by adminpars | Jan 13, 2012 | News
In the past decade, the percentage of claims handled by dealership and single-location independent body shops has declined, while the percentage handled by multi-shop operations (MSOs) has doubled. In 2000, according to CCC Information Services, independent shops...
by adminpars | Nov 14, 2011 | Claims Department News, News
A Virginia state legislator whose vehicle was totaled after the sunroof of his vehicle was left open in a rainstorm was a proponent this year of legislation to raise the threshold of damage requiring a flood-damaged vehicle to receive a branded title from $1,000 to...
by adminpars | Nov 14, 2011 | Claims Department News, News
Because strong used car values allow for higher repair costs before a damaged vehicle hits the total loss threshold, the steep rise in used car prices since early 2009 has helped kept the percentage of vehicles being declared total losses stable, despite a continued...
by adminpars | Oct 11, 2011 | Claims Department News, News
General Motors will introduce the industry’s first front center air bag, an inflatable restraint designed to help protect drivers and front passengers in far-side impact crashes where the affected occupant is on the opposite, non-struck side of the vehicle. The...
by adminpars | Oct 11, 2011 | Claims Department News, News
California Gov. Edmund Brown has signed into law a new requirement (AB 1215) that dealers must label salvaged vehicles with a red warning sticker after obtaining vehicle histories through the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) for every vehicle...
by adminpars | Oct 11, 2011 | Claims Department News, News
Six months after the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, fueling concerns about shortages of replacement parts and other issues for the U.S. collision repair industry, there’s little indication any of those problems materialized. As it did last...
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