Auto

Amid the surge in questionable staged-accident claims and suspicious hail loss claims comes a sunny spot: a lower incidence of auto theft.

High U.S. storm losses affected a number of earnings announcements late this week, eclipsing normal weather-related losses for this time of year and impacting profitability.

NICB reports a 58-percent increase in QCs in Florida in the past year alone. The number of staged/deliberately caused accidents in Tampa has lept 290 percent.

On June 11, 2010, Geico filed a $1.8 million lawsuit in which it accuses a Queens, New York radiology center of a no-fault auto insurance fraud scheme that involved thousands of suspect claims for service.

Collision repair is no longer an art; it's re-manufacturing science. What measures should a repair shop take to restore the actual safety of the car, in light of new demands from continually emerging car models?

Older drivers are not involved in as many automobile accidents or fatal crashes as was anticipated by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).