All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 27 2016 // Uber and Lyft drivers in Maryland won’t have to submit their fingerprints for background checks after the ride-hailing companies complained about the proposal. The Maryland Public Service Commission announced...
Dec 27 2016 // The U.S. personal auto insurance industry saw net premiums written grow 5.1 percent in 2015 — a rate of growth that may not be repeated as rising loss ratios weaken both underwriting and operating results, according to...
Dec 22 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc has removed its self-driving cars from San Francisco streets after California regulators cracked down on the week-old program because the company had not obtained a permit to test the vehicles.The...
Dec 21 2016 // The 24-year-old driver in a Tennessee school bus crash that killed six children was speeding about 20 miles per hour over the 30 mile-per-hour limit, police testified Dec. 14, drawing tears from their families in...
Dec 20 2016 // Police say an Uber driver fatally shot a would-be robber who tried to ambush him near an upscale South Florida mall.Aventura police spokesman Chris Goranitis told local media that the driver had picked up a passenger about...
Dec 19 2016 // A long-time insurance agency owner and community leader in the Chicago area was shot while driving home in the early morning hours of Dec. 1.Ronald L. Allen, founder and past president of the A. Allen Insurance Agency Ltd....
Dec 19 2016 // California Attorney General Kamala Harris has told Uber Technologies Inc. to pull its self-driving cars from San Francisco’s streets or it will seek a court order forcing it do so, saying the ride-hailing company...
Dec 16 2016 // Uber is riding its self-driving cars into a legal showdown with California regulators.The ridesharing company is refusing to obey demands by the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles that it immediately stop picking...
Dec 16 2016 // Although small commercial insurance—outside of auto—is a top-line accelerator at The Hartford, auto insurance severity continues hitting the bottom line, say executives who expect a pretax $50 million prior-year...
Dec 15 2016 // California regulators warned ride-hailing company Uber on Wednesday that it would face legal action if it did not immediately stop giving people in San Francisco rides in self-driving cars until it receives permission from...
Dec 14 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. continues to dive head first into autonomous vehicles. Just don’t call them that in California.Starting today, Uber is letting customers in San Francisco hop in a self-driving car, if...
Dec 9 2016 // The driver of a Baltimore school bus that careened into a transit bus, killing him and five others, was speeding, had a history of previous crashes and had a seizure the week before, national investigators said...
Dec 6 2016 // Investors and companies are getting a preview of how the Taiwan government’s plan to become “Asia’s Silicon Valley” might fare.Uber Technologies Inc., one of Silicon Valley’s most disruptive...
Dec 6 2016 // The following is the viewpoint of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) submitted to a subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee at a Nov. 16 hearing on “The Automated &...
Dec 5 2016 // Driving my children to school each morning it’s hard not to notice the number of parents attached to their cell phone. While state law prohibits cell phone use in school zones and city law prohibits cell phone use...
Dec 2 2016 // General Motors Co.’s semi-autonomous “Super Cruise” system will allow drivers to take their hands off the steering wheel for extended periods, but will stop the vehicle automatically if drivers are not...
Dec 1 2016 // A self-driving truck is scheduled to hit the road in central Ohio in conjunction with an announcement about new state investments to support researching that kind of transportation technology. Officials say the vehicle...
Dec 1 2016 // The city is ramping up pedestrian safety efforts during the annual influx of holiday visitors and decreased daylight hours.Mayor Bill de Blasio, police Commissioner James P. O’Neill and other officials said Tuesday...
Nov 30 2016 // The driver in a Chattanooga, Tenn., school bus crash last week that killed six children will likely plead not guilty to related charges, according to his lawyer.Defense attorney Amanda Dunn said she anticipates 24-year-old...
Nov 29 2016 // A program to educate teens about distracted driving—including a tour of a hospital trauma center and testimony from a trauma survivor—can increase awareness of the dangers of texting, cell phone use, and other...