A panel hosted by the Collision Industry Conference (CIC)’s Emerging Technologies Committee on April 12 stressed the importance of safety protocols when handling electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid vehicles, first from the perspective of the [...]
A woman whose car was totaled in a collision is warning others about the dangers of relying on insurance company third-party appraisers after the crash led to a nearly seven-year saga. “This has been a [...]
Autel U.S. has launched its redesigned advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) webpages that provide comprehensive resources for shops looking to add ADAS calibrations to their list of services. And on Wednesday, Opus IVS and Body [...]
Allstate announced “catastrophe losses” of more than $1 billion during the month of March and said Q1 losses total $1.69 billion. The insurer attributed its bleeding bottom line to 10 events, and said it recouped [...]
J.D. Power and TransUnions’s Q1 2023 loyalty indicator and shopping trends (LIST) report found that insurance shopping continued to increase and GEICO, for the first time since the report has been released, didn’t have the [...]
PPG President and CEO Tim Knavish reported to investors on Friday that the company’s automotive OEM coatings business “benefited from solid global production growth and remains well positioned” but backlogs remain in the U.S. “Fundamentally, [...]
A California jury has ruled that Tesla’s autopilot was not the cause of a crash that injured a Los Angeles woman in 2020. The ruling could be viewed as a win for autonomous driving proponents [...]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) executive director is calling on the government to move forward “without delay” on a law that requires all new cars to be equipped with technology to prevent impaired [...]
The growth of electric vehicles will have unintended consequences for auto insurers, Moody’s Investors Service analysts say. Speaking during a recent podcast, Matthias Heck, a senior credit officer, said battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will likely [...]
Two back-to-back panels at this year’s International Bodyshop Industry Symposium (IBIS) USA conference held last week in Nashville gave the nonprofit, technical school, and employer perspectives on the nationwide technician shortage as well as what [...]
