The automotive industry’s most innovative and cutting-edge products were recognized Tuesday during the New Product Awards Breakfast, also known as the SEMA Show kickoff. The annual competition recognizes outstanding achievements judged in 18 new product [...]
Liberty Mutual will lay off about 850 employees as part of a long-term transition to minimize risks, the insurer confirmed. The Boston, Mass.-based company is the latest in a number of insurers to announce layoffs [...]
According to Christopher Thornberg, economist and Beacon Economics founding partner, the societal narrative stemming from comments by the federal government doesn’t match the reality of the state of the U.S. economy as a whole, including [...]
General Motors (GM), Stellantis and Ford have all reached tentative agreements to end the United Auto Workers (UAW) group’s six-week-long strike against it, the companies announced separately in recent days. On Monday, GM confirmed in [...]
Rivian Collision Service Engineering Senior Manager Dan Black says he hopes to clear up some misconceptions this week during the SEMA Show that the collision repair industry has on the level of complexity that electric [...]
A Massachusetts vocational school took an unorthodox spin on linking students with job opportunities through a so-called reverse career fair. Held last Monday during regular school hours, the event hosted by Blue Hills Regional Technical [...]
The overall length of rental (LOR) for collision-related claims was down slightly year-over-year in a “promising” development, according to new data from Enterprise. During Q3, the LOR was 17.5 days, a 0.7 day decrease from [...]
A panel of federal judges has sided with USAA on its appeal of the receipt of class certification from a Louisiana district court on a breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit regarding actual cash [...]
Los Angeles-based Alliance United Insurance will pay $1.1 million to settle a civil lawsuit alleging it “frequently failed” to respond promptly to consumer auto insurance claims and make its coverage decisions within the legal timeframe. [...]
A “significant stigma” continues to surround vocational schools as most parents discourage their children from entering the trades, according to a new study of 1,000 U.S. young adults. Jobber’s recently released Blue Collar Report found [...]
