SACRAMENTO, CA --- The California Autobody Association (CAA) announced plans to partner with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to promote efforts to reduce toxic exposures arising from collision repair operations.
Read More →BOSTON --- Progressive Insurance executive Karen Mills resigned from the Massachusetts Auto Damage Appraisers Licensing Board last week, just two months after her swearing-in.
Read More →PLAINFIELD, IN --- An Indianapolis area body shop chain, Church Brothers Collision Repair, recently received a special award from Indiana recognizing the company's efforts to prevent pollution.
Read More →BOSTON --- Massachusetts legislators are considering four "right to repair" bills, all of which seek to force automakers to share technical service information under penalty of law and threat of lawsuit.
Read More →SACRAMENTO, CA --- California legislators have passed a bill that seeks to make it easier for auto insurers to persuade motorists to use company-selected facilities for their collision repairs.
Read More →GLENDALE, AZ --- The Boyd Group, which owns and operates 84 collision repair centers in the U.S. and Canada, said it has acquired Diamondback Collision Center just outside of Phoenix
Read More →SAN DIEGO, CA --- Mitchell International, a leading consultant to the insurance and collision repair industries, announced a partnership with Thatcham (The Motor Insurance Repair Research Center), a collision repair research group for European and Asian nameplates.
Read More →DEARBORN, MI --- In an updated position statement on the repair and replacement of safety belt assemblies, Ford Motor Co. clearly comes out against the practice of collision repair shops re-installing seat belts taken from salvage or damaged vehicles.
Read More →NATICK, MA --- Sterling Autobody Centers Inc. announced it has signed an agreement with ALLDATA that will place the company's collision and mechanical repair data in each of Sterling's 60-plus locations.
Read More →READING, PA --- Penske Truck Leasing said it now offers Claims InSite, a collision management solution, to complement its North America truck collision repair centers.
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