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CCC come july 1st will begin rolling the ability for auto body shops to have an AI write a partial estimate based upon vehicle photos, the information provider announced this week. This CCC One Estimating – IQ artificial intelligence photo estimating capability will start in August with images insurers provide...

Cambridge Mobile Telematics on Thursday announced it had bought its top competitor TrueMotion, creating an automotive telematics powerhouse serving 21 out of the nation’s Top 25 auto insurers. CMT said hello had recently been the No. 1 telematics company in the world. TrueMotion ranked No. 2. The deal were not...

USAA on Thursday announced it would purchase the smartphone telematics insurer Noblr and use it to sell mileage-based policies. Terms from the deal weren't disclosed. Noblr has got the capability to detect and track risky driving actions in addition to miles driven while using sensors within a smartphone. But USAA...

Liberty Mutual’s free, opt-in hail alert service prompted 44 percent of customers to maneuver their vehicle in time to prevent hail damage, a survey of policyholders found. "We are constantly testing new digital insurance offerings and services that expand protection to the customers in ways beyond insurance," Liberty Mutual global...

General Motors has obliged both collision repair and car insurance industry by refining its assistance with which collision circumstances trigger certain inspections. It has provided more clarity how the inspections could be conducted and declared that certain operations officially weren’t necessary in certain minor damage situations. Nevertheless, there’s still the...

We’ve been focusing on total loss valuations lately after consumer advocates have raised the prospect of totals being flipped to repairable vehicles upon reevaluation of pricing. Our coverage so far has cope with overall actual cash value assessments — after all, that final dollar value determines whether you’ll be repairing...

A Ford assuring Farm yearlong study of advanced driver assistance system build data seems to provide further confirmation that such technology can lower the danger for insurers — and then the business coming to body shops. Drilling down to build data revealed that some Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles dating...

Collision Industry Conference participants last week suggested the auto insurance industry may not be training sufficiently to judge repair plans for modern vehicles. Repairers also discussed failing among claims personnel to comprehend the variety within the modern vehicle fleet and the shop preparation essential to fix those vehicles. This could...

Insurers might be attempting to combat claim severity by denying reimbursement for required repair operations, instead of address the problem where it can truly be solved, with different discussion at the July 15 Collision Industry Conference. Effectively, insurers are lashing out at consumers and the body shops as opposed to...

Toyota has rewritten its Collision Repair Information Bulletin No. 65 on clear coat to mandate body shops follow the paint manufacturer’s requirements. “To keep vehicle quality and sturdiness, Toyota and Lexus require all refinish repairs to follow the application guidelines from the applicable paint manufacturer,” the OEM wrote in the...