Most Recent Auto Insurance News in Headlines

  • Important Factors that Influence Auto Insurance Policies

    by Richard Burton
    Important Factors that Influence Auto Insurance Policies

    In a recent blog by Cars Insurance Savings, the writer mentioned seven things about a car that influences the cost of auto insurance. Before buying a car, it is important to make sure of some things because they can incur a lot of cost. To be brief, here are the seven things that car owners need to make sure: Find out how much repairs would cost: If the car is a foreign and fancy one, it can cost you a lot to repair it! This translates to a high premium for the auto insurance. Be sure that your car … (more) January 16, 2015

  • News on How to Manage a Car Accident if you have Auto Insurance

    by Richard Burton
    News on How to Manage a Car Accident if you have Auto Insurance

    For most people who might have been in a bad fix with an accident and had no clue on how to use their auto insurance, here is a news release that might save them a lot in 2015. It is ideal to make it a top priority to find the best auto insurance for drivers; however, finding one is never easy. Several new websites online are providing affordable insurance quotes, and they are making acquiring the benefits even easier and more efficient. People get appropriates quotes according to the information they provide on the form they fill online. Once the … (more) January 8, 2015

  • Car Insurance Premiums Down to a Staggering 15% in the EU

    by Richard Burton
    Car Insurance Premiums Down to a Staggering 15% in the EU

    In the past several months, car insurance premiums went down to an astonishing 15%, and are at their lowest, according to the data available of the past five years. According to a research conducted on price comparison by Confused.com, the average quoted premium has gone down to a third from the year 2011. Now the insurance companies are quoting £579 instead of £678, which they charged a year ago. This step was a major EU directive for encouraging youth of both genders to opt for car insurances as the fallen premiums are now under the affordability range of an average … (more) December 18, 2014

  • Alliance United to be bought by Kemper Corporation in California Auto Insurance Push

    by Richard Burton
    Alliance United to be bought by Kemper Corporation in California Auto Insurance Push

    Kemper Corporation, which was initially founded in April 1990, is one of America’s major insurance firms that also provide consumer finance. Kemper Corporation which was previously known by the name Unitrin specializes and focuses in, life and health insurance, property and casualty insurance products for people including small businesses and families. Recently, they have agreed to buy the Alliance United Group who call themselves the “Champion of California’s independent brokers”, in order to add auto coverage sales in the state of California, which is the biggest state in the U.S. by population. Alliance United was founded in the year 2004 … (more) December 15, 2014

  • What to do if you have Takata killer airbags

    by Richard Burton
    What to do if you have Takata killer airbags

    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced last Monday that almost 5 million cars sold in USA should be recalled because of potentially deadly flow in their airbag safety systems. Car manufacturers reacted quickly and added a few millions more, making it almost 8 million vehicles long list that should be recalled and have their Takata airbags replaced. The danger that airbags present The problem with these “killer” airbags lies in the fact that while deploying they may tear up their brackets taking with them smaller shrapnel pieces of plastic and metal which could cause lethal wounds … (more) November 4, 2014

  • Airbags not safe – massive recall announced

    by Richard Burton
    Airbags not safe – massive recall announced

    There has been a major announcement from the US safety regulators concerning recently discovered flaw that exists in the Takata airbags, warning car owners to replace those as soon as possible. Just to illustrate how big this problem is, officials say there has already been four deaths connected to the faulty airbags and if you are an owner of a car that has this type of airbags installed you should have them replaced immediately. Although, according to safety regulations, any system that is being installed in a car needs to pass extensive set of trials and tests before being allowed … (more) November 1, 2014

  • Top rated models for the next year

    by Richard Burton
    Top rated models for the next year

    Automobile manufacturers are not always eager to implement enough safety measures to new models as much as they like to advertise. Luckily, consumers do have allies in form of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) to provide safety guidelines, run crash tests, make recalls and rate each model separately. Automobile accidents and crashes are parts of our lives even with those drivers considered to be extra careful. IIHS tests each model through series of crashes and situations in which car gets rolled over, hits various objects on the road or collide with another … (more) October 15, 2014

  • New automobile safety system being developed

    by Richard Burton
    New automobile safety system being developed

    Technology has advanced so much since the start of 21st century, while we used our phones for texting and taking a few pictures back in 2000, today we are able to connect them to other computers, surf the Internet and do so much more. We simply call them smart phones nowadays. It seems that the car industry has taken some steps in the similar direction, wireless accident prevention system is being developed in order to improve automobile safety. Statistics clearly show us that there are more than half of a million car accidents in US each year, with over a … (more) October 4, 2014

  • Top rated models for the next year

    by Richard Burton
    Top rated models for the next year

    Automobile manufacturers are not always eager to implement enough safety measures to new models as much as they like to advertise. Luckily, consumers do have allies in form of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) to provide safety guidelines, run crash tests, make recalls and rate each model separately. Automobile accidents and crashes are parts of our lives even with those drivers considered to be extra careful. IIHS tests each model through series of crashes and situations in which car gets rolled over, hits various objects on the road or collide with another … (more) September 23, 2014

  • New automobile safety system being developed

    by Richard Burton

    Technology has advanced so much since the start of 21st century, while we used our phones for texting and taking a few pictures back in 2000, today we are able to connect them to other computers, surf the Internet and do so much more. We simply call them smart phones nowadays. It seems that the car industry has taken some steps in the similar direction, wireless accident prevention system is being developed in order to improve automobile safety. Statistics clearly show us that there are more than half of a million car accidents in US each year, with over … (more) September 12, 2014

  • You can save on car insurance

    by Richard Burton
    You can save on car insurance

    Savings on car insurance may be old news to some, but if you have been paying larger sums for car insurance year after year, you should know there is a way to make savings even in this field. We all tend to be victims of our habits and not checking for car insurance rates could be one of those “bad” habits. According to NerdWall website, on average, US drivers spend over 300 dollars more than they should each time they buy car insurance. It also shows that drivers could save even more than 30% only if they only took some … (more) August 18, 2014

  • The future of automobile industry

    by Richard Burton
    The future of automobile industry

    When it comes to cars, in previous few years much has been said in about safety of passengers and drivers. There were only a few words though about the safety of the environment. After making huge steps in backing up all that has been said about drivers’ safety, it seems automobile manufacturers are making the first steps towards backing up all that was discussed about environment. Automotive industry’s new models are being designed and built to fit into a “lightweight” category with the goal of reducing fuel usage and limiting gas emissions. Much has already been done in field of … (more) August 10, 2014

  • Friends of Coal Auto Fair Sets off Today

    by Richard Burton
    Friends of Coal Auto Fair Sets off Today

    11th edition of the annual popular FOC Auto fair commences today at the YMCA Paul Cline Memorial Youth Sports Complex. The venue is going to be the platform for exhibiting hundreds of classic cars owned by the members of FOC and many new automobiles for three days. The auto exhibition will be accompanied with carnival rides, vendor food, flea market sales and others. To stir up the energy, there will be concerts also. In many ways, the event directors have organized and promises fun for all age categories. Moreover the fair will be warmed, as it did in the previous … (more) July 24, 2014

  • German Auto-Parts Maker, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Shows Interest in TRW

    by Richard Burton
    German Auto-Parts Maker, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Shows Interest in TRW

    ZF Friedrichshafen AG, German automotive company, has shown interest in the U.S. based TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. The move could create an automotive powerhouse better placed to compete in an industry that has dedicated much effort in producing autonomous cars and enhancing the safety of trucks and cars. The offer, disclosed on Thursday, could see the emergence of an automotive dealer with annual sales of more than $40 billion. According to Automotive News, Robert Bosch GmbH of Germany and Denso Corp. are the largest players in the industry with annual revenue of $37 and $34 billion respectively. A ZF’s spokesperson … (more) July 17, 2014

  • The Fuel Economy “Space Race”: Reaching the 54.5 MPG Standard

    by Richard Burton
    The Fuel Economy “Space Race”: Reaching the 54.5 MPG Standard

    Hyundai released its own hydrogen car Tucson last Tuesday, handing the keys over to California drivers living in close range to some of the only refueling stations in the US. While other manufacturers, such as Honda, BMW and General Motors, have already produced a variety of Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs) – and Toyota has announced a production date – Hyundai’s release marks the start of mass produced FCVs. Vying for fuel efficiency with FCVs is the electric car, such as Tesla Motor’s Model S and Kandi’s E-Cars. Tesla motors is a major leader in the electric car arena, and has … (more) June 20, 2014

  • The Future of Cars or the Reality of Cars

    by Richard Burton
    The Future of Cars or the Reality of Cars

    Elon Musk, owner of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, is on the forefront of some of today’s most outlandish ideas – and often he makes them happen despite the critics. But only if it fits in his schedule of course. The Hyperloop is one idea he opened to the public, saying he didn’t have time to act on it. He has time for his flying car however, and a submarine car as well! He says the problem isn’t building a flying car; it’s building a quiet flying car. As for the submarine, he only plans to build 2 or 3, as … (more) June 16, 2014

  • Auto Insurance Docs, Longer Than Orwell’s Animal Farm- No Kidding

    by Richard Burton
    Auto Insurance Docs, Longer Than Orwell’s Animal Farm- No Kidding

    Auto insurance policies, terms and conditions documents are found to be longer than novels in a study by Fairer Finance. Here is a detailed report on the study. Many of you will not take it seriously when you read the news headlines. However there is no advertising stunt in it. According to a research carried out by a consumer website, some people will take more time in going through the small imprints on some car insurer’s documents than reading a novel like George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Interesting at the same time, true the research by Fairer Finance revealed that institutions … (more) April 30, 2014