A chain-reaction crash on an interstate in southeastern Missouri on Thursday morning left six people dead and resulted in a pileup of an estimated 135 vehicles, closing the highway in both directions for hours, the authorities said.

Drivers of bigger vehicles such as pickup trucks and SUVs are more likely to hit pedestrians while making turns than drivers of cars, according to a new study. The research released Thursday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety points to the increasing popularity of larger vehicles as a possible factor in rising pedestrian deaths on U.S. roads.

Though the insurance industry has been quick to adopt digital claims processes, including photo estimates, customer dissatisfaction with the technology remains a significant concern, industry representatives who took part in a Reuters Events webinar agreed Tuesday.

All east and westbound lanes on Route 581 have reopened after a pile-up crash involving 73 vehicles on Saturday afternoon that miraculously resulted in no reported life-threatening injuries.

State Farm said Thursday that metal thieves in search of platinum, rhodium and palladium are stealing catalytic converters in ever-greater numbers, sending auto-insurance claims soaring across the U.S.

Major cities across the US have seen an ‘unprecedented’ surge in auto thefts and carjackings in recent years, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has warned.

Testifying before a US Senate Committee on the issue of car thefts, NICB president and CEO David Glawe spoke not only of the rise in auto theft cases, but also discussed the apparent connection between car stealing and other serious violent crimes.

Local governments in the United States in recent years have begun adopting ‘Vision Zero’ policies, which aim at cutting roadway fatalities to zero. Such policies - which have demonstrated success abroad - have drawn even more interest since the onset of the pandemic, during which traffic fatalities and injuries have surged.

The claims experience will become increasingly automated over the next three years, as many customers are handling their claims virtually - and this will impact insurance professionals’ daily work, a recent LexisNexis report predicts.

While insurance industry sentiment is that higher repair costs for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) features offset ADAS loss-cost benefits, a new study from LexisNexis Risk Solutions finds that’s not entirely true.

A Houston man is charged with stalking after San Antonio police said he harassed an insurance claims adjuster and slashed her car tires, according to an arrest affidavit.

After years of steady declines, traffic fatalities in the United States are on the rise, contributing to increasing auto insurance rates. This comes despite declines in the average number of miles driven due to the pandemic.

Jessica Long, 29, was in standstill traffic in her vehicle on Interstate 95 in Jacksonville on Dec. 15, 2018, when Virjona Gjuraj, driving a Honda, collided with the back of her car. After a lengthy legal battle that began in October 2019, a Duval County jury awarded Long a $16.4 million verdict against her insurance company, Travelers Home and Marine Insurance.

The story began with a 20-year-old Manitoban saying he’d fallen asleep at the wheel in a newer model Chevy Silverado, veering off the road and crashing into a few parked cars.

More than 100 cars and semis crashed on a slippery stretch of interstate in central Illinois Thursday, according to state police. The crashes stretched several hundred yards along Interstate 39, local news outlets reported.

Legislators, safety advocacy groups, and others are mulling over not only the safety of semi- or fully autonomous vehicles (AVs) but who is at fault and accountable when they’re involved in crashes. So how does that affect insurance and repairers?