Latest Commercial Auto Headlines

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

Statewide Sweep Investigates Alleged Taxicab Insurance Fraud in Calif.

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...

Tulsa Taxi Makes Drive to Appeal Suspension

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...

Amwest Discontinues Commercial Auto Program

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...

Carriers Battle Alleged Taxicab Market Fraud

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...

Commercial Auto-The LONG Road Back to Profitability

Feb 19 2001 // The signs were there in 2000—and now it can safely be said that prices in the commercial auto industry are definitely firming. But how long it will take the industry to truly return to profitability is still hard to...

NAFTA Panel: U.S. in Violation of Treaty

Feb 19 2001 // On Feb. 6, a North American Free Trade Agreement arbitration panel upheld an interim ruling opening the United States border to Mexican trucks. Many in the insurance industry say they will cautiously review the changes the...

Carriers Battle Alleged Taxicab Market Fraud

Feb 12 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...

Commercial Auto: The Long Road Back to Profitability

Feb 12 2001 // The signs were there in 2000—and now it can safely be said that prices in the commercial auto industry are definitely firming. But how long it will take the industry to truly return to profitability is still hard to...

NAFTA Ruling Expected to Allow U.S. Access to Mexican Trucks

Feb 12 2001 // A North American Free Trade Agreement arbitration panel is expected to uphold an interim ruling from November allowing Mexican trucks to operate in the United States. Many in the insurance industry say they will cautiously...

Commercial Auto Rates Up; Sector Ripe for Rapid Change

Oct 23 2000 // Someone up above has been listening. How else can one explain the hardening market that has been the subject of thousands of prayers. Both agents and E&S vendors, then, should be doubly excited about the commercial...