• Auto Club Looks To Add 100-Plus

      Costa Mesa-based Automobile Club of Southern California is looking to hire more than 100 people in the next three months. The auto, home and life insurance company, known for its roadside towing service and AAA membership discounts, held a...
    • Lawmakers Ask Top 5 Auto Insurers to Share Toyota Claims Data

      A committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has asked five major automobile insurers to produce background data that might further illuminate potential concerns with the safety of cars built by Toyota Motor Corp. and also reveal the re...
    • The good news about pricier car insurance

      Auto insurance companies did not make a profit in New Jersey in 2008 as they battled for customers, one factor that is causing drivers to pay higher rates after several years of declines, according to state and industry sources. After five...
    • How to Instantly Compare Auto Insurance Quotes Online

      Ive had my car insurance through Nationwide for almost 30 years. My parents used Nationwide when I started driving, so thats who I used. Of course, back then there was no Internet or easy way to compare auto insurance quotes. You had to cal...
    • AAA Tipsy Tow helps drivers Sunday

      AAA doesnt want football fans to fumble when it comes to drinking and driving this Sunday. The auto club is offering a free tow home for drivers who have been drinking at Super Bowl festivities. Tipsy Tow service will start 6 p.m. Feb. 7 an...
    • Deer-Car Crashes Up 22 percent in California

      Nov. 17--SANTA CRUZ -- Deer-vehicle collisions are on the upswing in California, with a 22 percent increase over the past five years, compared to 9 percent in Oregon, according to a review of claims by State Farm Insurance. The insurer does...
    • State program offers low-cost car insurance

      High unemployment in the central San Joaquin Valley is driving fear that more motorists are going without auto insurance because they can't afford it. That's why the Department of Insurance and the California Highway Patrol are making a push...
    • How much is Auto Insurance for a Smart For Two?

      Allstate Insurance Company's website offers an anonymous ballpark estimate auto insurance calculator, where we learn the following, regarding a 2010 Smart For Two: Ballpark estimated cost for insuring (through Allstate) a 2010 Smart-For-Two;...
    • How much is Auto Insurance for a Honda Passport?

      Automobile insurance costs vary by state, city, county, and other regional factors; and by individual driver's records; and by coverage options, as well as other similar circumstances. That said, we can only come up with some very average ba...
    • What is Rental Car Insurance?

      Rental car insurance is temporary car insuranceto cover a rented vehicle. It will depend on the type you purchase, but the most common is full-coverage rental insurance. Full coverage rental car insurance provides you coverage for most circu...
    • Insurers, Regulators Find Auto Claims Spike As Gas Prices Fall

      Auto insurance claim frequency is rising, in some cases precipitously, as gasoline prices have declined from the high levels seen in 2008, according to regulators and two large insurers. We have seen some disturbing increases said Anne Kell...
    • The IMF examines the trail of a premium for banks

      PARIS (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund explores the possibility of charging the banks a premium for insurance to fund any future bailouts in the sector, said on Sunday its director general Dominique Strauss-Kahn. In a telephone i...
    • United States. Health Insurance: History in motion

      In voting by 220voix cons 215 Bill to reform health insurance, the House of Representatives allowed Saturday to put Obama within reach of a revolution. But the suspense continues ... From our Washington correspondent. In any other major par...
    • Car insurance: no rate increase for customers Maaf in 2010

      Good news for motorists who have purchased their insurance from the Maaf: the premium they pay in 2010 will remain unchanged. Sixme is the year that the insurer does not reassess its rates. That translates, according Maaf, a decrease of 1.5...
    • Now that they gave you the to the car,what about insurance?

      One of the major events in many peoples lives is earning the privilege of driving a motor vehicle. Everyone who drives an automobile has the responsibility not only for operating a safe vehicle in a safe manner, but also for being able to pa...
    • A message from Commissioner of Insurance James J. Donelon

      Some of us spend up to a quarter of our income each year on insurance. Yet many do not take the same care when buying insurance that we take with buying the cars we are insuring. Many of us tend to judge insurance by the cost of the premium...
    • How to Dodge the Car Insurance Increases

      Car insurance prices are rising faster than ever, especially for younger drivers, according to a survey just published by the AA. But these days there are more opportunities to dodge the increases, says Adrian Flux Insurance Services, one o...
    • AmTrust to Invest $42.5 Million to Buy GMAC's Auto Business

      Multinational insurance holding company AmTrust Financial Services Inc. said it will invest $42.5 million in a joint venture to purchase GMAC's book of domestic automobile insurance business. AmTrust is partnering with American Capital Acqu...
    • 'Pay-As-You-Drive' Regulations Given Green Light in California

      Long-draft Regulation to implement pay-as-you-drive insurance in California are now in force, the state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said. As approved by the State Office of Administrative Law, the final regulations allow PAYD auto...
    • Fitch Issues Special Report on U.S. Auto Insurance Market

      CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In a new report published yesterday, Fitch Ratings discusses recent developments and issues currently facing U.S. auto insurers and the impact they may have on current ratings. The report notes that although the U...