Insurance New - Wednesday April 16, 2014

Here are the leading auto insurance headlines from ONTARIO AUTO INSURANCE TOPICS ON TWITTER for Wednesday April 16, 2014:

• A group of Quebec brokers come out supporting usage-based auto insurance programs, as long as they are voluntary.
• In the U.S., Dodd-Frank reforms creates new U.S. government office to monitor availability and affordability of auto insurance in minority and low-income communities.
• Fraud continues to be a problem in New York State where an insurance association urges legislature to adopt a zero tolerance policy for fraud at a State Assembly hearing.
• A joint study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, the University at Buffalo, and the University of Toronto has found that a computer–vision system can distinguish between real or faked expressions of pain more accurately than can humans.
• B.C.'s provincial auto insurer to pay back $39 million in overcharged fees.