Snapsheet, the auto-insurance industry’s largest provider of virtual claims solutions, comments on Allstate Insurance Company’s commitment to improved customer service through the use of technology with plans to close drive-in estimating facilities in favor of their proprietary mobile claims settlement.
State Farm has ceased use of its Auto Repair Facility Survey program to help determine auto body Labor Rates in areas of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, the insurer said on Monday, December 5.
H&V Collision Center, the largest independent and family-owned collision repair company in the Capital Region, is teaming up with State Farm to donate a van to assist veterans in the Albany area.
I-CAR announced a new live course cancellation policy effective May 1, 2017. The new policy is aimed at improving the student learning experience by eliminating classes with fewer than three students.
During this education process the insurance adjuster learned it would be impossible to resistance weld an LKQ quarter panel after a spot weld cutter was used to remove it from the donor vehicle.
The Collision Repair Education Foundation announced that Nationwide Insurance has made a $50,000 donation to assist the Education Foundation’s support of high school and college collision school programs across the country through school grants.
The CARSTAR insurance team – the largest group of insurance professionals serving the MSO segment of the collision repair industry – gathered in Charlotte for a first-ever summit on how to drive best practices in insurance performance across the border.
National Auto Body Council (NABC) member body shops teamed up with the Progressive Group of Insurance Companies to help more than 100 military families across the country celebrate Veterans Day by presenting each with keys to newly refurbished cars.
Farmers and G&C Auto Body, with the help of donations from Maita Chevrolet, LKQ/Keystone, Finishmasters and 3M, joined together to refurbish a car to give to a family in need.
For the second consecutive year, collision repairers say they feel less insurer influence when buying replacement automotive parts, according to the Aftermarket Business World 2016 Collision Shop Study.
CCC Information Services Inc. (“CCC”) announced recently that Carwise, its platform for providing consumers auto repair reviews and repair status information, now has more than one million customer-written reviews, becoming an industry-leading auto repair review service.
AkzoNobel is helping bodyshops work even more efficiently with a new color web application, MIXIT, which can be accessed at www.MIXITcloud.com. It is a quick and easy way for bodyshops to find the color they want, using a search function that fits all possible keywords, in any language, and even includes suggestions
Refinishing a part because it was scratched not only costs in materials but also the time it takes to rework that panel and the time lost on other repairs.
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