Allstate implemented 11.6% rate increases throughout 12 locations in June to help offset more than $1 billion in catastrophe losses during the same month, it said Thursday. While reporting single-month losses of $1.01 billion, or [...]
Owl Autonomous Imaging has shared in a recent whitepaper how next-gen automatic emergency braking (AEB) technology on new cars will allow for visibility in pitch darkness and crowded urban areas. The goal is to walk [...]
A workshop held Monday by the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) shed some light on the state of the P&C industry in auto and home insurance claim experiences and complaints, which have [...]
Changes to Audatex’s blend formula were communicated as a part of an update presentation on the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) Blend Study, committing to a shift away from previously defined formulas and resolving [...]
A new study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety finds that raising posted speed limits would likely do little to save time and increase traffic flow and could lead to more crashes, injuries, and [...]
Following the announcement last week of an agreement made by two repair industry trade associations and a third representing auto manufacturers on the promise of continued access to data and information necessary to repair vehicles, [...]
A Texas man who sued State Farm insurance for deducting money from his total loss settlement was awarded $288,517.59 by a jury earlier this month. Joseph Wayne Collins took civil action against the company after [...]
Thatcham Research has rolled out an electric vehicle (EV) safety program that it says will educate the public on the “unique safety challenges” posed by the vehicles. Called EV Safe, the U.K.-based initiative is geared [...]
A Pennsylvania judge’s ruling in a third-party claim dispute settled in favor of a collision shop serves to weigh in on disagreements between repairers and insurers on labor rates. On behalf of its customer, Karl [...]
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include comment from PartsTrader. The original version stated in error that no comment had been given by the publication deadline. An Illinois body shop manager recently made [...]
