Board approves a five per cent rate hike Fort drivers to take smaller hit, auto insurance industry wanted 37 per cent ... (Fort Saskatchewan Record)
Mandatory automobile insurance premiums will increase by five per cent this November, meaning Alberta motorists will pay on average an extra $30 per year to insure their vehicles.

Four charged with insurance fraud (The Buffalo News)
Four Erie County residents have been charged with insurance fraud and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud after they allegedly dumped a sport utility vehicle into Lake Erie to collect on the car insurance, according to the state Insurance Department.

Berkshire Net Falls 7.6% to $2.9 Billion on Insurance (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett 's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. posted its third consecutive profit decline on slowing returns from insurance.