Latest News in Car Insurance – Jan 27, 2009
January 27, 2009 by Webmaster
Filed under Car - Truck
Obama Seeks GOP Help on Economy; McConnell Hopeful – ABC News
27 Jan 2009 at 6:41am
President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 26,… President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 26, 2009, prior to signing an executive order dealing …
Brazil’s Long-Term Insurance Outlook Still Positive – Forbes
27 Jan 2009 at 3:57am
Development of the lucrative insurance business in Brazil received a huge boost last year with an end to the 70-year monopoly by the state-owned Brazilian Reinsurance Institute. However, after an expansion in insurance premiums of 15% year-on-year …
The man who outfoxed the market – CNN Money
27 Jan 2009 at 6:27am
(Fortune Magazine) — These are brutally difficult times for automakers worldwide, but as crises go, this one could be a lot worse for Wendelin Wiedeking, Porsche’s chief executive for the past 16 years. Thanks to an astute mixture of long-term …
Insurance.com RateWatch for Car Insurance: 2008 Marks Year of Record … – E…
21 Jan 2009 at 7:53am
CLEVELAND – (Business Wire) 2008 marked the biggest jump in car insurance rates in five years, with an annual increase of 8% over 2007, according to a new study by Insurance.com, the largest online auto insurance agency in the United States …
KIDS AND MONEY: A collision course for teenage drivers – Grand Forks Herald
27 Jan 2009 at 7:17am
Your newly licensed teenage driver is backing down a friend’s ice-covered driveway and then, wham, it happens. Slipping to the left, sliding to the right, he slams into a parked car, smacking its rear bumper and knocking out a tail light. Your car …
Allstate testing low-cost auto product – Crain’s Chicago Business
21 Jan 2009 at 1:51pm
(Crain’s) — Allstate Corp. on Monday will begin piloting a new car-insurance policy aimed at giving recession-battered consumers a less expensive alternative to standard Allstate coverage. If the pilot goes well, the Northbrook-based insurance …
Fator: Health, pensions, auto insurance to face pressure in 2009 … – Busin…
22 Jan 2009 at 2:18pm
Vote While insurance growth has outpaced economic growth in Brazil for several years, some lines could see growth tighten or reverse as the economy slows with health, pensions, and auto insurance facing the greatest pressure, Brazilian brokerage …
27 Jan 2009 at 6:20am
Editor’s Note: This feature is part of a SPIEGEL series that will continue all week on how the economic downturn is affecting people and companies around the world. No other downturn in history has hit as many of the world’s economies. The current …
Electronic stability control: Life-saving auto technology – Catholic Online
23 Jan 2009 at 12:44pm
San Jose Mercury News (MCT) – Simply put, electronic stability control is the most important auto safety innovation since seat belts. That’s the consensus from Consumer Reports, the federal government, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and …
Consumer advocates concerned state’s new car insurance regulations may … -…
26 Jan 2009 at 8:44am
Prior to Jan. 1, the state had a “take-all-comers” rule that generally required auto insurance companies to offer coverage to every driver except those with the worst driving records. The rule, adopted in the early 1990s, was enacted at a time when …
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