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Belron Parent D’Ieteren Group Parts Ways with CEO

April 8, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

The D’Ieteren Board of Directors announced Axel Miller is leaving his position as CEO, Managing Director of D’Ieteren and other positions within the Group and its subsidiaries. D’Ieteren is the majority owner of Belron, the global auto glass replacement business and parent of Safelite. Miller joined the Board of Directors of D’Ieteren as an independent […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Belron, D’Ieteren, People, Safelite

Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Address Insurer Duty for Proper Collision Repairs

April 5, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Berg v. Nationwide Supreme Court Appeal

State Supreme Court grants plaintiffs appeal in $21 million bad faith case against Nationwide Insurance that was overturned. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on March 29 agreed to hear a plaintiffs appeal of the overturning of a $21 million bad faith judgement against Nationwide Mutual Insurance dating back to a 1996 accident and subsequent collision repair. […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Bad Faith, Lawsuits, Nationwide Insurance, Pennsylvania

PPG Releases Second Quarter 2019 Collision Refinish Training Schedule

April 5, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

2019 Q2 PPG Partial Schedule

PPG (NYSE:PPG) announced the schedule of collision refinish training classes for the second quarter of 2019. All classes are structured to ensure that paint technicians are up to date with PPG products, processes and technological advances. Classes are led by expert instructors, take one to two days each, and are held at PPG Business Development […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: PPG Industries, Training Schedule

Assured Performance Reports on Growth and Milestones

April 5, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Assured Performance, the independent third-party collision repair certifying entity and network administrator for several OEM certification programs in the U.S. and Canada, announced that in the first quarter of 2019 it reached 2,971 total collision repair providers that are now certified through their program.  With the nearly 3,000 shops now in their Certified Network, Assured […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Assured Performance Network

Painters Supply & Equipment Acquires Indiana PBE Distributor

April 4, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Painters Supply & Equipment Co. (PSE) announced the acquisition of Ellis Distributors with two locations in the state of Indiana.  Ellis is a PPG Platinum Distributor that has been supplying the automotive refinish and industrial coatings markets since 1993.  They are headquartered in Bloomington with an additional location in Terre Haute.  “We are pleased to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Indiana, Painters Supply & Equipment Co., PBE Distributor

Collision Claims Declined in Fourth Quarter

April 4, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Private Passenger Automobile Collision Claims and Losses Q4 2018

Auto physical damage indicators influencing the collision repair industry declined during the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to the previous year. Growth in collision insurance coverage slows. According to the latest available Fast Track Monitoring system data from the Independent Statistical Service Inc. (ISS), private passenger collision claims decreased in the U.S. during the 12 […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Auto Insurance, Claims, Losses

PartsTrader and URG Announce Integration to Simplify Recycled Parts Ordering

April 4, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

The United Recyclers Group (URG) and PartsTrader announced the availability of a new integration that allows URG member salvage yards to automatically see their inventory for each part and reduce manual data entry.  These factors speed up quote response time by yard personnel.  By using this integration, the sales team can focus more time solving […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Parts Procurement, PartsTrader, United Recyclers Group

SAE, Ford, General Motors and Toyota Form Autonomous Vehicle Safety Consortium

April 4, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium logo

SAE International, along with the top three U.S. vehicle manufacturers Ford, General Motors (GM) and Toyota, announced the formation of the Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC) that will work to safely advance testing, pre-competitive development and deployment of SAE Level 4 and 5 automated vehicles. The AVSC will provide a safety framework around which autonomous […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Autonomous Vehicles, Ford, General Motors, SAE, Toyota

Stacy Peterson Appointed Chief Information Officer at Service King

April 4, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Service King Collision Repair Centers announced the appointment of Stacy Peterson to the role of Chief Information Officer (CIO), effective immediately. Peterson has more than 15 years of experience in technology, operations, and customer management. Peterson most previously served as Chief Experience Officer at Wingstop. Prior to that, she held leadership roles in information technology, […]

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

State Farm Sponsors SkillsUSA

April 4, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

State Farm Insurance Companies announced its continued support for SkillsUSA. The 2019 grant will support the mission of SkillsUSA and several national programs that help SkillsUSA instructors and their students become world class workers, leaders and responsible American citizens. State Farm is supporting: SkillsUSA’s Engage training for teachers at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: SkillsUSA, Sponsorship, State Farm

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