Mitchell International’s latest Plugged-In: EV Collision Insights report found that electric vehicle claims volume increased in 2023 by more than 40% in the U.S. and Canada. Mitchell Claims Performance Director Ryan Mandell called it a record [...]
Shops in the Pacific Northwest may be eligible to receive free training that the Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC) says will improve painting efficiency, reduce waste, and save money on paint and materials costs. PPRC [...]
Progressive will continue to seek rate increases in New York, New Jersey, and California this year, according to a company Q4 earnings call. “We’re in the midst of talking to the departments and showing our [...]
Politicians and insurers are scrambling to solve a rising prescription drug crisis that leaves small businesses and employees paying higher premiums. Kevin Dunn, CEO of Decisely, said medical premiums are rising 14-16% annually, on average, [...]
Enterprise Holding’s Collision Engineering Program (CEP) will expand to the Southeast next month. Founded by the Enterprise Holdings Foundation and Ranken Technical College, the goal of CEP is to help fill the more than 110,000 collision technician [...]
State Farm has now been accused of using “evasive tactics” to avoid supplying documents and information in an ongoing lawsuit regarding allegations it has undervalued total loss claims and arbitrarily reduced payments to claimants. Documents [...]
Massachusetts legislators are again considering a bill that would set a labor rate for collision repair shops, which has for decades been well under the rates of other states and trades. The rate is currently [...]
General Motors plans to invest $23 million in its Customer Care and Aftersales (CCA) Charlotte Parts Distribution Center, located in North Carolina. The money will be used to continue increasing workplace safety and modernizing operations [...]
There were 894 vehicle recalls affecting 34,862,036 vehicles in 2023, according to data the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released. According to the data, about 4 million more vehicles were affected by recalls in [...]
State Farm’s property and casualty (P&C) group of companies had an underwriting loss of $14.1 billion for 2023, compared to a $13.2 billion loss in 2022, according to a company press release. It says the [...]
