Latest Commercial Auto Headlines

All the headlines from our Commercial Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Package and Commercial Auto

Mar 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. is offering a package and commercial auto program featuring a replacement cost with optional ACV, no coinsurance and property value guard automatic increases....

Package and Commercial Auto

Mar 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. is offering a package and commercial auto program featuring a replacement cost with optional ACV, no coinsurance and property value guard automatic increases....

Package and Commercial Auto

Mar 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. is offering a package and commercial auto program featuring a replacement cost with optional ACV, no coinsurance and property value guard automatic increases....

Progressive Offers Commercial Auto in Dakotas

Mar 1 2004 // The Mayfield Village, Ohio-based Progressive group of insurance companies, the country’s number one monoline commercial auto insurer, has announced plans to start selling its commercial auto product in both North and...

Meeting the Challenge of Department of Motor Vehicles Reporting

Feb 9 2004 // Today, more than 20 states—and the number keeps rising—require insurance companies to report vehicle insurance information to their department of motor vehicles (DMV). The states want the information to enforce laws...

No Brake Yet for Personal & Commercial Auto

Feb 9 2004 // The auto insurance market has come a long way since Travelers wrote the first third-party policy for Gilbert J. Loomis’s one-cylinder car in 1897.“I’ll never insure a gasoline can on wheels,”...

Commercial Auto Program

Jan 12 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade/Amstar is offering a commercial auto program for any size truck.Dollars: $500 minimum deductible for liability, $250 minimum for physical damage. Policy limits of up to $1 million CSL. Carrier:...

Pa. Man Charged in Arson-for-Hire Fraud Scam

Jan 12 2004 // Authorities in New Jersey have charged Robert Halpin, 23, of Horsham, Pa., with two counts of arson for hire, conspiracy, aggravated arson, arson to collect insurance proceeds and attempted theft by deception for...

Meeting the Challenge of Dept. of Motor Vehicles Reporting

Jan 12 2004 // Today, more than 20 states—and the number keeps rising—require insurance companies to report vehicle insurance information to their department of motor vehicles (DMV). The states want the information to enforce laws...

Pa. Man Charged in Arson-for-Hire Fraud Scam

Dec 16 2003 // New Jersey’s Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a Pennsylvania man has been charged by the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor with reportedly participating in a scheme to get rid of...

Alliance: Ohio Top Court Gets It Right on Commercial Auto Cover

Nov 6 2003 // A decision by the Ohio Supreme Court to overturn its own previous ruling on commercial auto insurance coverage has finally corrected an injustice in the legal system, according to the Alliance of American Insurers.The...

Motor Truck Cargo & Commercial Auto Physical Damage

Nov 3 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade-Amstar has available a program for motor truck cargo and commercial auto physical damage. Appointed brokers have immediate access; others must call for an appointment. Market offers on hook...

ISO Authorized to Provide Advisory Pricing Info to Texas Insurers

Sep 11 2003 // Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO) announced that it is now able to provide advisory information services to Texas insurers for four lines of insurance—commercial auto, personal auto, homeowners and dwelling...

London American Has Four Markets for Commercial Auto

Jul 25 2003 // London American has available up to four markets for commercial auto in California. Classes include: Contractors, Retailers, Wholesalers and manufacturers. The markets offer light to extra heavy units with local to...

Safeco Makes Commercial Auto Ins. Sales Faster, Easier

Jul 23 2003 // Safeco Business Insurance has expanded its online sales platform to make it faster and easier for agents to sell commercial auto insurance to small businesses.The platform, called ESP(TM), allows agents to quote, bind and...

Commercial Automobile

Jun 23 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services is offering a program for commercial auto. The program is designed for up to four vehicles and up to 10 drivers. The program will allow vehicles with...

Soda Delivery Driver Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud

Feb 14 2003 // Armando M. Villesca Sr. of Fort Stockton, Texas, pleaded guilty to charges of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. A Travis County District Court judge ordered Villesca to submit to three years of community...

Commercial Lines Auto: A Sleeping Giant Awakens

Feb 10 2003 // The commercial lines auto market used to be a steady line of business, stirred up occasionally by a Department of Transportation regulatory change or fallout from personal auto regulatory issues. Like other lines, it was...

Big Yellow Taxis and Long Black Cars

Feb 10 2003 // According to the Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association (TLPA), in the U.S. alone there are approximately 6,300 companies operating 171,000 taxicabs. The TLPA, a non-profit trade association representing the...

Commercial Lines Auto: A Sleeping Giant Awakens

Feb 10 2003 // The commercial lines auto market used to be a steady line of business, stirred up occasionally by a Department of Transportation regulatory change or fallout from personal auto regulatory issues. Like other lines, it was...