Recent Assured Performance announcements should help certified body shops compile the documentation proving they’ve delivered a quality repair, according to CEO Scott Biggs. Biggs said Thursday that Assured Performance was engaged in a “massive initiative” [...]
A fall survey of several hundred collision repairers found virtually all of them seeking payment for pre- and post-repair scans and insurers frequently agreeing to cover that bill. More than eighty percent of the shops [...]
Going to the Collision Industry Conference on Thursday? Get ready to debate your colleagues and to dive deeper into some of the sector’s hottest topics with our breakdown of the agenda highlights. It’s probably a [...]
The New Jersey Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee on Thursday cut a bill allowing policyholders to sue insurers for unfair practices down to a single line of auto coverage and stripped out triple damages [...]
“HMO-style networks” and insurer national service agreements might be on the horizon, according to a discussion between industry experts posted this week by Collision Hub. Collision Hub CEO Kristen Felder said “distinct policy language changes” [...]
Auto body shops who omit labor operations or alter estimates to reflect what the insurer will pay rather than the work performed are making a mistake, according to a new Collision Hub video featuring industry [...]
Nissan on Monday announced an “acoustic meta-material” it said could block the same amount of noise as sound insulation weighing four times as much. However, the substance still came in at the same price — [...]
A recent DEKRA presentation revealed how a low-speed collision into a trailer hitch could result in far more damage to a vehicle than was visible from the exterior. The SCRS OEM Collision Repair Technology Summit [...]
Bain Capital-backed tire vendor Dealer Tire on Monday announced it would buy auto body repair provider Dent Wizard from Gridiron Capital. Dealer Tire didn’t release details of the deal, which it expected to close this [...]
The Association of Global Automakers and Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers on Wednesday announced they had merged into a single trade group representing the OEMs behind “nearly 99 percent of all light-duty vehicles sold in the [...]
