An Oklahoma bill that would increase the threshold a vehicle must reach to be considered a total loss from 60% to 70% passed the Senate Business and Insurance Committee last week. SB1920 was filed by [...]
A Washington State insurance commissioner-sponsored bill to combat insurance fraud, including for vehicle repairs or appraisals, passed the Senate Tuesday. SB 6031 expands insurance fraud to include medical, vehicle or property services not rendered or [...]
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has released its 2022/2023 Auto Insurance Database Report, providing data on U.S. auto insurance costs. NAIC found that the average incurred loss per collision claim increased 17.6% from [...]
David Harkey, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Highway Loss Data Institute (IIHS-HLDI), shared during a TechTalk 360 webinar on Wednesday that while OEMs are continually improving in-vehicle safety features, more [...]
A South Dakota bill that would ban insurance companies from declaring a motor vehicle a total loss unless the cost of repairs meets or exceeds 75% of the actual cash value was approved by the [...]
The Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association (WMABA)’s 2026 education and tool grant application is open to support future collision repairers. WMABA says the grants are designed to support education, training, tools, and program funding that [...]
Ascential Technologies has launched a monthly subscription-based program for collision repair facilities that it says allows them to provide in-house advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) calibrations without upfront equipment costs. Through this new Calibration-as-a-Service business [...]
Genuine Parts Company (GPC) announced Tuesday its intention to separate the company into two independent, publicly traded companies. One company would be the Automotive Parts Group (Global Automotive) and the other would be the Industrial [...]
Stellantis has released two new position statements focused on one-time-use parts, fasteners, and ADAS-related bumper repairs. Both statements have been uploaded to OEM1Stop.com, where repairers can find up-to-date repair information from most major automakers. Stellantis [...]
A Canadian local government body has echoed complaints and called for legislation similar to that of U.S. lawmakers regarding headlight brightness, according to the National Post. Video shared by the news publication of a January [...]
