All the headlines from our Dealerships Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 29 2009 // USG Insurance, national wholesaler and program manager headquartered in Canonsburg, Pa., has announced an insurance program for auto dealerships that are closing their doors.According to Kristen Taylor, national marketing...
Mar 10 2009 // The Montana legislature will hear bills this week related to auto body repair and what the insurance industry is calling bad faith legislation that could drastically affect the state’s insurance market and insurance...
Jan 22 2009 // An investigation by the New York Insurance Department has found that auto insurers in the state did not engage in a widespread effort to steer consumers to certain auto body shops – a violation of state law.However,...
Oct 16 2008 // Motorists Mutual Insurance Company recently launched two new products for franchised auto dealerships and enhanced two existing products for garages and nonfranchised auto dealerships that help independent agencies offer...
Sep 29 2008 // The Center for Auto Safety, Consumer Action and Consumers Union are united in urging California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign Assembly Bill AB 2825, designed to protect motorists from auto body repair fraud. The...
Jul 21 2008 // The board of directors of the Preferred Automobile Dealers Self Insurance Program Inc. (PADSIP) placed its members’ specific excess workers’ compensation and employers’ liability reinsurance with Safety...
Jun 16 2008 // When buying a new or used car, cost is always an issue and car insurance shopping is always a stressful task. Just as some banks now have insurance agencies connected to mortgage lending, a new day has dawned when shoppers...
Jun 5 2008 // When buying a new or used car, cost is always an issue and car insurance shopping is always a stressful task. Just as banks now have agencies connected to mortgage lending, a new day has dawned when shoppers for...
May 5 2008 // Allowing car repair facilities to pay all or part of a deductible to an insured does not constitute a rebate prohibited under New York law, lawyers for the state’s insurance department have decided.The reasoning?...
Apr 29 2008 // Fire investigators say a blaze at a car dealership in Prince Frederick, Maryland did $3 million worth of damage. In addition to the main showroom at Bayside Automotive, five vehicles belonging to the dealership and to...
Apr 22 2008 // Allowing car collision repair facilities to pay all or part of a deductible to an insured does not constitute a rebate prohibited under New York law, lawyers for the state’s insurance department have said.The...
Mar 10 2008 // The Association of California Insurance Companies, the American Insurance Association and the Personal Insurance Federation of California have announced their opposition to California Senate Bill 1167, a bill that the...
Feb 26 2008 // The Association of California Insurance Companies, the American Insurance Association and the Personal Insurance Federation of California have announced their opposition to California Senate Bill 1167, a bill that the...
Sep 7 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company recently announced a $985,520 dividend to the Lone Star Auto Dealers Association (LSA) workers’ compensation purchasing group. The group has earned six consecutive dividends totaling...
Jul 27 2007 // Following a jury trial, a Los Angeles judge signed a $163,387 award to Farmers Insurance Exchange in a body shop fraud lawsuit with future hearings expected to double the monetary award. The Court also issued an injunction...
Jul 18 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company and Frost Insurance Agency have partnered to launch the Texas Auto Repair purchasing group, Texas Mutual announced. The group offers members a money-saving workers’ compensation...
Jul 11 2007 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) today urged Wisconsin legislators to reject two bills that would make it illegal for insurers to provide their customers valuable information after a car accident.“These bills...
Apr 11 2007 // The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) asked the U.S. Senate to bring more transparency to the used-car buying process by requiring insurance companies to provide consumers access to data on severely damaged,...
Mar 29 2007 // A woman and two sons who run a string of Detroit-area auto body shops have been charged with conspiracy, fraud and racketeering on accusations that they tricked insurers out of millions of dollars through false...
Mar 8 2007 // Memphis, Tennessee – London American Risk Specialists, Inc. and Integon Specialty, a division of GMAC Insurance, are pleased to introduce the immediate launch of a Non-Franchised Auto Dealer’s Physical Damage...