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#1 Springsteen’s Drummer, Weinberg, Says Florida Car Restorer Took $125,000 From Him

Nov 30 2023 // FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Bruce Springsteen`s drummer, Max Weinberg, is suing the owners of a Florida car restoration company, saying they stole $125,000 by falsely promising him a like-new 1957 Mercedes-Benz and...

#2 Family of Man Who Died Sues Tow Truck Driver They Said Sat on the Man’s Head

Dec 7 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — The family of a Georgia church deacon who died after struggling with a police officer following a minor car crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a tow truck driver they say arrived during...

#3 New Jersey Supreme Court: Workers’ Compensation Covers Commuting Employee’s Car Crash Injury

Nov 27 2023 // Typically, workers who are injured during their commute to work aren’t eligible for workers’ compensation benefits.The New Jersey Supreme Court highlighted an exception to that rule in a unanimous decision...

#4 Alleged Leader of Multi-State Auto Fraud Ring Arrested in Florida After 4 Years in Hiding

Nov 29 2023 // A Washington State man, on the lam for four years and wanted in connection with $6 million in auto insurance fraud schemes and staged accidents across the country, has been arrested in Florida.The U.S. Marshals Service...

#5 Why Totaled Auto Losses Are Hard to Pin Down

Mar 4 2024 // The auto insurance market is tough and varied. Totaled auto losses are up, down or relatively stable, depending on the data source.Ever since the personal auto segment recorded a combined ratio of 112 in 2022 – a figure...

#6 FBI Closes Probe of Car Wreck at Niagara Falls Bridge, No Indication of Terrorism

Nov 27 2023 // FBThe FBI has ended its investigation of a fiery car wreck that killed two people at a border checkpoint in Niagara Falls after finding no evidence that it was a terror attack, easing a period of high tensions as Americans...

#7 Vehicle Complexity, Labor ‘Reshaping’ Auto Insurance and Collision Repair: Report

May 6 2024 // New technologies and rising labor costs are putting pressure on auto insurance carriers and auto repairers by making repairs more costly and increasing repair times, trends that a new report asserts are...

#8 Legal System Abuse Hammers Truck Insurance

Nov 4 2024 // The U.S. trucking industry has been shaken to its foundations. A welter of external challenges catalyzed the failure of approximately 88,000 trucking firms in 2023. That is 10% of the nation’s trucking companies.The...

#9 Driverless Truck Companies Plan to Ditch Human Copilots in 2024

Jan 5 2024 // Driverless trucks with no humans on board will soon cruise Texas highways if three startup firms have their way, despite objections from critics who say financial pressures, not safety, is behind the timetable.After years...

#10 Power Line Falls on Car During Oregon Ice Storm, Killing 3

Jan 22 2024 // A power line fell on a parked car in northeast Portland, Oregon, killing three people and injuring a baby during an ice storm that turned roads and mountain highways treacherous in the Pacific Northwest.Shortly before noon...

#11 Michigan Appeals Court: Parents Can Elect Lower Auto Insurance Limits for Minor Drivers

Jan 10 2024 // The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled last week that state law permits the parent of a minor to elect lower than default liability limits for their child’s auto insurance coverage.A three-judge panel unanimously...

#12 Higher Auto Claims, More Frequent Accidents Continue to Outpace Premium Hikes

Dec 12 2023 // As claim severity rises, US personal auto results are on the decline, according to AM Best’s latest Market Segment Report.The 112.2 net combined ratio in 2022 for personal auto was an almost 11-point deterioration...

#13 Efforts to Build More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Nevada Sputtering

Sep 25 2024 // At the 2016 dedication of the first state-sponsored electric vehicle charging station in Beatty, former Gov. Brian Sandoval demonstrated how easy it was to charge an electric Ford Focus.“This is the first electric...

#14 Trends in Auto Thefts Add to Rising Claim Costs

Dec 14 2023 // Vehicle theft rates continue to put pressure on the personal auto insurance market.CCC Intelligent Solutions said in its year-end report that the number of vehicle thefts in the U.S. increased 2% in the first half of 2023...

#15 LexisNexis: Auto Insurance Shopping Slows but Still Remains Elevated

Nov 29 2023 // For the first time in more than a year, overall U.S. auto insurance shopping growth registered as ‘cool’ on the LexisNexis Risk Solutions Insurance Demand Meter in the third quarter of 2023, continuing a...

#16 High Court: E-Scooter Rider Hit by Car Not Eligible for No-Fault PIP Benefits

May 15 2024 // A man injured when he was hit by a car while he was operating a low speed Segway electric scooter is not entitled to personal injury protection (PIP) benefits under New Jersey’s no-fault auto insurance law, the...

#17 GEICO Can’t Sue or Void Invoices from Auto Glass Shops, Florida Supreme Court Says

Sep 26 2024 // In the long war between auto insurers and windshield repair shops, the Florida Supreme Court this week sided with glass companies, leaving GEICO with little choice but to ask lawmakers to change the law if it feels repair...

#18 TN VW Employees Vote Overwhelmingly to Join United Auto Workers Union

Apr 22 2024 // CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW’s renewed effort to...

#19 Auto Safety Regulators To Watch Unrecalled Takata Inflators After One Blows Apart, Injuring a Driver in Chicago

Dec 6 2023 // DETROIT (AP) – U.S. auto safety regulators said Monday they are monitoring data from a group of mostly unrecalled Takata air bag inflators after one of them exploded in a BMW and hurled metal fragments that seriously...

#20 Blacks and Hispanics Pay More for Auto Insurance. Study Tries to Answer Why.

Nov 21 2024 // A new study examining potential unintentional bias in auto insurance finds that while Black and Hispanic drivers pay more than other drivers for coverage, they also have more claims and driving infractions.The...