NJ bill addresses peer-to-peer car-sharing insurance responsibilities

New Jersey legislators are considering a measure that would regulate peer-to-peer car-sharing, such as what Turo offers, which includes insurance liability definitions. During a Nov. 3 Senate Commerce Committee hearing on bill S2979, Insurance Council [...]

2022-11-11T07:01:01-05:00November 11th, 2022|RDN News Feed|

Policyholders facing higher insurance premiums due to inflation choosing to drive less, switch vehicle type or carrier

A recently released insurance trends report by Insurify looked at how inflation has impacted car insurance premiums by reviewing more than 40 million of their consumer quotes. Insurify noted that weather patterns, crime rates, and [...]

2022-11-11T07:00:29-05:00November 11th, 2022|RDN News Feed|

Gerber parent Boyd obtains more rate increases from carriers, doubles size of technician training program

Boyd Group, the parent company of Gerber Collision, has negotiated rate increases with all of its insurance clients over the past 12 months as it responds to the challenges of inflation and a tight labor [...]

2022-11-10T07:31:31-05:00November 10th, 2022|RDN News Feed|

Incumbents prevail in state insurance commissioner races

Incumbent insurance commissioners in California, Georgia, and Kansas prevailed in Tuesday’s midterm elections, while the Oklahoma commissioner was returned to office without opposition in either the primary or the general election. Meanwhile, in two states [...]

2022-11-10T07:31:00-05:00November 10th, 2022|RDN News Feed|

RDE 2022: The dos and don’ts of shop employee retention & recruitment

As the industry faces recruitment and retention challenges during the ongoing technician crisis — a topic covered in-depth during SEMA Show education sessions last week — Tony Adams, an AkzoNobel business services consultant and a [...]

2022-11-10T07:30:29-05:00November 10th, 2022|RDN News Feed|

Cadillac’s CELESTIQ 3D-printed parts won’t have major impact on collision repairers

Cadillac says it has “drawn from every era and element of its rich heritage to deliver the most advanced, most luxurious, and one of the most important vehicles the brand has ever produced” in producing [...]

2022-11-09T11:30:30-05:00November 9th, 2022|RDN News Feed|

Speakers at OEM Summit demonstrate industry’s commitment to sharing repair information

OEMs are committed to providing access to their documented repair procedures, and are continually making improvements to their platforms in the interest of promoting quality repair of their products, representatives of three OEMs told an [...]

2022-11-08T07:32:03-05:00November 8th, 2022|RDN News Feed|
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