Industry News – October 2011
Insurance Industry
- Claims Journal Study: Lower Satisfaction Among Total Loss Auto Claimants – 10/28/11
- Atlanta Business Chonricle State Farm cutting Georgia auto rates – 10/21/11
- Insurance Journal 2,100 Jobs Lost in Insurance Industry in August – 10/13/11
- Insurance Journal In Few Years, Social Network Data May Be Used in Underwriting – 10/13/11
Legal Industry
- Philadelphia Business Journal Justin Bieber the lawyer – 10/25/11
Passenger Vehicle News
- Insurance Journal Myself, the Car: Aggressive Driving Linked to Personality -10/18/11
- Insurance Journal Top 10 Excuses From Drivers Caught Using Phones – 10/14/11
- Detroit News NHTSA to rate 74 vehicles for ’12 model year – 10/14/11
- Fleetowner Study: Motorists largely ignore hazards of cell phone/texting while driving – 10/3/11
- Washington Post That traffic jam is costing you $713 – 9/28/11
Transportation Regulations
- The Trucker FMCSA’s Ferro uncertain if new HOS rule will be out by Oct. 28 – 10/17/11
- The Car Connection NHTSA Publishes Its 2012 Vehicle Crash Test List – 10/17/11
- Examiner.com NHTSA plans to fill in gaps in its crash-test rating coverage – 10/14/11
Trucking News
- Kansas City Business Journal Trucking performance points away from second recession – 10/26/11
- Truck News Behaviour-based safety management is ‘old school,’ Schneider exec says – 10/21/11
- Biz Journal (Blog) Economist: Mixed outlook for trucking industry – 10/18/11
- Today’s Trucking Trucking Outlook Muddled, says ATA – 10/17/11
- Trucking Info ATA’s Graves: Inviting Road Ahead, but Industry Support Needed for Advocacy Efforts – 10/18/11
- Fleet Owner Tanker rollover prevention video available – 10/3/11