Honda Recalls 800K Odyssey Minivans, Issues Stop-Sale
Honda has issued a recall for just under 807,000 Honda Odysseys from the 2011 to 2017 model years, as well as a stop-sale on Odysseys from those model years. The reason is that the second-row outboard seats, which can be positioned closer together or farther apart, might not properly latch when being installed in one of the positions.
November 27, 2017
Auto
Subrogation
2 Killed After Truck Crashes Into California Home
An 11-year-old boy is dead and his 9-year-old boy is in critical condition after a truck crashed into their bedroom in the community of Madera Ranchos, according to the Madera County Fire Department. The driver of the truck also died at the scene.
November 27, 2017
Auto
Liability
Property
California
Stolen Truck Used In ATM Smash-And-Grab Theft
A brazen theft of an ATM was caught on camera in Alabama Tuesday. Surveillance video from the scene at a Givorns Foods shows a white truck with a Georgia license plate crashing through the storefront.
November 22, 2017
Auto
Property
Alabama
Georgia
Black Friday Insurance Coverage Takes Many Forms This Year
Among the preparations shoppers are making to ensure they get the best deal, adequate Black Friday insurance coverage is also vital. Before heading out to pick up the top tech gifts of 2017 there are several forms of insurance coverage that may be needed.
November 22, 2017
Auto
Property
Roadside Scanners To Be Used Against Uninsured Drivers In Oklahoma
Oklahoma has finalized a deal with a Massachusetts company to use license-plate scanners to catch uninsured drivers, and the firm expects to issue 20,000 citations a month starting as early as next year.
November 22, 2017
Auto
Oklahoma
6 Hurt After Driver Fleeing Cops Leaves Trail Of Destruction
A driver took off during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Saturday, plowing through a red light and hitting an MTA bus and two cars in chaotic crashes that left six people injured, the NYPD said.
November 20, 2017
Auto
Education & Training
Liability
New York
High Winds In New York City Collapse Scaffolding, Fell Trees On Cars
New Yorkers will do anything to help their fellow man — and heres the video to prove it. After a scaffold collapsed Sunday in lower Manhattan, trapping two people underneath, dozens of New Yorkers pitched in to pull off hunks of debris and save them.
November 20, 2017
Auto
Liability
New York
California Preparing Regulations On Liability Of Self-Driving Automakers
California regulators are embracing a General Motors recommendation that would help makers of self-driving cars avoid paying for accidents and other trouble, raising concerns that the proposal will put an unfair burden on vehicle owners.
November 17, 2017
Auto
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
Technology
California
Fuel Tanker Causes Pileup On Foggy Georgia Parkway
In a mid-morning update, Gainesville Police said there were 10, possibly 12, vehicles involved in a traffic accident on Ga. 60/Queen City Parkway that sent several people to the hospital this morning.
November 16, 2017
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Georgia
NICB Releases Annual Holiday Vehicle Theft Report
New data released today by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) shows a total of 22,705 vehicles were reported stolen on the 11 holidays in 2016 covered in this report. NICB theft data is pulled from the National Crime Information Centers (NCIC) stolen vehicle file, which showed a total of 803,719 vehicle thefts for the year.
November 16, 2017
Auto
California
Florida
Georgia
Texas
Washington
1 Dead, 5 Hurt As Powerful Storm Blasts Western Washington With 50-70 MPH Winds
One person has died and least five others have been injured as a powerful storm raked Western Washington Monday.The fatality occurred in Renton where a tree fell onto a car with two women and a young girl inside in the 17900 block of 158th Place SE, according to Sgt. Joe Hauk with the King County Sheriffs Office.
November 15, 2017
Auto
Liability
Property
Washington
2nd Circuit Ruling A Warning To Auto Insurers Nationwide On Unfair Claims Handling
The Second Circuits Court of Appeals rulings Wednesday on two cases brought by a Syracuse, N.Y., collision repairer will have a significant impact on New York repairers but touch the rest of the nation as well, an auto body repair-focused attorney predicted Monday.
November 14, 2017
Auto
Litigation
Risk Management
New York
Deer-Involved Crashes On The Rise In West Michigan
In Ottawa County, deer crashes are up nearly 22 percent in recent years. On Monday, Nov. 6, the Ottawa County Sheriffs Office responded to 15 deer-involved crashes in one night. During November, thats normal for the area.
November 10, 2017
Auto
Michigan
Torched Porsche Investigation Reveals Insurance Fraud Attempt
A Tangipahoa Parish man and a Mississippi man have been arrested in Washington Parish for reportedly torching a Porsche in an effort to collect insurance money.
November 10, 2017
Auto
Fraud
Louisiana
Waymo Has Taken The Human Out Of Its Self-Driving Cars
Eight years after launching its self-driving “moon shot,” Waymo, a k a Googles driverless car company, is having its Neil Armstrong moment.
November 9, 2017
Auto
Technology
Arizona



