Nevada bill raises total-loss threshold to 80 percent, cuts repair cost exemptions
— April 6, 2017A Nevada bill raises the threshold for a total loss to 80 percent and proposes that anything else totaled
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New Calif. steering, labor rate survey rules now in force; insurer trade groups prematurely predict apocalypse
— April 5, 2017A few weeks into new California Department of Insurance regulations aimed at combating steering and methodologically
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Aftermarket-centered PARTS Act back for new Congress
— April 5, 2017The “Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act,” which dramatically cuts design patent
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New South Wales Code of Conduct for collision repairers, insurers intended to ‘change all and rebuild confidence’
— April 4, 2017A mandatory “smash repair” code of conduct agreed to by insurer and repairer trade groups
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Mich. bill would bar insurers from demanding DRPs use certain parts procurement systems
— April 3, 2017After the same measure failed to gain traction two years ago, an Automotive Service Association of Michigan-backed
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New Mich. laws: OEMs, not state, define structural unibody parts; OEM procedures exempt shop from self-driving product liability
— March 31, 2017After a 2015 edition was scuttled by a veto related to an aftermarket parts component, a revised overhaul
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Fenix Parts faces ‘strained liquidity’ but not down for the count
— March 31, 2017Startup salvage operation Fenix Parts, which had hoped to become the No. 2 player in recycled parts behind
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NHTSA agrees ‘impractical recalibration requirements’ could be car safety defect
— March 29, 2017The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has cautioned OEMs that it might consider “predictable
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UPDATE: Uber restarting tests after Ariz. crash into self-driving car
— March 28, 2017Uber said Monday it had restarted autonomous testing that day following a collision involving one of
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More CIC Week: Eversman to talk shop liability at AASP-PA event; repairer requirements issue returns
— March 25, 2017Wondering about shop liability during a time of advanced materials and technology? Get some insight from
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