Farmers expands electronic first notice of loss system, offers option to input customer’s choice of shop
— April 11, 2016Farmers last week announced a new electronic first notice of loss system but said customers using it
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5 more DEG tips: Get answers on seam sealer, pre-fit; video shows how to add inner panel clear coat in CCC
— April 8, 2016The Database Enhancement Gateway, which allows repairers to make inquiries and suggestions of the Big
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N. Ireland body shop trade group: Study finds concerns with aftermarket auto collision parts
— April 7, 2016An engineer reported finding “notable differences” between aftermarket and OEM collision
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U.K.’s RMI Bodyshops to study aftermarket parts, look at suppliers’ QA
— April 7, 2016The collision repair wing of the Retail Motor Industry Federation, a leading British automotive trade
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NABR guest column: VRS labor rate survey meets California’s needs
— April 6, 2016Editor’s note: National Auto Body Research, the company behind the Variable Rate System surveys in
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Eleventh Circuit lets auto body shops’ appeal against insurers continue despite missed deadline
— April 6, 2016Collision repairers who’d sued auto insurers in four states can exhale. The Eleventh Circuit
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Defeated Pa. photo-appraisal amendments would have required physical inspection of totaled cars, reiterated desk reviewers must be licensed
— April 5, 2016A Pennsylvania representative who’d unsuccessfully attempted Monday to alter a bill permitting
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Amended Pa. photo-appraisal bill clears Legislature, goes to Gov. Wolf
— April 5, 2016A bill removing a 44-year-old Pennsylvania mandate that auto damage appraisals must be done in person
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Absence of luxury repairers, 2005 ‘Class A’ definition could be concerns with Calif. labor rate effort
— April 4, 2016The California Department of Insurance’s effort to spell out precisely how insurers must study
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California thinks an auto body labor rate market should be six shops. Here’s why.
— April 1, 2016Editor’s note: Frustrated by complaints, noncompliance and confusion, Democratic California Insurance
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