All the headlines from our Personal Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 18 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. With the insurtech landscape becoming increasingly competitive, insurers are feeling the pressure to step up their game and use cutting-edge analytics, such as AI and...
Oct 17 2023 // A semi-trailer truck driver was killed when a train derailed and a bridge collapsed, spewing coal and mangled train cars across a highway near Pueblo, Colorado, on Sunday, authorities said.The driver has died, but no...
Oct 17 2023 // Mind Foundry Ltd., an artificial intelligence startup vying to help insurers decide which drivers should be covered, has raised $22 million in funding, the latest sign of growing demand to deploy AI in critical sectors...
Oct 16 2023 // The insurance industry is truly a nexus for innovation. Particularly through the use of technology, it is inspiring to dive into the many ways insurance professionals across the country and the world create real-time...
Oct 12 2023 // ROOPVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A driver traveling the wrong way on a four-lane Georgia highway crashed into two other cars, killing all three drivers, state troopers said.The wreck happened Monday night on U.S. 27 near...
Oct 12 2023 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvCertain exclusions that were once prevalent in cannabis insurance seem to be eroding, possibly a sign of some good news for businesses in the industry. A group of experts gathered during...
Oct 10 2023 // An Amtrak passenger train crashed into an SUV in southeastern Vermont, killing the SUV`s driver and injuring his passenger, authorities said.The state police said 53-year-old Craig Hudson, of Brattleboro, died in the crash...
Oct 6 2023 // A Tesla engineer in court on Wednesday rejected a lawyer’s suggestion that the company named its driver-assistant feature “Full Self-Driving” because it wanted people to believe that its systems had more...
Oct 4 2023 // Hurricanes in the East. Wildfires in the West. Those are the big disasters that grab the headlines and are driving property insurance costs and cancellations, to a large degree, right?Yes, but insurers also are seeing a...
Oct 2 2023 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to extend the state’s liquor liability law to social hosts. The high court cited a half-century of precedent in upholding lower courts in a case where an employer hosting a...
Sep 29 2023 // On-demand insurance platform INSHUR launched its insurance offering for on-demand livery drivers in Arizona, its second state in the U.S. following New York. This comes after the company’s acquisition of American...
Sep 27 2023 // A Vermont driver pleaded not guilty to a charge in the June crash that killed actor Treat Williams.Ryan Koss, 35, could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison if he`s convicted of gross negligent operation with death...
Sep 25 2023 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure that union leaders and truck drivers said would save hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state.The...
Sep 25 2023 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Friday said it sued United Parcel Service for disability discrimination, alleging the delivery firm refused to hire deaf or hearing-impaired individuals as...
Sep 21 2023 // California lawmakers, union leaders and truck drivers are trying to steer Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom toward signing into law a proposal that could save jobs as self-driving trucks are tested for their safety on the...
Sep 19 2023 // It took just minutes for more than 20 thieves, clad in hoods and masks, to swarm the Nordstrom store in the Westfield Topanga shopping center and make off with $300,000 of handbags and other luxury items. A security guard...
Sep 13 2023 // INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A wheel came off a pickup truck on an Indianapolis freeway, bounced over a median and crashed into the windshield of another vehicle, killing its driver Monday, police said.The woman driving the...
Sep 8 2023 // A workers’ compensation fund for Mississippi state agencies can take subrogation action against the driver of an all-terrain vehicle that badly injured the then-chief of staff to the state’s lieutenant...
Sep 6 2023 // ROSENBERG, Texas (AP) – A driver plowed through a wall of a busy East Texas restaurant, injuring 23 people. Police in the Houston suburb of Rosenberg, Texas said a man crashed his SUV into a Denny`s restaurant just off...
Sep 5 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. Protecting your fleet and maintaining steady operations today means implementing risk management practices to combat rising costs and reduce claims. Our...