The promise of cars that drive themselves has been just over the horizon for years now -- one of those breakthroughs that’s always coming yet seemingly never arrives. That’s changing, though, and rapidly.

Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee has signed legislation amending the state’s Unfair Claims Practices Act to change the definition of unfair claims settlement practices by insurers and motor vehicle damage appraisers.

U.S. property/casualty insurers are responding to higher inflation and natural catastrophe losses with rate increases when possible and exits when not, Swiss Re Ltd. said Wednesday in a report.

New Jersey resident Anna ‘Cuqui’ Rivera, a high school graduate who works as a labor and civil rights activist and moonlights as a DJ, was paying almost $3,000 annually for auto insurance with one of the big companies. Now, she pays almost $2,000 less for coverage on her 2016 Jeep.

The latest crash test ratings released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) have raised concerns about the safety of rear passengers in small pickups. According to the IIHS, none of the five small crew cab pickups tested received a good rating, with the Nissan Frontier earning an acceptable rating, while the Ford Ranger, Chevrolet Colorado, Jeep Gladiator, and Toyota Tacoma were all rated as poor.

Severe thunderstorm activity from June 11-15 caused $7 billion to $10 billion in insured losses, according to a report Monday from data and analytics company CoreLogic Inc. This loss estimate includes damage to residential, commercial, and industrial property, as well as automobiles, but excludes damage to infrastructure such as roads, utilities and governmental facilities.

Two Detroit automakers have emerged as leaders in delivering top-quality vehicles, alongside their Asian and European counterparts. However, the 2023 U.S. Initial Quality Study by J.D. Power reveals that the Ford and Lincoln brands did not perform as strongly overall.

Culling data from more than 4.6 million automobile insurance applications, researchers at the Insurify insurance comparison marketplace picked a winner -- or more to the point, a loser -- in its determination of the car model with the most accidents so far in 2023: the Audi S4.

Honda has announced a recall of 1.2 million vehicles in the United States due to a rearview camera problem that could impact driver visibility. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) revealed that the absence of a rearview camera image may pose a risk of collision and impair the driver’s ability to see obstacles behind the vehicle.

Medicare Advantage Plans (MAPs), also known as Medicare Part C, are private insurance plans that provide for a Medicare beneficiary’s Part A and Part B benefits. Beneficiaries can choose to enroll in a MAP rather than traditional Medicare. There also are Medicare drug plans (Part D) that provide for a beneficiary’s prescription drugs.

A Kansas City, MO, man who formerly lived in Columbia, MO, pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a $1.1 million insurance fraud conspiracy that involved false claims of injuries suffered in car accidents, as well as to his role in a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 relief benefits.

Catastrophe modeller Karen Clark & Company (KCC) has estimated that the June hailstorm in Texas has caused insured losses of over $1 billion.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in a letter to major automakers they must comply with a federal vehicle safety law and not with a state law that requires open remote access to vehicle telematics and vehicle-generated data.

Detectives with the Plano Police Department said suspected thieves stole more than $2.5 million worth of trucks and SUVs from around North Texas. Details about the alleged crimes, which reads like a crime series on a streaming platform, were detailed in an arrest probable cause affidavit.

You head to your car in the morning, as you do every day. But today, you’re horrified to discover it isn’t where you parked it the night before. It’s a heart-sinking moment Americans across the country wake up to as cases of car thefts soar.