When it comes to recruiting new automotive and collision repair talent and providing training for them there remains a two-fold issue: a growing number of retirees leaving open technician jobs without enough graduates to fill [...]
AirPro Diagnostics has filed suit against Drew Technologies, accusing the Opus IVS subsidiary of violating the terms of an information sharing agreement with AirPro and using what it learned to become a direct competitor. The [...]
ADP Research Institute’s latest small business survey concludes that an increasing number are facing challenges to hire and retain employees. A representative sample of more than 9,000 respondent answers were pulled from the overall survey [...]
The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has suggested that the state legislature turn its attention to the right to appraisal (RTA) included in policyholders’ contracts, but has stopped short of recommending specific legislative action. By [...]
Consumer Watchdog (CW) is calling on California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to meet with the nonprofit advocacy group after the California Department of Insurance (CDI) approved a $268 million increase in auto insurance premiums for [...]
This week, the Main Street business community voiced its support for a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). In a suit filed on Nov. 15 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of [...]
Forty-five national small business organizations expressed support for a new bill that intends to offer improved protections from rising inflation and excessive auditing of small businesses. The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) joined 44 [...]
Wejo Group has reached an agreement with Ford Motor Co. on the use of Ford’s connected vehicle data to inform auto insurers’ rates and policies in the U.S. The companies first rolled out the program [...]
State Farm has informed members of its direct repair program (DRP) that it is reintroducing the use of certain non-OEM parts when adjusting estimates and settling claims, beginning Dec. 12. The reintroduction will be in [...]
Tesla has told the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it intends to begin equipping at least some of its production vehicles with radar beginning in mid-January 2023. The communication between the OEM and the FCC [...]
