<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>CarInsurance.com News Feed - Blog</title><description>CarInsurance.com is the first to offer an auto insurance news blog, online quotes and online car insurance policies. Be informed and get a quote with CarInsurance.com. Save your time. Save your money.</description><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/InsuranceNews.aspx</link><webMaster>customerservice@carinsurance.com</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:58:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>CarInsurance.com News Service</generator><item><title>Garcia Lashes Out at Teves Forsiding With Car Insurers Over CTPL</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3841.aspx</link><description>Aug. 18--MACTAN, Cebu: Winston Garcia, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) president and general manager, said the Finance secretary is acting as if he was the "spokesperson" of private car ins...</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Video: Newest Esurance Customer Gets Animated</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3845.aspx</link><description>SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Esurance, the direct-to-consumer personal auto insurance company, announced its second series of ads in the company's "Get Animated" campaign. Kate Kes...</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>BRIEF: Major Auto Insurers Allstate, State Farm Raising Rates</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3846.aspx</link><description>Aug. 18--Texas' major auto insurers are raising rates. Allstate told the Texas Department of Insurance that it increased rates last month and State Farm said it plans to hike rates starting Oct. 27. S...</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New TexasSure Program Looks to Ensure Drivers Are Insured</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3848.aspx</link><description>Aug. 18--A new statewide program's test phase indicates that approximately one-fourth of Texas drivers don't have auto insurance. With the implementation of TexasSure, a new vehicle insurance verifica...</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Calls for Tougher Law on Uninsured</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3849.aspx</link><description>MOTORISTS want the government to introduce tougher penalties for uninsured drivers. Motor insurance comparison site comparethemarket.com says UK drivers pay on average pounds 31 a year more on car ins...</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Allstate, State Farm Raising Auto Policy Rates</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3850.aspx</link><description>Aug. 19--AUSTIN -- Two of the state's largest auto insurers -- Allstate and State Farm -- are boosting their rates to offset the rising number of claims. State Farm filed for increases of 2.4 percent ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ad Agency Shares Secrets of Its Success: Martin Agency Director Says All Campaigns Start With Strategy, Ideas</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3851.aspx</link><description>Aug. 20--About 150 people came to the University of Richmond last night to watch TV commercials -- and to learn about the creative process behind advertising campaigns. Cliff Sorah, creative director ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2 Auto Insurers Will Raise Rates</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3852.aspx</link><description>Aug. 20--EL PASO -- The state's two largest auto insurance carriers are raising their rates to cover rising costs. State Farm, the state's largest auto insurer with 3.2 million Texas policyholders, pl...</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Erie Wins J.D. Power Award</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3853.aspx</link><description>Aug. 20--Erie Insurance Group does some things the old fashioned way. Customers can tap into the Internet for a price quote on a new policy, but buying that policy still means sitting down for a chat ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Detroit Free Press Susan Tompor Column: Uninsured Coverage Worth Look to Protect Yourself</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3854.aspx</link><description>Aug. 20--When most people are trying to cut corners, they're probably not considering tacking on a few more bucks to the car insurance bill as a way to save money. Constan has introduced a bill in Lan...</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Driving Less Isn't Cutting Insurance Rates</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3856.aspx</link><description>Aug. 22--Oklahoma is a driving state, and even record-high gasoline prices haven't changed that much. However, it hasn't resulted in lower claims costs for those insurers because bad weather has boost...</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Some Money-Saving Ideas</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3858.aspx</link><description>Switch energy provider Pounds 233Combine your broadband and landline supplier Pounds 132Get the best deal on your car insurance Pounds 550</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Girls Without Glasses End Up in Crashes ; 3.8m Women Drivers Flout Law</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3859.aspx</link><description>SOME 3.8 million women drivers across the UK routinely risk an accident by failing to wear prescription glasses at the wheel - many because they don't want to look like Ugly Betty, according to new re...</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>General Casualty: Flounder to Flourish</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3860.aspx</link><description>Aug. 24--General Casualty 's transformation under QBE ownership resembles a Cinderella story. The Sun Prairie insurance company 's status went from neglected stepchild as a part of former owner Winter...</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>No Coverage for Bystander's Emotional Distress, Rules Connecticut Supreme Court</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3861.aspx</link><description>A defendant's auto insurance policy doesn't cover a bystander's emotional distress claim, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled. The plaintiff claimed that she suffered emotional distress as a resul...</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ad Agency Shares Secrets of Its Success / Martin Agency Director Says All Campaigns Start With Strategy and Ideas</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3862.aspx</link><description>About 150 people came to the University of Richmond last night to watch TV commercials - and to learn about the creative process behind advertising campaigns. Cliff Sorah, creative director at The Mar...</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Insure.Com: 12 Things You Don't Know About Car Insurance That Could Cost You</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3863.aspx</link><description>DARIEN, Ill., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- What you don't know about your car insurance policy could be draining your wallet right now. Insure.com, Inc. has revealed 12 factors that may be costin...</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Insurer Not Entitled to Immunity From Suit, Rules New Jersey Supreme Court</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3865.aspx</link><description>An insurer is not entitled to immunity from suit over an insured's election of coverage where the insurer gave out erroneous information, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled. The insured phoned his...</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>EDITORIAL: Hidden Rate Hikes</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3866.aspx</link><description>Aug. 26--Drivers can thank New York's Insurance Department for asking auto insurers to justify a proposed rate hike. And doctors, along with their patients, can thank Governor Paterson for freezing ma...</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>IRC Research Documents Higher Injury Claim Costs With Lighter Weight Vehicles</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3867.aspx</link><description>MALVERN, Pa., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The cost of auto injury claims involving lighter-weight vehicles tends to be higher than the cost of claims involving heavy vehicles, according to new ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>With Crayons and Computers at the Ready, GEICO's Safety Belt Poster Contest Begins for Young Artists</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3868.aspx</link><description>Break out those markers and dust off your paint brushes, it's time to enter the GEICO Safety Belt Poster Contest! As students jump back into the swing of the school season, GEICO hopes they'll keep an...</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spotlight on 'Green' Auto Insurance in California Advances Voter Mandate for Mileage-Based Insurance Rates, Says Author of Insurance Reform Proposition 103</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3869.aspx</link><description>SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and Assemblyman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) announced draft regulations on "pay-as-you-drive" insurance t...</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GEICO Poster Contest Aims to Boost Safety Belt Use</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3870.aspx</link><description>Break out those markers and dust off your paint brushes, it's time to enter GEICO's annual Safety Belt Poster Contest! The national GEICO competition (http://www.geico.com/about/in-the-community/poste...</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Producing Highly Satisfied Customers Can Improve the Bottom Line for Auto Insurers Through Increased Renewal Rates</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3871.aspx</link><description>WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Auto insurance customers with high commitment levels not only make more recommendations and are more likely to renew their policies, but are also sign...</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>BRIEF: Green Auto Insurance: About the Program</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3872.aspx</link><description>Aug. 28--ABOUT THE PROGRAM HOW IT WORKS: Insurers will track mileage in several ways, either checking odometers or readings from auto repair shops or even installing gadgets in cars, although there wi...</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Infinity Insurance Aims for 10,000 Gallons of Gas in Atlanta</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3873.aspx</link><description>ATLANTA, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- For the third time this Summer, some Atlanta drivers will enjoy $1.99/gallon gas thanks to Infinity Insurance.Area drivers lucky enough to make it to the eve...</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sales Of Fake Auto Insurance Cards Rising</title><link>http://www.carinsurance.com/news/content3874.aspx</link><description>Aug. 28--Connecticut regulators say complaints they've received signal an increase in the sale of fake auto insurance cards, and they're warning consumers not to break the law by using them. Drivers w...</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>