New U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Sean Duffy’s first act after being sworn in Tuesday was signing a memorandum that the administration says would lower the price of American car ownership and eliminate former [...]
A Mississippi bill will require insurance companies to pay the prevailing market amount for a vehicle or glass to be repaired pursuant to the OEM repair procedures and OEM parts or OEM equivalent parts. The [...]
The Maryland Senate Finance Committee held a briefing on consumer “right to repair” last week, hearing from both Safelite Group and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, that automotive repair businesses have access to OEM repair [...]
Boyd Group Services CEO Timothy O’Day says the collision repair industry’s primary challenge is also its greatest opportunity. “We are in a service business that is fully dependent on our people, so to excel we [...]
Four upcoming trade shows will allow those in the collision repair industry to network, visit with vendors, and learn about current topics important to the industry. Oklahoma Autobody Association (OKABA) 2025 Tradeshow The Oklahoma Autobody [...]
Now that a new judge presides over the Alliance for Automotive Innovation’s case against Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, there is a new dispute regarding witness testimony. The suit was filed in 2020 after the [...]
Consumer Reports (CR), the Green Science Policy Institute, and the International Association of Fire Fighters with the support of 68 organizations and more than 46,000 consumers have filed a petition for rulemaking calling on the [...]
Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer testified to the House Consumer Protection and Business Committee Friday on legislation that would grant her office the authority to require a company or person committing illegal actions to pay [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has delayed the effective date of its automatic emergency braking (AEB) rule to give the Trump administration more time to review the mandate, according to a document released [...]
The South Coast Air Quality Management District provided information to collision repairers during a Collision Industry Conference meeting presentation on its progress in adopting Rule 1151 changes. The district’s draft proposal of amendments would phase [...]
