Insurance and consumer behavior sessions join the program held ahead of the SEMA and AAPEX shows. The Automotive Service Association has confirmed the session lineup for the 15th annual MSO Symposium, the one-day conference for multi-shop operators set for Nov. 2 in Las Vegas ahead of the SEMA and AAPEX trade shows. This year’s program […]
State Farm Backs Wildlife Crossing Reauthorization as Animal Claims Fall to 1.6 Million
State Farm said Sept. 15 that it supports federal funding for wildlife road crossings, including enactment of the Wildlife Road Crossings Program Reauthorization Act of 2025, and estimated that more than 1.6 million auto insurance claims industry-wide involved animal collisions in the 12 months ending June 30. The figure is down from the 1.7 million […]
Axalta CTO Robert Roop Receives 2026 PCI Lifetime Achievement Award
Robert K. Roop, senior vice president and chief technology officer at Axalta Coating Systems, has received the 2026 Paint & Coatings Industry Lifetime Achievement Award, presented Sept. 16 at the Coatings Trends & Technologies Summit in Lombard, Ill. Roop leads a global organization of about 1,300 scientists, engineers and technical professionals across 21 product development […]
Surventis Introduces LightAssist Color Matching Visualization in Refinity
Surventis has added a visualization mode called LightAssist to the color module of Refinity, its cloud-based digital platform, aimed at the match decisions painters find hardest to make on screen: black and dark effect colors. The company announced the feature Sept. 9 and introduced it at Automechanika Frankfurt, which ran Sept. 8-12 in Frankfurt, Germany. […]
Colours Acquires Stephens Auto in Hornell, New York
Colours Inc. has acquired Stephens Auto Inc. of Hornell, N.Y., a deal that gives the paint, body and equipment distributor five locations in New York State. Terms were not disclosed. Stephens Auto has served the Hornell-area automotive market for decades, according to Colours, which said it will bring its product lines, technical expertise, training, inventory […]
Registration Open for Georgia Collision Industry Association Oct. 12 Golf Tournament
The Georgia Collision Industry Association will hold its 2026 golf tournament Oct. 12 at Eagle Watch Golf Club in Woodstock, Ga., sponsored by Ed Voyles Automotive. Registration and breakfast begin at 8 a.m. and a shotgun start follows at 10 a.m. Sponsorships run from $1,000 to $5,000. The $5,000 Diamond sponsorship includes three foursomes and […]
NJM Earns Ninth Consecutive J.D. Power Auto Claims Certification
NJM Insurance Group has earned the J.D. Power Auto Claims Certification for a ninth consecutive year, satisfying 66 of 68 evaluation metrics in the 2026 audit for a 97% success rate. The program’s minimum threshold is 80%. NJM sells personal insurance directly to consumers in Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The audit itself […]
Nasdaq Chief Economist Mackintosh Returns to Keynote November 2 MSO Symposium
An economic outlook session opens the Las Vegas program held ahead of the SEMA and AAPEX shows. Phil Mackintosh, chief economist and senior vice president at Nasdaq, will deliver the keynote address at the 15th annual MSO Symposium on Nov. 2 in Las Vegas. The Automotive Service Association hosts the one-day conference, which takes place […]
Brandon Eckenrode Named Executive Director of LoveTrades Foundation
The LoveTrades Foundation has appointed Brandon Eckenrode executive director, the Laramie, Wyo., nonprofit’s board of directors announced Sept. 14. LoveTrades raises money for students at WyoTech, whose Laramie campus runs a collision/refinishing technology program, and for students in Laramie County Community College and University of Wyoming career and technical education programs. “Brandon’s passion for technical […]
AAA Puts Annual Vehicle Ownership Cost at $12,863 as EVs and Hybrids Enter Category Averages
The average cost to own and operate a new vehicle reached $12,863 a year, or $1,071.92 a month, according to AAA’s 2026 Your Driving Costs analysis released Sept. 15. The study retires the standalone hybrid and electric vehicle categories AAA used in prior editions and distributes those models into the body-style categories that previously held […]
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