Canadian insurers have asked CSN Collision Centres for a “U.S. solution,” and the company plans to provide this through its recent merger with 1Collision Network, CSN CEO Ryan Bruno said Tuesday. 1Collision President Jim Keller on [...]

CSN Collision Centres and 1Collision’s merger into a 240-shop banner poises the company’s U.S. repairers for significant growth and improved network shop resources — including better vendor deals. 1Collision President Jim Keller said his 40-shop [...]

SEMA announced Thursday that attendees must wear a mask or face shield to attend the massive automotive aftermarket trade show Nov. 3-6 as a precaution against the COVID-19 coronavirus. The organization will also “Designate entrance [...]

Former Automotive Service Association Chairman and Hall of Eagles inductee Dick Schoonover died earlier this month. He was 84. Mike Schoonover, his son and successor at the now-third-generation Schoonover Bodyworks and Glass, remembered his father [...]

Recent research by MOTOR and Carlisle & Company reveals independent mechanical repairers’ perception of their half of the aftermarket’s OEM and alternative parts market. The study excluded auto body shops. But its findings might still [...]

Automotive Management Institute President Jeff Peevy will return to his longtime home of I-CAR, the latter organization announced Wednesday. Peevy will assume his new role as I-CAR’s technical products, programs and services vice president at [...]

Acuity, Amica, Chubb, Erie and PURE altogether were more likely than the “Big Eight” auto insurers to reimburse customers for four common repair operations on claims, according to the latest “Who Pays for What?” study. [...]

Editor’s note: Given the significance of Hyundai posting OEM collision repair procedures for Hyundai and Genesis vehicles, we figured repairers might also appreciate the convenience of looking at the topic in a Q&A format along [...]

Hyundai this week posted OEM collision repair procedures for four models, with a fifth vehicle soon to come and plans to add more of its fleet. The move delivers a significant resource for collision repairers, [...]

CSN Collision Centres and 1Collision Network announced Tuesday the two companies would merge and create a 240-shop network doing $550 million in sales. CSN includes 200 shops and repairs more than 200,000 vehicles a year, [...]