Insurance News - Saturday, February 8, 2014

Here are the leading auto insurance headlines from ONTARIO AUTO INSURANCE TOPICS ON TWITTER for Saturday, February 8, 2014:

• Will the Ontario government's 15% rate reduction strategy speed up the growth of user-based auto insurance in Canada?
• One in six parents are committing auto insurance fraud by claiming to be the primary driver of a vehicle used mainly by their student daughter or son. 
• California regulator warns about gaps in ride-sharing insurance after a deadly accident shows the murky legal terrain in which these ride-sharing services operate.
• U.S. Senator presses technology firms and automakers to develop distracted driving solutions.
• Forget self-driving cars, Renault wants to put a flying drone on the roofs of cars to warn about traffic jams and other problems on the road ahead.

Insurance News - Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Here are the leading auto insurance headlines from ONTARIO AUTO INSURANCE TOPICS ON TWITTER for Wednesday, February 5, 2014:

• The technology going into a self-driving car is about $320,000.  Will I ever be able to afford one? Or will I be still driving when they become affordable?
• The Ontario Ministry of Transportation is introducing new tests for drivers who are 80 and over including cognitive tests effective April 21.
• WARNING: The Driver Ahead Of You Is Awful (This Message Brought To You By The U.S. Government).  The U.S. plans to propose standards for talking cars as technology companies are vying to build architecture for the "Internet of Cars."
•  If you think auto insurance is expensive in the GTA, average rate in Detroit is $10,732.  Some other U.S. cities are also higher than the GTA.
• Clients have a say in resolving insurance disputes at The Co-operators through Service Review Panels.  Do other insurers also have unique dispute resolution processes?