All the headlines from our Dealerships Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 21 2011 // A federal appeals court handed car owners a victory by striking down a requirement that they arbitrate warranty disputes with dealers.Reversing a lower court ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a...
Sep 19 2011 // Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. (AUI) launches a new commercial lines online rater for independent auto dealers, www.xpressdealerpro.com. Xpress DealerPro is the latest installment of enhancements to be integrated into...
Jun 24 2011 // Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes announced has charged Borough Park autobody shop, Perfect Collision, with intentionally damaging cars brought in for repairs, so it could submit inflated bills to insurance...
May 19 2011 // It has often been said that every attorney has a little larceny in his heart. In similar fashion, it could be said that every insurance agent has a little puffery in his heart regarding his book of business, background and...
May 2 2011 // It has often been said that every attorney has a little larceny in his heart. In similar fashion, it could be said that every insurance agent has a little puffery in his heart regarding his book of business, background and...
Mar 30 2011 // The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NIADA) has partnered with Edward E. Hall and Company (EEHall) to offer a nationwide property and casualty insurance program to independent auto dealers. The NIADA...
Mar 7 2011 // As spring draws near, it’s time to reconnect with your clients. There is no better time than now to reach out and address some common insurance misconceptions held by customers.Misconception 1: “I don’t...
Nov 17 2010 // Travis County, Texas, District Judge Suzanne Covington issued a permanent injunction on Nov. 15 barring SideCars Inc. of Joplin, Mo., from marketing and selling a form of limited physical damage insurance to used car...
Jul 23 2010 // Northwest Indiana authorities say a nine-month sting targeting car thieves attracted 20 men and women who sold undercover police 70 vehicles valued at more than $510,000.Lake County Sheriff Roy Dominguez said that...
Jul 21 2010 // V3 Insurance Partners LLC, a specialty multi-line managing general underwriter, has introduced a multi-line insurance program for auto, truck and RV dealerships, wholesalers and auto auctions.Called DealerV3antage, the...
Mar 15 2010 // Auto dealers in the Bay State must be careful of what they tell car-buyers about purchasing insurance, the Massachusetts Division of Insurance warns dealers in a newly issued bulletin.State law prohibits anyone without an...
Feb 10 2010 // Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s most dominant and profitable automaker, was not accustomed to outsiders telling it what to do, let alone some obscure bureaucrat from the United States, whose own car industry was on...
Dec 14 2009 // Rhode Island regulators have fined a major insurance company $5,000 for allegedly interfering with a driver’s right to choose his own garage for repair work.The Department of Business Regulation determined that...
Oct 9 2009 // Workers’ compensation insurer Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced an $801,625 dividend to the Lone Star Auto Dealers (LSA) purchasing group. LSA has earned nearly $4 million in dividends since 2002.The dividend...
Sep 3 2009 // AAU Comp, which launched in July this year, is introducing its first product, a workers compensation program for the auto repair and service industry that will be based out of its new location in El Segundo, Calif.The...
Sep 2 2009 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is urging his federal counterpart, Attorney General Eric Holder, to look into reports that some auto insurers improperly steer consumers toward certain body repair shops...
Aug 12 2009 // Some automobile shoppers may be abandoning car makers but insurance carriers and brokers remain dedicated partners, experts say.Yet no one can deny that tough times have fallen on many of the nation’s car dealers who...
Jul 20 2009 // Does a bad economy increase crime? According to Mike McKee, senior special agent for the National Insurance Crime Bureau, it’s too soon for statistics to confirm whether the mortgage meltdown and unemployment lead...
Jul 6 2009 // Automobile shoppers may be abandoning car makers but insurance carriers and brokers remain dedicated partners, experts say.Yet no one can deny that tough times have fallen on many of the nation’s car dealers who seem...
Jul 2 2009 // The Rhode Island Senate has declined to take up auto body legislation opposed by the insurance industry.The bill would have required consumers to have an independent appraisal for car repair work that exceeded $2,000. The...