Most midsize SUVs perform well in new side test
May 18, 2022 00:01 ET
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
ARLINGTON, Va., May 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More than half the midsize SUVs tested earn good ratings in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s new side-impact evaluation. Ten out of 18...
Ranks of TOP SAFETY PICK+ winners swell as automakers improve headlights
February 24, 2022 00:01 ET
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Arlington, Va., Feb. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is recognizing 65 models with the 2022 TOP SAFETY PICK+ award, as improved headlight offerings boost more...
The Hartford’s Zacchera becomes HLDI Board chair
January 27, 2022 10:00 ET
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Highway Loss Data Institute is pleased to announce the election of Stefanie Zacchera as chair of its Board of Directors. Zacchera is vice...
PEMCO’s McNaughton elected chair of IIHS Board of Directors
January 27, 2022 10:00 ET
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stan McNaughton, president and chief executive officer of PEMCO Mutual Insurance Company, has been elected chair of the Insurance Institute for...
IIHS creates safeguard ratings for partial automation
January 20, 2022 00:01 ET
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is developing a new ratings program that evaluates the safeguards that vehicles with partial automation...
2021-22 Tesla Model Y earns highest IIHS accolade
December 21, 2021 10:12 ET
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 2021-22 Tesla Model Y, a midsize luxury SUV, qualifies for a TOP SAFETY PICK+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. To...
Two more automakers cross finish line in race to fulfill automatic braking pledge
December 17, 2021 10:00 ET
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Twelve automakers are ahead of schedule in meeting a voluntary pledge to equip nearly all the light vehicles they produce for the U.S. market with...
‘Retirement vehicles’ raise the risk of crash fatalities for older drivers
December 07, 2021 00:01 ET
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Older drivers, who are less likely to survive severe crashes than any other age group, also tend to drive outdated vehicles that lack crucial safety...
Catalytic converters make 2004-09 Toyota Prius an unlikely theft target
November 18, 2021 00:01 ET
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A spike in demand for precious metals has made Toyota Prius vehicles that are more than 10 years old an unlikely target of thieves, a recent report...
Small SUVs struggle in new, tougher side test
October 27, 2021 00:01 ET
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is introducing a new, tougher side crash test to address higher-speed crashes that continue to cause...