I-CAR® has awarded Insurance Gold Class® business recognition at the corporate level to State Farm®, an achievement reserved for insurance carriers that are committed to improving the performance and quality of auto collision repairs.
State Farm’s appraiser staff has completed the PlatinumTM Auto Physical Damage Appraiser (APDA) training requirements in I-CAR’s Pro
Two years ago a collection of lawsuits alleging that insurance companies colluded to fix prices for collision repair reimbursements were dismissed by a federal judge. A decision by an appeals court may revive those cases and several others claiming that insurers are in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., the leading live and live-online salvage auto auction company, announced the expansion of facilities in six states across the U.S.
Nagy's Collision Centers in Orrville will be hosting 2 Free, Live Continuing Education Courses to Insurance Agents at their corporate office in Orrville, OH on Wednesday, September 6.
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.
While the landscape of the collision repair industry is expected to grow this year, that growth is likely to come from shops who are able to expand their businesses and open new locations, improve their efficiency and build their insurance relationships.
Government Regulatory Compliance, LLC., a consulting firm in Reno, Nev., announced that they will evaluate a new e-Commerce risk rating system as a secondary screening measure for vendors, lenders and insurers in the automotive aftermarket, including body shops, car dealerships, their vendors and insurance partners.
Mitchell has launched Mitchell WorkCenter Assisted Review, the first integrated workflow solution to leverage artificial intelligence for the estimate review process.
Smaller, lesser-known insurers received the highest marks from collision repairers asked to grade the auto insurers’ claims practices in the 2017 CRASH Network “Insurer Report Card.”
After two consecutive years of collision repairers saying they felt less pressure from insurance company influences, that trend reversed in the Aftermarket Business World 2017 Collision Shop Study.
H&V Collision Center will once again team up with GEICO to provide three cars to three deserving veterans during an August 19 Tri-City ValleyCats game.
If you have to ask yourself if you are watching the right gauges, it might be time for a little help. David Saline, vice president of sales with Management Success, has insight into what you should track and how each area impacts your bottom line through metrics.
More shops are now being paid “always” or “most of the time” for nearly two dozen not-included body labor operations compared to a year earlier, according to the latest findings from the “Who Pays for What?” quarterly survey series.
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.
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