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SEM Products Announces Collision Repair Approvals from FCA

January 31, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

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SEM announced that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) now officially recommends 14 SEM products for use in collision repair facilities in accordance with FCA repair procedures.  Outlined below, these products can be used as dictated by brand and part # or “equivalent” on repair procedures outlined by FCA Technical Service Bulletins (TSB). Adhesives 40202 Dual-Mix Quick […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Approvals, FCA, SEM Products

IIHS and HLDI Announce Board Election Results

January 31, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

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Nationwide’s Windsor elected IIHS chairman, Amica’s Petrarca elected HLDI chairman The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced the election of William L. Windsor Jr. as chairman of its Board of Directors. Windsor is associate vice president, Office of Consumer Safety, Nationwide Insurance. He succeeds Floyd M. Yager, senior vice president and chief data officer, Allstate […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Board of Directors, Highway Loss Data Institute, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, People

Spanesi Collision Repair Equipment Approved by Tesla

January 31, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

On January 16, Tesla, Inc. announced they have added three new Spanesi structural repair benches and the Touch Measuring System to their OEM approved equipment list, for Tesla Approved Body Shop program.  “Spanesi is excited to be a part of approved list of collision repair equipment recognized in the Tesla Approved Body Shop program,” states […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Approvals, Spanesi, Tesla

AASP-MN Automotive Scholarship Applications Open

January 31, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) will be awarding scholarships to select students enrolled in post-secondary mechanical or collision repair programs. Scholarship awards will be $1,000 per student and can be applied towards tuition or tool purchases. Recipients must be entering their first or second year of a two-year NATEF-certified automotive program […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP-MN, Scholarships

Nationwide Announces Venture Capital Investment to Build Safe Driving Network

January 30, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Nationwide is making a strategic venture capital investment in Nexar, an Israeli-based startup focused on building the world’s largest safe driving network. Nationwide’s stake in Nexar is part of a new $30 million Series B round of funding recently announced by the Tel Aviv-based company.  “Our venture capital approach is key to Nationwide’s innovation strategy,” […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Collision Avoidance, Nationwide

New Vehicle Retail Sales Pace to Decline in January

January 30, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

January 2018 Auto Sales SAAR

J.D. Power and LMC Automotive Project Full Year Retail Sales to Fall 1.5% For the second consecutive year, the new vehicle retail sales pace in January is expected to fall from year-ago levels, according to a forecast developed jointly by J.D. Power and LMC Automotive.   The seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) for retail sales is […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Sales, J.D. Power, LMC Automotive

NJM Announces Mitch Livingston to Succeed Retiring CEO

January 30, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

NJM Insurance Group announced that President & Chief Executive Officer, Bernie Flynn, will retire on April 27, , after a career at the Company that spanned 25 years, including the past 10 as its leader. Mitch Livingston, NJM’s Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, has been selected by the Company’s Board of Directors to succeed […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: NJM Insurance Company, People

Australian Motor Body Repairers Association Launches Hourly Cost Calculator

January 30, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Australian Motor Body Repairers Association

Tool will help collision repair centers determine the real costs of body repair businesses The Motor Trades Association of Australia (MTAA) Limited and its affiliated organization, the Australian Motor Body Repairers Association (AMBRA), launched a new cost calculator tool that will assist motor body repair businesses transparently identify their costs and a charge out hourly […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Australia, Australian Motor Body Repairs Association, Cost Calculator

Fix Auto UK Adds Collision Repair Center to Network

January 30, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Fix Auto UK announced that Northwood Coachworks has joined the network as Fix Auto Northwood. Owned by Manoj Shah, Fix Auto Northwood is the 12th Fix Auto repair centre inside the M25. The 10,000 sq. ft. collision repair center houses two spray booths and eight operatives with a capacity to repair up to 130 vehicles […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Fix Auto UK, Network Affiliations, United Kingdom

U.S. Property/Casualty Insurance Industry Reports $22.4 Billion Net Income

January 29, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

P/C Insurance 9M 2017 Net Income

Net income dropped 30.3 Percent in first nine months of 2017 following hurricanes and other catastrophe losses. The private U.S. property/casualty insurance industry saw its net income after taxes drop to $22.4 billion in the first nine-months of 2017 from $32.1 billion in the first nine-months of 2016-a 30.3 percent decline-and its overall profitability as […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Profitability, Property Casualty Insurance, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America

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