Employment declined and the number of independent collision repair centers was essentially flat in the fourth quarter last year compared to 2024. An analysis of U.S. auto body repair facilities, employment and wages by state shows that employment was down in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to the previous year but average weekly wages […]
Distribution Solutions Group to Go Private in $35 Per Share Deal with LKCM Headwater
Distribution Solutions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSGR) announced July 16 that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which newly formed entities controlled by LKCM Headwater Investments, LLC will acquire all outstanding shares of DSG common stock not already owned by LKCM Headwater and its affiliates for $35 per share in cash, taking the […]
Deadline July 31 for I-CAR’s Russ Verona and Jeff Silver Awards Nominations
I-CAR is accepting nominations through July 31 for its two highest annual honors, the Russ Verona Award for Gold Class shop excellence and the Jeff Silver Award for Platinum individual achievement, with winners to be recognized at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. The awards recognize a collision repair business and an individual who have […]
University of the Aftermarket Foundation Recognizes 133 Volunteer Scholarship Reviewers
The University of the Aftermarket Foundation (UAF) recognized the 133 aftermarket professionals who volunteered to review and evaluate scholarship applications for the 2026-27 academic year. The reviewer corps grew from the 118 volunteers the foundation thanked last June, an increase of 15. The foundation is now in the process of awarding hundreds of scholarships to […]
Consumer Sentiment Climbs to Five-Month High in Preliminary July Reading
Index remains below year-ago levels. Consumer sentiment rose to its highest level in five months in the preliminary July 2026 reading from the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, as a recent easing in gasoline prices lifted households for a second straight month. The Index of Consumer Sentiment climbed to 54.4 from 49.5 in June, […]
Brandon Eckenrode Steps Down as Collision Repair Education Foundation Executive Director
Board working with staff on leadership transition. The Collision Repair Education Foundation announced July 17 that Brandon Eckenrode has stepped down as executive director. Eckenrode led the foundation since August 2021 when he was named managing director. He was promoted to executive director in June 2023. He joined the foundation in 2009 as associate director […]
Florida Auto Body Association Schedules Three-City Series on Pay Plans and Technician Retention
The Florida Auto Body Association will take a single session on labor costs, compensation and technician retention to three Florida markets in late August, with Bob Kennedy of Wesco Group as the featured speaker. The events run Aug. 25 in Jacksonville, Aug. 26 in Winter Haven and Aug. 27 in Clearwater, each built around the […]
Allstate Names Christian Lown Chief Financial Officer
The Allstate Corporation on July 14 announced Christian (Chris) Lown as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Aug. 3. Lown will report to Tom Wilson, chair, president and CEO of The Allstate Corporation. The appointment fills the finance post at one of the nation’s largest personal auto insurers that has been held on […]
SEMA Urges Swift Senate Confirmation of Labor Secretary Nominee Keith Sonderling
The Specialty Equipment Market Association has submitted a letter to the leadership of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee supporting the nomination of Keith Sonderling as secretary of labor and urging his swift confirmation. The association announced the July 16 letter the same day Sonderling testified before the committee at his confirmation hearing. […]
Progressive Reports Personal Auto Policies in Force Up 8.8% in June Compared to 2025
Total policies in force top 40 million for the first time as June net income falls 31% on investment losses and a higher combined ratio. The Progressive Corporation (NYSE: PGR) reported its total personal auto insurance policies in force were 27,932,000 in June 2026, an increase of 2,264,000 or 8.8% from 25,668,000 in June 2025. […]
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