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State Farm Launches $100 Million Venture Capital Initiative

September 14, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

State Farm, the largest insurer of cars and homes in the U.S., announced the launch of a $100 million venture capital initiative through its newly formed State Farm Ventures LLC. State Farm Ventures will focus on investing in startups developing technologies and products in order to fulfill customer needs in ways they wouldn’t think possible […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: State Farm, Venture Capital

Collision Repair Industry History Book Now Available

September 14, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

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Collision industry veteran Gary Ledoux, who retired last year after a long career with American Honda, announced the launch of his new book, YesterWreck: The History of the Collision Repair Industry in America. The book’s 13 chapters and over 850 pages, together with approximately 60 photos and illustrations cover over 100 years of automotive history […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Collision Repair Industry History, Gary Ledoux

Collision Repair Education Foundation Student of the Year Nominations Due September 21

September 14, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Collision Repair Education Foundation is currently accepting nominations for its Collision Student of the Year award. The deadline for nominations is September 21. Launched two years ago, the award recognizes truly outstanding students training for a career in the collision industry. Nominated students must currently be studying collision repair or refinishing at a school […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Awards, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Student of the Year

Auto Body Association of Texas Launches Monthly Magazine

September 14, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Texas Automotive September 2018 cover

Thomas Greco Publishing Inc. announced the debut of Texas Automotive, a new monthly publication in partnership with the Auto Body Association of Texas (ABAT).  The premiere September 2018 issue will make its debut at the upcoming Texas Auto Body Trade Show, which will be held today through Sunday in Fort Worth, Texas. A digital edition […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Auto Body Association of Texas, Thomas Greco Publishing

Mitchell Third Quarter 2018 Industry Trends Report Examines Photo Estimating Trends

September 13, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Report finds consumer use of photo based estimating for collision repair experiencing exponential growth. Supplement amount as a percentage of original estimate nearly double physical inspections. Mitchell yesterday released the Auto Physical Damage Edition of its Industry Trends Report (ITR) for the third quarter of 2018. Mitchell provides insights in the report into three industry […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Industry Trends Report, Mitchell International, Photo Estimating

Crawford & Company Launching Artificial Intelligence Solution Targeting 60% Reduction in Auto Claims Cost

September 13, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

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Crawford & Company and ClaimGenius, an artificial intelligence (AI) and image analytics company, are collaborating on AI  solutions that the two companies say will improve the processing speed and accuracy of automobile insurance claims. The solution will integrate Crawford’s WeGoLook and ClaimGenius’ AI predictive image analytics product to provide virtually instant damage analysis and claim […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Artificial Intelligence, ClaimGenius, Crawford & Company, Photo Estimating

Hall of Eagles Inducts Karen Fierst and Gary Wano

September 13, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Collision Industry Hall of Eagles announced its 2018 Inductees are Karen Fierst and Gary Wano. The two industry leaders were inducted August 7 during a ceremony that was attended by over 100 industry professionals at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga. during the NACE Automechanika trade show. The Hall of Eagles, the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Awards, Collision Industry Hall of Eagles

New Caliber Collision Academy Gives Ft. Carson Soldiers Collision Repair Training Opportunity

September 13, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Caliber Collision announced the opening of its Changing Lanes Falcon Academy, a training program for Ft. Carson soldiers nearing the completion of their military service, to learn skills for a successful new career in the fast-growing collision repair industry. Applications are now being accepted for Changing Lanes Falcon Academy classes. The first cohort started August […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Caliber Collision Centers, Veterans, Workforce Development

Collision Industry Foundation Preparing for Hurricane Florence

September 12, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

In our video interview, Michael Quinn from the CIF details how the organization can help the collision repair industry as it prepares for latest hurricane. The Collision Industry Foundation (CIF) is gearing up to respond if the collision industry needs assistance as Hurricane Florence bears down on the East Coast. In our video interview with […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Collision Industry Foundation, Disaster Preparedness, Hurricane Relief

Collision Repair Education Foundation Annual Reception October 30

September 12, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Over $250,000 in grants to be awarded to collision repair schools. The Collision Repair Education Foundation announced that its annual reception, which is open to all industry members, will be held Tuesday, October 30th from 9:00 p.m.-10:15 p.m. (PDT) in the Renaissance 1 Room at the Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel. During the reception, attendees will […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Collision Repair Education Foundation

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