Automobile Insurance News

2007-04-16T02:05:00.000Z

Linking Up Online (Insurance and Technology)

Linking Up Online (Insurance and Technology)
Travelers reaches out to online customers through partnerships with independent agencies, including Commerce Banc Insurance Services.

NADA Urges Senate to Make Insurance Data on Flooded, Totaled, Stolen Vehicles Available to Consumers (The Auto Channel)
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2007; The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) called on the Senate today to bring more transparency to the used car-buying process by requiring insurance companies to provide consumers access to data on severely damaged, stolen and flooded vehicles.

2007-04-13T02:06:00.000Z

Fitch Expects to Rate AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2007-B-F 'F1+/AAA' (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Fitch Expects to Rate AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2007-B-F 'F1+/AAA' (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings expects to assign the following ratings to AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2007-B-F asset-backed notes as follows: $275,000,000 class A-1 5.3196% 'F1+'; $435,000,000 class A-2 5.31% 'AAA'; $150,000,000 class A-3A 5.16% 'AAA'; $190,000,000 class A-3B floating-rate 'AAA'; $450,000,000 class A-4 floating-rate 'AAA'.

comScore Reports 58 Percent Annual Growth in Auto Insurance Policies Purchased Online in 2006 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the results of a study of online auto insurance activity, which revealed that 2006 represented a tipping point in the adoption of the Internet for auto insurance purchases.

2007-04-11T02:04:00.000Z

Top 10 Pickups on MSN Autos

Top 10 Pickups on MSN Autos
The most popular pickup trucks on MSN Autos, based on visits to the site's research pages.

2007-04-09T02:04:00.000Z

2007 Geneva Motor Show

2007 Geneva Motor Show
Complete coverage of this exciting auto show, from Alfa to Volvo.

AIG Private Client Group Introduces Admitted Group Excess Liability Insurance (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----AIG Private Client Group, a division of the personal lines property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc. , today announced an admitted Group Excess Liability insurance program.

2007-04-06T02:06:00.000Z

How Does a DUI Conviction Affect Your Insurance? (About.com)

How Does a DUI Conviction Affect Your Insurance? (About.com)
If you are convicted of drunk driving in most states that means your automobile insurance rates are likely going to go up for at least three years and you...

Citizens Insurance Company of America Launches Connections(TM) Home in Michigan (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Citizens Insurance Company of America today announced the launch of a new homeowners insurance product, Connections Home, in Michigan. This announcement follows the launch of Connections Home by its affiliate, The Hanover Insurance Group, in Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, New York, Ohio and Tennessee, where the product has increased homeowners' quotes for the company since its launch.

2007-04-04T02:03:00.000Z

RAM Mutual Insurance Company Provides Identity Theft Services Through Partnership with Identity Theft 911 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

RAM Mutual Insurance Company Provides Identity Theft Services Through Partnership with Identity Theft 911 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ESKO, Minn.----RAM Mutual Insurance Company, a carrier offering products to nearly 600 independent agencies throughout Minnesota, announced today a partnership that will provide cutting-edge identity theft resolution services to all its farm and homeowner policyholders, free of charge.

2007 Geneva Motor Show: New Wagons From Volvo
The Swedish marque known for safety takes the wraps off of the all-new V70 and XC70.

2007-03-31T03:09:00.000Z

Liberty Mutual chairman seeks insurance changes (Boston Globe)

Liberty Mutual chairman seeks insurance changes (Boston Globe)
Liberty Mutual Group chairman Edmund F. Kelly urged Insurance Commissioner Nonnie S. Burnes to quickly implement a new system for apportioning among automobile insurers the drivers that no company wants to insure voluntarily. Kelly cited a report issued Monday by a study group appointed by Governor Deval Patrick that said the current system is "unduly complex and susceptible to gaming." ...

S.C. insurance companies hit with record penalty (The News & Observer)
They were ordered to pay a joint penalty of $375,000, which Insurance Department officials said was the largest ever assessed in the Agent Services Division.

2007-03-28T03:02:00.000Z

Senate panels to take up insurance, budget, education proposals (Naples Daily News)

Senate panels to take up insurance, budget, education proposals (Naples Daily News)
Lawmakers in committee will take up automobile insurance and human trafficking as the chambers line up their budget proposals before shutting down for much of next week to observe Passover and Easter.

2007-03-25T03:05:00.000Z

Insurance company offers option for the 'well to do' and their well-built homes (Sun-Sentinel)

Insurance company offers option for the 'well to do' and their well-built homes (Sun-Sentinel)
He hadn't been in the market for a new insurance company until he got his bill from State Farm Florida Insurance Co.

2007-03-22T04:10:00.000Z

A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of State Auto Insurance Companies and State Auto Financial Corporation (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of State Auto Insurance Companies and State Auto Financial Corporation (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
OLDWICK, N.J.----A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ and the issuer credit ratings of "aa-" of State Auto Insurance Companies and its members. A.M. Best has also affirmed the ICR of "a-" and debt rating of "a-" on the $100 million 6.25% senior unsecured notes issued by State Auto Financial Corporation .

Insurance company offers option for the 'well to do' and their well-built homes (Sun-Sentinel)
He hadn't been in the market for a new insurance company until he got his bill from State Farm Florida Insurance Co.

2007-03-18T04:04:00.000Z

House Passes Auto Insurance Bill (ClickOnDetroit)

House Passes Auto Insurance Bill (ClickOnDetroit)
A divided state House voted to pass a bill that would change who is able to sue and collect damages under Michigan's automobile insurance laws.

2007-03-15T04:02:00.000Z

Top 10 Sports Cars on MSN Autos

Top 10 Sports Cars on MSN Autos
The most popular sports cars on MSN Autos, based on visits to the site's vehicle pages.

State Farm to provide some dividends (Bowling Green Daily News)
Some State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance customers in southcentral Kentucky could get a surprise check in the mail this year. The company announced earlier this month that its auto insurance policyholders in Kentucky will receive dividends totaling $19.6 million.

2007-03-12T04:10:00.000Z

AUTO TECH Review: 2007 Dodge Caliber

AUTO TECH Review: 2007 Dodge Caliber
Lots of cool gadgets and a good value for the premium (if not perfect) audio system.

2007-03-08T03:04:00.000Z

State Farm Mutual Automobile to issue dividends in state (East Valley Tribune)

State Farm Mutual Automobile to issue dividends in state (East Valley Tribune)
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance plans to issue $51 million in dividends to its Arizona auto policyholders.

AUTO TECH Review: 2007 Jaguar XKR
Refined technology in a rocket-fast and responsive sport coupe.

2007-03-05T03:06:00.000Z

Credit history affects insurance (The Gleaner)

Credit history affects insurance (The Gleaner)
Randall Jenkins didn't know there was a connection between his credit history and his insurance rates. He does now.

2007-03-02T03:09:00.000Z

State Farm paying dividends to Nebraska policyholders (Lincoln Journal Star)

State Farm paying dividends to Nebraska policyholders (Lincoln Journal Star)
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, the largest insurer of autos in Nebraska and in the nation, announced its auto insurance policyholders in Nebraska will receive dividends totaling $15.8 million.

2007-02-27T03:13:00.000Z

Summerfest crew finds a way to keep festival alive: Will be covered under special events insurance (Hornell Evening Tribune)

Summerfest crew finds a way to keep festival alive: Will be covered under special events insurance (Hornell Evening Tribune)
ARKPORT - Arkport's Summerfest will be insured and ready to go. Summerfest Chairperson Judith Green said volunteers will be purchasing a special events insurance policy to cover the event.

2007-02-24T03:08:00.000Z

Maverick Commercial Offers Program for Calif. Commercial Contractors (Insurance Journal)

Maverick Commercial Offers Program for Calif. Commercial Contractors (Insurance Journal)
Calabasas, Calif.-based Maverick Commercial Insurance Services has added a new program for artisan contractors, which includes workers' compensation, general liability and automobile coverage. The

Insurance fraud investigator catches crooks (Miami Herald)
Philandering spouses, it seems, will go to great lengths to cover their tracks. As a supervisor in charge of fraud investigations at United Automobile Insurance Group in North Miami Beach, Blanca Aparicio can attest to said lengths. She oversees 35 investigators nationally, with 15 of them in Florida alone.

2007-02-20T03:08:00.000Z

Hybrids Are Hot

Hybrids Are Hot
Automakers that used to downplay the viability of gasoline-electric hybrids are now embracing them.

ROBERT BRUSS: Renter's insurance covers tenant negligence (Detroit Free Press)
Dear Bob: You recently said a tenant should have renter's insurance to pay for damage to his or her apartment. It has always been my understanding that renter's insurance covers the tenant's personal belongings such as clothing and furniture, but the owner is responsible for the apartment house or detached rented house. -- Beverly B.

2007-02-18T03:05:00.000Z

Miss. AG seeks legislation on State Farm (Sharewatch)

Miss. AG seeks legislation on State Farm (Sharewatch)
Hood's plan would require any company that writes automobile insurance in Mississippi and also writes homeowners policies in other states to offer homeowners and commercial properties throughout Mississippi.

Miss. AG seeks legislation on State Farm (AP via Yahoo! News)
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said Friday he will seek legislation aimed at blocking State Farm Insurance Cos. from refusing to write new homeowners and commercial policies in the hurricane-battered state.

2007-02-15T03:05:00.000Z

UPDATE 1-State Farm halts new insurance in Mississippi

Reuters - NEW YORK, Feb 14 (Reuters) - State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. said it will stop writing new homeowners and commercial insurance in Mississippi following a legal battle with state homeowners resulting from 2005's Hurricane Katrina. "It is no automobile insurance

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2007-02-14T03:09:00.000Z

2007 NAIAS: Nissan's Bevel Has an Edge

2007 NAIAS: Nissan's Bevel Has an Edge
Nissan unveils a futuristic crossover concept that has an edge.

2007-02-13T03:05:00.000Z

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2007-02-12T03:05:00.000Z

Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation to Present at the Merrill Lynch Insurance Investor Conference (The Auto Channel)

Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation to Present at the Merrill Lynch Insurance Investor Conference (The Auto Channel)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 9, 2007 -- Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation , today announced Mr. James R. Gober, Chairman, President and CEO will speak at the Merrill Lynch Insurance Investor Conference in New York on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 11:55 a.m. (ET). A live webcast will be available at http://ir.ipacc.com/.

2007-02-11T03:06:00.000Z

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