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Farmers announced Friday it had purchased MetLife’s auto and home insurance business. The nearly $4 billion deal involves both Farmers Group, that is owned by Zurich Insurance, and the Farmers Exchanges. The Farmers Exchanges are three reciprocal insurers of Farmers policyholders. Zurich owns the Farmers Group, which provides administrative support...

An Allstate Good Hands collision shop has taken exception to some DRP criminal record check authorization request they say would expand the insurer’s ability to research private information. But Allstate said Tuesday it hasn’t changed any of its policies and it still wouldn’t be checking credit or drug testing results,...

Incoming Collision Industry Conference Chairman Darrell Amberson challenged the Nov. 10-11, 2021, virtual CIC audience to create someone new to the upcoming inter-industry summit. Circumstances since that time make it easier still to meet his call. Originally, the January 2021 CIC ended up being to be held in the Phoenix,...

Chief announced Tuesday it would this hail season present an automated system in a position to identify and measure vehicle hail dents and convey an estimate to fix them. The Constellation technology “eliminates the requirement for an adjuster to manually evaluate the damage,” Chief wrote inside a news release, calling...

Enterprise Holdings announced Monday a brand new pilot program according to Ranken Technical College’s hybrid school-and-shop collision vocational education model. The Automotive Collision Engineering Pilot Program will run two years and debut in the Saint Louis, Mo.-based Ranken; Contra Costa College in San Pablo, Calif.; Texas State Technical College in...

A ValuePenguin “State of Car insurance in 2021” report announced a week ago estimated that auto insurance rates this season represent a 1.7 percent decline — the first reduction in more than a decade. “The speed decrease in 2021 is an anomaly caused by fewer Americans driving in 2021 due...

The Mustang Mach-E just won Motor Trend “SUV of the season,” GM just redid its logo to worry electrification, and Volkswagen’s all-electric $39,995 ID.4 goes on sale “within weeks.” Charging networks are expanding nationwide. Some OEMs have even committed to ditching internal combustion engine-only powertrains in support of fleets that...

Canadian safety charity Parachute announced an inaugural telematics competition to find “Canada’s Safety Driver” produced sustained improvement in the riskiest competitors. But nearly all competitors “returned to their old habits by contest end, notably in the measures of aggressive driving as along with phone distraction,” according to Parachute. Parachute said...

Calling the Database Enhancement Gateway’s information “invaluable” to both association members and the collision industry, the Carolinas Collision Association has joined the ranks of DEG Gold sponsors. "CCA is extremely proud to partner using the DEG,” CCC President Kyle Bradshaw said in a statement Thursday. “The DEG is a superb...

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey on Friday announced members could take part in a new association medical health insurance plan. Association health plans permit members of a trade group to pool their buying power and obtain a much better deal than those companies could obtain by...