Saturday, March 11, 2006

Beware: Auto insurance 'add-ons' may already exist in your plan (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)


Beware: Auto insurance 'add-ons' may already exist in your plan (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
NEW YORK | It seems like you can get a premium service for just about anything these days, so why should your auto insurance be any different? You may have noticed the TV commercials for Allstate's new insurance extras, such as "accident forgiveness," which keeps your rates from being raised after a crash, and for new car replacement.

Teen killed in one-car crash; passengers tell of horseplay (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Donna Blauser's voice wavered and broke off last night as she struggled through tears to warn teenagers about the dangers ofhorseplay while driving -- just one day after her 16-year-old son died when he was thrown from a car full of teens on Man o' War Boulevard.

Age starts counting for more in motor insurance (The Observer)
A survey for Cash of motor insurance premiums for the over-50s shows the level of the cheapest policies available has risen 4 per cent in the past year.

Car insurers must release brakes on premiums soon (The Scotsman: Business)
SHOULD we expect motor insurance costs to rise? It's March and the rush to buy newly registered cars will, over the next few weeks, release thousands of used cars on to the market.

Insurance program expands to Peninsula (San Mateo Daily Journal)
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday the expansion of the state s low-cost auto insurance program to Santa Clara, San Mateo and Imperial counties.

Is premium insurance worth the premium? (Lincoln Journal Star)
NEW YORK It seems like you can get a premium service for just about anything these days, so why should your auto insurance be any different?

Traffic fatalities Two people died Thursday afternoon when their car lost control on snowy Oregon 22 east of Detroit (The Oregonian)
Roman G. Zaytsev, 81, of Vancouver died Tuesday in a Vancouver hospital of chest injuries received four weeks earlier in a bicycle-car collision, according to the Clark County medical examiner's office.

Scots car buyers go for Skodas (Paisley Daily Express)
Scots go for Skodas and Londoners love luxury models, a survey of car-buying habits shows. In Dumfries and Galloway there are twice the UK national average of Skodas, which also sell well in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the survey from online insurance company swiftcover.com found.

Do You Need Life Insurance? (AskMen)
Some people believe that having life insurance -- planning for their death -- will bring misfortune to their lives, and would rather not have any at all. Unfortunately, too many people don't realize the importance of life insurance until it's too late.

Deterring car thieves (CNN Money)
Buying a car is one of the biggest investments you can make. People today spend $30, $40 or $50 thousand dollars on their set of wheels.

Low cost auto insurance program expanded (East Bay Business Times)
The California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program will be expanded to Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Imperial counties, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday.

State to hold hearing on auto-insurance rates (Charlotte Business Journal)
A hearing on N.C. automobile insurance rates has been set for June.

New auto policies offer variety, choices, discounts and expense (Lincoln Journal Star)
A new approach to motor vehicle insurance sales, providing customers with a larger selection of benefits, has begun in Nebraska.

Auto rates on bumpy road (Winston-Salem Journal)
The N.C. Department of Insurance said yesterday that it would hold a hearing in June on an insurance-industry request to raise rates for auto insurance.

Insurance Auto Auctions Acquires NW Penn Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage in Erie, Pennsylvania (The Auto Channel)
WESTCHESTER, Ill.--March 8, 2006--Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leader in automotive total loss and specialty salvage services in the United States, today announced the acquisition of NW Penn. Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage located in Erie, Pennsylvania. This acquisition represents the fourth IAA location in Pennsylvania, allowing IAA to better serve northern and central Pennsylvania as

Low-cost car insurance due this summer (Palo Alto Weekly)
Lower-income residents of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties could get state-backed low-cost auto insurance by late summer, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday.

Five Great Reasons to Shop Around For Auto Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(ARA) - Shopping around is the number one way of saving money on insurance. Are you sure you're getting the best deal possible with your current insurance company?

Teen killed in one-car crash; passengers tell of horseplay (Lexington Herald-Leader)


Teen killed in one-car crash; passengers tell of horseplay (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Donna Blauser's voice wavered and broke off last night as she struggled through tears to warn teenagers about the dangers ofhorseplay while driving -- just one day after her 16-year-old son died when he was thrown from a car full of teens on Man o' War Boulevard.

Deterring car thieves (CNN Money)
Buying a car is one of the biggest investments you can make. People today spend $30, $40 or $50 thousand dollars on their set of wheels.

Car insurers must release brakes on premiums soon (The Scotsman: Business)
SHOULD we expect motor insurance costs to rise? It's March and the rush to buy newly registered cars will, over the next few weeks, release thousands of used cars on to the market.

Is premium insurance worth the premium? (Lincoln Journal Star)
NEW YORK It seems like you can get a premium service for just about anything these days, so why should your auto insurance be any different?

New auto policies offer variety, choices, discounts and expense (Lincoln Journal Star)
A new approach to motor vehicle insurance sales, providing customers with a larger selection of benefits, has begun in Nebraska.

Traffic fatalities Two people died Thursday afternoon when their car lost control on snowy Oregon 22 east of Detroit (The Oregonian)
Roman G. Zaytsev, 81, of Vancouver died Tuesday in a Vancouver hospital of chest injuries received four weeks earlier in a bicycle-car collision, according to the Clark County medical examiner's office.

Do You Need Life Insurance? (AskMen)
Some people believe that having life insurance -- planning for their death -- will bring misfortune to their lives, and would rather not have any at all. Unfortunately, too many people don't realize the importance of life insurance until it's too late.

Age starts counting for more in motor insurance (The Observer)
A survey for Cash of motor insurance premiums for the over-50s shows the level of the cheapest policies available has risen 4 per cent in the past year.

Insurance Auto Auctions Acquires NW Penn Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage in Erie, Pennsylvania (The Auto Channel)
WESTCHESTER, Ill.--March 8, 2006--Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leader in automotive total loss and specialty salvage services in the United States, today announced the acquisition of NW Penn. Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage located in Erie, Pennsylvania. This acquisition represents the fourth IAA location in Pennsylvania, allowing IAA to better serve northern and central Pennsylvania as

N.C. Schedules June Auto Insurance Rate Hearing (Insurance Journal)


N.C. Schedules June Auto Insurance Rate Hearing (Insurance Journal)
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has announced a hearing on auto insurance rates will be held in Raleigh in June and recently requested rate increases will be denied until after the hear

High-tech car keys spur growing lockout problem (Bonita Daily News)
Scott Austin s New Year s ski vacation was going great until he got locked out of his car. The locksmiths he called said that they couldn t make a key for his Nissan Pathfinder and that he would need to tow the car to a Nissan dealership.

Scots car buyers go for Skodas (Paisley Daily Express)
Scots go for Skodas and Londoners love luxury models, a survey of car-buying habits shows. In Dumfries and Galloway there are twice the UK national average of Skodas, which also sell well in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the survey from online insurance company swiftcover.com found.

2 men admit to insurance fraud (The MetroWest Daily News)
CAMBRIDGE -- Two men who admitted in court yesterday they tried to scam former Framingham Planning Board Chairman Helen Lemoine and her insurance company were ordered to write letters of apology to her.

Travel Insurance Comes to Botswana (AllAfrica.com)
Bumping along the road to the Gaborone International Convention Centre in his car last Friday, the managing director of Botswana Insurance Company Limited, Dziki Nganunu thought to himself that there should be pothole insurance for city motorists.

Car insurers must release brakes on premiums soon (The Scotsman: Business)
SHOULD we expect motor insurance costs to rise? It's March and the rush to buy newly registered cars will, over the next few weeks, release thousands of used cars on to the market.

Electric Insurance Revises Missouri Auto Product (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BEVERLY, Mass.----March 8, 2006--Electric Insurance announced today the introduction of its enhanced auto product in Missouri. The product is open immediately for all new business and will be available for renewal business beginning on April 5, 2006.

Low-cost car insurance due this summer (Palo Alto Weekly)
Lower-income residents of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties could get state-backed low-cost auto insurance by late summer, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday.

Auto rates on bumpy road (Winston-Salem Journal)
The N.C. Department of Insurance said yesterday that it would hold a hearing in June on an insurance-industry request to raise rates for auto insurance.

State to hold hearing on auto-insurance rates (Charlotte Business Journal)
A hearing on N.C. automobile insurance rates has been set for June.

Insurance program expands to Peninsula (San Mateo Daily Journal)
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday the expansion of the state s low-cost auto insurance program to Santa Clara, San Mateo and Imperial counties.

Age starts counting for more in motor insurance (The Observer)
A survey for Cash of motor insurance premiums for the over-50s shows the level of the cheapest policies available has risen 4 per cent in the past year.

Deterring car thieves (CNN Money)


Deterring car thieves (CNN Money)
Buying a car is one of the biggest investments you can make. People today spend $30, $40 or $50 thousand dollars on their set of wheels.

Does Nationwide Insurance discriminate against the overweight? (Times-Standard)
Does Nationwide Insurance Company have a policy of discriminating against people who are overweight? Do they care about fairly and honestly settling auto accident cases? It seems a very strange turn-around for what has historically been a very credible insurance company.

Auto rates on bumpy road (Winston-Salem Journal)
The N.C. Department of Insurance said yesterday that it would hold a hearing in June on an insurance-industry request to raise rates for auto insurance.

Age starts counting for more in motor insurance (The Observer)
A survey for Cash of motor insurance premiums for the over-50s shows the level of the cheapest policies available has risen 4 per cent in the past year.

Insurance Auto Auctions Acquires NW Penn Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage in Erie, Pennsylvania (The Auto Channel)
WESTCHESTER, Ill.--March 8, 2006--Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leader in automotive total loss and specialty salvage services in the United States, today announced the acquisition of NW Penn. Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage located in Erie, Pennsylvania. This acquisition represents the fourth IAA location in Pennsylvania, allowing IAA to better serve northern and central Pennsylvania as

Car insurers must release brakes on premiums soon (The Scotsman: Business)
SHOULD we expect motor insurance costs to rise? It's March and the rush to buy newly registered cars will, over the next few weeks, release thousands of used cars on to the market.

Low-cost car insurance due this summer (Palo Alto Weekly)
Lower-income residents of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties could get state-backed low-cost auto insurance by late summer, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday.

2 men admit to insurance fraud (The MetroWest Daily News)
CAMBRIDGE -- Two men who admitted in court yesterday they tried to scam former Framingham Planning Board Chairman Helen Lemoine and her insurance company were ordered to write letters of apology to her.

Traffic fatalities Two people died Thursday afternoon when their car lost control on snowy Oregon 22 east of Detroit (The Oregonian)


Traffic fatalities Two people died Thursday afternoon when their car lost control on snowy Oregon 22 east of Detroit (The Oregonian)
Roman G. Zaytsev, 81, of Vancouver died Tuesday in a Vancouver hospital of chest injuries received four weeks earlier in a bicycle-car collision, according to the Clark County medical examiner's office.

Car insurers must release brakes on premiums soon (The Scotsman: Business)
SHOULD we expect motor insurance costs to rise? It's March and the rush to buy newly registered cars will, over the next few weeks, release thousands of used cars on to the market.

Scots car buyers go for Skodas (ic Dunbartonshire)
Scots go for Skodas and Londoners love luxury models, a survey of car-buying habits shows. In Dumfries and Galloway there are twice the UK national average of Skodas, which also sell well in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the survey from online insurance company swiftcover.com found.

Teen killed in one-car crash; passengers tell of horseplay (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Donna Blauser's voice wavered and broke off last night as she struggled through tears to warn teenagers about the dangers ofhorseplay while driving -- just one day after her 16-year-old son died when he was thrown from a car full of teens on Man o' War Boulevard.

Low-cost car insurance coming by summer (Palo Alto Weekly)
Lower-income residents of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties could get state-backed low-cost auto insurance by late summer, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday.

Car insurers must release brakes on premiums soon (The Scotsman: Business)


Car insurers must release brakes on premiums soon (The Scotsman: Business)
SHOULD we expect motor insurance costs to rise? It's March and the rush to buy newly registered cars will, over the next few weeks, release thousands of used cars on to the market.

High-tech car keys spur growing lockout problem (Bonita Daily News)
Scott Austin s New Year s ski vacation was going great until he got locked out of his car. The locksmiths he called said that they couldn t make a key for his Nissan Pathfinder and that he would need to tow the car to a Nissan dealership.

Does Nationwide Insurance discriminate against the overweight? (Times-Standard)
Does Nationwide Insurance Company have a policy of discriminating against people who are overweight? Do they care about fairly and honestly settling auto accident cases? It seems a very strange turn-around for what has historically been a very credible insurance company.

Auto rates on bumpy road (Winston-Salem Journal)
The N.C. Department of Insurance said yesterday that it would hold a hearing in June on an insurance-industry request to raise rates for auto insurance.

Traffic fatalities Two people died Thursday afternoon when their car lost control on snowy Oregon 22 east of Detroit (The Oregonian)
Roman G. Zaytsev, 81, of Vancouver died Tuesday in a Vancouver hospital of chest injuries received four weeks earlier in a bicycle-car collision, according to the Clark County medical examiner's office.

Insurance program expands to Peninsula (San Mateo Daily Journal)
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday the expansion of the state s low-cost auto insurance program to Santa Clara, San Mateo and Imperial counties.

Electric Insurance Revises Missouri Auto Product (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BEVERLY, Mass.----March 8, 2006--Electric Insurance announced today the introduction of its enhanced auto product in Missouri. The product is open immediately for all new business and will be available for renewal business beginning on April 5, 2006.

Scots car buyers go for Skodas (Paisley Daily Express)
Scots go for Skodas and Londoners love luxury models, a survey of car-buying habits shows. In Dumfries and Galloway there are twice the UK national average of Skodas, which also sell well in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the survey from online insurance company swiftcover.com found.

Insurance Auto Auctions Acquires NW Penn Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage in Erie, Pennsylvania (The Auto Channel)
WESTCHESTER, Ill.--March 8, 2006--Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leader in automotive total loss and specialty salvage services in the United States, today announced the acquisition of NW Penn. Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage located in Erie, Pennsylvania. This acquisition represents the fourth IAA location in Pennsylvania, allowing IAA to better serve northern and central Pennsylvania as

Travel Insurance Comes to Botswana (AllAfrica.com)
Bumping along the road to the Gaborone International Convention Centre in his car last Friday, the managing director of Botswana Insurance Company Limited, Dziki Nganunu thought to himself that there should be pothole insurance for city motorists.

Low cost auto insurance program expanded (East Bay Business Times)
The California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program will be expanded to Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Imperial counties, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday.

State to hold hearing on auto-insurance rates (Charlotte Business Journal)
A hearing on N.C. automobile insurance rates has been set for June.

N.C. Schedules June Auto Insurance Rate Hearing (Insurance Journal)
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has announced a hearing on auto insurance rates will be held in Raleigh in June and recently requested rate increases will be denied until after the hear

Low-cost car insurance due this summer (Palo Alto Weekly)


Low-cost car insurance due this summer (Palo Alto Weekly)
Lower-income residents of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties could get state-backed low-cost auto insurance by late summer, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday.
Source: www.paloaltoonline.com

Electric Insurance Revises Missouri Auto Product (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BEVERLY, Mass.----March 8, 2006--Electric Insurance announced today the introduction of its enhanced auto product in Missouri. The product is open immediately for all new business and will be available for renewal business beginning on April 5, 2006.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Scots car buyers go for Skodas (Paisley Daily Express)
Scots go for Skodas and Londoners love luxury models, a survey of car-buying habits shows. In Dumfries and Galloway there are twice the UK national average of Skodas, which also sell well in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the survey from online insurance company swiftcover.com found.
Source: icrenfrewshire.icnetwork.co.uk

Teen killed in one-car crash; passengers tell of horseplay (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Donna Blauser's voice wavered and broke off last night as she struggled through tears to warn teenagers about the dangers ofhorseplay while driving -- just one day after her 16-year-old son died when he was thrown from a car full of teens on Man o' War Boulevard.
Source: www.myrtlebeachonline.com

State to hold hearing on auto-insurance rates (Charlotte Business Journal)
A hearing on N.C. automobile insurance rates has been set for June.
Source: www.bizjournals.com

Does Nationwide Insurance discriminate against the overweight? (Times-Standard)
Does Nationwide Insurance Company have a policy of discriminating against people who are overweight? Do they care about fairly and honestly settling auto accident cases? It seems a very strange turn-around for what has historically been a very credible insurance company.
Source: www.times-standard.com

High-tech car keys spur growing lockout problem (Bonita Daily News)
Scott Austin s New Year s ski vacation was going great until he got locked out of his car. The locksmiths he called said that they couldn t make a key for his Nissan Pathfinder and that he would need to tow the car to a Nissan dealership.
Source: www.bonitanews.com

Deterring car thieves (CNN Money)
Buying a car is one of the biggest investments you can make. People today spend $30, $40 or $50 thousand dollars on their set of wheels.
Source: money.cnn.com

NRMA gives free rein to customers on car repairs (Sydney Morning Herald)
NRMA Insurance has succumbed to growing criticism of its controversial internet-based smash repair system by announcing a plan to allow customers to choose their own repairer. -
Source: www.smh.com.au

Traffic fatalities Two people died Thursday afternoon when their car lost control on snowy Oregon 22 east of Detroit (The Oregonian)
Roman G. Zaytsev, 81, of Vancouver died Tuesday in a Vancouver hospital of chest injuries received four weeks earlier in a bicycle-car collision, according to the Clark County medical examiner's office.
Source: www.oregonlive.com

2 men admit to insurance fraud (The MetroWest Daily News)
CAMBRIDGE -- Two men who admitted in court yesterday they tried to scam former Framingham Planning Board Chairman Helen Lemoine and her insurance company were ordered to write letters of apology to her.
Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com

Travel Insurance Comes to Botswana (AllAfrica.com)
Bumping along the road to the Gaborone International Convention Centre in his car last Friday, the managing director of Botswana Insurance Company Limited, Dziki Nganunu thought to himself that there should be pothole insurance for city motorists.
Source: allafrica.com

Insurance program expands to Peninsula (San Mateo Daily Journal)
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday the expansion of the state s low-cost auto insurance program to Santa Clara, San Mateo and Imperial counties.
Source: www.smdailyjournal.com

N.J. Brush Fire Disrupts Rail, Car Traffic (WNBC)
A car fire in the town of Linden spread quickly through the brush, forcing some railways and highways to shut down.
Source: www.wnbc.com

N.C. Schedules June Auto Insurance Rate Hearing (Insurance Journal)
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has announced a hearing on auto insurance rates will be held in Raleigh in June and recently requested rate increases will be denied until after the hear
Source: www.insurancejournal.com

Five Great Reasons to Shop Around For Auto Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(ARA) - Shopping around is the number one way of saving money on insurance. Are you sure you're getting the best deal possible with your current insurance company?
Source: www.stuttgartdailyleader.com

Auto rates on bumpy road (Winston-Salem Journal)
The N.C. Department of Insurance said yesterday that it would hold a hearing in June on an insurance-industry request to raise rates for auto insurance.
Source: www.journalnow.com

Low-cost car insurance due this summer (Palo Alto Weekly)


Low-cost car insurance due this summer (Palo Alto Weekly)
Lower-income residents of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties could get state-backed low-cost auto insurance by late summer, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday.
Source: www.paloaltoonline.com

Insurance program expands to Peninsula (San Mateo Daily Journal)
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday the expansion of the state s low-cost auto insurance program to Santa Clara, San Mateo and Imperial counties.
Source: www.smdailyjournal.com

NRMA gives free rein to customers on car repairs (Sydney Morning Herald)
NRMA Insurance has succumbed to growing criticism of its controversial internet-based smash repair system by announcing a plan to allow customers to choose their own repairer. -
Source: www.smh.com.au

2 men admit to insurance fraud (The MetroWest Daily News)
CAMBRIDGE -- Two men who admitted in court yesterday they tried to scam former Framingham Planning Board Chairman Helen Lemoine and her insurance company were ordered to write letters of apology to her.
Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com

Low cost auto insurance program expanded (East Bay Business Times)
The California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program will be expanded to Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Imperial counties, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday.
Source: www.bizjournals.com

Deterring car thieves (CNN Money)
Buying a car is one of the biggest investments you can make. People today spend $30, $40 or $50 thousand dollars on their set of wheels.
Source: money.cnn.com

Scots car buyers go for Skodas (Paisley Daily Express)
Scots go for Skodas and Londoners love luxury models, a survey of car-buying habits shows. In Dumfries and Galloway there are twice the UK national average of Skodas, which also sell well in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the survey from online insurance company swiftcover.com found.
Source: icrenfrewshire.icnetwork.co.uk

High-tech car keys spur growing lockout problem (Bonita Daily News)


High-tech car keys spur growing lockout problem (Bonita Daily News)
Scott Austin s New Year s ski vacation was going great until he got locked out of his car. The locksmiths he called said that they couldn t make a key for his Nissan Pathfinder and that he would need to tow the car to a Nissan dealership.
Source: www.bonitanews.com

N.C. Schedules June Auto Insurance Rate Hearing (Insurance Journal)
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has announced a hearing on auto insurance rates will be held in Raleigh in June and recently requested rate increases will be denied until after the hear
Source: www.insurancejournal.com

2 men admit to insurance fraud (The MetroWest Daily News)
CAMBRIDGE -- Two men who admitted in court yesterday they tried to scam former Framingham Planning Board Chairman Helen Lemoine and her insurance company were ordered to write letters of apology to her.
Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com

N.J. Brush Fire Disrupts Rail, Car Traffic (WNBC)
A car fire in the town of Linden spread quickly through the brush, forcing some railways and highways to shut down.
Source: www.wnbc.com

Scots car buyers go for Skodas (Paisley Daily Express)
Scots go for Skodas and Londoners love luxury models, a survey of car-buying habits shows. In Dumfries and Galloway there are twice the UK national average of Skodas, which also sell well in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the survey from online insurance company swiftcover.com found.
Source: icrenfrewshire.icnetwork.co.uk

Low-cost car insurance due this summer (Palo Alto Weekly)
Lower-income residents of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties could get state-backed low-cost auto insurance by late summer, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday.
Source: www.paloaltoonline.com

Deterring car thieves (CNN Money)
Buying a car is one of the biggest investments you can make. People today spend $30, $40 or $50 thousand dollars on their set of wheels.
Source: money.cnn.com

Teen killed in one-car crash; passengers tell of horseplay (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Donna Blauser's voice wavered and broke off last night as she struggled through tears to warn teenagers about the dangers ofhorseplay while driving -- just one day after her 16-year-old son died when he was thrown from a car full of teens on Man o' War Boulevard.
Source: www.myrtlebeachonline.com

Traffic fatalities Two people died Thursday afternoon when their car lost control on snowy Oregon 22 east of Detroit (The Oregonian)
Roman G. Zaytsev, 81, of Vancouver died Tuesday in a Vancouver hospital of chest injuries received four weeks earlier in a bicycle-car collision, according to the Clark County medical examiner's office.
Source: www.oregonlive.com

Insurance Auto Auctions Acquires NW Penn Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage in Erie, Pennsylvania (The Auto Channel)
WESTCHESTER, Ill.--March 8, 2006--Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leader in automotive total loss and specialty salvage services in the United States, today announced the acquisition of NW Penn. Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage located in Erie, Pennsylvania. This acquisition represents the fourth IAA location in Pennsylvania, allowing IAA to better serve northern and central Pennsylvania as
Source: www.theautochannel.com

Auto rates on bumpy road (Winston-Salem Journal)
The N.C. Department of Insurance said yesterday that it would hold a hearing in June on an insurance-industry request to raise rates for auto insurance.
Source: www.journalnow.com

Five Great Reasons to Shop Around For Auto Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(ARA) - Shopping around is the number one way of saving money on insurance. Are you sure you're getting the best deal possible with your current insurance company?
Source: www.stuttgartdailyleader.com

Does Nationwide Insurance discriminate against the overweight? (Times-Standard)


Does Nationwide Insurance discriminate against the overweight? (Times-Standard)
Does Nationwide Insurance Company have a policy of discriminating against people who are overweight? Do they care about fairly and honestly settling auto accident cases? It seems a very strange turn-around for what has historically been a very credible insurance company.
Source: www.times-standard.com

Scots car buyers go for Skodas (Paisley Daily Express)
Scots go for Skodas and Londoners love luxury models, a survey of car-buying habits shows. In Dumfries and Galloway there are twice the UK national average of Skodas, which also sell well in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the survey from online insurance company swiftcover.com found.
Source: icrenfrewshire.icnetwork.co.uk

N.C. Schedules June Auto Insurance Rate Hearing (Insurance Journal)
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has announced a hearing on auto insurance rates will be held in Raleigh in June and recently requested rate increases will be denied until after the hear
Source: www.insurancejournal.com

Travel Insurance Comes to Botswana (AllAfrica.com)
Bumping along the road to the Gaborone International Convention Centre in his car last Friday, the managing director of Botswana Insurance Company Limited, Dziki Nganunu thought to himself that there should be pothole insurance for city motorists.
Source: allafrica.com

Five Great Reasons to Shop Around For Auto Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(ARA) - Shopping around is the number one way of saving money on insurance. Are you sure you're getting the best deal possible with your current insurance company?
Source: www.stuttgartdailyleader.com

Insurance program expands to Peninsula (San Mateo Daily Journal)
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday the expansion of the state s low-cost auto insurance program to Santa Clara, San Mateo and Imperial counties.
Source: www.smdailyjournal.com

State to hold hearing on auto-insurance rates (Charlotte Business Journal)
A hearing on N.C. automobile insurance rates has been set for June.
Source: www.bizjournals.com

Deterring car thieves (CNN Money)
Buying a car is one of the biggest investments you can make. People today spend $30, $40 or $50 thousand dollars on their set of wheels.
Source: money.cnn.com

Low-cost car insurance due this summer (Palo Alto Weekly)
Lower-income residents of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties could get state-backed low-cost auto insurance by late summer, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday.
Source: www.paloaltoonline.com

2 men admit to insurance fraud (The MetroWest Daily News)
CAMBRIDGE -- Two men who admitted in court yesterday they tried to scam former Framingham Planning Board Chairman Helen Lemoine and her insurance company were ordered to write letters of apology to her.
Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com

N.J. Brush Fire Disrupts Rail, Car Traffic (WNBC)
A car fire in the town of Linden spread quickly through the brush, forcing some railways and highways to shut down.
Source: www.wnbc.com

Auto rates on bumpy road (Winston-Salem Journal)
The N.C. Department of Insurance said yesterday that it would hold a hearing in June on an insurance-industry request to raise rates for auto insurance.
Source: www.journalnow.com

High-tech car keys spur growing lockout problem (Bonita Daily News)
Scott Austin s New Year s ski vacation was going great until he got locked out of his car. The locksmiths he called said that they couldn t make a key for his Nissan Pathfinder and that he would need to tow the car to a Nissan dealership.
Source: www.bonitanews.com

Teen killed in one-car crash; passengers tell of horseplay (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Donna Blauser's voice wavered and broke off last night as she struggled through tears to warn teenagers about the dangers ofhorseplay while driving -- just one day after her 16-year-old son died when he was thrown from a car full of teens on Man o' War Boulevard.
Source: www.myrtlebeachonline.com

Insurance Auto Auctions Acquires NW Penn Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage in Erie, Pennsylvania (The Auto Channel)
WESTCHESTER, Ill.--March 8, 2006--Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leader in automotive total loss and specialty salvage services in the United States, today announced the acquisition of NW Penn. Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage located in Erie, Pennsylvania. This acquisition represents the fourth IAA location in Pennsylvania, allowing IAA to better serve northern and central Pennsylvania as
Source: www.theautochannel.com

Low cost auto insurance program expanded (East Bay Business Times)
The California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program will be expanded to Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Imperial counties, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday.
Source: www.bizjournals.com

Traffic fatalities Two people died Thursday afternoon when their car lost control on snowy Oregon 22 east of Detroit (The Oregonian)
Roman G. Zaytsev, 81, of Vancouver died Tuesday in a Vancouver hospital of chest injuries received four weeks earlier in a bicycle-car collision, according to the Clark County medical examiner's office.
Source: www.oregonlive.com

Friday, March 10, 2006

Low-cost car insurance coming by summer (Palo Alto Weekly)


Low-cost car insurance coming by summer (Palo Alto Weekly)
Lower-income residents of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties could get state-backed low-cost auto insurance by late summer, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday.
Source: www.paloaltoonline.com

Off-duty officer fatally shoots man after car chase (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
An off-duty Philadelphia police officer chased a driver who collided with his car to the Willow Grove train station, then shot the man to death when he charged toward the officer early yesterday morning, police said.
Source: www.kansas.com

Franklin man, accomplice admit to insurance fraud (Milford Daily News)
CAMBRIDGE -- Two men who admitted in court yesterday they tried to scam former Framingham Planning Board Chairman Helen Lemoine and her insurance company were ordered to write letters of apology to her.
Source: www.milforddailynews.com

Five Great Reasons to Shop Around For Auto Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(ARA) - Shopping around is the number one way of saving money on insurance. Are you sure you're getting the best deal possible with your current insurance company?
Source: www.stuttgartdailyleader.com

Get More Mileage Out Of Your Auto Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(ARA) - Over the past year, gas prices have done nothing but spiral upwards. Consumer frustration has risen accordingly, due to financial constraints as well as consumers' inability to purchase a new car or travel as much as they might have intended.
Source: www.stuttgartdailyleader.com

Freberg Environmental Insurance Announces Excess Auto Liability Program (Insurance Journal)
Denver-based Environmental Insurance Program Manager, Freberg Environmental Inc. has introduced an excess automobile liability program. The excess auto liability insurance program provides limits of l
Source: www.insurancejournal.com

State to hold hearing on auto-insurance rates (Charlotte Business Journal)
A hearing on N.C. automobile insurance rates has been set for June.
Source: www.bizjournals.com

Teen killed in one-car crash; passengers tell of horseplay (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Donna Blauser's voice wavered and broke off last night as she struggled through tears to warn teenagers about the dangers ofhorseplay while driving -- just one day after her 16-year-old son died when he was thrown from a car full of teens on Man o' War Boulevard.
Source: www.myrtlebeachonline.com

High-tech car keys spur growing lockout problem (Bonita Daily News)
Scott Austin s New Year s ski vacation was going great until he got locked out of his car. The locksmiths he called said that they couldn t make a key for his Nissan Pathfinder and that he would need to tow the car to a Nissan dealership.
Source: www.bonitanews.com

Travel Insurance Comes to Botswana (AllAfrica.com)
Bumping along the road to the Gaborone International Convention Centre in his car last Friday, the managing director of Botswana Insurance Company Limited, Dziki Nganunu thought to himself that there should be pothole insurance for city motorists.
Source: allafrica.com

Electric Insurance Revises Missouri Auto Product (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BEVERLY, Mass.----March 8, 2006--Electric Insurance announced today the introduction of its enhanced auto product in Missouri. The product is open immediately for all new business and will be available for renewal business beginning on April 5, 2006.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Traffic fatalities Two people died Thursday afternoon when their car lost control on snowy Oregon 22 east of Detroit (The Oregonian)
Roman G. Zaytsev, 81, of Vancouver died Tuesday in a Vancouver hospital of chest injuries received four weeks earlier in a bicycle-car collision, according to the Clark County medical examiner's office.
Source: www.oregonlive.com

N.C. Schedules June Auto Insurance Rate Hearing (Insurance Journal)
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has announced a hearing on auto insurance rates will be held in Raleigh in June and recently requested rate increases will be denied until after the hear
Source: www.insurancejournal.com

Deterring car thieves (CNN Money)
Buying a car is one of the biggest investments you can make. People today spend $30, $40 or $50 thousand dollars on their set of wheels.
Source: money.cnn.com

Insurance program expands to Peninsula (San Mateo Daily Journal)
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday the expansion of the state s low-cost auto insurance program to Santa Clara, San Mateo and Imperial counties.
Source: www.smdailyjournal.com

Auto rates on bumpy road (Winston-Salem Journal)
The N.C. Department of Insurance said yesterday that it would hold a hearing in June on an insurance-industry request to raise rates for auto insurance.
Source: www.journalnow.com

Scots car buyers go for Skodas (ic Dunbartonshire)
Scots go for Skodas and Londoners love luxury models, a survey of car-buying habits shows. In Dumfries and Galloway there are twice the UK national average of Skodas, which also sell well in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the survey from online insurance company swiftcover.com found.
Source: icdunbartonshire.icnetwork.co.uk

Insurance Auto Auctions Acquires NW Penn Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage in Erie, Pennsylvania (The Auto Channel)
WESTCHESTER, Ill.--March 8, 2006--Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leader in automotive total loss and specialty salvage services in the United States, today announced the acquisition of NW Penn. Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage located in Erie, Pennsylvania. This acquisition represents the fourth IAA location in Pennsylvania, allowing IAA to better serve northern and central Pennsylvania as
Source: www.theautochannel.com

Off-duty officer fatally shoots man after car chase (The Philadelphia Inquirer)


Off-duty officer fatally shoots man after car chase (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
An off-duty Philadelphia police officer chased a driver who collided with his car to the Willow Grove train station, then shot the man to death when he charged toward the officer early yesterday morning, police said.
Source: www.kansas.com

High-tech car keys spur growing lockout problem (Bonita Daily News)
Scott Austin s New Year s ski vacation was going great until he got locked out of his car. The locksmiths he called said that they couldn t make a key for his Nissan Pathfinder and that he would need to tow the car to a Nissan dealership.
Source: www.bonitanews.com

Traffic fatalities Two people died Thursday afternoon when their car lost control on snowy Oregon 22 east of Detroit (The Oregonian)
Roman G. Zaytsev, 81, of Vancouver died Tuesday in a Vancouver hospital of chest injuries received four weeks earlier in a bicycle-car collision, according to the Clark County medical examiner's office.
Source: www.oregonlive.com

Get More Mileage Out Of Your Auto Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(ARA) - Over the past year, gas prices have done nothing but spiral upwards. Consumer frustration has risen accordingly, due to financial constraints as well as consumers' inability to purchase a new car or travel as much as they might have intended.
Source: www.stuttgartdailyleader.com

Teen killed in one-car crash; passengers tell of horseplay (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Donna Blauser's voice wavered and broke off last night as she struggled through tears to warn teenagers about the dangers ofhorseplay while driving -- just one day after her 16-year-old son died when he was thrown from a car full of teens on Man o' War Boulevard.
Source: www.myrtlebeachonline.com

Electric Insurance Revises Missouri Auto Product (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BEVERLY, Mass.----March 8, 2006--Electric Insurance announced today the introduction of its enhanced auto product in Missouri. The product is open immediately for all new business and will be available for renewal business beginning on April 5, 2006.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Low cost auto insurance program expanded (East Bay Business Times)
The California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program will be expanded to Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Imperial counties, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday.
Source: www.bizjournals.com

Five Great Reasons to Shop Around For Auto Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(ARA) - Shopping around is the number one way of saving money on insurance. Are you sure you're getting the best deal possible with your current insurance company?
Source: www.stuttgartdailyleader.com

Insurance Auto Auctions Acquires NW Penn Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage in Erie, Pennsylvania (The Auto Channel)
WESTCHESTER, Ill.--March 8, 2006--Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leader in automotive total loss and specialty salvage services in the United States, today announced the acquisition of NW Penn. Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage located in Erie, Pennsylvania. This acquisition represents the fourth IAA location in Pennsylvania, allowing IAA to better serve northern and central Pennsylvania as
Source: www.theautochannel.com

State to hold hearing on auto-insurance rates (Charlotte Business Journal)
A hearing on N.C. automobile insurance rates has been set for June.
Source: www.bizjournals.com

Insurance program expands to Peninsula (San Mateo Daily Journal)
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday the expansion of the state s low-cost auto insurance program to Santa Clara, San Mateo and Imperial counties.
Source: www.smdailyjournal.com

Low-cost car insurance coming by summer (Palo Alto Weekly)
Lower-income residents of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties could get state-backed low-cost auto insurance by late summer, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday.
Source: www.paloaltoonline.com

Auto rates on bumpy road (Winston-Salem Journal)
The N.C. Department of Insurance said yesterday that it would hold a hearing in June on an insurance-industry request to raise rates for auto insurance.
Source: www.journalnow.com

NRMA gives free rein to customers on car repairs (Sydney Morning Herald)


NRMA gives free rein to customers on car repairs (Sydney Morning Herald)
NRMA Insurance has succumbed to growing criticism of its controversial internet-based smash repair system by announcing a plan to allow customers to choose their own repairer. -
Source: www.smh.com.au

NAMIC Supports Sunset Of No-Fault Auto Insurance Law As Florida Legislature Convenes (PropertyandCasualty.com)
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has taken a position on one of two major insurance bills that Florida lawmakers will face when they convene Tuesday, a NAMIC spokesperson said today
Source: www.propertyandcasualty.com

Freberg Environmental Insurance Announces Excess Auto Liability Program (Insurance Journal)
Denver-based Environmental Insurance Program Manager, Freberg Environmental Inc. has introduced an excess automobile liability program. The excess auto liability insurance program provides limits of l
Source: www.insurancejournal.com

Low cost auto insurance program expanded (East Bay Business Times)
The California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program will be expanded to Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Imperial counties, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday.
Source: www.bizjournals.com

Travel Insurance Comes to Botswana (AllAfrica.com)
Bumping along the road to the Gaborone International Convention Centre in his car last Friday, the managing director of Botswana Insurance Company Limited, Dziki Nganunu thought to himself that there should be pothole insurance for city motorists.
Source: allafrica.com

Get More Mileage Out Of Your Auto Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(ARA) - Over the past year, gas prices have done nothing but spiral upwards. Consumer frustration has risen accordingly, due to financial constraints as well as consumers' inability to purchase a new car or travel as much as they might have intended.
Source: www.stuttgartdailyleader.com

Car Clubs: Drive the fancy cars, leave the owning to us (CNN Money)
You don't have to own them, store them, restore them or insure them. Just write a check once a year and drive them.
Source: money.cnn.com

Off-duty officer fatally shoots man after car chase (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
An off-duty Philadelphia police officer chased a driver who collided with his car to the Willow Grove train station, then shot the man to death when he charged toward the officer early yesterday morning, police said.
Source: www.centredaily.com

$6M awarded to boy hurt in car crash (Tucson Citizen)
The family of a 13-month-old boy will receive a $6 million settlement from an insurance company in a June two-vehicle accident southeast of Tucson that left him severely brain-damaged.
Source: www.tucsoncitizen.com

Scots car buyers go for Skodas (ic Dunbartonshire)
Scots go for Skodas and Londoners love luxury models, a survey of car-buying habits shows. In Dumfries and Galloway there are twice the UK national average of Skodas, which also sell well in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the survey from online insurance company swiftcover.com found.
Source: icdunbartonshire.icnetwork.co.uk

Free Foreign Currency Exchange, Great French Insurance Quotes and French Property Rentals from my-french-house.com (PR Web)
With so many foreign owners of properties in France requiring financial, legal, French insurance and other services, we have decided to link up with selected partners, all specialists in their area of expertise. Find out about Free Foreign Currency Exchange, Great French Insurance Quotes, French property rentals and much more. [PRWEB Mar 10, 2006]
Source: www.prweb.com

More info: CAR-BUYING TIPS (Montgomery Advertiser)
Odds are, a prospective buyer would know if a car had spent some time under water. It wouldn't pass the sniff test, for one thing. But an expert might be able to disguise the water damage and mildew long enough to fool an inattentive buyer.
Source: www.accessmontgomery.com

Insurance Auto Auctions Acquires NW Penn Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage in Erie, Pennsylvania (The Auto Channel)
WESTCHESTER, Ill.--March 8, 2006--Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leader in automotive total loss and specialty salvage services in the United States, today announced the acquisition of NW Penn. Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage located in Erie, Pennsylvania. This acquisition represents the fourth IAA location in Pennsylvania, allowing IAA to better serve northern and central Pennsylvania as
Source: www.theautochannel.com

N.C. Schedules June Auto Insurance Rate Hearing (Insurance Journal)
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has announced a hearing on auto insurance rates will be held in Raleigh in June and recently requested rate increases will be denied until after the hear
Source: www.insurancejournal.com

Hearing set on auto claim center plan (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
After a series of detours, a public hearing on Progressive Insurance's controversial plan to build a $5 million auto claims center in the borough is now set for April 19.
Source: www.post-gazette.com

Electric Insurance Revises Missouri Auto Product (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BEVERLY, Mass.----March 8, 2006--Electric Insurance announced today the introduction of its enhanced auto product in Missouri. The product is open immediately for all new business and will be available for renewal business beginning on April 5, 2006.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

NAMIC Supports Sunset Of No-Fault Auto Insurance Law As Florida Legislature Convenes (PropertyandCasualty.com)


NAMIC Supports Sunset Of No-Fault Auto Insurance Law As Florida Legislature Convenes (PropertyandCasualty.com)
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has taken a position on one of two major insurance bills that Florida lawmakers will face when they convene Tuesday, a NAMIC spokesperson said today
Source: www.propertyandcasualty.com

Scots car buyers go for Skodas (ic Dunbartonshire)
Scots go for Skodas and Londoners love luxury models, a survey of car-buying habits shows. In Dumfries and Galloway there are twice the UK national average of Skodas, which also sell well in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the survey from online insurance company swiftcover.com found.
Source: icdunbartonshire.icnetwork.co.uk

Car Clubs: Drive the fancy cars, leave the owning to us (CNN Money)
You don't have to own them, store them, restore them or insure them. Just write a check once a year and drive them.
Source: money.cnn.com

Travel Insurance Comes to Botswana (AllAfrica.com)
Bumping along the road to the Gaborone International Convention Centre in his car last Friday, the managing director of Botswana Insurance Company Limited, Dziki Nganunu thought to himself that there should be pothole insurance for city motorists.
Source: allafrica.com

Electric Insurance Revises Missouri Auto Product (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BEVERLY, Mass.----March 8, 2006--Electric Insurance announced today the introduction of its enhanced auto product in Missouri. The product is open immediately for all new business and will be available for renewal business beginning on April 5, 2006.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Hearing set on auto claim center plan (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
After a series of detours, a public hearing on Progressive Insurance's controversial plan to build a $5 million auto claims center in the borough is now set for April 19.
Source: www.post-gazette.com

Free Foreign Currency Exchange, Great French Insurance Quotes and French Property Rentals from my-french-house.com (PR Web)
With so many foreign owners of properties in France requiring financial, legal, French insurance and other services, we have decided to link up with selected partners, all specialists in their area of expertise. Find out about Free Foreign Currency Exchange, Great French Insurance Quotes, French property rentals and much more. [PRWEB Mar 10, 2006]
Source: www.prweb.com

Is 'premium' insurance worth the premium? (Market Watch)
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- It seems like you can get a premium service for just about anything these days, so why should your auto insurance be any different? You may have noticed the TV commercials for Allstate's new insurance extras, such as "accident forgiveness," which keeps your rates from being raised after a crash, and for new car replacement.
Source: www.marketwatch.com

Freberg Environmental Insurance Announces Excess Auto Liability Program (Insurance Journal)
Denver-based Environmental Insurance Program Manager, Freberg Environmental Inc. has introduced an excess automobile liability program. The excess auto liability insurance program provides limits of l
Source: www.insurancejournal.com

Off-duty officer fatally shoots man after car chase (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
An off-duty Philadelphia police officer chased a driver who collided with his car to the Willow Grove train station, then shot the man to death when he charged toward the officer early yesterday morning, police said.
Source: www.centredaily.com

NRMA gives free rein to customers on car repairs (Sydney Morning Herald)
NRMA Insurance has succumbed to growing criticism of its controversial internet-based smash repair system by announcing a plan to allow customers to choose their own repairer. -
Source: www.smh.com.au

Five Great Reasons to Shop Around For Auto Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(ARA) - Shopping around is the number one way of saving money on insurance. Are you sure you're getting the best deal possible with your current insurance company?
Source: www.stuttgartdailyleader.com

Insurance Auto Auctions Acquires NW Penn Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage in Erie, Pennsylvania (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WESTCHESTER, Ill.----March 8, 2006--Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leader in automotive total loss and specialty salvage services in the United States, today announced the acquisition of NW Penn.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

$6M awarded to boy hurt in car crash (Tucson Citizen)
The family of a 13-month-old boy will receive a $6 million settlement from an insurance company in a June two-vehicle accident southeast of Tucson that left him severely brain-damaged.
Source: www.tucsoncitizen.com

Get More Mileage Out Of Your Auto Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(ARA) - Over the past year, gas prices have done nothing but spiral upwards. Consumer frustration has risen accordingly, due to financial constraints as well as consumers' inability to purchase a new car or travel as much as they might have intended.
Source: www.stuttgartdailyleader.com

N.C. Schedules June Auto Insurance Rate Hearing (Insurance Journal)
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has announced a hearing on auto insurance rates will be held in Raleigh in June and recently requested rate increases will be denied until after the hear
Source: www.insurancejournal.com

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Electric Insurance Revises Missouri Auto Product (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)


Electric Insurance Revises Missouri Auto Product (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BEVERLY, Mass.----March 8, 2006--Electric Insurance announced today the introduction of its enhanced auto product in Missouri. The product is open immediately for all new business and will be available for renewal business beginning on April 5, 2006.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Auto, Homeowners Coverage for Police, Firefighters Offers Unique Benefits (Insurance Journal)
St. Louis, Mo.-based Stuckey and Company unveiled a new a homeowners and auto insurance program designed exclusively for police and firefighters. "We believe that police and firefighters are des
Source: www.insurancejournal.com

More info: CAR-BUYING TIPS (Montgomery Advertiser)
Odds are, a prospective buyer would know if a car had spent some time under water. It wouldn't pass the sniff test, for one thing. But an expert might be able to disguise the water damage and mildew long enough to fool an inattentive buyer.
Source: www.accessmontgomery.com

Man charged in car scheme fails to appear (King County Journal)
One of four men charged in a scheme to steal a Sammamish man's BMW so he could buy a Bentley with the insurance proceeds didn't show up for his arraignment this week.
Source: www.kingcountyjournal.com

Scots car buyers go for Skodas (Paisley Daily Express)
Scots go for Skodas and Londoners love luxury models, a survey of car-buying habits shows. In Dumfries and Galloway there are twice the UK national average of Skodas, which also sell well in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the survey from online insurance company swiftcover.com found.
Source: icrenfrewshire.icnetwork.co.uk

Free Foreign Currency Exchange, Great French Insurance Quotes and French Property Rentals from my-french-house.com (PR Web)
With so many foreign owners of properties in France requiring financial, legal, French insurance and other services, we have decided to link up with selected partners, all specialists in their area of expertise. Find out about Free Foreign Currency Exchange, Great French Insurance Quotes, French property rentals and much more. [PRWEB Mar 10, 2006]
Source: www.prweb.com

Stuckey and Company Announces The Shield Insurance Program for Police and Firefighters (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Stuckey and Company is proud to announce a Homeowners and Auto insurance program designed exclusively for Police and Firefighters.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Harry Gross | Investing tax-free in an annuity with an insurance company (Philly.com)
Dear Harry: I unwisely put money into an annuity with an insurance company that has been put into a "conservatorship" by the insurance department of its home state. I was offered an opportunity to take out half my money immediately and wait two years to get the remainder of the money if it is available. The company's letter indicated that I could put the money tax-free into an annuity with
Source: www.timesleader.com

Five Great Reasons to Shop Around For Auto Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(ARA) - Shopping around is the number one way of saving money on insurance. Are you sure you're getting the best deal possible with your current insurance company?
Source: www.stuttgartdailyleader.com

Travel Insurance Comes to Botswana (AllAfrica.com)


Travel Insurance Comes to Botswana (AllAfrica.com)
Bumping along the road to the Gaborone International Convention Centre in his car last Friday, the managing director of Botswana Insurance Company Limited, Dziki Nganunu thought to himself that there should be pothole insurance for city motorists.
Source: allafrica.com

Stuckey and Company Announces The Shield Insurance Program for Police and Firefighters (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Stuckey and Company is proud to announce a Homeowners and Auto insurance program designed exclusively for Police and Firefighters.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Man charged in car scheme fails to appear (King County Journal)
One of four men charged in a scheme to steal a Sammamish man's BMW so he could buy a Bentley with the insurance proceeds didn't show up for his arraignment this week.
Source: www.kingcountyjournal.com

More info: CAR-BUYING TIPS (Montgomery Advertiser)
Odds are, a prospective buyer would know if a car had spent some time under water. It wouldn't pass the sniff test, for one thing. But an expert might be able to disguise the water damage and mildew long enough to fool an inattentive buyer.
Source: www.accessmontgomery.com

Insurance Auto Auctions Acquires NW Penn Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage in Erie, Pennsylvania (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WESTCHESTER, Ill.----March 8, 2006--Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leader in automotive total loss and specialty salvage services in the United States, today announced the acquisition of NW Penn.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Is 'premium' insurance worth the premium? (Market Watch)
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- It seems like you can get a premium service for just about anything these days, so why should your auto insurance be any different? You may have noticed the TV commercials for Allstate's new insurance extras, such as "accident forgiveness," which keeps your rates from being raised after a crash, and for new car replacement.
Source: www.marketwatch.com

Five Great Reasons to Shop Around For Auto Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(ARA) - Shopping around is the number one way of saving money on insurance. Are you sure you're getting the best deal possible with your current insurance company?
Source: www.stuttgartdailyleader.com

Scots car buyers go for Skodas (Paisley Daily Express)
Scots go for Skodas and Londoners love luxury models, a survey of car-buying habits shows. In Dumfries and Galloway there are twice the UK national average of Skodas, which also sell well in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the survey from online insurance company swiftcover.com found.
Source: icrenfrewshire.icnetwork.co.uk

Exercise your manners at gym (St. Petersburg Times)
Etiquette. When I think of the word, I picture a fancy English dinner, a debutant ball or that little green lizard who pushes car insurance on television.
Source: www.sptimes.com

Free Foreign Currency Exchange, Great French Insurance Quotes and French Property Rentals from my-french-house.com (PR Web)
With so many foreign owners of properties in France requiring financial, legal, French insurance and other services, we have decided to link up with selected partners, all specialists in their area of expertise. Find out about Free Foreign Currency Exchange, Great French Insurance Quotes, French property rentals and much more. [PRWEB Mar 10, 2006]
Source: www.prweb.com

Low cost auto insurance program expanded (East Bay Business Times)
The California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program will be expanded to Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Imperial counties, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Thursday.
Source: www.bizjournals.com

High-tech car keys spur growing lockout problem (The Arizona Republic)
Now that most new-car keys contain electronic chips, the car itself has to be programmed to accept new keys. But car makers are increasingly limiting locksmiths' access to the information needed to program vehicles and make new keys.
Source: syndicateiq.azcentral.com

Auto, Homeowners Coverage for Police, Firefighters Offers Unique Benefits (Insurance Journal)
St. Louis, Mo.-based Stuckey and Company unveiled a new a homeowners and auto insurance program designed exclusively for police and firefighters. "We believe that police and firefighters are des
Source: www.insurancejournal.com

Periodic review of car insurance could save money (The Plain Dealer)
When's the last time you re viewed your car insurance to make sure your coverage is still appropriate for where you live, your driving habits and age of car?
Source: www.cleveland.com

Hearing set on auto claim center plan (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
After a series of detours, a public hearing on Progressive Insurance's controversial plan to build a $5 million auto claims center in the borough is now set for April 19.
Source: www.post-gazette.com

Electric Insurance Revises Missouri Auto Product (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BEVERLY, Mass.----March 8, 2006--Electric Insurance announced today the introduction of its enhanced auto product in Missouri. The product is open immediately for all new business and will be available for renewal business beginning on April 5, 2006.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Insurance Auto Auctions Acquires NW Penn Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage in Erie, Pennsylvania (The Auto Channel)
WESTCHESTER, Ill.--March 8, 2006--Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leader in automotive total loss and specialty salvage services in the United States, today announced the acquisition of NW Penn. Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage located in Erie, Pennsylvania. This acquisition represents the fourth IAA location in Pennsylvania, allowing IAA to better serve northern and central Pennsylvania as
Source: www.theautochannel.com

Off-duty officer fatally shoots man after car chase (The Philadelphia Inquirer)


Off-duty officer fatally shoots man after car chase (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
An off-duty Philadelphia police officer chased a driver who collided with his car to the Willow Grove train station, then shot the man to death when he charged toward the officer early yesterday morning, police said.
Source: www.centredaily.com

Auto, Homeowners Coverage for Police, Firefighters Offers Unique Benefits (Insurance Journal)
St. Louis, Mo.-based Stuckey and Company unveiled a new a homeowners and auto insurance program designed exclusively for police and firefighters. "We believe that police and firefighters are des
Source: www.insurancejournal.com

High-tech car keys spur growing lockout problem (The Arizona Republic)
Now that most new-car keys contain electronic chips, the car itself has to be programmed to accept new keys. But car makers are increasingly limiting locksmiths' access to the information needed to program vehicles and make new keys.
Source: syndicateiq.azcentral.com

Insurance Auto Auctions Acquires NW Penn Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage in Erie, Pennsylvania (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)


Insurance Auto Auctions Acquires NW Penn Auction Sales/Warren County Salvage in Erie, Pennsylvania (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WESTCHESTER, Ill.----March 8, 2006--Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leader in automotive total loss and specialty salvage services in the United States, today announced the acquisition of NW Penn.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Travel Insurance Comes to Botswana (AllAfrica.com)
Bumping along the road to the Gaborone International Convention Centre in his car last Friday, the managing director of Botswana Insurance Company Limited, Dziki Nganunu thought to himself that there should be pothole insurance for city motorists.
Source: allafrica.com

SUV owner guilty of insurance fraud (The Star-Ledger)
NEWARK: A resident has been found guilty of insurance fraud for arranging the torching of a 1998 Ford Explorer on Lackawanna Avenue two years ago, prosecutors said yesterday.
Source: www.nj.com

Analysis Center: General Insurance (Insurance Business Review)
Jardine Lloyd Thompson sees profits fall in 2005 UK insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has seen profits fall by 9% as it struggles against a competitive market and falling fees.
Source: www.insurance-business-review.com

Auto, Homeowners Coverage for Police, Firefighters Offers Unique Benefits (Insurance Journal)
St. Louis, Mo.-based Stuckey and Company unveiled a new a homeowners and auto insurance program designed exclusively for police and firefighters. "We believe that police and firefighters are des
Source: www.insurancejournal.com

Man charged in car scheme fails to appear (King County Journal)
One of four men charged in a scheme to steal a Sammamish man's BMW so he could buy a Bentley with the insurance proceeds didn't show up for his arraignment this week.
Source: www.kingcountyjournal.com

How to Save Money on Your Automobile Insurance (WKYT 27 NEWSFIRST & WYMT Mountain News)
(ARA) - There's a saying: "Ask and you shall receive." That's true about a lot of things in life, including saving money on auto insurance. The premium you're charged can vary dramatically depending on the coverage you request; the kind of car you drive and your driving record.
Source: www.wkyt.com

Is 'premium' insurance worth the premium? (Market Watch)


Is 'premium' insurance worth the premium? (Market Watch)
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- It seems like you can get a premium service for just about anything these days, so why should your auto insurance be any different? You may have noticed the TV commercials for Allstate's new insurance extras, such as "accident forgiveness," which keeps your rates from being raised after a crash, and for new car replacement.
Source: www.marketwatch.com

Periodic review of car insurance could save money (The Plain Dealer)
When's the last time you re viewed your car insurance to make sure your coverage is still appropriate for where you live, your driving habits and age of car?
Source: www.cleveland.com

Auto, Homeowners Coverage for Police, Firefighters Offers Unique Benefits (Insurance Journal)
St. Louis, Mo.-based Stuckey and Company unveiled a new a homeowners and auto insurance program designed exclusively for police and firefighters. "We believe that police and firefighters are des
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Five Great Reasons to Shop Around For Auto Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(ARA) - Shopping around is the number one way of saving money on insurance. Are you sure you're getting the best deal possible with your current insurance company?
Source: www.stuttgartdailyleader.com

High-tech car keys spur growing lockout problem (The Arizona Republic)
Now that most new-car keys contain electronic chips, the car itself has to be programmed to accept new keys. But car makers are increasingly limiting locksmiths' access to the information needed to program vehicles and make new keys.
Source: syndicateiq.azcentral.com

How to Save Money on Your Automobile Insurance (WKYT 27 NEWSFIRST & WYMT Mountain News)
(ARA) - There's a saying: "Ask and you shall receive." That's true about a lot of things in life, including saving money on auto insurance. The premium you're charged can vary dramatically depending on the coverage you request; the kind of car you drive and your driving record.
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SUV owner guilty of insurance fraud (The Star-Ledger)
NEWARK: A resident has been found guilty of insurance fraud for arranging the torching of a 1998 Ford Explorer on Lackawanna Avenue two years ago, prosecutors said yesterday.
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Hearing set on auto claim center plan (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
After a series of detours, a public hearing on Progressive Insurance's controversial plan to build a $5 million auto claims center in the borough is now set for April 19.
Source: www.post-gazette.com

Man charged in car scheme fails to appear (King County Journal)
One of four men charged in a scheme to steal a Sammamish man's BMW so he could buy a Bentley with the insurance proceeds didn't show up for his arraignment this week.
Source: www.kingcountyjournal.com

NAMIC Supports Sunset Of No-Fault Auto Insurance Law As Florida Legislature Convenes (PropertyandCasualty.com)
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has taken a position on one of two major insurance bills that Florida lawmakers will face when they convene Tuesday, a NAMIC spokesperson said today
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Periodic review of car insurance could save money (The Plain Dealer)


Periodic review of car insurance could save money (The Plain Dealer)
When's the last time you re viewed your car insurance to make sure your coverage is still appropriate for where you live, your driving habits and age of car?
Source: www.cleveland.com

Five Great Reasons to Shop Around For Auto Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(ARA) - Shopping around is the number one way of saving money on insurance. Are you sure you're getting the best deal possible with