All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 17 2019 // Michigan Senate Republicans have signaled their intent to make lowering high auto insurance premiums a top priority in the two-year session, proposing legislation that would make it optional for Michigan drivers to buy...
Jan 17 2019 // The Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that a state police officer was justified in arresting a suspect for driving under the influence of marijuana based on the officer’s observations of the driver’s...
Jan 17 2019 // MetLife has named Darla Finchum as head of the company’s U.S. property/casualty business, MetLife Auto & Home. Finchum has been serving in this role on an interim basis since August, 2018. She will be responsible...
Jan 16 2019 // Steady improvement for U.S. personal auto insurance companies has culminated in the sector’s best underwriting performance in 10 years, according to Fitch Ratings in a report.The market improvement was driven by the...
Jan 14 2019 // Reducing autonomous vehicle accidents during testing may be as easy as adding lighting to warn pedestrians.South Korean car parts firm Hyundai Mobis showcased what it calls its Communication Lighting concept at the CES...
Jan 11 2019 // Kansas Commissioner of Insurance Ken Selzer has issued a warning about a potential auto insurance telephone scam.According to information from insurance officials, the caller uses the following introduction: “Hi this...
Jan 10 2019 // Denmark has banned truck trailers on trains following a deadly accident last week in which a high-speed passenger train struck cargo that had fallen off a freight train coming from the opposite direction.The Danish...
Jan 10 2019 // Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV will pay more than $700 million to resolve lawsuits from the U.S. Justice Department and diesel owners over claims it used illegal software to allow 104,000 diesel vehicles to emit excess...
Jan 8 2019 // Consumer groups applauded the outgoing California insurance commissioner for adopting regulations to prohibit gender use in auto insurance pricing in California.Outgoing California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones issued...
Jan 8 2019 // Toyota Motor Corp. — in an unusual move for the cut-throat car business — has decided to share with rivals an automated safety system that uses self-driving technology to keep cars from crashing.The system,...
Jan 8 2019 // As vehicles get smarter, your car will be keeping eyes on you.This week at CES, the international consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, a host of startup companies will demonstrate to global automakers how the sensor...
Jan 8 2019 // Neon announced it successfully has raised third party capital to support its second insurance linked securities (ILS) transaction through its UK-based transformer vehicle, NCM Re.This marks the first reinsurance renewal...
Jan 7 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Fiat Chrysler‘s appeal in a class action lawsuit over allegations that its Jeeps and other trucks are vulnerable to hacking, one of the first legal cases involving...
Jan 7 2019 // A church van packed with children was headed to Walt Disney World when it got caught in a fiery pileup involving two 18-wheelers. Seven people, including five of the youngsters, died in the crash.On Friday, investigators...
Jan 7 2019 // For the seventh year in a row, the Florida insurance industry, regulators, and consumer advocates will push for reforms to the state’s assignment of benefits issue that has now become an insurance crisis, according...
Jan 7 2019 // Laws to ban or curb drivers’ use of cell phones and other handheld devices have greatly reduced the rate of fatalities for motorcyclists.States with moderate to strong bans have motorcycle fatality rates that differ...
Jan 7 2019 // Crashes are up by as much as six percent in Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, compared with neighboring states that haven’t legalized marijuana for recreational use, according to research from the Insurance...
Jan 7 2019 // With some of the highest auto insurance rates in the nation, Michigan’s no-fault insurance laws — much maligned by the insurance industry and business interests — are sure to be a target for legislative...
Jan 7 2019 // Twenty people have been indicted by a grand jury in Spokane, Wash., for allegedly staging vehicle crashes to defraud insurance companies.Defendants are accused of staging a series of automobile, boating, pedestrian/vehicle...
Jan 7 2019 // An independent agent in a small rural town insured a farmer whose barn burned down. The agent had failed to schedule the farm structure, so the farm policy did not cover the total loss. The agent routinely placed farm...