Insurance News - Thursday, November 13, 2014

Here are the leading auto insurance headlines from ONTARIO AUTO INSURANCE TOPICS ON TWITTER for Thursday, November 13, 2014:

• Transcripts for public hearings on Bill 15, Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act 2014 are now available online.
• Owning a car is expensive.  So is ridesharing services like Uber cheaper than owning a car?
• Why do so many consumers seek out "cheap" auto insurance given the expense of their new cars or trucks — easily $30,000, $40,000 or even $50,000 or more for high-end models?
• Driverless car researchers develop plans to prevent hacking on the highway.
• Your car may be programmed to kill you and 9 more fun facts about driverless vehicles.

Insurance News - Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Here are the leading auto insurance headlines from ONTARIO AUTO INSURANCE TOPICS ON TWITTER for Tuesday, November 11, 2014:

• Bill 15, Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 passes second reading and has just one day of public hearings.
• Toronto man charged with selling fake auto insurance some drivers on the road without coverage
• Will we need a learner's permit for self-driving cars?
• Utilities, taxis, construction and mining, government and public sectors, emergency services, public transportation and local delivery services will all likely have telematics installed on their vehicles.
• Fatal California accident will test Lyft's $1 million auto insurance policy.
• B.C. Transportation Minister says plainclothes transit agents posing as potential customers will be deployed to ensure taxis and their drivers are operating by B.C.'s rules, which are enforced to ensure passenger safety.