All the headlines from our Commercial Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 12 2019 // Motorcycle taxi companies are expanding in West Africa with backing from investors betting that the meteoric rise of two-wheeled taxi firms in Asia can be replicated in some of the fastest growing countries in the...
Jun 10 2019 // The New York Senate approved new safety regulations Thursday for limousines, following an upstate crash that killed 20 people last fall.The nine bills endorsed Thursday include provisions that would require large stretch...
Jun 6 2019 // Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. (PPCI) has entered the Kansas commercial auto insurance market as an admitted carrier specializing in distressed and substandard risks.With PPCI, producers now have an insurance...
May 23 2019 // One out of six Uber and Lyft drivers in the New York City and Seattle areas are driving vehicles with outstanding recalls, according to Consumer Reports.But taking a taxi or limousine isn’t necessarily a safer...
May 22 2019 // Authorities say two charter buses carrying Florida children with learning disabilities crashed, sending 34 people to a hospital with minor injuries.The Tampa Bay Times reports 91 children and seven adults were traveling in...
May 17 2019 // Prosecutors say the limousine company operator charged in connection with an upstate New York crash that killed 20 people was aware of prior passenger complaints about the ill-fated vehicle and had even refunded fares.In a...
May 17 2019 // The world’s first all-electric vertical takeoff and landing passenger jet has been unveiled after completing its first flight.German startup Lilium aims to have a fleet of the five-seat aircraft — which can...
May 10 2019 // The first major self-driving taxi service needed six months to reach 1,000 customers, another sign that growth may be slow as companies try to build businesses around autonomous vehicles.Waymo, the self-driving project...
May 6 2019 // Parents of people killed in recent limousine crashes in New York have urged legislators to pass tougher safety regulations.Several provided tearful testimony at a legislative hearing Thursday in Albany. They called for...
May 2 2019 // Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. has entered the North Carolina commercial auto markets as an admitted carrier specializing in insurance for distressed and substandard risks.PPCI offers the capacity to insure...
May 2 2019 // Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. has entered the New Mexico commercial auto market as an admitted carrier specializing in insurance for distressed and substandard risks.PPCI offers the capacity to insure any...
Apr 30 2019 // Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. has hired transportation broker Mary Kidd to focus on large commercial transportation accounts in its Sarasota, Fla., office.Kidd will work with accounts with more than $25,000 in premium,...
Apr 15 2019 // A.M. Best maintains its negative outlook for the U.S. commercial auto insurance market even though its analysts believe it should improve somewhat in 2019.That forecast stems from commercial auto insurers having taken...
Apr 4 2019 // A.M. Best maintains its negative outlook for the U.S. commercial auto insurance market even though its analysts believe it should improve somewhat in 2019.That forecast stems from commercial auto insurers having taken...
Mar 7 2019 // Lawyers for the operators of a limousine that crashed and killed 20 people in upstate New York say the deaths could have been caused by an act of God or the passengers’ failure to wear seat belts.The Times Union...
Mar 4 2019 // A limousine company dispute in Connecticut has resulted in a $750,000 settlement for 23 current and former drivers.The Connecticut Law Tribune reports that drivers for Connecticut Limousine recently agreed to settle their...
Feb 27 2019 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is dropping a proposal to ban all modified stretch limousines, an idea prompted by last fall’s crash that killed 20 people.The Times Union of Albany reports that the provision was...
Feb 13 2019 // The National Transportation Safety Board’s probe of a fatal limousine crash in upstate New York has not yet identified a cause, according to a preliminary report released Monday, after weeks of wrangling between...
Feb 4 2019 // For the seventh consecutive year, commercial auto is losing money. Despite rate increases in 23 of the past 25 quarters, the combined ratio topped 111 percent in 2017. The line has been a weak spot for many insurers,...
Jan 30 2019 // Federal safety inspectors went to court to remove a roadblock in their investigation of a limousine crash that killed 20 people nearly four months ago.Schoharie County Judge George Bartlett heard arguments Tuesday over...