Three suppliers conspired to raise prices on seatbelts, airbags and steering wheels to Volkswagen and BMW. The European Commission announced March 5 that it has fined Autoliv and TRW a total of €368,277,000 ($413.5 million) for breaching EU antitrust rules by participating in a cartel to raise the prices of automotive safety parts. Takata, the […]
1Collision Adds 10th Collision Repair Center to its Network in Minnesota
The 1Collision Network announced that Jerald Stiele, a 1Collision Network shop owner, has acquired The Collision Center in Golden Valley, Minn. The store is Stiele’s second location, and the 10th 1Collision affiliated location in the state. Stiele said, “Hopkins Auto Body is delighted to grow our business with the acquisition of Collision Center, with a […]
Snapsheet Announces Collaboration Agreement with Union Standard Insurance
Snapsheet today announced a collaboration with Union Standard Insurance Group (USIG), a W.R. Berkley Company. Under the agreement Snapsheet’s will bring its virtual platform for auto physical damage claims to USIG customers. Union Standard offers commercial property and casualty products and services through independent agents in Arizona, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. “Technological transformations […]
Diamond Standard Test Expert George Neat Passes Away
Diamond Standard Parts, LLC announced that George W. Neat, its longtime crashworthiness testing expert, passed away February 26 in Hingham, Mass at the age of 82. “George, a U.S. DOT Volpe Center Executive, was an integral part of the development our exemplary component test protocols and together with the late James Hackney, Director of Crashworthiness […]
UTI Opens Registration for Free Ignite Summer Program for High School Juniors
Free summer program offers hands-on introduction and training for high-tech, high-demand careers in the transportation industry. As part of its continued effort to address growing workforce demand for skilled technicians, Universal Technical Institute (NYSE: UTI) is bringing back Ignite – a free, summer program designed to give high school juniors an exclusive firsthand look at […]
Hawaii Collision Repair Parts Bill Passes Senate
Legislation would amend insurance regulations to specify when consumers must pay additional costs for OEM collision repair parts. Repairers would have to detail markups on crash parts. Hawaii Senate Bill 823 (SB 823), that seeks to change insurance regulations covering non-OEM collision repair parts, was approvedyesterday by the full Hawaii Senate. The bill would revise […]
Texas Insurance Adjuster Sentenced for Stealing $100,000
The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) announced that a Spring, Texas insurance adjuster was sentenced to probation for stealing nearly $100,000 from the insurance company where he worked. Allen Castillo pleaded guilty after a TDI investigation found he authorized payments to a network of friends and family. TDI investigators found that Castillo authorized additional payments […]
American Family Reports 107 Auto Combined Ratio in 2018
American Family reported its financial results for 2018. The insurer added $955 million to policyholder equity in 2018. This brings the group’s total equity to $9 billion, due largely to its merger with Florida-based mutual insurance company Main Street America, completed Oct. 31. American Family was not immune to drops in the financial markets as […]
CARSTAR Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in California
CARSTAR announced the addition of CARSTAR Douglas Auto Body, a 50,000 sq. ft. collision repair center located at 2453 E. Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, Calif. to its independently-owned facilities. Originally started in 1956 by their father, CARSTAR Douglas Auto Body’s owners Armen and Kevin Daghla are eager to continue their father’s legacy while also accelerating […]
PPG Announces Show Truck Tour Schedule
PPG (NYSE:PPG) announced its red, white and blue PPG tractor-trailer rig, a rolling exhibit of premium PPG products, will kick off its 2019 cross-country trip on March 8 at the 9th annual Goodguys Spring Lone Star Nationals at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. The truck will make 12 appearances across the country, concluding […]
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