by adminpars | Mar 14, 2012 | News
Penalties for driving without insurance would increase under proposed legislation (H 4446) in South Carolina. A vehicle owner would pay a $350 fine and police would be required to tow and impound the vehicle. This would be in addition to current penalties which...
by adminpars | Feb 27, 2012 | News
Speaking at a recent conference, David Strickland of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said his agency will decide next year whether to mandate vehicle-to-vehicle communication technologies in new cars to improve crash avoidance. “We have been...
by adminpars | Feb 22, 2012 | News
Because leased vehicles tend to be insured and repaired, a continued uptick in vehicle leasing is good news for collision repairers. Only about 13 percent of new vehicle transactions in 2009 were leased; that rebounded to 19 percent in 2010, and increased again, to 20...
by adminpars | Feb 22, 2012 | News
Jackie Hart, a risk manager with Total System Services, Inc. (TSYS), a large credit card processing company, offers these tips to businesses to avoid being a victim of credit card fraud: Be wary of cards that are not signed or lack the standard security...
by adminpars | Feb 14, 2012 | News
Chip Lackey, a senior director within J.D. Power and Associates’ insurance practice, says too few consumers are getting proactive updates while their vehicles are being repaired, or follow-up after the claim. Based on J.D. Powers 2011 survey of nearly 12,000...
by adminpars | Feb 14, 2012 | News
Proposed federal legislation (HR 3889) introduced in early February would significantly reduce the time automakers can use design patents to prevent other companies from producing replacement crash parts; current patent laws give automakers a 14-year exclusivity on...
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