Vehicles with tall front ends are more deadly during pedestrian-involved collisions when compared with vehicles with shorter hoods, says the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The nonprofit shared data this week indicating that pickups, [...]
Volvo will install two 9,000-ton Giga Press die casting machines at its Slovakia factory to enable megacasting under a newly-inked contract with Idra Srl. Idra Srl, a European die casting company, said that the new [...]
Auto insurance shopping was up 12% year-over-year during Q3, TransUnion said in its latest quarterly report. Released Tuesday, TransUnion’s Insurance Personal Lines Trends and Perspectives Report found auto insurance rates remained flat compared to this [...]
Another California insurer will stop issuing coverage in the state in a move affecting approximately 58,000 auto policies. Farmers Direct Property and Casualty Insurance, a division of Farmers Insurance, stopped writing new policies in September. [...]
Details shared by Rivian and Lucid Motors during this year’s SEMA Show about the structural makeup of their vehicles fell in line with Ducker Carlisle’s forecast that the use of aluminum and composite materials will [...]
This week, through Friday, is Crash Responder Safety Week (CRSW), an initiative sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), that focuses on ensuring steps everyone can take to keep roadway responders and motorists safe during [...]
A former Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) chairman who was passionate about mentoring and educating others in the collision repair space has passed away. Rex Womble, who served as SCRS chair from 1987 to [...]
When it comes to advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) calibrations, one of the most important things for repairers to know is that their chosen scan tool returns accurate information in line with OEM repair procedures, [...]
As President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) nears its second-year anniversary, senators are calling on a federal agency to enact “critical” safety provisions it contains. In a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety [...]
A webinar held last week by the Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) shared technical details about its newly up-and-running CAPIS standards. The standards can supplement or be used as an alternative to the current [...]
