The Texas House of Representatives on Friday voted 91-50 in favor of a bill requiring insurers to include appraisal clauses within their auto policies. House Bill 2534, if passed by the Senate and signed into [...]
Assured Performance’s Canadian subsidiary Certified Collision Care on Wednesday announced it would manage certified Hyundai and Genesis auto body repair networks in that country. Certified Collision Care already manages networks for multiple other Canadian OEMs, [...]
Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee killed a near-term electric car directive in order to save it, according to his veto message. The governor issued a partial veto of Section 6 of House Bill 1287, which [...]
Boyd Group Services CEO Tim O’Day announced Wednesday the company had resumed normal production at all Gerber Collision facilities it had converted to intake centers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The conglomerate made the decision to [...]
Collision industry human resources attorney Cory King last month said body shops and other companies can demand workers receive COVID-19 coronavirus vaccinations. However, the business could find itself in a “pack of trouble” without first [...]
67 percent of 2020 “Who Pays for What?” study respondents said they used aftermarket scanning equipment at least some of the time, a practice survey co-author Mike Anderson blasted in a webinar late last month. [...]
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts on Tuesday announced a position statement stressing it would represent both direct repair program and non-DRP shops but called DRP conditions “a detriment” and a possible liability [...]
A Thursday Federal Trade Commission report to Congress on manufacturer control of product repairs highlights criticisms of auto industry practices relevant to the collision repair industry. The FTC described LKQ attacking parts restricted to certified [...]
The Women’s Industry Network on Thursday announced it had awarded $1,000 scholarships to 11 female collision repair postsecondary students. The 11 winners will also receive free registration at the 2021 WIN Educational Conference and mentoring [...]
Mazda will not require dealer sponsorship, cap the number of facilities, or ban alternative parts in its certified Mazda Collision Network, the OEM confirmed Saturday in an interview exploring and explaining multiple aspects of the [...]
