Chronicle: Independent Texas doctors’ struggles mirror auto body shops’
— August 10, 2015A Saturday Houston Chronicle article describing the difficulties faced by Texas independent doctors
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Berkshire Hathaway: Auto insurance losses prompting GEICO to raise rates again
— August 10, 2015GEICO, like Allstate, was injured by its second-quarter increases in crash frequency and severity, resulting
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Hood inquiry to examine insurer ‘warranties,’ effects on auto body repairs and rates
— August 7, 2015Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has sought meetings with the nation’s largest insurers as
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Sentinel columnist: Agent’s failure to inform newlyweds led to car insurance company denying claim
— August 7, 2015A “You and the Law” column in the Hanford, Calif., Sentinel takes a look at an insurance
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Business Journal: Miss. AG Hood contacts insurers in steering inquiry
— August 7, 2015Democratic Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood in July contacted 11 insurance companies and the attorney
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Progressive’s solid 2Q could be good news for repairers
— August 6, 2015Progressive is “comfortable” with its 7.5 percent margin on its insurance business, and seems
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La. auto body shops’ lawsuit alleges blatant steering, insurer disregard for customers
— August 6, 2015A new version of a lawsuit by Louisiana collision repairers alleges some of the most blatant steering
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Allstate plans rate increases, tighter claims handling to address 2Q auto losses
— August 4, 2015Allstate plans to continue rate increases and tighten underwriting to address growing auto losses seen
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Farmers says it still pays for PDR corrosion protection, aluminum markup
— August 3, 2015Paintless dent repairers can still charge more for aluminum, according to Farmers, which blamed a “misunderstanding”
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Farmers-PDR situation example of confusion between insurer corporate, local level
— July 31, 2015The National Alliance of Paintless Dent Removal Technicians and PDR Nation on Friday attacked what
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