Torrential downpours hammered South Jersey overnight, flooding highways, forcing the PATCO High Speed Line to halt suburban operations and triggering evacuations of residents along the Rancocas and Big Timber creeks.

Two semitrailer truck drivers have been killed in a multi-vehicle crash on I-41/94 in Racine County. All lanes of the highway were closed just after 11 a.m. Wednesday because of the crash. The southbound lanes lanes reopened at Ryan Road at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

It started in Australia, made its way to Europe, and has been growing in the United States. In fact, litigation funding has grown 414 percent in this country from 2013 to 2017, according to a 2017 report by Burford Capital. It’s now a multi-billion-dollar business.

The 1954 Ford Crestline convertible was like a member of the family to Dick Fischerkeller.

You’ve just wrecked your car and a Mobile police officer arranges for your vehicle to be towed, picking a towing company off a list kept by the department.

Uber has presented the latest member of its self-driving car fleet at its annual Elevate conference. The self-driving Volvo XC90 SUV is the first Uber vehicle designed without the need for a driver.

Adjusters handling auto liability claims shouldn’t be too quick to settle and take what the plaintiff’s lawyer is saying with a grain of salt. These are among the takeaways from Thursday’s Supreme Court of Canada decision in Fleury v. Paulus.

Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer, is partnering with Owlcam, a Palo Alto, Calif-based provider of car security webcams and services, to improve the P&C insurer’s customer claims experience.

Elon Musk has been rocking the boat in the insurance industry as of late after confirming in a Q1 earnings call that Tesla planned to launch its own insurance product, later announcing that the automotive company would partner with State National Insurance Company, a subsidiary of insurance titan Markel Corporation, which will serve as a fronting company for the program.

Ford is recalling over 1.3 million vehicles mainly in North America to fix rear suspension and transmission control software problems.

The thunderstorm that swept through the area in about an hour Sunday may take months to recover from as tree service companies worked to remove downed trees, roofing firms began repairs and homeowners filed insurance claims for damage.

Michigan motorists will be required to buy significantly more liability coverage under the new auto insurance law, and there are no assurances those extra costs will not offset reductions the law requires in the personal injury protection (PIP) portion of motorists’ premiums, according to a top insurance industry executive.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk told shareholders at the company’s annual meeting that an insurance product is still in the works and will be launched after the completion of an unspecified acquisition.

Several hot rod cars were reported stolen in Charlotte over the past weekend. The cars were in the city for the Hot Rod Power Tour, an event for car lovers to show off their vehicles to other auto enthusiasts.

Severe flooding persists as waters continue to rise in the southeastern United States. The flooding forced hundreds from their homes, caused travel disruptions and damaged property early this week.