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October 2024 Collision corner George Arrants, vice president of the ASE Education Foundation, doesn’t think the collision industry’s technician shortage is based on a lack of interest in the trades by young people nor too few students entering into collision repair...
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Geico’s direct repair shops last week received a notification from the insurer that in order to address “the complexity of tracking a variety of price points” for calibration and scanning services from different vendors, Geico had “reached an agreement with asTech to...
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Wheels To Prosper Wheels To Prosper is a charity event brought together and put on by not only Center Collision but an immense amount of help from countless community shops, some of the most influential being In N Out Auto Sales, Metal Magic, T-n-T Tires, and Diamond...
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Federated Insurance® Launches Association Member Benefits Page Federated Insurance strives to provide valuable benefits to association members. To continue giving the best support and guidance, an Association Member Benefits page has been created on our website to...
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Some state legislative sessions ended without passage of some bills impacting the industry. The Washington state legislature, for example, adjourned without passing bills that would have given policyholders there the right to call for an independent appraisal when...
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After its 2022 study of blend refinish labor times, which led all three estimating systems to reexamine their 50% formulas and add more flexibility to their systems related to blending, the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) says it will embark on a...