Courses on seam sealer duplication, short-pay litigation, glue pulling and shop marketing are among the nearly 20 courses the Society of Collision Repair Specialists has scheduled for the virtual Repairer Driven Education series. The organization [...]
Thatcham on Thursday announced it and Euro NCAP had developed a means of grading OEMs’ “assisted driving” technology, with the initial results highlighting gaps in elements like performance and driver engagement. The term “assisted driving” [...]
Mercedes this summer announced 72 percent of the next-generation 2021 GLA’s body would be high-strength or even tougher steels, calling the vehicle “a model of modern lightweight steel construction.” Mercedes also noted in a July 23 [...]
Austrian telematics company Dolphin Technologies last month reported some interesting correlations between trip length and odds of a collision. “The lowest risk of accident in relative terms was for trips lasting between 10 and 20 [...]
The Collision Industry Conference this month reminded auto body repairers and other industry stakeholders of an opportunity to vote on five “Golden Rules” for protecting business and customer data. The vote will be held at [...]
Is the insurer giving your customer grief about reasonable storage charges related to their vehicle’s time in your auto body shop? The customer’s incurral of those charges might actually have been approved by their policy [...]
The New York Times last week examined artificial intelligence photo estimating in an article that attacks human desk review accuracy and provides updates on major insurers’ AI claims initiatives. “Insurance companies liked photo-based estimates because [...]
Swiss Re announced Monday that Toyota Insurance Services would work with it on Swiss Re’s “ADAS risk score.” Advanced driver assistance systems are proven to prevent crashes. But there seems to be uncertainty into how [...]
Kia on Tuesday unveiled a next-generation 2021 Kia Sorento 119 pounds lighter than its predecessor yet boasting a higher average tensile strength. Kia expects the 2021 Sorento to reach dealers and go on sale later [...]
The U.S. District of New Jersey this summer refused to reconsider a February decision permitting a widow to explore whether an independent adjuster, his employer, and the insurance company who hired them bore any blame [...]
