Measure your shop with these auto body stats; help CREF, I-CAR build new data
— May 6, 2019Time is running out for auto body shops to take the 2019 edition of the Collision Repair Education Foundation
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Workforce development experts share tips for small shops amid tech shortage
— May 6, 2019A panel of Tennessee workforce development experts — including one from Nissan — last month
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NAIC liaison: Safety message resonates with state DOIs
— May 6, 2019Collision repair attorney Erica Eversman last month encouraged the industry to be unified and focus on
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NAIC liaison tells body shops ‘do file complaints’ with state insurance depts.
— May 1, 2019The idea that state insurance departments don’t take complaints from collision repairers is incorrect,
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Clear cap, painting hidden items, welding consumables: 5 more tips from the DEG
— April 30, 2019The Database Enhancement Gateway, which allows repairers and insurers to make inquiries and suggestions
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Calif. BAR: ‘Unreasonable’ fees in AB 2392 could be OK if shop proves it did the work
— April 29, 20192018’s California Assembly Bill 2392 declared a series of fees “presumptively unreasonable,”
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BAR: Insurer not ‘legal owner’ under Calif. storage law referencing ’15 days’
— April 27, 2019A California law enacting limitations on the time an automotive repairer can charge a “legal owner”
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Regulator: BAR, CDI agree Calif. auto body shops not pegged to CHP storage rates
— April 26, 2019A California BAR regulator Wednesday told a collision repair trade group how to interpret a new law defining
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NAIC consumer liaison Eversman IDs receptive insurance depts. for shops
— April 24, 2019Newly minted National Association of Insurance Commissioners consumer liaison Erica Eversman last week
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Tech shortage aid: Mentor-mentee challenge; Taylor, Nashville I-CAR grants
— April 24, 2019Last week’s Collision Industry Conference saw the industry attacking the collision repair tech
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GM ends free PDFs of body procedures, says docs insufficient for repairs
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