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Consumer Advocacy in an Age of Consumer, Insurer Options

Mar 18 2019 // Years ago, insurance consumer advocates in the states were most often focused on getting consumers access to insurance at fair prices. They still advocate on those issues, of course, but today some are looking beyond these...

No Criminal Liability for Uber in Fatal 2018 Arizona Self-Driving Car Crash

Mar 18 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. is not criminally liable in a March 2018 crash in Tempe, Ariz., in which one of the company’s self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian, prosecutors said earlier this month.The Yavapai...

State Farm to Cut Auto Insurance Rates in South Carolina

Mar 18 2019 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Companies, the largest auto insurer in South Carolina, will cut its auto rates in the state for the second time in two years, according to a statement from the insurer.Overall...

Florida Governor Urges Lawmakers to Address AOB as Reforms Move Forward

Mar 15 2019 // Just over a week into the 2019 legislative session, insurance industry-supported bills aimed at reforming Florida assignment of benefits (AOB) abuse are making progress in the state legislature.Lawmakers in the Florida...

AGCS Launches Product Recall Cover for UK Auto Parts Manufacturers

Mar 14 2019 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), Allianz’ specialist corporate insurer, launched Automotive Component Parts Product Recall cover for the UK market, which enables customers to mitigate the risk of...

Moderating Auto Insurance Rates Help Explain Low Inflation

Mar 13 2019 // The latest culprit for cooling U.S. inflation: safer driving.A measure of underlying price pressures watched closely by policy makers continued to moderate in February, missing forecasts, according to data published...

North Carolina Insurance Fraud Round-Up: January, February

Mar 13 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the first two months of 2019.Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to...

Turning Sharing Into a Sales Pitch for Pricier New Cars

Mar 11 2019 // The ability to rent his car to strangers for cash convinced Trevor Davis, a high-school teacher in Dallas, to buy a brand-new Honda Civic instead of a used car. “I was going to get something real cheap, an...

Appeals Court Upholds Convictions in Connecticut Car Accident Scam

Mar 8 2019 // A federal appeals court has upheld fraud convictions against two men for their roles in a Connecticut auto insurance scam that involved as many as 50 staged car crashes.A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of...

Update: At Least 20 Injured in Indiana School Bus Crash

Mar 7 2019 // A school bus collided with a garbage truck in Indiana on Wednesday, seriously injuring one student and leaving 20 people hurt, authorities said.Preliminary information indicates that 18 students, the bus driver and the...

Pittsburgh Autonomous Car Testing Plan Aims to Boost Public Confidence

Mar 7 2019 // Companies testing autonomous vehicles in Pittsburgh will have to immediately report crashes resulting in any injuries and have three days to reveal those that result in any damage.The guidelines are part of an executive...

No Criminal Liability for Uber in Fatal 2018 Arizona Self-Driving Car Crash

Mar 6 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. is not criminally liable in a March 2018 crash in Tempe, Arizona, in which one of the company’s self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian, prosecutors said on Tuesday.The Yavapai County...

In Separate Cases, 2 Charged in Washington with Insurance Fraud

Mar 4 2019 // Two Yakima County, Wash., residents have been charged in Superior Court in connection with separate auto insurance fraud claims. The charges followed investigations by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal...

700K State Farm Customers in Arizona Getting 3% Auto Insurance Rate Cut

Mar 1 2019 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. is dropping its overall personal auto insurance rate by 3 percent in Arizona. The total state-wide expected impact for State Farm Mutual by this rate decrease in Arizona will be...

The $900 Billion Auto Aftermarket: Where Total Losses Turn Into Big Gains

Mar 1 2019 // Mike Rosser, a 41-year veteran of the salvage car business, remembers a day when auctions for junked cars drew 30 guys standing in the sun, inspecting mangled cars for intact alternators and transmissions.On this February...

Worker at Michigan Car Wash Dies After Pickup Pins Him Against Wall

Mar 1 2019 // Police say one employee was killed and another was injured at a suburban Detroit car wash when a pickup truck struck them.Troy Police Sgt. Meghan Lehman said the accident occurred Monday afternoon at a Jax Kar Wash as the...

Texas Bill Would Require Citizenship to Purchase Auto Insurance

Feb 28 2019 // A Texas state representative has filed a bill that would require proof of citizenship in order to purchase personal auto insurance. Rep. Bill Zedler, a Republican from Arlington (District 96), has filed HB 2648, which...

Three People Killed in Train-Vehicle Collision on Long Island

Feb 28 2019 // Two commuter trains traveling in opposite directions collided with a vehicle on the tracks in Westbury in Long Island, N.Y., killing all three occupants in the vehicle before one of the trains derailed and tore into a...

2018 Was Big Year for Robot Employment

Feb 28 2019 // U.S. companies installed more robots last year than ever before, as cheaper and more flexible machines put them within reach of businesses of all sizes and in more corners of the economy beyond their traditional foothold...

State Farm to Cut Auto Insurance Rates in South Carolina

Feb 27 2019 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Companies, the largest auto insurer in South Carolina, will cut its auto rates in the state for the second time in two years, according to a statement from the insurer.Overall...