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An LKQ representative a week ago argued that a Texas bill’s proposed meaning of “like kind and quality” alternative parts unfairly required matching internal automaker specs no OEM will make open to aftermarket vendors. But Tracy Law Firm owner Todd Tracy told the Texas House Insurance Committee it was “disingenuous,”...

A Connecticut attorney last fall said hello can be necessary during short-pay litigation to rebut the concept that the insurer estimate carries exactly the same weight because the shop’s invoice. “Those two situations are very different documents,” Buckley Wynne & Parese partner John Parese told the virtual "Litigating and Winning...

American Property Casualty Insurance Association state government relations V . p . Joe Woods last week last week challenged a Texas bill mandating “loser pays” appraisal clauses in auto insurance policies on the grounds the appraisal process inherently returns a value greater than the insurer’s original offer. “The appraisal process...

The Texas House of Representatives on Friday voted 91-50 in favor of an invoice requiring insurers to include appraisal clauses within their auto policies. House Bill 2534, if went by the Senate and signed into law, would require that language to declare that the loser covers most or all of...

A Texas public adjuster’s data from a lot more than 700 Texas total loss appraisal clause proceedings show insurer estimates of customer vehicle value were typically around $3,500 too low. On the whole, the insurers might have collectively underpaid customers by more than $2.Six million with their original purports to...

Data from 46 appraisal clause process outcomes shared with a Texas public adjuster a week ago found insurers’ offers would have left customers short of the total amount needed to fix their vehicles by typically $5,312.46. Had the consumers not went through appraisal process, the insurers could have incorrectly underpaid...

The Uk collision repair trade group National Body Repair Association on Tuesday announced it might meet with the Office of Small Business regarding shop-insurer contracts. The impartial U.K. agency is definitely an interesting resource. It’s helmed with a small business commissioner whose job involves taking complaints from companies with fewer...

The California Autobody Association on Thursday reminded auto body shops the Bureau of Automotive Repair will not view an insurer as the customer when it comes time to regulate the shop. It’s a great refresher not just for arguably the car body repair sector’s most significant market but perhaps for...

A Texas public adjuster earlier this year used GEICO’s own policy language to prevent the insurer from totaling a vandalized Cadillac with an actual cash value over the price of repairs. The incident helps guide you a carrier’s contractually established liability limits and joint right to appraisal can be leveraged...

The Alliance of Automotive Providers of Massachusetts recently met with lawmakers to advocate for bills requiring insurers to reimburse labor rates adjusted for inflation. "We have already made tremendous strides during this current legislative session to possess our voices heard with respect to consumers, and that we look forward to...