Insurance Cos Unfairly Using Marital Status to Penalize Motorists, CFA Claims
“Inhumane” penalty for newly widowed women.
Losing a spouse is never easy, either emotionally or financially, and a new study finds that many major auto insurance companies are adding to the grief by raising rates for new widows by as much as 226%.
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Security Researchers Find a Way to Hack Cars
Over the last two years, two well-respected security researchers, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, have been hacking away at various cars, trying to find a way to control them remotely.
At the annual Black Hat and Def Con hacking conferences in Las Vegas in August, Mr. Miller and Mr. Valasek plan to demonstrate how, after two years of research, they have discovered a way to control hundreds of thousands of vehicles remotely.
From the Internet, they were able to track cars down by their location, see how fast they were going, turn their blinkers and lights on and off, mess with their windshield wipers, radios, navigation and, in some cases, control their brakes and steering.
NAFA Names Leaders to Oversee Sustainable Fleet Accreditation Program
Development Committee to lead NAFA and its members with execution of Sustainable Program
NAFA Fleet Management Association announces the formation of an Accreditation Development Committee to oversee NAFA’s Sustainable Fleet Accreditation Program. The Association, in collaboration with CALSTART, launched its Sustainable Fleet Accreditation Program in April at its Institute & Expo conference in Orlando, Florida.
“We are excited to have these invaluable members take the lead in overseeing our Sustainable Program,” said NAFA Chief Executive Officer Phillip E. Russo, CAE. “NAFA’s Board of Directors and I are certain that they will ensure the program’s success.”
CEI Promotes Tech Team Trio to Support IT Functionality for Fleet Accident, Safety and Risk Management
The CEI Group, Inc. (CEI), a fleet driver management company, announced today the promotion of three veteran information technology team members -- James Pritz, Steve Colonnello and Bob Marriott -- to director.
“Each of these three gentlemen has demonstrated leadership over the years in supporting CEI’s technology prowess,” said Wayne Smolda, CEI’s president and chief executive officer. “Collectively, their new roles will be to ensure that our information infrastructure and applications continue to keep CEI fleet customers at the leading edge of safety and accident management efficiency and savings.”
