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High-End Houston Automotive Shop Burns With 60 Classic Vehicles Inside

High-End Houston Automotive Shop Burns With 60 Classic Vehicles Inside

At least 60 cars were inside a high-end automotive garage that caught fire Tuesday morning, the Houston Fire Department said.
December 22, 2022 Auto Liability Subrogation Texas

New Crash Test Spotlights Lagging Protection For Rear Passengers

New Crash Test Spotlights Lagging Protection For Rear Passengers

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is updating its longest-running crash test, the moderate overlap front evaluation, to address a growing gap in the protection provided for front and rear occupants.
December 15, 2022 Auto

Study: Over Half Of Car Crash Victims Were Under The Influence

Study: Over Half Of Car Crash Victims Were Under The Influence

A large study by U.S. highway safety regulators found that more than half the people injured or killed in traffic crashes had one or more drugs, or alcohol, in their bloodstreams.
December 14, 2022 Auto

Ram Recalls 1.4M Pickups For Tailgate Latch Issue

Ram Recalls 1.4M Pickups For Tailgate Latch Issue

Ram is recalling a total of 1,234,657 pickup trucks in the United States (plus a few hundred thousand sold outside the U.S.) to address tailgates that could pop open while driving.
December 13, 2022 Auto Subrogation

New Minimum Auto Liability Limits May Cause Consumers To Drop Insurance

New Minimum Auto Liability Limits May Cause Consumers To Drop Insurance

Insurance groups argue that new laws in California and New Jersey that raise the minimum auto liability coverage required for drivers may cause price-sensitive consumers to drop their coverage.
December 12, 2022 Auto Legislation & Regulation Liability California New Jersey

We All Think Distracted Driving Is a Problem; Many Do It Anyway

We All Think Distracted Driving Is a Problem; Many Do It Anyway

Ninety-three percent of drivers think reading on a cell phone while driving is ‘very or extremely’ dangerous. Thirty-six percent of those same drivers admitted to doing it anyway in the last 30 days.
December 9, 2022 Auto

Perils On American Roads: Driver Behavior Across The Nation

Perils On American Roads: Driver Behavior Across The Nation

‘What? No way! Wrong.’ After seven years, we’ve heard it all. No matter where a state ranks on our annual list of best and worst drivers, everyone thinks their state has the worst drivers in America.
December 9, 2022 Auto

Freezing Fog Contributed To 30-Vehicle Pileup On Washington Interstate

Freezing Fog Contributed To 30-Vehicle Pileup On Washington Interstate

Thirty vehicles collided early Wednesday morning on Interstate 90, forcing an eight-hour closure of the eastbound lanes of the freeway east of Ellensburg.
December 8, 2022 Auto Washington

New Jersey Legislators Seek To Ban Non-Driving Factors From Auto Policy Underwriting

New Jersey Legislators Seek To Ban Non-Driving Factors From Auto Policy Underwriting

During a press conference Monday, New Jersey Senate majority leader Terea Ruiz told a joke about her parents to underscore why she thinks car insurance companies shouldn’t be allowed to determine someone’s premium rate based on their education level.
December 6, 2022 Auto Legislation & Regulation New Jersey

Electric Vehicles: A Use Case for UBI

Electric Vehicles: A Use Case for UBI

EVs bring to light some potentially interesting implications on auto insurance. They could represent a prime use case for a new type of embedded usage-based insurance policy.
December 6, 2022 Auto

Confronting The Deer In The Headlights

Confronting The Deer In The Headlights

One day last month our firm received three separate, unrelated subrogation claim files involving serious personal injury, property damage, and a death resulting from tractor-trailers whose drivers had lost control after serving to avoid colliding with a deer on the highway.
December 5, 2022 Auto Subrogation

Denied Insurance Claim Led To Shooting In Oklahoma City

Denied Insurance Claim Led To Shooting In Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City police released more information on Tuesday about a deadly shooting inside a business on the northwest side of the city. Police confirmed a Midwest City man was enraged over a denied claim and shot a woman inside an insurance agency before Robert Arnest, 65, turned the gun on himself.
December 1, 2022 Auto Weird Oklahoma

Can Insurers Connect To The Connected Car?

Can Insurers Connect To The Connected Car?

Today, more cars than ever are connected, and those connected cars are creating and transmitting a lot of data. This, in turn, has created a gold rush among automobile manufacturers (aka OEMs), insurers and others to find ways to monetize that data. For personal auto insurers, the stakes are greater than ever.
November 29, 2022 Auto Technology

Ford Recalls 634K+ SUVs Over Fuel Leaks and Fire Risk

Ford Recalls 634K+ SUVs Over Fuel Leaks and Fire Risk

Ford Motor Co. is recalling over 634,000 SUVs worldwide because a cracked fuel injector can spill fuel or leak vapors onto a hot engine and cause fires. The recall covers Bronco Sport and Escape SUVs from the 2020 through 2023 model years.
November 28, 2022 Auto Subrogation

Hurricane Ian Prompts a Question: How Many Totaled Vehicles Return to the Road?

Hurricane Ian Prompts a Question: How Many Totaled Vehicles Return to the Road?

Hurricane Ian caused widespread flooding across Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina in October, resulting in losses estimated at between $41 billion and $70 billion. Among those losses were up to 358,000 vehicles damaged by floodwaters, according to Carfax.
November 22, 2022 Auto Salvage Florida North Carolina South Carolina
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