As claim severity increases and shop backlogs decrease, collision repair facilities may be noticing a difference in profit and are looking to tighten operations to keep revenues up. That may sound daunting but it doesn’t [...]
U.S. Department of Labor filed a complaint Thursday alleging a 13-year-old worked 50-60 hours at an Alabama assembly line owned by an auto part manufacturer, SMART, which Hyundai Motor America owned 72.45% of at the [...]
State Farm has requested an indefinite stay on discovery and proceedings in a lawsuit against it regarding allegations of undervalued total loss claims and reduced payments to claimants. The request was made because of the [...]
A CIECA webinar held Thursday outlined different types of AI, how they are built, and how they could be used in the collision industry. Gaurav “Rav” Mendiratta, CEO of SocioSquares and chief product officer at [...]
A federal appellate court has overturned a patent infringement decision and put a 40-year patent test in question, according to a May 21 opinion. The decision stems from a lawsuit filed in November 2021, and [...]
The Rhode Island House Committee on Corporations unanimously approved Wednesday moving a bill to the House that keeps insurers from refusing the use of OEM parts on any vehicle between 48 and 72 months from [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has asked Tesla to provide more information regarding complaints of loss of power steering in 2023 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. ODI has [...]
Mercury Insurance recently announced umbrella insurance options in Oklahoma as an option to cover liability claims that it says have increased by 35% since the start of the pandemic in 2020, according to a press [...]
A District Court ruling that dismissed a lawsuit filed against Audatex claiming it undervalued total loss claims has been overturned. Mackenzie Zuern sued Ameriprise subsidiary IDS Property Casualty Insurance Co. in a Washington state court [...]
The California Senate passed a bill that would require 50% of passenger vehicles, motortrucks, and buses sold in the state to be equipped with a speed assistance system by the 2029 model year and all [...]
