Most Popular Commercial Auto Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Commercial Auto Topic Page over the last year.

#1 New York City’s Biggest Taxi Insurer Is Insolvent, Risking Transit Meltdown

Sep 4 2024 // In an unassuming white and blue office building in Freeport, a few miles into Nassau County, sits the headquarters of American Transit Insurance Co.The 52-year-old, family-owned firm is hardly a household name, but...

#2 Commercial Auto Insurance Profit Struggles Continue

Jul 15 2024 // The commercial auto insurance segment maintained its place as a weaker-performing U.S. property/casualty insurance product line in 2023. Despite successive periods of pricing and underwriting actions, commercial auto has...

#3 New York Regulator Orders Taxi Insurer to Weigh Sale After Losses

Sep 5 2024 // New York’s insurance regulator issued a damning report laying out the severely flawed financial condition of New York’s largest insurer of taxis and for-hire vehicles, as well as dozens of potential financial...

#4 2024 More of the Same in Commercial Auto Segment After $5B Net Loss in 2023

Nov 14 2024 // After the U.S. commercial auto insurance segment sustained a $5 billion net loss in 2023, a new AM Best reports indicates further deterioration in the first half of 2024.Despite targeted underwriting initiatives, including...

#5 Economic, Social Inflation Influence Drop in Commercial Auto UW Profits: Triple-I/CAS

Oct 28 2024 // Commercial auto insurance has struggled to achieve underwriting profitability, even before inflationary conditions affected property/casualty lines in recent years. The trend has been accompanied by steady growth in net...

#6 Takeaways from Our Conversation on Commercial Auto, Telematics and Cannabis

Apr 22 2024 // Commercial auto is a tough topic in any business segment, but it’s tougher still for cannabis businesses.For our latest podcast, we spoke with Griffen Kapulica, broker relationship manager for Fairmatic, a commercial...

#7 Charter Bus Carrying Baseball Team Catches Fire in Iowa; No One Hurt

Aug 5 2024 // A charter bus caught fire early Friday as it was transporting a professional baseball team from Iowa to a game in a Chicago suburb.Members of the Sioux City Explorers made it off the bus safely, although several lost their...

#8 FAA Finalizes Pilot Training, Certification Rules for Air Taxis

Oct 23 2024 // The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday finalized comprehensive training and pilot certification rules for flying air taxis, addressing a key hurdle to the deployment of electric vertical takeoff and landing...

#9 Arrowhead Launching Commercial Auto Product in California

Apr 5 2024 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. in California launched a new commercial auto product.Arrowhead’s Commercial Auto is available to California customers in construction-related industries. The program...

#10 Southwest Airlines, Archer Aviation to Develop Plans for Flying Air Taxis in California

Jul 19 2024 // Southwest Airlines and Archer Aviation said Friday they have agreed to develop operational plans for electric air taxi networks at California airports where the Texas-based airline operates. The companies said they have...

#11 Georgia Bill Requiring Boat Livery Insurance Waiting on Governor’s Signature

Apr 15 2024 // Boat operators, not properly insured boat rental places, will soon be held liable for injuries or damages caused by negligent operation of water craft if Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs a bill into law.House Bill 994 was...

#12 Uber Pays Australian Taxi Drivers $178 Million in Settlement

Mar 18 2024 // Uber agreed to pay A$271.8 million ($178 million) to compensate thousands of taxi drivers in Australia who claimed they lost income when the ride-share company entered the local market.Uber Technologies Inc. settled the...

#13 Specialist Risk Group Acquires Renewal Rights of London-Based Taxi Insurance Broker

Aug 30 2024 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance intermediary, announced the acquisition of the ongoing renewal rights of Morton Insurance Brokers, a specialist in private hire and taxi insurance across the UK since...

#14 Mississippi Delivery Driver Sues FedEx, This Time in State Court, After Shooting Incident

Dec 1 2023 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Black former delivery driver in Mississippi who says two white men shot into his work van and then pursued him in a high-speed chase last year has filed a new lawsuit against the men and his...

#15 New York Fund for Injured Limo Drivers Wins Surcharge Fight

Jan 22 2024 // The New York workers’ compensation fund for black car drivers was within its authority to impose a 2.5% surcharge on noncash tips that passengers paid to drivers, a three-justice panel of the Second Circuit Court of...

#16 Economic, Social Inflation Influence Drop in Commercial Auto UW Profits: Triple-I/CAS

Nov 18 2024 // Commercial auto insurance has struggled to achieve underwriting profitability, even before inflationary conditions affected property/casualty lines in recent years. The trend has been accompanied by steady growth in net...