A.M. Best expects that higher catastrophe losses, competitive market conditions and automobile liability challenges will result in an underwriting loss in 2016 for the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry, its first such loss since 2012, according to a new A.M. Best special report. On January 25, CollisionWeek reported that private U.S. P/C insurers suffered a $1.7 […]
State and Federal Policy Focus Shifts to Vehicle Technology
Regulation Endeavors to Keep Pace with Technological Developments The Automotive Service Association (ASA) reports that with the state legislative season in full swing in many states, new automotive technologies, including vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications, driver assistance and automated vehicles (AV), are the focus for policymakers. Since the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, […]
Axalta Opens Refinish Academy in Sweden
New facility to serve Axalta’s collision repair and refinish customers from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) announced the opening of its new Axalta Refinish Academy Nordic earlier this month. The facility, located in Sisjön, 20 minutes south of Gothenburg, Sweden, houses not only the latest generation training center for Axalta’s […]
Spanesi Americas Announces Distributor Awards
Spanesi Americas recently recognized individual distributors for their 2016 contributions and accomplishments during its ‘2017 Kick Off’ Distributor Meeting at its North American Operations Center in Illinois this month. Among those recognized, Steve Smith, owner of Automotive Collision Equipment of Florida got the prestigous “Top Distributor of the Year” award for his activities in the […]
First of a Dozen Collision Repair Education Foundation Spring Career Fairs Around the U.S. Kicks Off in Iowa on February 3
The Collision Repair Education Foundation will kick off their spring career fair schedule on Friday, February 3rd in Des Moines, Iowa, which will be followed by at least 11 additional events currently schedule across the U.S. To ensure the best student participation possible at these events, the Education Foundation will be partnering with ASE and […]
Association Seeks Donation to Send Georgia Collision Repair Student to SkillsUSA Conference
The Georgia Collision Industry Association is organizing a fundraising drive to help a student attend the 2017 SkillsUSA Championships being held June 19-23, at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky. The GCIA is donating $500 to help sponsor a representative from Maxwell High School to attend the conference and competition and is asking for […]
NADA Economist Projects Sustained New-Vehicle Sales
Forecast calls for slight decline in 2017 sales to 17.1 million vehicles. The strong economic growth that propelled new-vehicle sales to back-to-back record years in 2015 and 2016 is on pace to continue into 2017, said Steven Szakaly, chief economist of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) at a press briefing during the NADA Convention […]
AAPEX Announces 2017 Dates
AAPEX 2017 will take place Tuesday, Oct. 31 through Thursday, Nov. 2, at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas, N.V. Online registration will be available in May 2017. Buyers who would like to be notified when registration opens can sign up on the AAPEX website, aapexshow.com/reginq. AAPEX 2017 is expected to feature more than 2,200 […]
Canadian Collision Repair Shop Accreditation Program Breaks the 300 Shop Mark
The Canadian Collision Industry Accreditation Program (CCIAP) announced that since its launch in October 2016, over 300 collision repair facilities from across Canada have registered with CCIAP. As of January 1st, over 20 of those registered have scheduled their accreditation audit for the coming months. Program administrators hope to see these shops join the ranks […]
Collision Repair Education Foundation School Makeover Grant Applications Now Available
Deadline for schools to apply is June 1. The Collision Repair Education Foundation announced that the application for their Ultimate Collision Education Makeover school grant is now available for high school and post-secondary collision school programs. The Makeover grant program is in its ninth year. Instructors are advised to begin the application early and industry […]
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