The Database Enhancement Gateway, which allows repairers and insurers to make inquiries and suggestions of the Big 3 estimating providers at no cost, was augmented in 2015…
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General Motors will base 60 percent of its assessment of certified collision repairers upon a “safe, proper repair,” with the other 40 percent of the…
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Communications with shops shared with Repairer Driven News show repeated denials of scanning by State Farm, more than three years after insurers and collision repairers…
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Collision repairers and other industry leaders received some of the sector’s most prestigious awards and the AMI presented diplomas to Class of 2018 graduates on…
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Collision repairers in four states and multiple major national carriers on Tuesday engaged in oral arguments before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which had…
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CCC last month updated its MOTOR Guide to Estimating P-pages to add included and not-included procedures and confirm there’s no set time for a diagnostic…
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Volvo Certified Collision Program manager Kenneth Park on Thursday said the OEM would in 2019 require its network to only use new OEM parts. The…
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The Collision Repair Education Foundation on Friday announced it, insurers, I-CAR, MSOs, OEMs and others bestowed more than $500,000 in Ultimate Collision Education Makeover grants…
A Collision Advice webinar earlier this fall demonstrated that fixing a Volkswagen can mean paying attention to some very important times related to adhesives within…
Volkwagen collision repair procedures can demand body shops use specific repair products with individual VW parts numbers instead of leaving that decision up to the…
The Paradise, Calif., location of the four-shop Collision Pros has been destroyed by the Camp Fire raging in the California Sierra Nevada area, and the…
Audatex on Wednesday said its AudaTarget software could predict total losses based upon responses to a set of questions at the time a claim was…
Audatex late last month announced it had made its AudaTarget predictive analytics software available to U.S. insurers, allowing carriers to direct specific vehicles to a…
Sometimes, other industries’ stories reinforce those in the collision repairer sector. Covering a fatal Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane crash near Indonesia, Claims Journal on…
General Motors will base 60 percent of its assessment of certified collision repairers upon a “safe, proper repair,” with the other 40 percent of the…
Honda: ‘Zero percent chance’ of correct Civic frame rail R&R without OEM procedures
Seven parts -- at least one of which was an assembly ha...
Correction: Following premium cuts, multiple reports of State Farm denying scans
Communications with shops shared with Repairer Driven N...
Mazda’s slick new ‘Soul Red Crystal’ color might be trickier for painters
It's not just the body department that might have to ad...
CCC updates MOTOR P-pages with new details on scanning, painting
CCC last month updated its MOTOR Guide to Estimating P-...
Volvo to demand 100% OEM parts from network, restrict some components
Volvo Certified Collision Program manager Kenneth Park...
