CollisionWeek

Your source for the latest collision repair industry news, statistics and trend analysis.

  • News
  • Research
  • Feature
  • Subscribe
You are here: Home / Archives for Auto Insurance

NICB Credits Partnerships for Vehicle Theft Decline, Warns Against Complacency

July 16, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

The National Insurance Crime Bureau credited coordinated public-private prevention efforts for driving reported U.S. vehicle thefts to their lowest level in decades and called for sustained funding and stronger penalties to preserve the progress. The nonprofit anti-fraud organization issued the appeal July 15 to mark National Vehicle Theft Prevention Month, an annual awareness campaign launched […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Insurance, National Insurance Crime Bureau, Total Loss, Vehicle Theft

Private Passenger Auto Drives Louisiana’s First Broad Rate Relief, Triple-I Says

July 14, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Trade group points to litigation and glass-claim fraud as the cost drivers still to be addressed. A new state law folds ADAS calibration disclosures and an assignment-of-benefits ban into Louisiana’s unfair trade practices statute. Private passenger auto insurance produced the sharpest turnaround in a Louisiana property/casualty market that posted its first broad rate relief of […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Assignment of Benefits, Auto Glass, Auto Insurance, Insurance Information Institute, legislation, Louisiana, Premiums

U.S. Property/Casualty Industry Posts $84 Billion in Underwriting Gains Across Two Years

July 13, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Private passenger auto held a combined ratio well below 100 for a second straight year, while commercial auto liability absorbed another $2.0 billion in reserve deficiencies. The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry generated $84 billion in underwriting gains across the past two full calendar years, its strongest showing in a decade and a reversal of the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: A.M. Best, Auto Insurance, Combined Ratio, Commercial Auto Insurance, Earnings, Property Casualty Insurance

Mile Auto Acquires The Insurance House, Expanding Southeast MGA Operations

July 10, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Mile Auto Inc., the Atlanta-based managing general agent (MGA) that provides pay-per-mile Porsche Auto Insurance, has acquired fellow Atlanta MGA The Insurance House Inc. in a transaction effective July 1 that combines the two firms into an operation with nearly $100 million in annual premium. The combined business serves more than 55,000 policyholders and works […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Auto Insurance, Insurance House, Mile Auto, Usage-Based Insurance

Lemonade Expands Autonomous Car Insurance for Tesla FSD to Colorado

June 23, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Lemonade Inc. (NYSE: LMND) said June 22 that its Autonomous Car insurance is now available in Colorado, bringing to the state a usage-based product that gives Tesla owners 50% off every mile driven using the automaker’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) technology. The expansion continues an early test of whether autonomous-assisted driving can be priced directly into […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Insurance, Autonomous Vehicles, Colorado, Lemonade, Tesla, Usage-Based Insurance

J.D. Power Finds Auto Insurance Customer Satisfaction Holds Steady

June 9, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Insurers struggle to deliver seamless service across channels, shoppers turning to AI. Overall customer satisfaction with auto insurers held steady this year even as the market softened, with insurers’ inability to deliver seamless interactions across service channels emerging as the single biggest drag on satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power 2026 U.S. Auto Insurance Study […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Auto Insurance, Customer Satisfaction, J.D. Power

Illinois Right to Appraisal Bill Heads to Governor

June 3, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Legislation would require an appraisal provision in auto policies with first-party physical damage coverage beginning July 1, 2027. The Illinois General Assembly has passed legislation requiring auto insurance policies that include first-party physical damage coverage to carry an appraisal provision for resolving disputes over the amount of a loss, sending the bill to Gov. JB […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Appraisal Clause, Auto Insurance, Illinois, legislation

Lemonade Expands Autonomous Car Insurance for Tesla FSD to Indiana

June 3, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Lemonade Inc. (NYSE: LMND) said June 3 that its Autonomous Car insurance is now available in Indiana, extending to the state a usage-based product that gives Tesla owners 50% off every mile driven using the automaker’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) technology. The expansion deepens an early test of whether autonomous-assisted driving can be priced directly into […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Insurance, Autonomous Vehicles, Indiana, Lemonade, Tesla, Usage-Based Insurance

Calibrations and Parts Inflation Drive Collision Claim Complexity

June 2, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Annual Enlyte report examines auto claim trends. Enlyte released its 2026 Envision Trends Report on June 2, and for collision repairers and auto physical damage claims professionals the most relevant section is an analysis from Mitchell’s Ryan Mandell that documents how ADAS calibrations, tariff-driven parts inflation and artificial intelligence are reshaping how collision claims are […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Auto Insurance, Calibration, Claim Severity, Claims Technology, Enlyte, estimating, Mitchell International, Non-OEM Parts, PartsTrader

Progressive Reports Personal Auto Policies in Force Up 10.2% in April Compared to 2025

May 28, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Net premiums written up 6% year over year as combined ratio deteriorates 5.3 points on spring storm losses. The Progressive Corporation (NYSE: PGR) reported its total personal auto insurance policies in force were 27,753,000 in April 2026, an increase of 2,569,000 or 10.2% from 25,184,000 in April 2025. The April figures show personal auto policy […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Insurance, Combined Ratio, Earnings, Net Written Premiums, Policies in Force, Progressive

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • …
  • 18
  • Next Page »

Interview Sponsors

IBIS Publisher Partner

Login

Remember Me
Subscribe | Lost your Password?

Tags

AAA AASP/NJ Acquisitions Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Agreements Signed AkzoNobel Annual Conference ASE Auto Care Association Auto Insurance Automotive Service Association Autonomous Vehicles Awards Axalta Coating Systems Board of Directors Boyd Group California Canada Career and Technical Education CARSTAR CCC Collision Repair Education Foundation Coronavirus Crash Champions Donations Earnings Electric Vehicles Florida I-CAR Lawsuits legislation LKQ Corporation National Auto Body Council Network Affiliations New Jersey New Vehicle Sales Non-OEM Parts Openings People Regulations Right to Repair Scholarships Texas United Kingdom Workforce Development

Recent Articles

  • Collision Coverage Losses Rose 4.1% in Second Quarter of 2026 as Paid Claim Cost Jumped 11.5% October 23, 2026
  • LKQ Names Salvatore Abbate CEO October 23, 2026
  • Solera Builds Working AI Prototype in a Day at First Summit for Independent Appraisers and TPAs October 23, 2026
  • BendPak Opens Third Distribution Center in Connecticut October 23, 2026
  • More Than 200 Taiwanese Suppliers to Exhibit at AAPEX 2026 October 23, 2026
  • October New-Vehicle Sales Pace Flat at 15.6 Million as Monthly Payments Set October Record October 22, 2026
  • GEICO Deploys Entegral Platform for Claim Routing and Repair Coordination October 22, 2026

CollisionWeek Membership

  • Login
  • Lost Password
  • Membership Details
  • Register
  • Sponsors
  • Subscription Information
  • Terms of Use for CollisionWeek

More Information

About CollisionWeek
Contact Us
Privacy Policy
Event Calendar
Take the Collision Repair Business Conditions Survey

Copyright 1999-2025 - QuanDec Corporation - All Rights Reserved ยท Log in