Insurance News - Thursday, August 29, 2013

Here are the leading auto insurance headlines from ONTARIO AUTO INSURANCE TOPICS ON TWITTER for Thursday, August 29, 2013:

• The courts are turning their attention to the dangers of texting and driving. A New Jersey appeals court ruled that a person could have a legal duty to avoid texting with someone who is driving.
•  Only five remaining U.S. states have no prohibition whatsoever on texting while driving.
• Auto insurers shouldn't just focus on claims fraud.  The latest trend in the U.S. is underwriting fraud by applicants who conceal or misrepresent information.
• Insurers love to insurer safe drivers.  So what is the safest city in America to drive in? Fort Collins, Colorado according to Allstate claims data. 
• Get ready to hand over control over the steering wheel because Nissan is planning to introduce their first self-driving cars by 2020.
• FSCO officially eliminated their mediation backlog as of August 19th but now they will have to focus on a build up of arbitration applications.