Latest Personal Auto Headlines

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U.S. Personal Auto Results Headed the Wrong Way. Is a U-Turn Possible?

May 8 2023 // Although the pandemic may appear more distant in the rearview mirror, its lasting impact on the personal auto insurance industry may be larger than initially expected.Private passenger automobile insurance is the largest...

Attacks on Delivery Drivers Raise Safety Concerns Among Gig Workers

May 4 2023 // A homeowner fired shots at a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making an Instacart delivery. A Florida man was charged with killing and dismembering an Uber Eats delivery driver who...

Just Married, Then Hit by Alleged Drunk Driver: SC Bride Dies After Car Slams Golf Cart

May 3 2023 // A bride leaving her wedding reception was killed when a woman driving under the influence and well over twice the speed limit slammed into the back of a golf cart on a South Carolina beach road, authorities said.Data...

New York’s Yellow Cab Drivers Can’t Sue City Over Uber, Lyft Impact on License Values

Apr 28 2023 // New York’s top state court on Thursday threw out claims by yellow cab operators that New York City diminished the value of their taxi licenses by failing to rein in app-based competitors like Uber Technologies Inc...

Uber Eats Driver Slain, Dismembered in Florida After Making Delivery

Apr 27 2023 // A Florida man is charged with murder and other offenses in the slaying and dismemberment of an Uber Eats driver who had brought food to the assailant’s house, authorities said Tuesday.Oscar Solis Jr., 30, is charged...

Massachusetts High Court Opens 27,000 Drunk Driving Cases to Reconsideration

Apr 26 2023 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that 27,000 people who pled guilty or were convicted of drunk driving from June 1, 2011 to April 18, 2019, are entitled to have their cases reconsidered due to the state...

Uber Drivers Are Not Interstate Workers Exempt From Arbitration, Court Rules

Apr 26 2023 // Uber Technologies Inc drivers are not exempt from a U.S. law requiring them to bring work-related legal disputes in private arbitration rather than joining class action lawsuits in court, a U.S. appeals court ruled on...

Driver Charged in Fatal Apple Store Crash Pleads Not Guilty

Apr 26 2023 // The driver of an SUV that crashed into a Massachusetts Apple store, killing one man and injuring nearly two dozen other people, was traveling as fast as 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers per hour) in the seconds before the...

Distracted Driving: A Fatal Problem with Seemingly Simple Solutions

Apr 26 2023 // In 2021, distracted driving killed 3,522 people.April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and statistics show that distracted driving has become an increasingly common and fatal hazard. According to the National Highway...

Florida DA Orders Investigation After Homeowner Fires at Delivery Driver

Apr 25 2023 // A Florida prosecutor has ordered an investigation in a confrontation in which a homeowner fired shots into a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making a late-night grocery delivery....

Lyft Investors Call for More Safety Protections for Drivers

Apr 17 2023 // A group of Lyft Inc. shareholders is calling on the company to establish stronger safety protections for drivers, change its shareholder voting structure and subject directors to annual elections.SOC Investment Group —...

NFL Prospect Injured in Fatal Car Crash in Alabama

Apr 14 2023 // NFL prospect and former Louisiana wide receiver Michael Jefferson was involved in a fatal car accident in Mobile County.Jefferson’s agent, Jon Perzley, told ESPN that the player suffered injuries in the accident...

Driving School Owner Pleads Guilty to License Bribery Scheme

Apr 11 2023 // The owner of a Massachusetts driving school has pleaded guilty to bribing a road test examiner to issue driver’s licenses to individuals who did not pass, or even take road tests at the Registry of Motor Vehicles...

U.S. Personal Auto Results Headed the Wrong Way. Is a U-Turn Possible?

Apr 10 2023 // Although the pandemic may appear more distant in the rearview mirror, its lasting impact on the personal auto insurance industry may be larger than initially expected.Private passenger automobile insurance is the largest...

EEOC Says Uber Should Face Claims That Driver Ratings Are Biased

Apr 6 2023 // The U.S. agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws has urged a federal appeals court to revive a lawsuit alleging that Uber Technologies Inc’s system allowing passengers to rate drivers is racially...

Registry Worker Pleads Guilty to Taking Money in Driver’s License Scam

Apr 3 2023 // A Massachusetts woman has pleaded guilty to accepting money in exchange for agreeing to issue passing learner’s permit test scores to applicants regardless of whether they actually passed.U.S. Attorney Rachael S....

WCRI: Consolidation of Health Care Driving Up Prices in Work Comp

Apr 3 2023 // Consolidation of physician services into larger groups owned by hospitals and health care systems is driving up the cost of care in workers’ compensation, according to a new study by the Workers’ Compensation...

Heavier Vehicles, Distracted Drivers Impacting Claim Severity

Apr 3 2023 // U.S. roadways are carrying heavier, more powerful vehicles operated by motorists who are older, driving faster and more often distracted, according to CCC Intelligent Solutions’ annual Crash Course report.Each of...

Murder Charge, Civil Suits Filed in Case of Driver Who Crashed Into Apple Store

Mar 31 2023 // A Massachusetts man whose SUV crashed through the glass storefront of an Apple store, killing one man and injuring nearly two dozen other people, has been charged with murder, prosecutors said.Bradley Rein, 53, was...

California Tow Truck Driver Arraigned on 54 Counts of Insurance Fraud, Assault

Mar 24 2023 // Eliu Canales, 43, was arraigned this week on 54 felony counts of insurance fraud, assault with a deadly weapon and reckless driving after a joint investigation by the California Department of Insurance and San Joaquin...