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CCC Adds Autel to Diagnostics Network

July 22, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc. has added Autel to the CCC Diagnostics Network, giving collision repair facilities that use the diagnostic tool maker’s services the ability to have scan documentation flow automatically into their CCC ONE workfiles. Diagnostic scans and ADAS calibrations have become routine steps in modern collision repairs, and the records they generate increasingly […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Autel, CCC, Diagnostics, Integrations

Sedgwick Launches Heavy Equipment Direct Repair Program for Carriers

July 22, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Sedgwick has launched a direct repair program for heavy equipment, giving insurance carriers a single-provider network to manage repairs of 18-wheelers, refrigerated trucks and other commercial vehicles nationwide. The program extends to commercial trucking the managed-repair model Sedgwick has built on the personal-auto side, where carriers route claims to a contracted network of collision repair […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Commercial Auto Insurance, Direct Repair Shop Network, Sedgwick

Caliber Food Drive Delivers Record 9.3 Million Meals in 15th Year

July 22, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Caliber said its 15th annual Restoring You Food Drive provided 9.3 million meals to 223 food banks across the country, the largest total in the program’s history and a result that surpassed the company’s goal of 8.5 million meals. The campaign ran April 13 through May 29. The food drive is the community-facing arm of […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Caliber, Food Drive

California Bureau of Automotive Repair Advisory Group to Weigh Airbag Sourcing Rule and Predatory-Towing Case July 30

July 21, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Agenda pairs a pending airbag-parts regulation and a windshield calibration-disclosure bill with an enforcement case study built on a bandit-towing scheme. The California Bureau of Automotive Repair will convene its Advisory Group on July 30 for a session that puts several regulatory, legislative and enforcement matters affecting collision repair facilities before the panel, including a […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Airbag, Bureau of Automotive Repair, California, Meetings, Regulations, Storage, Towing

ASA Relaunches NACE/CARS as One-Day Interactive Event in San Antonio

July 21, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

The Automotive Service Association is relaunching its NACE and CARS events as a single, one-day gathering Sept. 29 at the Hilton Palacio del Rio in San Antonio, Texas, reviving a national event brand and rebuilding it around small-group problem-solving rather than a trade-show floor. The rebooted International Autobody Congress and Exposition and Congress of Automotive […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Annual Conference, Automotive Service Association, Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association, Texas

ServiceUp Launches Agentic AI Platform to Automate Fleet Vehicle Repair

July 21, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

ServiceUp has launched an agentic repair platform that deploys artificial intelligence agents to automate the fleet vehicle repair process from intake and shop routing through estimate approval, invoice validation and real-time monitoring. The system covers collision, mechanical and preventive maintenance work for Class 1 through Class 8 vehicles. The platform inserts an automated coordination layer […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Fleet Management, ServiceUp

Kemper Names Eric Kappler President of Property and Casualty

July 21, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Kemper Corporation named Eric Kappler executive vice president and president of property and casualty, effective July 30, placing a two-decade veteran of the non-standard auto market atop its unified P&C organization. Kappler will lead the company’s specialty personal and commercial vehicle lines along with P&C claims operations. He reports to Stephen J. McAnena, who became […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Kemper Corporation, People

Fourth Quarter 2025 Collision Repair Average Weekly Wages Up 3.2% Compared to 2024

July 20, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

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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 […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Employment, Shop Population, Wages

Distribution Solutions Group to Go Private in $35 Per Share Deal with LKCM Headwater

July 20, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Distribution Solutions Group, Lawson Products, Luther King Capital Management, Private Equity

Deadline July 31 for I-CAR’s Russ Verona and Jeff Silver Awards Nominations

July 20, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Awards, I-CAR, Jeff Silver Memorial Award, Russ Verona Memorial Award

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