A bill that would require auto glass installers to meet or exceed federal, industry and OEM requirements is under consideration by Massachusetts legislators. The bill, H.4445, would require that safety glass replacement meets or exceeds [...]
Mazda on Thursday announced the consumer launch of the Mazda Collision Network, with new website content and an online locator for those shops that have joined the network since its creation in May 2021. Consumers [...]
The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) has released three reports detailing how insurers and policyholders are “experiencing strong upward pressure on insurance rates” following the highest inflation rate rise in a 12-month period since [...]
A Minnesota House bill written by the state’s Salvage Title Task Force proposes to protect car buyers by amending current law to eliminate title washing. Title washing is when the true identities of vehicles are [...]
National AutoBody Research (NABR) has compiled a special report on financial pressures affecting body shops, hoping that it can serve as a basis for labor rate negotiations between repairers and insurers. There is a business [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has directed General Motors (GM) to recall approximately 727,000 model year 2010–17 GMC Terrain vehicles because their headlamps do not comply with a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard [...]
The owner of a Missouri collision repair center is seeking $10 million in punitive damages from State Farm, accusing the carrier of aggressively steering business away from his shop. The tortious interference lawsuit, The Collision [...]
The federal judge in the closely watched Massachusetts “Right to Repair” lawsuit has postponed his decision by five weeks, until April 15, citing “unforeseen and unforeseeable circumstances.” U.S. District Court Judge Douglas Woodlock had previously [...]
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) will hold a Repairer Roundtable on April 13 from 9-11:30 a.m., an open board meeting from 2-5 p.m., and its annual board member election from 5:15-6 p.m. All [...]
A March 1 Arizona Supreme Court opinion allows for a 2015 lawsuit to move forward against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA US) and others in the death of a 4-year-old girl, Vivian Varela. The wrongful death [...]
