All the headlines from our Commercial Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jan 13 2003 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor recently submitted the Biennial Report, required under Section 32.022 of the Insurance Code, to Texas legislators suggesting needed changes in laws relating to insurance...
Dec 18 2002 // The license of James Falzone, an insurance broker based in Waltham, Mass., was revoked after he allegedly collected $2,900 from a taxi company for coverage and then never purchased a policy for the client.The Daily News...
Dec 13 2002 // The Hartford filed suit against seven New York State residents and eleven New York businesses for their role in an alleged scheme to fraudulently purchase insurance coverage and avoid paying hundreds of thousands of...
Dec 2 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: JLD Insurance Brokerage is offering a program for commercial auto and general liability.Dollars: Policy limits of $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. Carrier: Admitted market.States Available: California.Contact:...
Oct 14 2002 // The 2001 premium and loss data for Texas verifies everything you heard from the insurance companies — it was a really bad year. Here are the highlights in review: • Texas accounts for 7 percent of the national premium...
Jul 22 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: London American General Agency (LAGA) has launched an excess and surplus auto liability taxi program in California. LAGA, which writes the program on Scottsdale paper, will offer a 10 percent discount...
Jun 28 2002 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency of Texas Inc. has a new commercial automobile program for Texas agents. Target classes include artisan contractors, wholesale/manufacturing/industrial, heavy construction, local and...
Feb 11 2002 // The cyclical ups and downs of the multisegmented arena referred to collectively as commercial auto are nothing new. Though the years referred to as “soft” and “hard” vary in both length and...
Feb 11 2002 // If it seems like you’re seeing more drivers with phones stuck to their ears, it isn’t your imagination. There are more than 88 million cell phone users in this country —40,000 new subscribers every day—and...
Feb 11 2002 // Like most property and casualty insurance lines, the commercial auto insurance market has witnessed rate increases over the past year and expects to see more. And, as in other lines, underwriters are scrutinizing accounts...
Feb 11 2002 // If it seems like you’re seeing more drivers with phones stuck to their ears, it isn’t your imagination. There are more than 88 million cell phone users in this country —40,000 new subscribers every day—and...
Dec 7 2001 // San Diego-based DriveCam Video Systems, an innovator in vehicle safety and protection, announced that Lancer Insurance, a specialty insurer of passenger transportation vehicles, has recommended DriveCam to its customers...
Oct 9 2001 // CNA unveiled new online capabilities on CNA Central. The website features dynamic transactional tools and account management resources for a broad range of CNA products and services for the company’s U.S. insurance...
Aug 13 2001 // In the current commercial auto arena, one of the toughest risks to place is taxicabs. Given that, it is not surprising that certain entities might be attracted to the prospect of luring the gullible or less vigilant by...
Aug 2 2001 // Travelers Insurance announced it will re-enter the Ohio insurance marketplace for new commercial auto and umbrella business with the enactment of the “Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Availability Act of...
Jul 27 2001 // An article in the Contra Costa Times reported that California state investigators last week searched three brokers in the East Bay area, including Arvind Insurance Services in Richmond, to check allegations of fraud by...
Jun 5 2001 // Tulsa Taxi Co. is awaiting an appearance before the City Council June 7 to hear its case regarding a three-day suspension of the company’s operating certificate.According to a report in the Tulsa World, the company...
Mar 20 2001 // Amwest Insurance Group Inc. announced that it will immediately cease writing new commercial automobile policies. The decision to discontinue this product line follows the company’s plan of reorganization previously...
Feb 19 2001 // In what looks uncomfortably like a return to the offshore scams of the late ’80s, several reports of questionable taxicab policies using the names of two well-known carriers have recently surfaced in California. The...