A $12.5 million settlement recently agreed to by Meineke and a franchise shop came about a year after the national brand was unable to exit the case on grounds it lacked responsibility for the independent [...]
Meineke and an Everett, Wash., location of the national chain have agreed to pay a combined $12.5 million to settle a motorist’s lawsuit claiming the franchisee failed to warn her of a dangerously worn tire [...]
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists and more than 100 other trade groups have written a letter to lawmakers warning that repealing the “stepped-up” tax policy could hurt family-owned businesses. The letter by the “Family Business [...]
Editor’s note: Focus Advisors managing director David Roberts recently penned an analysis of the state of the collision industry as the COVID-19 pandemic hopefully winds to a close. At this time when repairers might be [...]
Ford’s recently released On Target newsletter for the collision repair industry alerts collision repairers and insurers to a procedure change on the previous generation of the Ford F-150. Ford discussed it in the context of [...]
Classic Collision on Monday announced its growth had taken the private equity-backed multi-shop operator into the Last Frontier. The company said it is up to 74 shops, including the acquisition of the three-shop Able Body [...]
CCC CEO Githesh Ramamurthy on Thursday told investors the company had seen “less and less overlap” within body shops’ estimating software. “I would say shops still have multiple (systems),” Ramamurthy said. But he mentioned a [...]
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota announced Friday that executive director Judell Anderson will retire at the end of the year after nearly 20 years of leadership. Anderson will continue to serve as [...]
A Texas public adjuster’s data from more than 700 Texas total loss appraisal clause proceedings show insurer estimates of customer vehicle value were on average around $3,500 too low. On the whole, the insurers would [...]
Ford on Wednesday revealed an all-electric 2022 F-150 Lightning it said would have a “massive lockable frunk” an “upgraded frame” and be built out of aluminum. “The military-grade aluminum alloy body and upgraded frame support [...]
