Tex. bill discussion includes DRP repair decisions, supplements, labor rates
Legislation related to OEM procedures, labor rate surveys and DRP network promotion produced extensive discussion Monday about how exactly direct...
Bill preventing insurer auto parts vendor, software mandates returns in N.Y.
A bill amending New York’s shop choice law to preserve collision repairer autonomy on part selection has returned for any...
Chubb offers $23.2B in cash, stock to find the best 20 auto insurer Hartford
Chubb on Thursday confirmed that it had offered the Hartford $65 per share for that company, representing a 26 percent...
Despite earlier success, 2021 N.H. repair procedures bill fails in committee
Despite overwhelming support from lawmakers in 2021, a bill promoting paint and materials guidelines and scanning and calibration OEM repair...
The Hartford board nixes Chubb $23.2B takeover offer
The Hartford board of directors on Tuesday unanimously voted against Chubb’s offer to buy the rival carrier for more than...
CIC: ADAS, inspections, EVs topics at April physical-virtual summit
The Collision Industry Conference on Wednesday reiterated that it is April 21-22 meeting in Arizona would offer the option of...
SCRS: BOT users now can track repair procedures added, suggested by software
Estimators, managers and all sorts of other Blueprint Optimization Tool users now can track their success adding operations flagged by...
UPDATE: NJM Insurance drops April 1 cutoff, will still reimburse COVID-19 cleaning
NJM Insurance said it discarded its March 31 cutoff for COVID-19 vehicle cleaning charges and instead would reimburse the operation...
Arity behavior database could help body shops market to crash-prone drivers
The telematics company Arity on Friday announced companies could leverage its Core Driving Risk Audiences service and market themselves to...
USAA continues to reimburse COVID-19 auto sanitization through June 30
USAA, the nation’s fifth-largest auto insurer, confirmed Tuesday it will keep covering COVID-19 auto cleaning through June 30. “We're extending...