Report: One State Farm ‘market area’ pegged to large Census metro area
— November 23, 2015State Farm is in at least one prominent, sprawling U.S. metropolitan area assigning revised “prevailing”
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Market Trends
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Byers out as CARSTAR CEO; former longtime Allstate claims staffer Young gets top job
— November 22, 2015In what appears to be a surprise move, Driven Brands has ousted four-year CARSTAR CEO David Byers and
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State Farm finishes new market study, revamps labor rates it’ll pay
— November 20, 2015Shops across the country have reported State Farm has begun shifting the labor rates it’ll pay
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L.A. Auto Show: 51% of 2017 Kia Sportage advanced HS steel, includes ‘advanced hot-stamped’ metal
— November 19, 2015The 2017 Kia Sportage’s body-in-white is 51 percent advanced-high-strength steel or higher, including
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Mitchell: Frequency, severity can be worse on edge of winter than in heart of it
— November 18, 2015A Mitchell analysis reveals that insurers and shops should expect more total losses and costlier repairs
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With new technology in cars, calibration becomes vital with changes
— November 17, 2015It is shockingly easy to skew or obscure driver-assist sensors on modern cars, based on what we learned
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Liberty Mutual, Safeco DRPs to combine under one team; move follows recent DRP cost-cutting actions
— November 17, 2015The Safeco and Liberty Mutual direct repair programs have been merged into the Personal Insurance direct
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GEICO, Progressive confirm frequency, severity trends; more business for shops, more scrutiny of costs, premiums
— November 16, 2015Three of the nation’s top four insurers this year have confirmed a trend of rising crash frequency
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Allstate likely to maintain higher rates, tougher claims handling to hit target profit margin
— November 16, 2015Allstate’s four-part “comprehensive program” to improve margins — including a harder
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PartsTrader users up to a few insurers; company confident about ability to scale with growth
— November 12, 2015Several other insurers besides big gun State Farm are using or testing PartsTrader, executives from
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