The self-driving vehicles of tomorrow could be actively monitored and shaped by insurance companies, suggests an autonomous vehicle start-up spun off from the University of Oxford.

Severe weather, including tornadoes and heavy hail, caused minor damage in north central Kansas Tuesday night. Hail ranging in size from pea-size to baseball-size caused damage in the small town of Otis in Rush County.

A windstorm in early April is estimated to have cost insurers more than $85 million, mostly from home insurance claims in Ontario, according to Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ).

A new report based on US Bureau of Labor statistics has found that most motor vehicle accidents involving company cars occur during the personal time of employee drivers.

Canada’s insurers are developing a framework for insuring automated vehicles that is designed for handling auto claims quickly, regardless of whether tort liability arises from human error or a manufacturing defect in the automated vehicle.

One person died after a big rig carrying watermelons overturned, causing part of its load to strike another vehicle on I-95 in Philadelphia near the Walt Whitman Bridge.

Three people were killed and three more critically injured in a two-vehicle crash in South Los Angeles Saturday evening.
The deceased included two children, authorities said.

The driver of a stolen tractor-trailer in Colorado deliberately rammed into vehicles and caused numerous injuries before finally being taken into custody by police, who fired on the rig in an effort to stop the rampage, authorities said Sunday.

The CEO of ice cream empire Dippin’ Dots was arrested earlier this month after he allegedly crashed his car into a power line pole and two houses in Oklahoma, police revealed Wednesday.

An 18-year-old remains in the Travis County Jail after his father said he turned his son in when he confessed that he was on a burglary spree.

It sounds like the plot from "Gone in 60 Seconds.” A one-of-a-kind sports car was stolen right off a city street.

Audi is recalling about 1.2 million cars and SUVs worldwide because the electric coolant pumps can overheat and possibly cause a fire. The recall covers the 2013 to 2016 A4, the 2013 to 2017 A5, the 2012 to 2015 A6, and the Q5 SUV from 2013 to 2017.

If a rental vehicle is used as a murder weapon, the insurer could be on the hook if neither the driver nor the person renting the vehicle have auto insurance.

Insurance companies are finally putting a price on the risk of distracted driving, and it’s relatively cheap. Last year, a ticket for using a mobile phone while driving added $226 to the average insurance policy, an increase of 16 percent, according to a new analysis from The Zebra, a Texas-based startup that helps consumers weigh insurance rates.

A tanker-truck transporting ethanol burst into flames early Monday in St. Peters after crashing near Mid Rivers Mall. The driver escaped with moderate injuries, police say.