All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 17 2004 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne M. Bowler issued a decision in the 2005 private passenger insurance rate case that will result in a statewide average rate decrease of 1.69 percent next year. The new rate...
Dec 16 2004 // National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Ellen Engleman Conners will speak to Washington, D.C. area parents about teen driving safety at a town hall meeting on Thursday, Dec. 16, at 6 p.m.“In Maryland, teen...
Dec 7 2004 // Medical people, police, lawmakers and drivers are preparing for a conference on safe driving this week in New Hampshire — tackling driver’s education and road design, but also looking at whether should drivers with...
Dec 6 2004 // Medical people, police, lawmakers and drivers are preparing for a conference on safe driving in New Hampshire–tackling traditional topics such as driver’s education and road design, but also looking at an...
Dec 2 2004 // Acting Governor Richard J. Codey and Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke today announced that nearly $300 million has been returned to more than two million policyholders since the auto insurance reforms...
Nov 30 2004 // A new study by the Insurance Research Council (IRC) finds that claimed losses for auto injuries have escalated at vastly different rates across four states with no-fault auto insurance regulations. From 1997 to 2002, the...
Nov 29 2004 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke revealed that more than 10,000 drivers purchased the Dollar-a-Day auto insurance policy during its first year.“Rising sales of the Dollar-a-Day policy,...
Nov 15 2004 // More than 10 percent of drivers admit they have intentionally cut off other drivers or have wanted to force them off the road during the past year, according to a recent survey by Farmers Insurance Group.Of the 1,001...
Nov 12 2004 // Texas-based GAINSCO INC. has reported net income for the third quarter 2004 of approximately $1.6 million.After the accretion of the discount on the Redeemable Preferred Stock of approximately $0.9 million and the accrual...
Nov 11 2004 // In a report adopted this week, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that certain medical conditions can increase a driver’s accident risk and are incompatible with unrestricted operation of motor...
Nov 8 2004 // Oregon drivers are reportedly spending less than the national average for personal automobile insurance, according to a recent report comparing premiums nationwide. The estimated average expenditure per insured vehicle for...
Nov 8 2004 // Electronic Stability Control (ESC) systems appear to be effective in reducing the number of single-vehicle crashes, including rollovers, according to a preliminary study by the U. S. Department of Transportation’s...
Oct 29 2004 // First Advantage Corp., a risk mitigation and business solutions provider, and IVANS Inc., have entered into an agreement to deliver motor vehicle records through IVANS insurance agent interface platform, Transformation...
Oct 28 2004 // Electronic Stability Control (ESC) systems appear to be effective in reducing the number of single-vehicle crashes, including rollovers, according to a preliminary study by the U. S. Department of Transportation’s...
Oct 27 2004 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, on behalf of its various subsidiary companies, has reportedly rescinded its decision to withdraw from the Massachusetts personal automobile insurance market.“Over the past...
Oct 11 2004 // Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill by Senator Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles) that would allow undocumented aliens access to California driver’s licenses, according to the Pasadena Star-News. AB 2895 is...
Sep 20 2004 // National • Aug. 10, 2004 Students will emulate parental driving habits, but the focus needs to be on things such as how habits change with conditions, reflecting good judgment. Exceeding the posted speed limit is not in...
Sep 20 2004 // High school and middle school students overwhelmingly say their parents are or will be the biggest influence on how they drive, but the practices many teens say they are emulating represent some of the most risky driving...
Sep 6 2004 // Mayfield Village, Ohio-based vehicle insurer Progressive announced that it is offering a discount to 5,000 Minnesota drivers who agree to use a data-logging device in their cars. The discount—as much as 25 percent—is...
Sep 6 2004 // National • Aug. 10, 2004 Students will emulate parental driving habits, but the focus needs to be on things such as how habits change with conditions, reflecting good judgment. Exceeding the posted speed limit is not in...