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AAA Reports Gas Prices at Highest Level Since 2014

February 8, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Prices continue to Increase with no signs of slowing. According to AAA’s weekly fuel gauge report, blustery winter weather and geopolitical tensions are helping to drive the price of oil higher, which is in the low-$90s per barrel, nearly $30 more than in August. The recent cold weather in the U.S increased the demand for […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AAA, Gas Prices

Registration Open for March 23-25 Women in Auto Care Leadership Conference

February 8, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Women in Auto Care, a community of the Auto Care Association, announced the opening of registration and the keynote speaker for its upcoming Women in Auto Care Leadership Conference. The annual conference will take place March 23-25 in Indianapolis, Ind., at the Marriott Indianapolis Downtown. The 2022 conference theme is “Reconnect and Revitalize” and will […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Annual Conference, Auto Care Association, Women in Auto Care

Bob Hunter to Retire After 27 Years as Consumer Federation of America’s Director of Insurance

February 8, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) announced February 1 that J. Robert “Bob” Hunter, the organization’s Director of Insurance since 1995, will be retiring from CFA effective immediately. He will continue to serve in an advisory role as CFA’s Insurance Director Emeritus. Prior to joining CFA, Bob created and ran the National Insurance Consumer Organization […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Consumer Federation of America, People

Husband and Wife Plead Guilty to Conspiracy Over Fraudulent Tax Filings at Maryland Collision Repair Facility

February 7, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Defendants will be required to pay over $2 Million in restitution. Ercin Kalender, age 60, and Lizette Kalender, age 44, both of Alexandria, Virginia pleaded guilty February 3 to conspiracy in relation to tax fraud within their corporate filings and business taxes.  As part of their plea agreements, the Kalenders have been ordered to pay […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Department of Justice, Lawsuit, Maryland, Tax

PPG to Acquire Powder Coatings Manufacturing Business of Arsonsisi

February 7, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

PPG (NYSE:PPG) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the powder coatings business of Arsonsisi, an industrial coatings company based in Milan, Italy. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022, subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed. Arsonsisi is a leading supplier of specialty […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, PPG Industries

Northeast Tradeshow Announces Education Slate

February 7, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) shared its updated slate of educational programming for its flagship event, the NORTHEAST Automotive Services Show, which will return in person March 18-20 to the Meadowlands Exposition Center (MEC) in Secaucus, N.J. More information and registration for the NORTHEAST Automotive Services Show is available online. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP/NJ, New Jersey, Northeast Trade Show

Midwest Collision Repair Tradeshow and Conference April 1-2 in Overland Park, Kansas

February 7, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Five state trade associations collaborate to host event. The auto body associations of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and the Iowa Collision Repair Association have joined forces to create and host the Midwest Collision Repair Tradeshow and Conference. The event will be held April 1-2 in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, Kan at […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Midwest Collision Repair Trade Show

Claim Genius Partners With Genpact

February 7, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Genpact (NYSE:G), a global professional services firm focused on delivering digital transformation, announced that its Claims Manager platform is now integrated with Claim Genius, the AI-based claims solution for auto insurance.  “Genpact’s Claims Manager is a great example of how different technology combinations must fit together to solve a specific business challenge from beginning to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Claim Genius, Genpact

Collision Claims Up Nearly 21% in Third Quarter Compared to Pandemic Impacted Quarter in 2020

February 4, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Third quarter claims remain over 4% below 2019 level. Losses up over 25% compared to 2019. The latest available Fast Track Monitoring system data from the Independent Statistical Service Inc. (ISS) showed that claims and losses in the third quarter continued to rebound from the impact of the coronavirus on summer travel in 2020. Collision […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Claim Frequency, Claim Severity, Claims, Earned Car Years, Losses

Freedom to Repair Act Introduced in U.S. House to Limit Copyright Law Impact on Right to Repair

February 4, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

On February 2, Reps. Mondaire Jones (D-NY) and Victoria Spartz (R-IN) announced the are sponsoring the Freedom to Repair Act, right to repair legislation that would stop companies from, in what the authors of the legislation say, are companies abusing copyright law to deny people the right to repair their own devices or take them […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Copyright, legislation, Right to Repair, U.S. House of Representatives

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