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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood criticized a fledgling lobbying campaign on Wednesday which he said would undermine his work to limit drivers' use of cell phones and other electronic devices while behind the wheel. LaHood responded to a document prepared by a Washington lobbying firm last month that sought to ...

Smartphone apps are making us dumber drivers. According to a new survey, 25 percent of smartphone-owning motorists say they use apps while behind the wheel. What's worse is that a small percentage of those surveyed are using smartphones while driving to watch movies, play games — and even get ...

(Bloomberg) -- Insurance fraud jumped in Florida as policyholders crashed their cars on purpose to generate medical claims, an industry group said. Staged accidents surged 58 percent to 1,999 in 2009, the National Insurance Crime Bureau said today in a statement. Tampa led the increase as intentional crashes quadrupled ...

Adults are guilty of the dangerous activity of texting while driving more often than teenagers, according to the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. The Pew study also revealed that adults are substantially more likely to talk on a cell phone while driving than teenagers. According to ...

Forget the Gecko. Never mind that good neighbor. And those good hands are old news. Love her or hate her, today's auto-insurance It girl is Flo, the chirpy salesclerk from Progressive. The Ohio-based insurer has come to see Flo as far more than a mascot. "Flo embodies many of the ...

WASHINGTON—A Senate committee Wednesday added its support of the battle against distracted driving by approving a bill that would allow states to enact laws prohibiting texting and using hand-held cell phones while driving. Two insurance organizations also supported the measure. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., sponsored the Distracted Driving ...

A $16-million effort by auto insurers to ease regulations may not be over despite state voters' decision to reject Proposition 17, which would have allowed drivers to take their continuous-coverage discount with them if they switched carriers. By the time all votes were counted early Wednesday, voters defeated the ...

At least $40 billion in auto insurance premiums were up for grabs in the past 12 months, a new study finds. The Insurance Consumer Dynamics Survey from Little Rock, Ark.-based Acxiom Corp. surveyed 2,368 adults with auto insurance to explore current shopping behaviors and the dynamics of carrier-consumer relationships. ...

If you live in the Golden State, consider investing in a LoJack. That's because six of the 10 cities on our list of car-theft hot spots are located in California. All but one of those--the San Francisco/Oakland metro--form an auto-theft corridor running right up the middle of the state. ...

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., PRNewswire-FirstCall -- Allstate Insurance Company is actively seeking eager California business people to become new exclusive agents in the state. Successful entrepreneurs, and professionals who may face limited advancement in their current careers and wish instead to run their own business, are ideal candidates for owning ...

Californians thought they had settled this already. But with Proposition 17, an initiative on the June 8 ballot, voters are being asked once again to set the rules governing auto insurance in California and how it's priced. In reality, this fight has been brewing since 1988, when Californians ...

Insurer special investigations units (SIU) in Florida are likely working overtime these days. Just weeks after news broke that Direct General Insurance Co.'s SIU, in concert with local law enforcement, cracked a major auto insurance fraud ring in Central Florida, a new study from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) ...

Auto insurance policyholders are warming to higher deductibles, a new report finds. The second quarter 2010 edition of the Industry Trends Report (ITR) from San Diego-based Mitchell International Inc. delves into insurance deductible data from 2003 through 2009 for collision and comprehensive (excluding glass-only) losses. Authored by Mitchell's VP ...

Driving after dark is the single most-dangerous risk a teenage driver can take and is more likely to result in death than drinking, speeding or disregarding a seat belt, according to a national 10-year study of highway fatalities released Thursday. "Everything points in the same direction for this age ...

So much recent attention has been focused on distracted driving that even Oprah Winfrey has gotten in on the act. Despite state and federal laws banning the use of hand-held communication devices while driving, risk and fleet managers are challenged to enforce policies that ban the use of wireless ...

Drivers in at least 30 states plan to participate Friday in Oprah Winfrey's "No Phone Zone" campaign, when viewers pledge to refrain from using their cellphones while driving. The Governors Highway Safety Association, which represents state highway safety offices, sees Winfrey's campaign as a "potential tipping point" in the ...

TAMPA, Fla., PRNewswire/ -- Farmers Insurance Group® cooperated with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Florida Department of Financial Services, and National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) in an eight-month investigation involving staged vehicle crashes and insurance fraud in Hillsboro County. "Operation Crash for Cash" resulted in arrest warrants for 22 ...