Fix Auto USA co-founder: ‘Certified and verified’ auto body shops will get the work
— July 9, 2020Repair facility qualifications will soon play a greater role in referrals from dealerships and insurers,
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Allstate to buy No. 15 National General for $4B
— July 8, 2020Allstate announced Tuesday it would buy fellow Top 15 auto insurance carrier National General for $4
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Automakers say two-way Mass. ‘right to repair’ telematics carries cybersecurity risk, call for halt
— July 6, 2020In the state that pioneered the “right to repair” concept that became a national agreement
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Progressive will pay auto glass shops $275-$500 for calibration
— July 3, 2020Declaring them “the reasonable and necessary amount for calibration services,” Progressive
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‘Who Pays?’: 28% of shops now use paint and materials invoices, calculators
— June 30, 2020Paint and materials invoicing continues to grow in popularity among collision repairers, according to
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CCC says photo estimating booms; LexisNexis calls 2020 virtual claims tipping point
— June 29, 2020CCC last month reported the COVID-19 response has produced a record expansion rate “exceeding double-digit
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N.H. repair procedures legislation: DOI opposes bill; Rep. proposes Safety Dept. play tiebreaker
— June 26, 2020Yesterday, we covered what is likely the end of a New Hampshire bill that would establish a rebuttable
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N.H. scanning, calibration OEM procedures bill among those tabled after COVID-19 pause
— June 24, 2020A bill holding insurers to a rebuttable presumption that automaker scanning and calibration procedures
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La. Gov. Edwards vetoes bill cutting third-party right to sue, says no proof auto rates would fall
— June 16, 2020Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Friday vetoed a bill which would have eliminated the private
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Iowa Supreme Court examines when negligence so egregious incident not an ‘accident’
— June 11, 2020An Iowa Supreme Court decision last week examined an interesting question: When does an employee’s
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