In answer to a consumer complaint, Montana’s deputy insurance commissioner has told Liberty Mutual its settlement of a claim isn’t sufficient and that simply stating a referenced blend study as “unverified” without evidence to back [...]
An automotive facility in New York recently held a workshop specifically tailored to teaching women in their community about basic auto maintenance, according to Eagle News Online. Emily DelFavero, a Subaru service technician who helped [...]
Based on a survey of 2,000 U.S. consumers, LendingTree recently found that 39% of those who have been in an accident or incident didn’t use their insurance for repairs. And 24% who did file a [...]
Four of the 2024 Women Industry Network’s (WIN) Most Influential Women answered questions about working in the industry during a webinar Tuesday. The questions asked about mentors, building confidence, life balance, and tips for how [...]
A Washington appeals court has partially overturned the decertification of a class action lawsuit against State Farm regarding the undervaluation of total loss vehicles. Two lawsuits, which have been consolidated, alleged that State Farm applied [...]
A California bill that would require OEMs to ensure safe and responsible recycling of lithium-ion vehicle batteries has passed out of committee for a vote on the floor. SB 615 would repeal existing state law [...]
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently released a plan to accelerate the use of vehicles that are able to connect to everything around them, such as other vehicles, pedestrians, and infrastructure. Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology [...]
CDK has agreed to pay $100 million and up to $250,000 for notice and claims administrative costs in an anti-trust case brought by dealerships nearly seven years ago, according to a motion for settlement filed [...]
A new report from Insurify states that in the first half of this year, full-coverage annual insurance premiums were hiked another 15% to $2,329 on top of post-COVID increases over the past couple of years. [...]
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)’s Producer Licensing Task Force (PLTF) will accept public comments on a proposed Public Adjusters Licensing Model Act through Aug. 30. The changes initially would’ve prohibited repair facilities from acting [...]
