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Heavier, taller vehicles causing concern in Europe, echo U.S. risk warnings

The European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) has identified a trend in manufacturing vehicles — especially electric vehicles, SUVs, and trucks — which are heavier, more powerful, and taller, as a risk for drivers [...]

2023-12-13T12:39:45-05:00December 13th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

VicOne report highlights ‘security gaps’ in vehicle data

The auto industry’s digital transformation is causing its cyberthreat exposure to grow in parallel, according to a newly-released report. VicOne’s annual Automotive Cyberthreat Landscape report detailed how more than 40% of data breaches targeted third-party [...]

2023-12-13T12:39:14-05:00December 13th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Emerging automotive tech touted as opportunity to attract & recruit technical talent

While the results of a recent survey by the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) and I-CAR show that collision repair technician career satisfaction is influenced, both positively and negatively, by a variety of cultural [...]

2023-12-13T12:38:42-05:00December 13th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

AM Best: Property insurance market’s outlook remains negative

The credit rating agency AM Best said in its latest property insurance report that the market segment continues to have a subpar outlook, driven by a number of factors working against the industry. “The outlook [...]

2023-12-08T13:11:10-05:00December 8th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Insurance Data Protection Act proposes barring federal oversight of insurance, ‘overstepping’ data collection

U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and 16 co-sponsors have introduced the “Insurance Data Protection Act” to amend current law and mitigate what they call overstepping by the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) into state-regulated insurance. The [...]

2023-12-08T13:10:40-05:00December 8th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

IIHS, coalition pushes for adoption of intelligence speed assistance tech

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is calling on automakers, lawmakers, and fleet operators to promote intelligent speed assistance (ISA) and speed limiters to curb speeding-related deaths. The IIHS, together with some other Road [...]

2023-12-08T13:10:09-05:00December 8th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Lawsuit alleging ‘unfair’ & ‘deceptive’ Tesla UBI premium calculations moves forward

Tesla Insurance Services, the automaker’s usage-based insurance company, faces a class-action lawsuit for allegedly calculating premiums based on false “sporadic and random Forward Collision Warning alerts” and other Tesla drivers’ driving habits rather than real-time [...]

2023-12-07T12:38:53-05:00December 7th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Extra money in your year-end bottom line? Industry encouraged to donate to collision repair programs

Integrity Auto Collision Center has donated $2,500 to the Contra Costa College Foundation, one of seven Collision Engineering Program (CEP) schools — a step that Laura Lozano hopes more in the collision industry will take [...]

2023-12-07T12:38:22-05:00December 7th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

AIA Canada: Collision repair sector is losing talent to other sectors

The Automotive Industries Association of Canada (AIA Canada) released a new labor market research report that sheds light on the collision repair talent shortage. Its study found that as 65% of mechanical and collision shop [...]

2023-12-07T12:37:51-05:00December 7th, 2023|RDN News Feed|
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