Parts shortage, supply chain disruptions continue to affect new car ...
网页2023年1月23日 · The Associated Press reports that computer chip shortages as well as a lack of other automotive parts “continued to hobble” the U.S. auto industry last year and contributed to an 8% drop in ...
Insurers’ auto body labor rates well below ‘market rates,’ expert …
网页2022年3月23日 · The refusal of auto insurers to adjust their labor rates in response to decades of rising costs has left body shops in an increasingly dire position, collision repairers and industry experts testif…
State Farm plans to show DRP shops ... - Repairer Driven News
网页2020年11月13日 · State Farm claims consultant Chris Evans said Thursday his company’s Select Service auto body shop locator will soon reveal OEM certifications held by individual repairers.. This would probably ...
Class action lawsuit takes USAA to court over thousands of total …
网页2022年2月18日 · A USAA employee used CCC Valuescope to appraise the value of the car at $2,728 and that repairing it would cost $8,859 so it was deemed a total loss, according to the suit. Letot disputed the ...
No. 1 Cambridge Mobile Telematics buys No. 2 TrueMotion in …
网页2021年6月17日 · 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 ...
UPDATE: Service King to merge with Crash Champions in August
网页2022年7月14日 · Service King will merge with Crash Champions, according to a Crash Champions internal memo circulating on social media. Crash Champions Founder and CEO Matt Ebert wrote in the memo addressing ...
State Farm expands use of aftermarket parts in its network to all …
网页2022年12月8日 · State Farm has informed members of its direct repair program (DRP) that it is reintroducing the use of certain non-OEM parts when adjusting estimates and settling claims, beginning Dec. 12.
Merger: Crash Champions, Service King locations ‘complementary’ …
网页2022年7月15日 · Crash Champions has confirmed its merger with Service King through an investment by Clearlake Capital Group, as first reported Thursday by Repairer Driven News.
Audi ‘really not writing position statements’ in future, says answers ...
网页2018年9月3日 · Audi collision and equipment manager Mark Allen last month told the NACE MSO Symposium he was “really not writing position statements for repair anymore,” directing the audience of repairers ...
Ford: Use OEM rivets, approved guns on vehicles with aluminum
网页2020年6月9日 · A new Ford position statement advises collision repairers to use the OEM’s authorized rivets, mandrels and rivet guns when working on aluminum structural and cosmetic components.. The June 1 ...