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Body Repair Costs, Ins Premiums Continue to Lag
Inflation
While repair and insurance costs continue to climb,
they are still outpaced by inflation.
Collision Repair Facility Business
Conditions:
Second Quarter 2008
Shop owners say business in the repair industry
echoing wider economic problems.
RI Court Affirms Authority of Labor Rate Surveys
Judge rules all insurers must conduct surveys, and
results are to be the sole determination of labor rates.
Progressive Insurance v. North State Dismissed
Trial ends before defense even presented their case.
State Farm Backing Away from Rear Clips
Insurer confirms it will no longer write estimates
for full body sectioning.
California Assembly Passes Capping Measure v5.0
For such a seemingly simple problem, lawmakers can't
seem to settle on a definition of capping.
Estimating in Real Time: Estimate Hours vs. Clock Hours
We compare estimates created in the U.S. with
estimates created under Australia's new estimating system based on
actual repair times.
CT Supreme Court Affirms Class Action Steering Case
Court gives green light to class action lawsuit
against The Hartford for suppressing labor rates and steering.
Allstate Shares Details of Next Generation DRP Program
Insurer lifts the wraps off its new performance
driven DRP model due to be launched later this year.
Estimating Systems Audit: Changes After Data Updates
How much do labor and refinish allowances change
after information providers update their systems with new models and
model year updates? We ran over 400 estimates for comparison.
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