling out new safety features to help riders avoid fake rideshare drivers, two weeks after the murder of a college student who got into her killer’s car mistakenly believing it...
Apr 19 2019 // The bill that turned Illinois into the focal point of a bitter debate over car-sharing last year started as a proposal about what happens when a rental car is stolen. The legislation, which would allow rental companies to...
Apr 18 2019 // Daimler AG and BMW AG’s joint car-sharing and mobility business has suspended service in Chicago after a fraud incident.Some vehicles may have been rented using deceptive means through Share Now’s mobile app,...
Apr 18 2019 // For four days in February, Ben Shukman showed up to his office at Phantom Auto in Mountain View, California, sat down in front of a bank of computer screens with a steering wheel in a darkened room, and began driving. As...
Apr 17 2019 // Millions of people may be able to show their smartphones rather than a plastic card to prove they’re legit to drive, vote or buy a beer in coming years.Louisiana in July became the first state to make digital...
Apr 16 2019 // The gas explosion that killed one person and injured 25 others in North Carolina also damaged a building that houses a rarely seen but world famous collection of Porsches.The Ingram Collection is housed next to the...