Repairers having difficulties with reimbursement of auto body shop charges might wish to direct the customer or the local adjuster or appraiser to comments from the nation’s main auto insurance trade group. A representative for [...]
Advocates described a Rhode Island auto insurance reform bill necessary to curb real-world situations reported to a House committee last month. House Bill 6234 would make three changes to Rhode Island’s unfair claims practice statute, [...]
A Rhode Island bill would require insurers to select recycled parts with equal “fit, quality, performance and warranty” as new ones and carry “the same year or newer” and “the same or less mileage” as [...]
I-CAR on Thursday announced it would provide training and support for a new Mopar Certified Glass Installer Program — “the industry’s first OEM glass repair certification.” “As vehicle glass installation continues to become a much [...]
Mercedes last month said the next-generation SL Roadster body featured significant precision; included aluminum, composites, magnesium and steel elements; and repeated no elements from the outgoing SL or an AMG GT Roadster. “The development team [...]
CarMax on Wednesday announced it planned to hire 1,800 automotive professionals “by the end of summer,” and the job openings available include roles the collision industry might be trying to fill as well. CarMax said [...]
A 2021 “Future of Claims” survey of 25 leading auto insurers found six of them using or piloting “touchless claims” potentially fully managed by technology, LexisNexis reported last month. Five of the six are from [...]
The LexisNexis 2021 “Future of Claims Report” released last month found customers less satisfied with the noninjury auto claims experience overall than in 2019 but nonetheless more supportive of virtual claims handling than they were [...]
Allstate announced Tuesday it would buy nonstandard auto insurer SafeAuto for $270 million in cash and about $30 million worth of “pre-close dividends of certain non-insurance assets.” SafeAuto does business in 28 states and focuses [...]
NORTHEAST will indeed be held in-person this year — and maskless, if participants are fully vaccinated, according to the AASP-NJ. “We are thrilled and excited to be the first regional automotive show to come back [...]
