All the headlines from our Commercial Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 24 2011 // During the recent 72-hour Roadcheck 2011 program, the Texas Department of Public Safety and other Texas law enforcement agencies inspected 7,993 commercial vehicles. Of the vehicles inspected, 26.5 percent were placed out...
Jun 6 2011 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley claims insurers have overcharged commercial auto customers by a combined $1 billion over the last seven years and has asked the state’s insurance commissioner to force...
Jun 2 2011 // Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. (AUI) has been appointed by American Alternative Insurance Corporation (AAIC) to offer nationwide commercial auto coverage. Appalachian Underwriters is a licensed national managing general...
Jun 1 2011 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries is seeking comment on proposed rules to implement legislation requiring workers’ compensation coverage for certain for-hire vehicle operators such as taxi and...
May 26 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from positive and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Gateway Insurance Co. (Gateway) in St. Louis, Mo.The...
May 24 2011 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley claims insurers have overcharged commercial auto customers by $1 billion over the last seven years and has asked the state’s insurance commissioner to slash premiums for...
May 11 2011 // The latest and broadest sting in a crackdown on commercial drivers that has ensnared 173 of them since a deadly March tour bus crash has netted nearly four dozen more arrests of drivers of tour buses, New York City buses,...
Mar 25 2011 // S.H. Smith & Co. Inc., a wholesaler and managing general agent, announced it is expanding its market presence into the West by opening an office in the Northwest. Scott Smith, president, said, “We will focus on...
Mar 8 2011 // Business owners can now protect their dogs and cats with Progressive’s free Pet Injury coverage.How it works: If a dog or cat is hurt in a vehicle accident, Progressive will pay vet bills up to $1,000. Key...
Jan 10 2011 // Starr Indemnity & Liability Company, Inc. (Starr Indemnity) has launched primary commercial auto to complete their primary casualty offerings. “With the introduction of our primary auto capabilities, Starr...
Sep 27 2010 // Two eastern Missouri men have been sentenced to life in federal prison for a murder-for-hire plot.James Kornhardt and Steven Mueller were convicted in June in connection with the 1992 killing of Danny Harold Coleman....
Sep 7 2010 // Chartis has introduced an Auto Physical Damage Alternative Fuel Incentive Deductible designed to assist business customers in their efforts to be environmentally responsible. The enhancement allows customers to be...
Aug 19 2010 // The City Council in Maine’s largest city has effectively put the kibosh on a young man’s golf cart transportation service on Peaks Island. Nineteen-year-old Matt Rand has offered rides in his golf cart in...
Aug 13 2010 // Authorities say a fire in the garage of a New Jersey taxi company caused several cars to explode, burning two employees.Jeff Welz, co-director of North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue, says the fire broke out at Rapido...
Jul 21 2010 // Cheyenne, Wyo., may tighten its rules for taxi cab companies that operate in the city.The council is set to vote next week on a requirement for taxis to display the vehicle’s commercial insurance policy. The new...
Jul 14 2010 // National Interstate Insurance Co. is now making its commercial vehicle insurance product available in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia.The Richfield, Ohio company said it is actively seeking to increase its...
Jun 30 2010 // During the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Roadcheck 2010, which ran from June 8 through June 10, DPS troopers inspected 6,906 commercial vehicles.Twenty-five percent of them, or 1,738, were placed out of service...
Jun 17 2010 // Vicksburg officials hope to attract one or more taxi companies as the city prepares to relaunch local cab service.The city has been without taxi service for nearly a year. Jim Stirgus Jr., president of the recently...
Mar 7 2010 // $285 MillionAmount sought in a lawsuit filed by the wife of a Bronx, New York man who was fatally shot by a police officer while defending his stepdaughter. The suit names the city and Officer Michael Falcione. Sandra...
Feb 24 2010 // A Connecticut teenage girl who says she was raped in the back of a taxi in Naugatuck in 2007 has been awarded $1 million in a lawsuit against the alleged attacker and the cab company.A Waterbury Superior Court jury reached...