The upcoming BMW iX will feature a grille whose “role has turned digital,” creating potentially new considerations for the common collision repair surface. BMW doesn’t need a grille to cool the iX’s fully electric powertrain, [...]
Boyd Group Services last week announced a goal to double in size from 2019 levels — executives described 2020 as a throwaway year — between 2021 and 2025. The pledge to investors echoes the company’s [...]
A Top 20 insurer and J.D. Power this month said customers have embraced virtual claims processes but agreed a failure to explain its limitations could sour them on the experience. National General claims process and [...]
A slew of expansion announcements between Sept. 1 and Friday bring superregional MSOs and two national chains into new states, suggesting a potentially more difficult competitive landscape for both DRP and non-DRP independents there. Focus [...]
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists partnered with separate coalitions of trade groups this week to seek two pieces of relief related to the Paycheck Protection Program forgiveness process. SCRS and the two assortments of [...]
Jack Aigner, one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Collision Trade Guild and an advocate for the auto body repair industry in state and national capitals, died suddenly Tuesday. He was 72. “It’s still a [...]
General Motors on Wednesday announced it would sell a telematics-powered OnStar Insurance to the public next year. The OEM said it would debut the policies before the end of the year with offers to GM [...]
A manager from a Omaha, Neb. dealership chain who attended more than a dozen virtual Repairer Driven Education sessions was rewarded for his scholarship with SCRS’ annual raffle prize. Woodhouse Auto Family process, procedure and [...]
Caliber on Wednesday announced President and Chief Operating Officer Mark Sanders would succeed Steve Grimshaw as CEO of the nation’s largest collision chain. The promotion takes effect Jan. 1, 2021. Grimshaw, who took over as CEO [...]
CCC on Wednesday estimated repairable auto appraisal counts were down nearly 20 percent in October. The projections come amid November releases of third-quarter same-store sales data from Gerber Collision’s parent company and 3Q frequency data [...]
