Texas Farm Bureau proposes giving homeowners choice to get discount, lose right to sue insurer
— June 30, 2016Texas Farm Bureau has proposed giving homeowners the option of receiving a discount by forfeiting their
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Survey: Only 19% shops itemize paint materials, but majority of requests reimbursed; paint labor rate median at $50
— June 27, 2016Only about a fifth of collision repairers itemize paint materials rather than use an artificial hourly
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Insurer background checks on shop employees — and vice versa — could be DRP consideration
— June 24, 2016UPDATE/CLARIFICATION: Allstate on Thursday provided more details about the scope of its background check
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Fla. judge rejects ‘steering’ advice, throws out entire Tenn. auto body shop lawsuit against insurers
— June 22, 2016Continuing a trend of rejecting auto body shops’ arguments — even those another judge advised
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Mitchell: Record-high auto lease rate found by Experian could be good for collision repairers, auto insurers
— June 21, 2016Americans leased vehicles in record numbers in the first three months of the year, according to Experian,
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Mitchell: Most claims under $2,500; check your shop data by studying $500-increment distribution
— June 20, 2016The majority of claims fall below $2,500 in gross severity, showing the need for insurers and repairers
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Gene Marks: Self-insuring could be health care option for small businesses
— June 17, 2016Editor’s note: Repairer Driven News regularly features pieces by prolific national columnist Gene
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Body Language: CAPA says multiple certifiers ‘foster a race to the easiest standard’; NSF says ANSI should decide
— June 16, 2016With NSF and CAPA offering different suggestions for reform, aftermarket industry leaders debated the
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Ind., Miss. shops will appeal lawsuits vs. insurers to 11th Circuit; appealed Miss., La. cases showed promise on steering claims
— June 16, 2016Mississippi and Indiana collision repairers and the Indiana Autobody Association will appeal to the Eleventh
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Following Fla. dismissal, appeal only hope for Ind. auto body shops, IABA in lawsuit against insurers
— June 14, 2016A Middle District of Florida judge on Friday killed a lawsuit brought by Indiana collision repairers
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