State Farm reported that the overall number of hail claims and cost in 2021 were lower than 2020. Total Auto and Home insurance claims were $2.5 billion in 2021, down from $3.1 billion in 2020. Auto hail claims totaled $480 million. In 2021, the average homeowner claim totaled more than $12,000, even with last year, […]
IAA Expands Market Alliance Network in El Salvador
IAA, Inc. (NYSE: IAA) announced that it has expanded its market alliance network in El Salvador with Trans-Auto S.A. de C.V. This business will operate an IAA Auction Center in the center of the capital city, San Salvador. They will help buyers in the area register with IAA, bid on and pay for vehicles, transport, […]
LKQ Selling PGW Auto Glass Business to One Equity Partners
PGW had $400 million in revenue during 2021. LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ:LKQ) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell PGW Auto Glass, a distributor of aftermarket glass to the North American automotive sector, to the private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP). The transaction is expected to be completed during the […]
Future of ADAS Featured at Northeast Trade Show
The 2022 NORTHEAST Automotive Services Show starts on Friday, March 18 and runs through Sunday at the Meadowlands Exposition Center (MEC) in Secaucus, N.J. Only a few seats remain for the educational program slate which is designed to arm collision repair professionals with the tools and knowledge needed to be prepared for the future. With […]
EPA Restores California’s Authority to Enforce Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Cars and Light Trucks
On March 9, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reinstated California’s authority under the Clean Air Act to implement its own greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards and zero emission vehicle (ZEV) sales mandate. This action concludes the agency’s reconsideration of 2019’s Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Rule Part One: One National Program Rule (SAFE-1) by finding […]
Maaco Franchise Owners Celebrate 45-Years in Business
Mark Leifer had just graduated from college in 1976, when disco was big and bell bottoms were bigger. Armed with a background in accounting and business, he was unsure of what he wanted to do for a career when he and a friend saw a newspaper advertisement from Maaco. They filled out the ad and […]
Jens Monsees Named Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Infomedia
The Board of Directors of Infomedia Ltd (ASX:IFM), the Australia-based provider of parts, service, e-commerce, data and analytics solutions to the global automotive industry, announces the appointment of Mr. Jens Monsees as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. The appointment will take effect on May 23.. Monsees brings over 20 years of experience to the […]
Collision Repair Industry Production Exceeded Pre-Pandemic Levels in January
Production and total employment forecast at record high level in January. Hours worked down slightly from December, but up from January 2020 and 2021. An analysis of the latest data released from the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) covering the preliminary January employment, hours worked and wages indicated growth on a […]
U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Holds Hearing on EV Manufacturing
The Automotive Service Association reported that the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy recently held a hearing entitled “Charging Forward: Securing American Manufacturing and Our EV Future.” During the hearing, witnesses discussed the implementation of the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act as it pertains to electric vehicles, United States […]
BASF Opens New Refinish Laboratory Building in Germany
BASF opened a new laboratory building for the development of automotive refinish coatings and innovations beyond paint at its site in Münster, Germany. It underlines the Coatings division’s global position as a future-oriented and innovative company. “It is another component of our positioning as a global innovation center of BASF Coatings. We are thus complementing […]
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