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U.S. Commercial Auto Insurers Report Worst Losses in Decade: AM Best

Jun 30 2020 // The U.S.commercial automobile insurance segment’s underwriting losses deepened to $4.0 billion in 2019, the segment’s worst loss in 10 years and a continuation of a decade-long trend of worsening underwriting...

Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. Provides Partnership Approach to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commercial Auto Market

Jun 24 2020 // Chicago, IL, June 24, 2020 – Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. (“PPCI”) has announced its debut into the Commonwealth of Massachusetts commercial auto market as an admitted carrier specializing...

There’s Plenty of Room for Improvement in U.S. Commercial Lines: Fitch

Jun 22 2020 // With an industry overall combined ratio for 2019 hovering just below 100, and individual lines like long-tail liability moving 10 points over breakeven, the U.S. commercial lines market has “plenty of room for...

Bold Penguin Partners with Ohio’s State Auto on Commercial Insurance

Jun 19 2020 // Bold Penguin, a commercial insurance technology provider, has added Columbus, Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. (State Auto) to its platform, expanding its commercial auto insurance offering launched in...

Insurtech Buckle Acquires Atlas Financial’s Commercial Auto Subsidiary, Gateway

Jun 17 2020 // Buckle, an insurtech startup focused on rideshare insurance, has acquired Gateway Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Schaumburg, Illinois-based Atlas Financial Holdings, for an undisclosed price.The move allows Buckle to...

Louisiana’s Donelon Asks Commercial Auto Insurers to Offer COVID-19 Relief

May 6 2020 // Louisiana’s chief insurance regulator wants insurers to consider offering premium relief to their commercial auto insurance customers due to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon...

Updated: Insurance Premium Discounts, Other Relief Offered During Coronavirus Crisis

May 1 2020 // The group of property/casualty insurers offering auto insurance premium discounts to recognize that insureds are driving less during the coronavirus crisis continues to grow, and now includes all major auto insurers. Most...

Insurance Premium Discounts, Other Relief Offered During Coronavirus Crisis

Apr 24 2020 // The group of property/casualty insurers offering auto insurance premium discounts to recognize that insureds are driving less during the coronavirus crisis continues to grow, and now includes all major auto insurers. Most...

Auto Insurers Offering $8-$10B in Discounts in Coronavirus Relief Effort; Updated List

Apr 13 2020 // The group of property/casualty insurers offering auto insurance premium discounts to recognize that insureds are driving less during the coronavirus crisis continues to grow, and now includes all major auto insurers.State...

Coronavirus and the Auto Exposure

Mar 24 2020 // Over the last several days the VU has fielded several auto insurance related questions. These questions cannot be classed simply as personal auto or business auto questions because the most common question involves both...

Texas Insurer Hallmark Financial Exiting Binding Primary Commercial Auto Business

Mar 3 2020 // Citing loss development for prior underwriting years, Dallas-based specialty property/casualty insurer Hallmark Financial Services Inc., is exiting its Binding Primary Auto business.The commercial auto product the company...

6 Taken to Hospital After Charter Bus Hits Highway Barrier in Houston

Mar 2 2020 // Six people were taken to the hospital after a charter bus hit a highway barrier in Houston on Saturday morning and then got stuck on top of it, police said.Police said the bus driver was taken to the hospital with injuries...

Illinois Limousine Service to Pay $30K to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

Feb 28 2020 // M&M Limousine Service in Des Plaines, Ill., will pay a deaf job applicant $30,000 to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit.The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...

RLI to Offer Samsara IoT Loss Control Services to Trucking, Commercial Auto Clients

Feb 19 2020 // RLI Transportation, a division of RLI Insurance Company, has partnered with Samsara, an industrial IoT company that provides sensors and software to manage vehicle fleets and industrial operations. The partnership will...

20 Things to Know About Surplus Lines Insurance in 2020

Feb 10 2020 // As we embark upon a new decade, the surplus lines insurance market has never been stronger. Growth in specialty products and demand for insurance protection in an increasingly dynamic, technological climate necessitates a...

New York Governor Signs Limo Safety Bills Inspired by Deadly Crashes

Feb 5 2020 // New York’s governor signed a package of limousine safety bills Monday that was inspired by deadly crashes in 2015 and 2018.One of the bills would require that motor vehicles converted into stretch limousines by...

N.Y. Limo Drivers Face New Safety Rules After Deadly 2018 Crash

Jan 15 2020 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and leaders of the state legislature have agreed on a package of limousine-safety laws that would create a new driver’s license for operators, require seat belts, ban defective vehicles...

Look! Up in the Sky. Uber and Hyundai Unveil Air Taxi.

Jan 7 2020 // Uber and Hyundai Motor Co. announced they will develop Uber Air Taxis for a future aerial ride share network. The companies unveiled a new full-scale aircraft concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.In...

Uber Received 3,000 Reports of Sexual Assault in U.S. in 2018

Dec 6 2019 // Ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc. said it received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault related to its 1.3 billion rides in the United States last year, in a report aimed at ensuring drivers and the public it was...

Charter Bus Passengers Injured in Colorado Accident

Dec 2 2019 // A charter bus carrying at least 50 people rolled over on a slick highway in southern Colorado, injuring some of the passengers.The Colorado State Patrol said there were no fatalities when the crash happened on Interstate...