FCA to body shops, insurers: Scan every vehicle before and after any repair
— June 9, 2016FCA on Thursday confirmed that auto body shops, glass replacers and even someone disconnecting a battery
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‘Who Pays for What?’: Shops might have wrong person, labor rate handling feather, prime and block
— June 8, 2016Even when a shop asks and the insurer pays for feather, prime and block, it might involve the wrong
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Collision repairers warn insurers of dangers of cutting corners in Demotech industry magazine
— June 2, 2016A spring issue of a company magazine geared toward the insurance industry features two collision industry
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Anderson: Gains seen in shops reimbursed for refinish procedures
— June 2, 2016Insurers reimburse a larger proportion of collision repairers for 21 of 25 “non-included”
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Utah, La. auto body shops’ objections to dismissal tossed; attorney says national shop hopes may lie with 11th Circuit
— June 1, 2016With evident frustration, an attorney for dozens of shops and two state associations who’ve sued
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Fla. judge rejects magistrate’s advice on steering claims, kills rest of Miss. shops’ lawsuit against insurers
— June 1, 2016Disregarding recommendations to let three shops’ “steering” allegations survive a motion
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Greg Coccaro Sr., N.Y. shop owner who triumphed over Progressive, dies at 66
— May 31, 2016Greg Coccaro Sr., the former owner of an upstate New York auto body shop whose legal battle with Progressive
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‘Who Pays for What?’: Insurers pay for refinishing procedures — sometimes
— May 31, 2016Though it’s sadly by no means a sure thing, a nationwide survey of shops revealed most major insurers
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DRP news: Gerber still sees network consolidation; courting insurers led to Service King rise
— May 31, 2016Boyd/Gerber’s same-store sales rose a whopping 7.4 percent in the first quarter of 2015, a boom
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PBS Frontline-NPR report: While running FEMA program, insurers unduly harsh on Sandy flood claims
— May 26, 2016A PBS Frontline and NPR “Business of Disaster” series making waves this week alleges insurance
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