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Michael Horne Named Chief Financial Officer at Certified Collision Group

August 4, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Certified Collision Group has named Michael Horne chief financial officer, effective July 20. Horne brings more than a decade of financial leadership experience across private equity-backed, multi-entity organizations. He joins CCG from Babilou Family US, which operates as Little Sprouts, a multi-state, private equity-backed early education platform. There he led enterprise financial planning and analysis, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Certified Collision Group, People

U.S. Traffic Volume Down in May Compared to 2025

August 3, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

First year-over-year monthly decline since February 2025 as pump prices reached their highest monthly average since July 2022. Traffic volume in May was down in the U.S. overall, the first year-over-year decline in monthly travel since February 2025, as gasoline prices continued to climb amid the war with Iran. Travel for the month of May […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Traffic Volume

ASA Builds Rebooted NACE/CARS Around SPARK Repair-Knowledge Framework

August 3, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

The Automotive Service Association has organized its rebooted NACE and CARS event around a repair-education framework it calls SPARK — Safe Profitable Automotive Repair Knowledge — and has already begun releasing instructional videos under that name ahead of the Sept. 29 program in San Antonio. The framework ties the event to the documentation and procedural […]

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

Nearly Two-Thirds of Recreational Vehicles Stolen in 2025 Remain Unrecovered, NICB Reports

August 3, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

A total of 58,957 recreational vehicles were reported stolen to law enforcement in 2025, a 20% decline from the prior year, but approximately 63% of them have never been recovered, according to a new analysis from the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The category NICB tracks covers motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and watercraft rather than motorhomes, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: National Insurance Crime Bureau, Total Loss, Vehicle Theft

Collision Industry Foundation Seeks Trustee Candidates

August 3, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

The Collision Industry Foundation is accepting applications for its Board of Trustees through Sept. 30, with newly elected trustees taking office after the January 2027 board meeting. The foundation raises and distributes emergency aid to collision repair professionals who suffer significant losses in natural disasters and other catastrophic events, and its trustees set the fundraising […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Board of Trustees, Collision Industry Foundation

Fix Auto UK Creates Head of Service Delivery Role as It Targets 350 Repairers

August 3, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Fix Auto UK has appointed regional business manager Steve Lawrence to the newly created role of head of service delivery, effective immediately, and will build a service delivery division around him as the franchise network pursues a target of 350 repairers within 10 years. Lawrence reports to Mark Hutchins, operations director for Fix Auto UK, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Fix Auto UK, People, United Kingdom

Consumer Sentiment Continued to Improve in Final July Reading

July 31, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Index reaches a five-month high but stays below year-ago levels. Consumer sentiment rose 11.5% in July in the final reading from the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, with the Index of Consumer Sentiment revised up to 55.2 from the preliminary figure of 54.4. The index reached its highest level in five months but remained […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Consumer Sentiment, University of Michigan

ProColor Collision Adds North Hollywood Facility to Network

July 31, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

ProColor Collision has added a North Hollywood, Calif. collision repair facility, ProColor Collision NoHo to its U.S. network, converting the former Integrity Collision Center. The addition extends the brand’s buildout in the San Fernando Valley and the broader Los Angeles market. Owner Vrezh Isayan brings more than 40 years of collision repair experience to the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: California, Network Affiliations, ProColor Collision

CCC Reports Second Quarter Revenue of $285.9 Million

July 31, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

AI Solutions Reach 11% of Sales CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CCCS) reported second quarter revenue of $285.9 million, an increase of 9.8% from $260.5 million a year earlier, as insurers and large collision repair operators moved artificial intelligence tools out of pilot programs and into production use. The Chicago-based software provider posted adjusted […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CCC, Earnings

North Carolina Charges Towing Company Manager in $4,250 Fraudulent Invoice Case

July 31, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announced the arrest of Antonio Lorenzo Covington, 32, of 114 Woodman Ave., Charlotte, on felony charges of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense. Special agents with the state Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Covington, general manager of Tow Godz LLC, of submitting a $4,250 fraudulent […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Insurance Commissioner, Insurance Fraud, Lawsuit, North Carolina, Towing

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