The insurer’s cumulative total passes 1,300 vehicles since the program began in 2013. Progressive Insurance announced Nov. 10 that it is providing vehicles to more than 100 veterans, military families, veteran-serving organizations and veteran-owned small businesses through its 14th annual Keys to Progress giveaway. The program, held in recognition of Veterans Day, includes more than […]
Crash Champions Enters Toledo Market with 27th Ohio Location
Holland facility is the multiple shop operator’s first in the greater Toledo area. Crash Champions has opened a collision repair facility at 1255 E. Mall Drive in Holland, Ohio, its 27th location in the state and its first in the greater Toledo market. Ohio was the first state the company entered outside Illinois. The 18,701-square-foot […]
Assurity Launches Collision Repair Facility Locator for ChatGPT and Claude
Connector lets the AI assistants search the company’s network of validated repairers and pre-fill a repair request form. Assurity Certified Solutions on Nov. 10 announced the Assurity Smart Locator, a connector for Anthropic’s Claude and plugin for OpenAI’s ChatGPT that lets the AI assistants search the company’s network of collision repair facilities directly and hand […]
South Carolina Governor-Elect Opens Transition at Collision Repair Facility Where He Held First Job
Alan Wilson, who washed cars at Reeley’s Body Shop at 15, takes office in January after campaigning on public audits of insurance rate increases. South Carolina Gov.-elect Alan Wilson held the first news conference of his transition Nov. 6 on the shop floor of Reeley’s Body Shop in West Columbia, the collision repair facility where […]
GEICO Third-Quarter Underwriting Earnings Fall 44.6% as Claim Costs Climb and Premiums Slip
Property damage and collision claim frequencies rose in the 2% to 4% range through the first nine months of 2026, while severity on those coverages increased in the 0% to 3% range. GEICO’s pre-tax underwriting earnings fell to $982 million in the third quarter of 2026, down $791 million, or 44.6%, from $1.773 billion in […]
Crash Champions Enters Rhode Island with Acquisition
Cranston collision repair facility was part of Tasca Automotive Group’s New England division. Crash Champions has acquired AutoPaint RI, a collision repair facility at 47 Stamp Farm Road in Cranston, Rhode Island, extending the Chicago-based multiple shop operator into what the company said is its 39th state. The I-CAR Gold Class facility, which previously operated […]
Salvatore Abbate Takes Over as LKQ CEO Ahead of Schedule
The former Veritiv chief joined LKQ’s board and ended the interim office of the CEO more than five weeks before his planned start. Salvatore A. “Sal” Abbate became president and CEO of LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ: LKQ) and joined its board of directors Nov. 9, moving up the Dec. 15 start date the company announced Oct. […]
NABC Opens Registration for Jan. 19 Palm Springs Golf Fundraiser
The National Auto Body Council has opened registration for its Palm Springs Changing and Saving Lives Golf Fundraiser, presented by Enterprise, which will be held Jan. 19, 2027, at Desert Willow Golf Resort in Palm Desert, California. Proceeds will go through the NABC’s Changing and Saving Lives Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, to programs serving families […]
European Commission Approves AkzoNobel-Axalta Merger With Sale of European Refinish Business
The merger cannot close until the Commission approves a buyer, which must already be active in coatings or a related industry. The European Commission has approved the all-stock merger of equals between AkzoNobel N.V. and Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. on the condition that AkzoNobel sell its European vehicle refinish business, the companies announced Nov. 6. […]
OEC Launches AI Repair Planning Tools and Unified Parts Search, Completes epyx Acquisition
The RepairLogic assistant drafts OEM-sourced repair plans, while the U.K. acquisition adds a fleet repair-authorization network. OEConnection LLC (OEC) introduced three artificial intelligence tools Nov. 2, led by an assistant in its RepairLogic software that drafts collision repair plans from OEM repair procedures. The same day, the company launched a parts marketplace that puts OEM […]
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