Latest Personal Auto Headlines

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Midwest Insurers AmeriTrust, Grange Unveil COVID-19 Relief for Businesses

May 4 2020 // Grange Insurance Co., based in Columbus, Ohio, and AmeriTrust Group Inc. in Southfield, Michigan, are offering relief plans to business insurance customers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Grange Insurance has launched...

Self-Driving Vehicles, Robots Showing What They Can Do in Contactless Deliveries

May 4 2020 // Self-driving cars, trucks, sidewalk robots and shuttles are rolling out of the labs and parking garages and onto American streets to help deliver groceries, meals, and medical supplies.Although self-driving car companies...

Updated: Insurance Premium Discounts, Other Relief Offered During Coronavirus Crisis

May 1 2020 // The group of property/casualty insurers offering auto insurance premium discounts to recognize that insureds are driving less during the coronavirus crisis continues to grow, and now includes all major auto insurers. Most...

Insurance Premium Discounts, Other Relief Offered During Coronavirus Crisis

Apr 24 2020 // The group of property/casualty insurers offering auto insurance premium discounts to recognize that insureds are driving less during the coronavirus crisis continues to grow, and now includes all major auto insurers. Most...

Putting Autonomous Driving Back on the Road: Roundtable

Apr 22 2020 // The self-driving car was a dream deferred even before the Covid-19 outbreak brought the U.S. economy to a standstill. By early 2020, plans to launch robotaxi services had been pushed back or scaled down as excitement over...

More Midwest Insurers Offering Auto Premium Relief to Insureds

Apr 20 2020 // More Midwest-based insurers are offering premium payment relief to their auto insurance customers as a result of the COVID-19 health crisis.Branch Insurance, Grange Insurance, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, Ohio Mutual...

Insurance Department: Auto Insurers to Return Over $187M to Louisiana Drivers

Apr 16 2020 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance says collectively auto insurers will return more than $187 million in premium to drivers in the state in the form of refunds and rebates on auto insurance policies.Insurance...

Utica National Provides Insurance Premium Payback to Personal Auto Customers

Apr 16 2020 // As a result of changing driving habits due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the member companies of the Utica National Insurance Group have announced that they will provide policyholders with a 15 percent payback of their...

Ohio’s Encova Insurance Issuing 15% Personal Auto Policy Credit

Apr 15 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based Encova Insurance plans to issue a 15% policy credit to more than 80,000 personal auto policyholders for the months of April and May.Data has continued to show that as fewer vehicles are on the road due...

Missouri’s Shelter Insurance Offering 30% Discount to Personal Auto Customers

Apr 14 2020 // Shelter Insurance, based in Columbia, Mo., and its subsidiaries AmShield Insurance, Haulers Insurance, and Say Insurance, is joining other insurers in offering assistance to auto insurance policyholders.The company said it...

Cincinnati Insurance Companies Offering 15% Discount to Personal Auto Policyholders

Apr 13 2020 // Two property/casualty insurance subsidiaries of Cincinnati Financial Corp., The Cincinnati Insurance Co. and The Cincinnati Casualty Co., are offering a 15% personal lines auto credit for current policyholders.Personal...

California Orders Insurers to Refund Premiums to Drivers, Businesses Hit by COVID-19

Apr 13 2020 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday ordered insurance companies to return insurance premiums to consumers and businesses and provide financial relief during the COVID-19 emergency.The...

Auto Insurers Offering $8-$10B in Discounts in Coronavirus Relief Effort; Updated List

Apr 13 2020 // The group of property/casualty insurers offering auto insurance premium discounts to recognize that insureds are driving less during the coronavirus crisis continues to grow, and now includes all major auto insurers.State...

Germania Insurance to Return Nearly $6M to Personal Auto Customers in Texas

Apr 9 2020 // In light of the reduction in drivers on the road due to COVID-19 epidemic, Texas-based Germania Insurance will give back nearly $6 million in credits to its personal auto insurance policyholders.The company said through...

Canada’s Insurers to Cut Auto Premiums as Drivers Stay Home During COVID-19 Crisis

Apr 9 2020 // Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), an industry association for Canada’s home, auto and business insurers, on Wednesday said its members would lower costs for auto insurance to reflect reduced driving during the...

Progressive, Travelers, USAA Latest to Offer Insureds Discounts, Other Accommodations

Apr 9 2020 // More insurers are coming forward every day with discounts, extended coverage and relaxed payment terms for insureds affected by shelter-in-place and other conditions required during the coronavirus crisis.Progressive...

GEICO, Farmers, Liberty Mutual Join Insurers Giving Breaks to Drivers, Businesses

Apr 7 2020 // More auto insureds and small businesses are getting a break on their insurance premiums to help them through the coronavirus crisis.Auto insurer GEICO said it will give back approximately $2.5 billion in the form of a 15...

Delaware Auto Insurers Take Actions to Help Consumers During COVID-19 Pandemic

Apr 7 2020 // Automobile insurers in Delaware are taking a number of actions in light of COVID-19, the Delaware Department of Insurance (DOI) announced.On Monday, Allstate announced it would embark on a premium payback program resulting...

Wisconsin’s American Family to Return $200M to Auto Insurance Customers

Apr 6 2020 // Madison, Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance says it will return approximately $200 million to its auto insurance customers as the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered driving habits and created financial...

Connecticut Calls on Auto Insurers to Extend Coverage to Personal Delivery Drivers

Mar 30 2020 // Connecticut Insurance Department Commissioner Andrew N. Mais has called on insurers to immediately institute an extension of coverage for personal delivery drivers in light of the disruption caused by the COVID-19...