Even after providing rebates, auto insurers reaped hundreds of millions of dollars in additional profits from their customers in Illinois during the pandemic, according to two consumer groups’ analysis of figures made public by the [...]
Independent repairers in Australia now have access to all OEM information needed to diagnose, service, and repair vehicles under legislation meant to “establish a fair playing field” in the industry. Under the Motor Vehicle Information [...]
Ford has recalled 63,294 model year 2022 Broncos and Rangers for risk of windshield detachment in a crash. The affected vehicles that were produced between December 2021 and April 2022 “may have inadequate front windshield [...]
Auto insurers spent more than $10 billion on advertising in 2021, an increase of 3% from the previous year, despite concerns about rising claims costs, according to a recent study by Dowling & Partners Securities, [...]
The California Department of Insurance (CDI) is taking legal action against Go Maps, Inc., and its insurance underwriter, Topa Insurance Co., after its investigation found the app-based insurance seller “mishandled consumer claims for more than [...]
General Motors is working to expand its efforts to educate public safety, fire, and emergency service providers in the U.S. and Canada on electric vehicle (EV) safety. GM’s EV First Responder Training program “offers unique [...]
A U.S. district court judge on Friday again delayed issuing an opinion in the automakers’ legal challenge of a Massachusetts “right-to-repair” law, saying he needs to consider the implications of a Supreme Court decision issued [...]
A recent U.S. Department of Labor case that resulted in a Utah auto body shop paying more than $47,000 in back wages over violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) serves as an example of [...]
Allstate has filed a patent application for technology that would allow telematics-based driving assessment in real time. According to the application for a “Vehicle telematics based driving assessment,” aspects of the patent “provide effective, efficient, [...]
The National Traffic Highway Safety Administration’s new chief, Steven Cliff, has told the Associated Press his administration will intensify efforts to understand automated vehicle technology risks. The agency is assessing crash data recently reported by [...]
