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Vermont Insurance Division Bulletin Cautions Insurers that Consumers Can Request Physical Inspections versus Virtual Claims Systems

December 6, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Vermont Insurance Bulletin No. 206

The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation Division of Insurance issued its Insurance Bulletin No. 206 titled Virtual Adjustment of Vehicle Partial And Total Loss Claims that clarifies that insurance companies must provide an in-person inspection by a licensed adjuster within a reasonable period of time if requested by a claimant. According to the bulletin, the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Insurance Bulletin, Insurance Department, Photo Appraisal, Regulations, Vermont

CIC Video Details Interview with Consumers from Texas $42 Million Improper Repair Verdict

December 6, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Collision Industry Conference (CIC) published the interview with the husband and wife whose improperly repair vehicle was at the center of a $42 million verdict in 2017 against an OEM-certified dealer collision repair facility in Texas that a jury concluded improperly repaired a vehicle that caused it to fail to protect the next owners […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Collision Industry Conference, Lawsuits, OEM Repair Procedures

Massachusetts Right to Repair Law Updates Headed to 2020 Ballot

December 5, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Voters will weigh in on extending consumer and third-party access to telematics data necessary for mechanical and collision repair. The Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition today announced that it has turned in 102,000 signatures to ensure an initiative petition to enact an update to the Commonwealth’s Right to Repair law reaches the 2020 ballot. The […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: legislation, Massachusetts, Right to Repair, Telematics

Boyd Group Acquires Collision Repair Center in Washington State

December 5, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Boyd Group Inc. today announced the acquisition of a collision repair center in Tacoma, Washington. The new Gerber Collision & Glass location previously operated as Salatino’s Collision Center. Located in Washington’s Puget Sound, Tacoma is the county seat of Pierce County and the third largest city in Washington with a population of approximately 200,000 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Boyd Group, Washington State

General Motors and LG Chem to Invest $2.3 Billion in Ohio Battery Manufacturing Joint Venture

December 5, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

General Motors (NYSE:GM) and LG Chem today announced plans to mass-produce battery cells for future battery-electric vehicles. Together, the companies will invest up to a total of $2.3 billion through a new, equally owned joint venture company. The joint venture will establish a battery cell assembly plant on a greenfield manufacturing site in the Lordstown […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, General Motors, Ohio, Openings

BASF to Double Refinish Coatings Production Capacity in China

December 5, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

BASF will continue to invest in its coatings site in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province in South China, by constructing a new facility for automotive refinish coatings that will start production in the first half of 2022.  “Guangdong Province is of strategic importance to BASF in Greater China,” said Zheng Daqing, Senior Vice President, Business and Market […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Asia, BASF, China, Openings

Collision Repair Education Foundation Hosting Golf Fundraiser April 7 in Jacksonville

December 4, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Jacksonville TopGolf Fundraiser flyer

The Collision Repair Education Foundation will hold a fundraiser Tuesday, April 7 at TopGolf in Jacksonville, Fla. The golf fundraiser will be held in conjunction with collision industry meetings taking place later that week. Proceeds from the event will benefit local Jacksonville high school collision programs as well as other high school and college collision […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Collision Repair Education Foundation, Fundraiser

Boyd Unitholders Vote in Favor of Corporate Conversion

December 4, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Transition to public corporation expected to be completed by January 1. The Boyd Group Income Fund (TSE: BYD.UN) announced that its unitholders have voted in favor of the plan to convert the Fund from an income trust to a public corporation named Boyd Group Services Inc.  Unitholders representing 81.03% of all units outstanding voted in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Boyd Group

GM Reports Over $3 Million Partner Perks Part Rebates Since Launch Earlier This Year

December 4, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

General Motors Customer Care and Aftersales (GM CCA) announced milestone growth, as well as a new enhancement to its my GM Partner Perks program.  Launched earlier this year, my GM Partner Perks provides enrolled repair facilities and collision shops with a comprehensive parts loyalty program, rewarding on purchases of GM Genuine Parts, ACDelco, Chevrolet Performance […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: General Motors, OEM Parts

Ford and McDonalds Partner to Convert Coffee Bean Skin into Car Parts

December 4, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Collaboration builds on both companies’ commitments to environmental stewardship. Ford Motor Company and McDonald’s USA will soon be giving vehicles a caffeine boost by using part of a familiar staple in the morning routine, coffee beans, in vehicle parts such as headlamp housings. Every year, millions of pounds of coffee chaff, the dried skin of […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Ford Motor Company, OEM Parts

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