Collision repair shop owners and managers should not let common misconceptions keep them from seeking relief through the federal employee retention tax credit (ERTC), Brad Mewes, chief financial officer of The Mewes Group, advises. “People [...]
Having collision damage repaired by a shop that’s not in the insurer’s preferred network is “similar to seeing a doctor who is out-of-network,” a syndicated consumer affairs reporter recently advised his cost-conscious readers. It’s a [...]
Service King has warned its lenders that it is running out of cash and may not be able to repay debt, endangering its ability to remain in business, Bloomberg News has reported. Citing unnamed sources [...]
No one who spends any time in front of a television or a laptop screen has to be told that the insurance industry is a big spender in the world of advertising. According to an [...]
The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill signed into law by President Joe Biden on Monday contains much more than funding for the repair of roads and bridges. There’s also money for transit and rail, an upgrade [...]
Advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) components that have not been properly calibrated as part of a repair may give customers no warning that anything is wrong until they fail to do their job, manufacturer representatives [...]
The evolution and proliferation of advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) technology on vehicles makes it critical that collision technicians follow OEM repair procedures to ensure that these safety features continue to work as they were [...]
Vehicles equipped with ADAS features are less likely to be involved in collisions, but are not more expensive to repair than those without those advanced features, according to a study conducted by LexisNexis Risk Solutions. [...]
A federal judge has granted class action status for a lawsuit accusing GEICO of having systematically underpaid damage claims. In the suit, the plaintiffs say that GEICO violated Texas law by failing to include associated [...]
CRASH Network is asking collision repair professionals to take its 2021 “Insurer Report Card” survey, to help better inform consumers about their choices. The annual survey gives repair professionals the opportunity to grade the performance [...]
