General Motors announced this month it would no longer require its certified Collision Repair Network to use Mitchell as an estimating system. “We’ve taken our customers’ feedback to heart when determining opportunities to improve the [...]
The independent body shop banner Certified Collision Group this month announced it added 52 locations between January and March, bringing the consortium’s shop count close to 600 facilities across 39 states. “As we have collectively [...]
With the exception of State Farm, insurers still fail to frequently reimburse collision repairer charges for feather, prime and block, the latest “Who Pays for What?” survey found. Only 39 percent of hundreds of responding [...]
Despite the software’s potential to produce higher repair bills by reminding body shops about operations, insurers have expressed pleasure at the consistency the Blueprint Optimization Tool brings to auto body estimates, the Society of Collision [...]
Editor’s note: Artistic Auto Body President Terry Mostul and I-CAR recently collaborated on an I-CAR Collision Reporter article examining life in a body shop focused on electric vehicles. The account by the 21,000-square-foot dedicated EV [...]
A Connecticut attorney last fall said it can be necessary during short-pay litigation to rebut the idea that the insurer estimate carries the same weight as the shop’s invoice. “Those two things are very different [...]
I-CAR issued a call Thursday for collision repairers to submit examples of real-world supplemental restraint system inspections. I-CAR repairability technical support and OEM technical relations manager Scott VanHulle told the Collision Industry Conference on Thursday [...]
A new Stellantis position statement explains which crash damage triggers the need to replace a steering column in one of the OEM’s vehicles. “If the vehicle is involved in a collision where the airbag has [...]
The nonprofit Collision Industry Foundation this month announced a yearlong celebration of its 20th anniversary would begin with an auction featuring some high-profile goods. “There will be up to 30 amazing items to bid on, [...]
Society of Collision Repair Specialists members on Wednesday elected repairers from California, Illinois and Indiana to the organization’s board and re-elected North Carolina trustee Michael Bradshaw to a third term. For their part, SCRS trustees [...]
