Failure to develop a dealer relationship might be a significant roadblock to earning a return on investment for OEM certification, according to a supplier of the equipment OEMs require for such networks. Many collision repairers [...]
Auto insurer Clearcover last month announced that its Clear Claims software can with Snapsheet’s support review a claim and issue initial payment in as little as 13 minutes. Clearcover called this “an industry-leading claim adjustment [...]
Editor’s note: For a collision repairer, the goal is to restore a vehicle to proper OEM tolerances. Failure to do so might alter the effectiveness of advanced driver assistance systems. But what happens when an [...]
BMW last week unveiled a fully electric iX “Sports Activity Vehicle” sporting a carbon-fiber reinforced plastic “Carbon Cage” paired with an “aluminum spaceframe.” “The aluminum spaceframe body structure of the BMW iX is a first [...]
The upcoming BMW iX will feature a grille whose “role has turned digital,” creating potentially new considerations for the common collision repair surface. BMW doesn’t need a grille to cool the iX’s fully electric powertrain, [...]
Boyd Group Services last week announced a goal to double in size from 2019 levels — executives described 2020 as a throwaway year — between 2021 and 2025. The pledge to investors echoes the company’s [...]
A Top 20 insurer and J.D. Power this month said customers have embraced virtual claims processes but agreed a failure to explain its limitations could sour them on the experience. National General claims process and [...]
A slew of expansion announcements between Sept. 1 and Friday bring superregional MSOs and two national chains into new states, suggesting a potentially more difficult competitive landscape for both DRP and non-DRP independents there. Focus [...]
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists partnered with separate coalitions of trade groups this week to seek two pieces of relief related to the Paycheck Protection Program forgiveness process. SCRS and the two assortments of [...]
Jack Aigner, one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Collision Trade Guild and an advocate for the auto body repair industry in state and national capitals, died suddenly Tuesday. He was 72. “It’s still a [...]
