Using the parts “Compare” tool in CCC identifies the body shop and vehicle information number to the participating parts vendors, CCC confirmed last week. CCC explained its “Compare” data practices following a body shop’s report [...]
Recently released IMR polling results found training weighed heavily on the minds of mechanical auto repairers. The study of “independent automotive repair shops” found 42.6 percent of respondents call finding time for hands-on training a [...]
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota and the Insurance Federation of Minnesota had neared a deal on a bill tying auto insurers to OEM procedures, but the effort ultimately proved unsuccessful. Following that, [...]
LKQ on Tuesday challenged Minnesota legislation requiring insurers to pay for OEM procedures, citing fear the company could be excluded as a service provider. Central region government affairs manager Kevin Fisk told the Minnesota House [...]
Artificial intelligence object recognition company StradVision on Thursday announced it would add animal detection as a standard feature in its SVNet software. The company said that the capability could power advanced driver assistance systems to [...]
The Oklahoma state Senate this week approved a bill limiting collision repairers to the maximum and fees determined by the state Corporation Commission “for the storage and after-hours release of nonconsensual towed vehicles.” Senate Bill [...]
Calling it an “invaluable tool” that “helps provide a neutral ground for negotiations,” a California auto body shop has sponsored the Database Enhancement Gateway at the Gold Level. The DEG offers a free way for [...]
Though the coronavirus continues to make headlines, the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey confirmed to the collision industry Wednesday that the NORTHEAST trade show will still occur later this month in Seacaucus, [...]
The Top 4 auto insurers in the country recently released 2019 financial data collision repairers can use to evaluate business strategy — and to make a case to an adjuster or customer if the carrier [...]
Ever wonder why the OEMs don’t just stamp the grade of steel on a part so body shops know upfront what it is and what repair-replace considerations might apply? Incoming American Iron and Steel Institute [...]
