Same-store sales grow 2.2% as the company begins share repurchases. Boyd Group Services Inc. (TSX: BYD; NYSE: BGSI) reported third quarter sales of $1,012.7 million for the three months ended Sept. 30, an increase of 28.2% from $790.2 million a year earlier, driven by locations added in its Joe Hudson’s Collision Center acquisition and same-store […]
UK Regulator Flags Refinish Competition Concerns in AkzoNobel-Axalta Merger
The companies have until Nov. 18 to offer a remedy and plan to propose the European refinish sale the European Commission has already accepted. The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found Nov. 11 that the proposed merger of AkzoNobel N.V. and Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. could substantially lessen competition in the supply of vehicle […]
Ohio Mutual Launches Direct Repair Program Through CrashBay
The regional carrier’s Trusted Repair Program hands repair network management and coordination to the managed-repair platform. Ohio Mutual Insurance Group’s direct repair program, which the carrier is marketing as its Trusted Repair Program, is now available for automobile claims, CrashBay said Nov. 11. The carrier announced the program, which runs on CrashBay’s platform, earlier this […]
GEICO Philanthropic Foundation Donates $100,000 to Collision Engineering Career Alliance
Grant will pay for a national student recruitment and employer engagement framework for the alliance’s partner colleges. The GEICO Philanthropic Foundation, the charitable arm of GEICO, has donated $100,000 to the Collision Engineering Career Alliance to build shared student recruitment and employer engagement tools for the nonprofit’s partner colleges, the alliance said Nov. 10. According […]
Mitchell 1 Adds OEM Collision Repair Information to ProDemand With ProDemand+ Launch
Mitchell 1 has introduced ProDemand+, an optional add-on that places OEM collision repair information inside its ProDemand mechanical repair information platform, the company announced Nov. 10. The launch moves the collision repair information that parent company Snap-on has sold under the SUN Collision brand into the Mitchell 1 product line. The SUN Collision website now […]
Progressive Awards More Than 100 Vehicles to Veterans in 14th Annual Keys to Progress Giveaway
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 […]
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