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Allstate said Tuesday its existing direct repair program background check policies remained in position, and also the insurer still wouldn’t be scrutinizing credit or drug testing results. A Good Hands shop had taken exception to a criminal record check authorization from Allstate as part of a DRP renewal, according to...

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,...

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...

Updated Highway Loss Data Institute research into rear autobraking found the ADAS technology cut property damage liability claims 28 percent and collision claims 10 %, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Thursday. The success from the technology recounted through the HLDI’s sister organization suggests a significant threat to auto...

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...

Advanced driver assistance systems calibrations produce an example of what economics terms a “credence good,” CIC Industry Relations Committee Co-Chairman Jonathan Chase observed Wednesday. A credence good represents a black box to the consumer buying it. They can’t begin to see the fruits of the labor they’ve purchased. A consumer...

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...

Three concepts “jam up” insurers over bills for collision work, a National General claims executive told the Collision Industry Conference a week ago. Two are questions of semantics, Industry Relations Committee Co-Chairman Jonathan Chase explained during an discussion of ADAS and trust in the virtual CIC Jan. 20. The third...