Legislation would require an appraisal provision in auto policies with first-party physical damage coverage beginning July 1, 2027. The Illinois General Assembly has passed legislation requiring auto insurance policies that include first-party physical damage coverage to carry an appraisal provision for resolving disputes over the amount of a loss, sending the bill to Gov. JB […]
BASF Coatings Names Steve Arndt to Lead Global Refinish Business
BASF Coatings has appointed Steve Arndt senior vice president of its global automotive refinish coatings business, effective July 1, 2026. He succeeds Chris Titmarsh, who is stepping down after a 20-year career with the company. Arndt brings more than 30 years in the automotive refinish industry spanning manufacturing and distribution across North America and Europe. […]
Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center Launches 10 Projects Spanning Crash Prevention, Driver Behavior and Injury Science
Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center announced 10 new safety research projects June 2, partnering with seven universities and private-sector organizations to study how vehicles can better prevent crashes, how driver behavior shapes risk and how the human body absorbs the force of a collision. The detection, warning and driver-assistance work Toyota is funding targets the […]
Lemonade Expands Autonomous Car Insurance for Tesla FSD to Indiana
Lemonade Inc. (NYSE: LMND) said June 3 that its Autonomous Car insurance is now available in Indiana, extending to the state a usage-based product that gives Tesla owners 50% off every mile driven using the automaker’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) technology. The expansion deepens an early test of whether autonomous-assisted driving can be priced directly into […]
Calibrations and Parts Inflation Drive Collision Claim Complexity
Annual Enlyte report examines auto claim trends. Enlyte released its 2026 Envision Trends Report on June 2, and for collision repairers and auto physical damage claims professionals the most relevant section is an analysis from Mitchell’s Ryan Mandell that documents how ADAS calibrations, tariff-driven parts inflation and artificial intelligence are reshaping how collision claims are […]
Fix Network Enters New Zealand with First Fix Auto Location in Auckland
Fix Network has opened its first Fix Auto collision repair location in New Zealand, extending the franchise brand into a 10th country. The location, Fix Auto Penrose in Auckland, is owned and operated by Dean and Emma Letcher, who together have more than 25 years of experience in the collision repair industry. The opening marks […]
ABPA Releases Video Companion to Its ‘Totaled’ Total Loss Report
The Automotive Body Parts Association released a video drawn from its consumer research report on vehicle total losses, “Totaled: The Real Costs of Vehicle Loss,” extending a consumer-education effort the association launched when the report debuted earlier in the month. The video pulls excerpts and findings from the report, which examines why a growing share […]
Women in Auto Care Opens 2026 Awards Nominations, Adds Sixth Category
Women in Auto Care, a community of the Auto Care Association, is accepting nominations for its 2026 awards program, which expands to six categories in its second year. Nominations are open through June 30. New for 2026 is the Champion of the Year award, recognizing an individual who supports the Women in Auto Care community […]
Women’s Industry Network Opens Registration for Second Annual Virtual Conference
September 10-11 event organized around three pillars: community, skills and strategy. The Women’s Industry Network has opened registration for its second annual Virtual Conference, a two-day online event set for Sept. 10-11 under the theme “Connected in Excellence.” WIN is the collision repair industry’s primary network for advancing women, drawing members and volunteer leaders from […]
OEC Opens RepairLogic Integration with CCC ONE to All Repair Facilities
OEConnection LLC (OEC) has made its bidirectional integration between RepairLogic and CCC ONE generally available, opening the repair-planning link to all collision repair facilities that use both platforms. OEC announced the general availability June 1. The integration ties OEC’s RepairLogic repair-planning software to CCC’s widely used estimating platform, removing manual steps that shops otherwise repeat […]
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