Auto

Lower-than-expected claims have enabled State Farm to trim premium costs for its policyholders in the Peach State by 1.5 percent.

The ALERT Act would prohibit sending text or e-mail messages while driving a vehicle. If the bill does pass, then any state that fails to enact a law banning texting while driving could lose up to 25 percent of its federal highway funds.

A Virginian's failure to comprehend the months of the calendar ultimately thwarted his auto fraud scheme.

The National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) has mandated the inclusion of electronic stability control (ESC) on all vehicles less than 10,000 lbs. gross vehicle weight sold in the U.S. by the 2012 model year.

Nearly four years ago, the Illinois Supreme Court dealt what many perceived to be a fatal blow to a wave of putative class actions concerning automobile insurers' specification of non-original equipment manufacturer parts. That may be changing.

"I've never been in so much pain in my life." When the claim adjuster hears these famous words but the trauma that led to the claim was minor, believability becomes the issue.