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An employee involved in an auto accident while riding in a company vehicle was lawfully excluded from collecting benefits under the company's uninsured motorist coverage, the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals ruled last week.
Because the worker had auto insurance on his own personal vehicle, he was excluded from the company's uninsured motorist coverage under a provision written into the employer's policy. Though the worker charged that the exception violates the legislative intent of the law requiring employers to ensure company vehicles, the court found that parties to insurance contracts are free to write those contracts as they see fit.
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BOSTON - Attorney General Martha Coakley has put two more auto insurers in her sights as she pushes for better rates for consumers.
Coakley on Monday called for hearings to get more information about rate proposals that were recently filed by Arbella Insurance of Quincy and Hanover Insurance of Worcester. Coakley said her staff found inflated expenses and loss projections and a larger-than- necessary profit provision during a review of the two insurers' rates.
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GEICO's board of directors recently announced that William (Bill) C. E. Robinson of Mitchellville, Md., has been elected corporate secretary of GEICO. He had served in the office of the general council since 2005.
Robinson joined GEICO in 1999 as a trial attorney in GEICO's Kensington, Md., staff counsel office. He transferred to the company's staff counsel office in 2001.
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GEICO, the largest private passenger auto insurer in New York, recently named Steve Cunningham regional vice president of its Buffalo operations. Greg Jacobi was also named assistant vice president of underwriting for Buffalo. |
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AS sure as night follows day and as pain follows pleasure, a month after the last Christmas card dropped through your letterbox, the credit card bills will follow.
But don't despair, just listen to Martin Lewis.
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Dec. 31--The numbers for 2007 aren't in, but authorities in California and across the country know that drivers impaired by alcohol and-or drugs cause thousands of deaths and injuries each year.
In 2006, 1,597 people were killed and 31,099 were injured in alcohol-related crashes in California. Authorities arrested 197,248 people on suspicion of driving under the influence, an 8 percent increase from 2005.
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Florida drivers trying to follow the changes in PIP - shorthand for personal injury protection in the event of a crash - might have experienced whiplash keeping track of the law's demise and revival.
The state stopped mandating $10,000 in PIP coverage on Oct. 1. Days later, lawmakers approved legislation that makes PIP mandatory again, but not until Jan. 1.
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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- CarInsurance.com, a pioneer in selling auto insurance over the Internet and directly to consumers through its Online Insurance Marketplace(TM), has added more carriers to its current 28 state agency product offering. CarInsurance.com offers car insurance and car insurance resources in all 50 states with added agency relationships in 28. This week CarInsurance.com announced its recent carrier expansions into the existing 28 states. |
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A majority of drivers purchase a basic policy to meet the state's insurance requirements. While this may be enough to get you driving on the road, the minimum requirements in most states only provides liability insurance to pay for damages to the driver you hit in an accident. Liability insurance does not offer any protection for damages you incur to your own person and property. When you are involved in an accident, many things are affected including your family, financial assets like your house, as well as your own vehicle. Getting the right coverage can help protect your family and your assests. |
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Auto insurance coverage is packaged into different coverage types. It is usually easiest to first determine what you are required to purchase. Then, you determine what you have that needs to be protected. You purchase insurance to protect yourself (your family) in the event that you suffer a loss to your person or property and you purchase insurance to protect yourself (your family) from losses suffered by others. Below is a breakdown of each car insurance coverage type to help you understand more about what each type of coverage protects. Next to each type is a term that is usually associated with that coverage type (i.e. BI and PD).
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