Roanoke County Public Schools plans to open a new Career and Technical Education (CTE) center in 2026 with a new collision repair program and hopes to gain all the industry help it can get to [...]
About 41% of all insured households shopped for insurance at least once in 2023, as consumers carried the weight of insurers’ rate increases, according to data found in a LexisNexis Insurance Demand Meter report. “Driven by [...]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has rolled out new scoring criteria for its updated moderate overlap front crash test that it says better accounts for variations in the position of rear shoulder belts. [...]
LKQ ended 2023 with revenue increases, in part because of an uptick in alternative part usage (APU) driven by State Farm’s decision to end a suspension on non-OEM parts and a positive impact from the [...]
Jim Huard, a 40-year industry entrepreneur, and his wife, Kelly, recently shared some tips with Repairer Driven News on how to quickly grow successful shops and branch out to additional locations. The Huards’ most recent [...]
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has released its 2024 National Roadway Safety Strategy Progress Report (NRSS), which highlights key steps taken last year by the department and safety partners to improve road safety and [...]
Two Illinois bills seek to create the Motor Vehicle Insurance Fairness Act, which would create a review process for car insurance rate increases in the state. HB4611, introduced by Rep. Will Guzzardi (D-District 39), and [...]
An Oklahoma bill proposing a cap on towing and storage fees made it out of the Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee Tuesday. The bill would extend the state’s Corporation Commission’s ability to set towing and [...]
Ducker Carlisle has found the recent introduction of megacasting leaves unknowns regarding durability and the impact of aging and poses barriers to adoption by legacy OEMs. Tesla is the forerunner in the use of megacastings, [...]
Travelers Companies has filed for a trademark on artificial intelligence (AI) software and applications for insurance claims processing, administration, loss control management along with numerous other tasks, according to a filing with the U.S. Patent [...]
