Politicians demand details of safety concerns insurers raised
Henry Waxman, chairman of the House energy and commerce committee, has demanded the five biggest US auto (motor) insurers say what they knew acceleration problems in Toyota vehicles, the FT reports.
He wants details of warnings the insurers gave the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) about Toyota defects.
The insurance companies, which include State Farm, Geico, Allstate, Farmers and Progressive Group, have until 17 February to hand over any reports, briefings or presentations they gave to the NHTSA about Toyota since 2000. He is also seeking communications, including emails, to and from NHTSA regarding the insurers’ reports.
Numerous reports
The move followed a report in the Associated Press that revealed that State Farm, the largest auto insurer in the US, had alerted federal safety regulators on “numerous occasions” beginning in 2007 about a rise in reports of unexpected acceleration in Toyotas.
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