Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara declared the fires in Los Angeles and Ventura counties an emergency situation on Monday to help speed recovery efforts, according to a press release from his office. As of Wednesday afternoon, [...]
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced Monday a final rule banning Chinese and Russian connected vehicle technology in the U.S. Under the rule, hardware and software integrated in the [...]
The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division ruled that the absence of a driver-assistance system in a 2016 Honda CR-V was not a violation of the New Jersey Products Liability (PL) Act. The ruling [...]
A Deloitte 2025 Global Automotive Consumer Study finds that electric vehicle interest remains muted in most markets, vehicle brand defection is on the rise and a high frequency of younger consumers are interested in giving [...]
A bill has been introduced in New York that would require collision repair shops to disclose to vehicle owners the types of replacement parts they plan to install during vehicle repairs. Written authorization to use [...]
Author Jay Feinman says frustration witnessed following the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson extends to the entire insurance industry including auto and homeowners. In a MarketWatch opinion piece, Feinman, author of “Delay, Deny, Defend: [...]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday that his office has filed suit against Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity, for unlawfully collecting, using and selling data about the location and movement of Texans’ cell phones [...]
The clothing that makes pedestrians stand out to human drivers may make them invisible to automated crash prevention systems, according to a new Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) study. “These results suggest that some [...]
Ontario has increased the threshold of loss needed to report a collision from $2,000 to $5,000 due the increasing cost of repairs. The Ministry of Transportation implemented the changes to the Highway Traffic Act Jan. [...]
In the latest Washington State Office of the Commissioner’s “OIC Answers” podcast, Commissioner Mike Kreidler said the best advice he could give to his successor Patty Coer is to “listen carefully to people.” The episode [...]
