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Maaco Recognizes the Many Women Who Find Success Within it Network in Honor of International Women’s Day

March 8, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

In the automotive repair and painting industry where the roles have been predominately male, many women throughout the Maaco family have found successful careers as owners, managers, estimators and technicians. Today is International Women’s Day and March is Women’s History month. Joe and Aundrea Taormina, owners of J&A Companies Inc., purchased 19 Maaco locations in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: International Women's Day, MAACO, Women's History Month

Gasoline Consumption and Mobility Increased After February Storms

March 5, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

After declining the week winter storms hit at highest rate since April, gasoline consumption bounced back at third highest rate since May’s recovery began. Dallas Fed Mobility Index at best level since start of pandemic. The impact of severe winter storms that caused widespread power outages in Texas and hazardous driving conditions elsewhere impacted mobility […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Gasoline Consumption, Mobility Index

CCC Reports 50% Increase in AI Adoption by Auto Insurers in 2020

March 5, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

CCC Information Services (CCC) reported a more than 50 percent year-over-year increase in claims processed using deep learning. The company also reports that more than 5 million unique claims have been processed using a CCC deep learning AI solution, and the number of claims using two or more of its AI applications has more than […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, CCC Information Services

NABC Presents Donations in Honor of Award Recipients

March 5, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

As part of the revamped National Auto Body Council (NABC) Awards Program in celebration of its 25th anniversary, the NABC introduced two new awards in place of the previous ones – the NABC President’s Award and the NABC Changing and Saving Lives Award. Along with the trophy and industry recognition, the NABC also announced it […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Awards, National Auto Body Council

Axalta Introduces Spies Hecker Waterborne System, Opens Regional Refinish Training Center in China

March 5, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Axalta (NYSE:AXTA) announced the launch of its Spies Hecker Waterborne Full System, its latest full-layer waterborne solution for refinish customers in the Chinese market. The announcement was made during the grand opening ceremony on March 3 of its Southern Refinish Training Centre (RTC) in Guangzhou. The new auto refinish coating system brings world-class technology to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Asia, Axalta Coating Systems, China, Openings, Training Center

LexisNexis Risk Solutions Introduces Verified Data Solution to Streamline Total Loss Claims

March 5, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced the development of LexisNexis VINsights that will improve the total loss claims management process by reducing the time it takes to settle a claim. VINsights will deliver the information an adjuster needs in near real-time, including the registered owner name, titled owner name and lienholder data. Lienholder data includes lien payoff […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Total Loss

Interview: Atul Vohra, Solera

March 4, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Atul Vohra Solera Interview

In our video interview, Vohra, regional managing director for Solera, details the results of its consumer, insurer and repairer research on artificial intelligence and claims technology. In February, Solera released results of a study of over 1600 consumer, insurance and repairer respondents on how digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and self-service claims apps are […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Claims Technology, Interview, Solera

Private Equity Firm American Pacific Group and Gray Eagle Capital Partners Launch Aesop Auto Parts with Wayne Auto Salvage Acquisition

March 4, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

American Pacific Group

American Pacific Group (APG), a San Francisco-based private equity firm, announced today that, together with Allam Taj and Christoph Ganz of Gray Eagle Capital Partners, it has formed Aesop Auto Parts, a company that will serve as a platform to acquire and grow progressive auto recycling businesses. Simultaneously, Aesop acquired Wayne Auto Salvage, an established […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Aesop Auto Parts, American Pacific Group, Gray Eagle Capital Partners, North Carolina, Private Equity, Recycled Parts, Salvage Yard

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Partners with Governor’s Highway Safety Association and National Road Safety Foundation to Pilots to Reduce Speeding

March 4, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

After rise in speeding during pandemic, groups launch initiatives to slow drivers down. Three national roadway safety organizations — the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and National Road Safety Foundation (NRSF) — are partnering to fund and evaluate pilot projects by two states to reduce speeding. Maryland and Virginia […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Governors Highway Safety Association, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, National Road Safety Foundation, Traffic Fatalities

Service King Supports 844 Teammates During Pandemic Through President’s Fund

March 4, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

When unforeseen, pandemic-related challenges affected Service King Collision’s employees in 2020, the company was eager to show their support for teammates through the collision repair facility operator’s President’s Fund. In 2010, Service King established the President’s Fund, the organization’s very own 501(c)(3) that serves as a resource for team members experiencing an unexpected or unusual […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Service King Collision Repair Centers

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