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Ohio Gov. Taft Orders Review of Ads for Auto Insurance in State Registration Renewals (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
You get your vehicle registration renewal notice in the mail. It says you must certify that you have insurance and threatens fines, penalties and the loss of your driver's license if you don't.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Insurance Australia to Buy 24.9% of China Pacific (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Insurance Australia Group Ltd., the nation's largest auto and home insurer, said it will buy a 24.9 percent stake in China Pacific Property Insurance Co.
Source: www.bloomberg.com

Onliner offers car-of-choice with 12-mth insurance (AutoWired)
RICHARD SANDERS, whose 9-year-old 'Drive-the-Deal' business continues to thrive, has added to his online empire.
Source: www.autowired.co.uk

Agents upset with car insurance ads in BMV mailings (BizJournals)
The state agency that requires Ohio motorists to have insurance is letting advertisements for car insurance be packaged with its vehicle registration renewal forms.
Source: www.bizjournals.com

Auto insurer spends $188K to battle sleep disorders (CBC Saskatchewan)
The province's auto insurance company is spending cash to fight drowsy drivers. On Tuesday, Saskatchewan Government Insurance said it will give $188,000 to the the Sleep Disorders Centre at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon.
Source: www.cbc.ca

Insurance Australia tapping into China (International Herald Tribune)
Insurance Australia Group, the nation's largest auto and home insurer, said Tuesday that it would buy 24.9 percent of China Pacific Property Insurance, tapping a market with annual growth of more than a fifth in the past five years.
Source: www.iht.com

Squirrels, cows, kebabs top odd British insurance claims (AFP via Yahoo! News)
British motorists made claims last year for everything from a frozen squirrel crashing through a car windshield to a cow jumping on a quad bike, an insurance company said.
Source: news.yahoo.com

American Insurance Association Says Auto Issues Priority in Minn. (Insurance Journal)
Repeal or reform of the state's auto insurance no-fault law, "no pay/no play" legislation and consumer privacy are all top legislative priorities for Minnesota, according to a written statement rel
Source: www.insurancejournal.com

Rental-car insurance is often unnecessary (The Columbus Dispatch)
When you rent a car, the scam you re most likely to encounter is pressure to buy extra insurance. Readers have asked whether sleazy rental agents target senior citizens. Not necessarily, but some agents do target renters who don t know the ropes.
Source: www.dispatch.com

Swiftcover expands online insurance offering (UK Comment Wire)
The company that claims to be the UKs first 100% online insurer, Swiftcover Insurance, has expanded its offerings, adding travel insurance to the online car insurance service it launched in June 2005.
Source: www.commentwire.com

Insurance providers call for reform (The Daily Star Lebannon)
Although Lebanon's insurance sector is the leader in the region, it still lags far behind its Western counterparts, since the majority of Lebanese lack home, life and car insurance. The $500 million spent annually on premiums is the highest per capita of all Middle Eastern countries except the U.A.E., but only 25 percent.
Source: www.dailystar.com.lb

Insurance Australia to Buy 24.9% of China Pacific (Update4) (Bloomberg.com)
Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Insurance Australia Group Ltd., the nation's largest auto and home insurer, will buy 24.9 percent of China Pacific Property Insurance Co., tapping a market with annual growth of more than a fifth in the past five years.
Source: www.bloomberg.com

Nutty insurance claim as squirrel hits car (Edinburgh Evening News)
MOTORISTS made insurance claims last year for everything from a frozen squirrel crashing through a car windscreen to a cow jumping on a quad bike, it was revealed today.
Source: edinburghnews.scotsman.com

Consumers Can Cut Car-Care Costs (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Motorists often overpay for towing coverage offered by insurance companies, car manufacturers and roadside-service companies, says PEMCO Insurance.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Taft Asks BMV to Look into Insurance Ads Included in Auto Mailings (WTOL News 11)
COLUMBUS (AP) -- Governor Taft has asked a state agency to look into a contract that allows an insurance company to advertise in thousands of vehicle registration renewal notices sent to drivers.
Source: www.wtol.com

Va. House Panel Blocks Gov. Kaine's Insurance Tax Plan (Insurance Journal)
The heart of Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's transportation funding plan higher car sales and insurance premiums taxes died Monday in the House Finance Committee. On party-line votes, the tax
Source: www.insurancejournal.com

Metro area auto thefts drop (Detroit News)
The number of auto thefts declined in Metro Detroit in 2004, with Oakland County leading the way, according to the latest insurance and police statistics released Monday.
Source: www.detnews.com

Car thefts down, but industry still lucrative (Independent Online)
Insurance companies have upped their funding of a Business Against Crime vehicle theft task team to R1,5-million in an attempt to further reduce car theft despite a decline noticed in vehicle-related crimes.
Source: www.iol.co.za