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By Brooke Grissom
•Aug 28, 2026
•7 min read
Root Cuts Florida Auto Insurance Rates 15%, Saving Drivers $400 a Year
Root (NASDAQ: ROOT), headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, confirmed the rate reduction applies broadly across its Florida book of business, with some policyholders qualifying for reductions even larger than the 15% average.
By Aaren Ramon
•Aug 28, 2026
•7 min read
Viral Dashcam Video Puts Queens Fraud Ring Behind Bars for Staged Crashes
A belt Parkway dashcam clip so brazen it went viral in 2024 has now put two men behind bars for auto insurance fraud in New York, with two more defendants awaiting sentencing in September. NY1 (Spectrum News) broke the story of how Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz launched an immediate investigation after the footage spread across social...
By Kyle Greenwood
•Aug 26, 2026
•8 min read
Oregon Court Strikes Progressive's Motorcycle UIM Exclusion in August 2026 Ruling
An Oregon appeals court ruled on August 19, 2026 that Progressive cannot use a "regular use" exclusion to deny underinsured motorist coverage to two injured motorcyclists, a decision that could reshape how insurers write motorcycle policy language across the state.
By Aaren Ramon
•Aug 25, 2026
•8 min read
NY Court Rules Allstate Owes Nothing After Policyholder Dies
A New York appeals court just confirmed what millions of drivers borrowing a deceased relative's vehicle may never have considered: permission to drive a car is not the same as permission to use that car's insurance policy.
By Aaren Ramon
•Aug 22, 2026
•8 min read
State Farm Jury Verdict Reveals Hidden Discount Shrank Total Loss Car Payouts for 37,000 Drivers
A jury ruled that Rose Chadwick was underpaid by $600 on a car worth just $4,700, a verdict that could reshape how every American driver receives a total loss car payout. That finding, reported by The Post-Crescent, is not an isolated dispute between one driver and one insurer.
By Brooke Grissom
•Aug 21, 2026
•8 min read
Allstate Opens 33,000-Square-Foot Claims Training Campus in Dallas
What does it actually take to train an insurance adjuster who can walk up to a flood-damaged EV and make the right call on the spot? Allstate just answered that question with a building. Repairer Driven News reports that the company has opened Allstate Claims University in Dallas, a 33,000-square-foot training campus purpose-built for hands-on...
By Aaren Ramon
•Aug 21, 2026
•9 min read
Star Casualty Settles Florida Total Loss Claims for Up to $279.85
When a Florida driver's car is declared a total loss, the payout fight often doesn't end with the actual cash value check. A class action settlement now gives eligible Star Casualty policyholders the chance to recover fees the insurer allegedly withheld or improperly deducted from their claims, according to Claim Depot.
By Kyle Greenwood
•Aug 21, 2026
•8 min read
44% of Rate Filings Draw a Regulator Objection, Adding a Median 38 Days
Of the 20,183 approved rate filings ZestyAI analyzed, 8,776, exactly 44%, received at least one formal objection from a state Department of Insurance. That wave of pushback generated more than 35,000 individual objection letters in a single year.
By Aaren Ramon
•Aug 21, 2026
•8 min read
Sentenced: Maryland Police Officers Convicted in 3-Scheme Auto Insurance Fraud Ring
While most drivers assume fraudulent insurance claims come from anonymous strangers, a Maryland case proves the threat can come from inside the police department itself. A former Prince George's County police officer is heading to federal prison after orchestrating staged vehicle thefts alongside multiple current and former law enforcement...
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