Hyundai: 2022 Santa Cruz ‘An Entire New Vehicle Category’
— April 29, 2021Hyundai earlier this month unveiled a 2022 Santa Cruz it said combined the SUV and truck segments to create what Hyundai calls a “Sport Adventure…
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UPDATE: Tex. House committee backs mandatory ‘loser pays’ auto insurance appraisal clauses
— April 28, 2021The Texas House Insurance Committee on Tuesday voted 5-4 to recommend fellow lawmakers pass a bill mandating appraisal clauses in auto insurance contracts. House Bill…
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APCIA: Appraisal clause will always yield values exceeding auto insurer proposals
— April 28, 2021American Property Casualty Insurance Association state government relations Vice President Joe Woods last week last week challenged a Texas bill mandating “loser pays” appraisal clauses…
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GM collision program goes agnostic on estimating, taps VeriFacts, incorporates Caddy network
— April 28, 2021General Motors announced this month it would no longer require its certified Collision Repair Network to use Mitchell as an estimating system. “We’ve taken our…
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CCG nears 600-location mark with record 1Q shop add, says it’s able to balance DRPs, OEM certification
— April 27, 2021The independent body shop banner Certified Collision Group this month announced it added 52 locations between January and March, bringing the consortium’s shop count close…
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‘Who Pays?’: Charges for FPB still infrequently covered by most top insurers
— April 27, 2021With the exception of State Farm, insurers still fail to frequently reimburse collision repairer charges for feather, prime and block, the latest “Who Pays for…
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SCRS, VECO: Insurers respond well to consistency BOT offers auto body estimates
— April 26, 2021Despite the software’s potential to produce higher repair bills by reminding body shops about operations, insurers have expressed pleasure at the consistency the Blueprint Optimization…
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I-CAR/Artistic Auto Body guest column: Collision repair facility adaptations for EVs
— April 26, 2021Editor’s note: Artistic Auto Body President Terry Mostul and I-CAR recently collaborated on an I-CAR Collision Reporter article examining life in a body shop focused…
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Attorney: Short-pay lawsuits might need to explain insurer estimate doesn’t govern shop
— April 26, 2021A Connecticut attorney last fall said it can be necessary during short-pay litigation to rebut the idea that the insurer estimate carries the same weight…
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I-CAR seeks auto body shops’ SRS inspection experiences
— April 23, 2021I-CAR issued a call Thursday for collision repairers to submit examples of real-world supplemental restraint system inspections. I-CAR repairability technical support and OEM technical relations…
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