Insurance News - Saturday, February 28, 2015

Here are the leading auto insurance headlines from ONTARIO AUTO INSURANCE TOPICS ON TWITTER for Saturday, February 28, 2015:

• The average auto insurance premium in Brampton is $2.393, the highest for Ontario cities, likely the highest in Canada.
• Lower gas prices will likely lead to more kilometers driven, more accidents and higher auto insurance rates.
• The U.K. is positioning itself to be the best jurisdictions for testing driverless cars with no geographic limits to test, no additional insurance requirements and no special licenses. Meanwhile Ontario has been taking over a year to decide what the rules should be.
• Old case but it show you how sophisticated staged accident rings can be. Peel police officer convicted of producing fake accident reports.
• It was only a matter of time, Geico is launching an insurance product for Uber and Lyft drivers in Virginia.
• Technology companies such as Google and Apple are unlikely to become mass car manufacturers, even if they have the potential to disrupt an industry increasingly focused on software and automated driving.

Insurance News - Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Here are the leading auto insurance headlines from ONTARIO AUTO INSURANCE TOPICS ON TWITTER for Tuesday, February 17, 2015:

• The OPP report that high-risk driving and fatal collisions on the rise in Ontario.
• Recent news shows Google and Uber  might by aiming at driverless cabs.
• Uber wants to replace its drivers with robots. So much for that “new economy” it was building.
• IBC raises concerns about extent of Uber auto insurance coverage (do they have any?)
• Intact is preparing for major technology companies (e.g. Google) to shake up the way Canadians buy insurance.

Insurance News - Monday, February 2, 2015

Here are the leading auto insurance headlines from ONTARIO AUTO INSURANCE TOPICS ON TWITTER for Monday, February 2, 2015:

• One Ontario broker is suggesting that insurers are blaming everyone else and not taking responsibility for rising claim costs.
• Queen’s Park is looking at ways to curb speed limits in Ontario cities and towns, including lowering the standard from 50 km/h.
• At least 15 family members have to charged in California for being part of an auto insurance fraud ring. Must be the family business.
• California regulator approves filing from Metromile Insurance to provide insurance coverage to Uber drivers.
• Germany will use of a "digitized" stretch of Autobahn to develop domestic alternatives to Google cars.
• Considering human drivers like to speed, will we be satisfied with driverless cars that rigidly follow speed-limits?