All the headlines from our Dealerships Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 4 2016 // Underwriting manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Company has launched a new Dealer Open Lot Insurance program. The program is available to automotive dealership clients and provides coverage for owned auto inventory held...
Mar 30 2016 // Atlanta, GA, March 30, 2016 — Blue River Underwriters, a Breckenridge Insurance Group company, has acquired California-based wholesale commercial auto insurance provider Platinum Program Managers and Insurance Services....
Mar 24 2016 // Investigators say thieves have stolen $250,000 worth of boat motors from a marine dealership on Lake Murray. Lexington County deputies said in a news release that a white van broke into the lot at Captain’s Choice...
Nov 3 2015 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co., a policyholder-owned workers’ compensation insurer, announced a dividend of $721,113 to the Lone Star Auto Dealers (LSA) safety group.The dividend was earned based on the group...
Sep 29 2015 // Program Administrator United Dealer Services, LLC has launched an admitted and fully comprehensive Franchised Auto Dealership Insurance Program available on a wholesale basis to all qualified agents in New Jersey, New...
Sep 25 2015 // Independent car dealerships sued Volkswagen AG in California on Thursday over losses they say they will incur following revelations that the company fitted some diesel models with software to cheat on U.S. vehicle...
Sep 1 2015 // Cross Insurance, an independent insurance agency based in Bangor, Maine, appointed vice presidents Michael J. McInnis, Sr. and Scott S. Colford as co-leaders of its newly formed Franchised Dealer Practice that will focus...
Aug 19 2015 // Pictured left to right: Michael Mahoney and Susan DoyleAtlanta, GA, August 19 2015 — As part of the growth plans for its Auto Dealer and United States Longshoreman & Harbor Workers Act (USL&H) insurance programs,...
Aug 17 2015 // The Connecticut Supreme Court on July 13 unanimously overturned nearly $35 million in damages against the Hartford Fire Insurance Company.The Supreme Court said the lower court had incorrectly concluded that the Hartford...
Jun 29 2015 // A 16-year-old driver has been blamed for a wreck that caused more than $100,000 in damage to new trucks and other property at a Texas dealership.Corpus Christi police say the driver suffered minor injuries in the accident...
Jun 10 2015 // Arson investigators say they suspect car fires were intentionally set at a dealership north of San Francisco. KNTV-TV reported Sgt. Sasha D’Amico says officers found several vehicles on fire when they responded to a...
Jun 8 2015 // K&K Insurance Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Aon plc, has launched an expansion of its franchised powersport dealership program adding recreational vehicle (RV) dealers. RV dealers will now have access to the program...
Feb 24 2015 // U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate a recently aired CNN report’s allegation that auto insurers may be pressuring consumers to repair their vehicles at...
Feb 2 2015 // By the time Carlos Solis IV laid eyes on the silver Honda Accord in a Texas used-car lot last April, the sedan had changed hands twice, been in at least two crashes and still had a defective air bag that had been recalled...
Jan 16 2015 // A Kanawha County, W. Va., judge has dismissed a lawsuit that accused a St. Albans body shop owner of illegally installing junkyard parts on new vehicles.Former Attorney General Darrell McGraw filed the lawsuit in 2011...
Nov 17 2014 // Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has issued a warning to citizens of his state regarding the practice of “steering” — where insurance companies strongly push consumers to take their vehicles to...
Oct 17 2014 // V3 Insurance Partners LLC of Newtown, Pa. has launched the V3 Dealer V₃antage program for non-franchised auto, truck and RV dealers.The program features garage liability, garage keeper’s liability, dealer’s...
Sep 8 2014 // Alleging “a culture of unsafe business practices” in its handling of vehicle repairs, Louisiana’s attorney general has filed suit against insurance giant State Farm.Attorney General Buddy Caldwell’s...
Aug 25 2014 // Oklahoma City police say a stereo and TV were stolen from Gov. Mary Fallin’s campaign bus while it was parked at an RV dealership for maintenance.The Oklahoman reported on Aug. 22 that robbers broke into the bus and...
Aug 19 2014 // Alleging “a culture of unsafe business practices” in its handling of vehicle repairs, Louisiana’s attorney general has filed suit against insurance giant State Farm.Attorney General Buddy Caldwell’s...