A District Court ruling that dismissed a lawsuit filed against Audatex claiming it undervalued total loss claims has been overturned. Mackenzie Zuern sued Ameriprise subsidiary IDS Property Casualty Insurance Co. in a Washington state court [...]
The California Senate passed a bill that would require 50% of passenger vehicles, motortrucks, and buses sold in the state to be equipped with a speed assistance system by the 2029 model year and all [...]
Efforts by Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) in California and legislation introduced in Ohio have some hopeful of progress toward equitable electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure availability. The results of a J.D. Power study, released [...]
The Women’s Industry Network (WIN) has provided a record number of WIN College Student Tuition and Conference Scholarship Awards this year. Thirty recipients received tool kits and/or scholarship funds, according to a news release from [...]
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has signed legislation into law that, effective July 1, will allow repair shops authorized by the Department of Motor Vehicles to conduct safety inspections on salvage and altered vehicles. SB 183 [...]
The BMW Concept Skytop design, a V-8 engine open two-seater, was already receiving rave reviews before its official reveal at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy this past weekend. A press release describes the [...]
State Farm has applied for a patent on a system that will notify policyholders when their vehicle is located in an area that poses risk, such as parked in a garage that’s recently seen a [...]
New and used vehicle prices trending down and a flat month for maintenance service costs could mean insurers will slow down their premium increases, according to a CNBC article. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) [...]
An Illinois bill is headed for Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s signature that will require insurance companies to tell vehicle owners how their vehicles were determined total losses. While some states determine total loss under a threshold [...]
Three collision repair shop owners recently shared how they’ve implemented employee role segmentation and its positive impacts on workforce skills development, productivity, repair quality, and overall operations efficiency. The panel discussion was held May 17 [...]
