All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 3 2002 // Michigan’s AAA organization took issue with a just released study by Harvard University’s Center for Risk Analysis, that seemed to imply there were some benefits to be derived from the use of cell phones.Not...
Nov 20 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division announced the arrest of two truck drivers this week. Both cases are being prosecuted by the...
Oct 14 2002 // The 2001 premium and loss data for Texas verifies everything you heard from the insurance companies — it was a really bad year. Here are the highlights in review: • Texas accounts for 7 percent of the national premium...
Sep 30 2002 // Truck driver Ovidio Ochoa, 43, of Hesperia, Calif., was arrested recently by CDI investigators. The San Bernardino County Superior Court issued a felony warrant on Aug. 6, 2002 charging Ochoa with six counts of giving...
Sep 26 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. is offering a non-standard personal automobile insurance program for select producers through its personal lines division.Dollars: BIPD limits available up to...
Sep 10 2002 // Economic factors such as rapidly increasing claims costs are driving the increase in insurance premiums, according to the Alliance of American Insurers.“As the insurance industry recovers from its disastrous results...
Sep 10 2002 // Subsidiaries of American Financial Group Inc. and The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced transfers of their New Jersey personal auto businesses to units of Palisades.American Financial subsidiary Great...
Aug 22 2002 // During the 2002-2003 school year, Vermont driver education teachers and students will be introduced to Crash Site™, a state-of-the art, interactive CD-ROM program designed to help teens understand the consequences of...
Jul 2 2002 // Inaccurate, incomplete motor vehicles records (MVRs) not only compromise highway safety and force good drivers to subsidize bad drivers, they also cause insurers to rely on other methods to fully assess individual driver...
Jun 17 2002 // In addition to being a key element in national security, federal driver’s license standards being considered in Congress could have profound effects on auto insurance, according to the National Association of...
Jun 10 2002 // Ahh, summer—vacations to the coast or the mountains, cruises to Alaska, treks to far-off, exotic lands. Even if you’re not treating yourself or your family to a once-in-a-lifetime vacation this year, some of your...
Jun 10 2002 // Elisha Gorman, 23, of Chino Hills, was arrested on a felony warrant and charged with two counts of insurance fraud, as well as on an additional warrant charging her with grand theft from an unrelated case. Gorman’s...
May 31 2002 // The California Senate approved a bill that would expand eligibility for the current low-cost automobile insurance program to middle-income drivers, a measure that will force insurers to increase premiums for non-urban...
Apr 29 2002 // I like the new Ford Thunderbird convertible. With its sleek lines and retro look it’s perfect for a freewheeling trip down a two-lane black top on a gorgeous spring afternoon. No e-mails, no phone calls to deal with,...
Apr 29 2002 // The personal automobile insurance market in Texas may not be approaching the crisis level at which the homeowners market currently finds itself, but signs indicate that it may be in for a rough ride.According to the Texas...
Apr 29 2002 // The fundamental question is, does irresponsible use of cell phones while driving cause more accidents?Nicole Mahrt, American Insurance Association director of public affairs (western region), says that her association...
Apr 29 2002 // I like the new Ford Thunderbird convertible. With its sleek lines and retro look it’s perfect for a freewheeling trip down a two-lane black top on a gorgeous spring afternoon. No e-mails, no phone calls to deal with,...
Apr 15 2002 // By allowing this increase, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will be allowing an unnecessary burden on the California public, who would, eventually, be the ones paying for the increase.”Those were the sentiments...
Mar 7 2002 // In yet another attempt to limit an insurer’s ability to accurately assess risk in Maryland, the House Economic Matters Committee is considering eliminating the use of geographic location as a rating factor in...
Mar 1 2002 // After 76 years of delivering insurance solutions as Robert F. Driver Co. Inc., the company has announced its new name.Ranked as the 29th largest insurance brokerage operation in the country, the San Diego-based company...