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ABRA Opens Career Development Academy

July 19, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

ABRA Career Development Academy

ABRA Auto Body & Glass announced the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art Career Development Academy yesterday. Announced in June, the academy, located in Eagan, Minn., provides in-depth, hands-on training to the next generation of collision repair technicians. Students arrived on campus early yesterday morning for the first day of classes in the ABRA SpringBoard […]

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Bob Cornelius Joins Certified Collision Group as Director of Business Development, Eastern Region

July 19, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Certified Collision Group (CCG) announced the appointment of Bob Cornelius as Director of Business Development, Eastern Region. Cornelius has more than four decades of experience within the insurance claims community in designing, implementing, managing and refining direct repair program (DRP) networks to drive customer satisfaction, cycle time, and loss adjustment expense (LAE) results. His extensive […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Certified Collision Group, People

AASP/NJ’s Summer Certification Training Helped Collision Repair Shops Meet Licensing Requirements

July 19, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) recently held regional training seminars in Totowa and Toms River, N.J. featuring Larry Montanez of P&L Consultants. Both seminars covered everything from new collision repair technologies to labor rates. All who attended the seminars received training certificates good towards renewal of the 2016 New Jersey […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP/NJ, training

Insurance Auto Auctions Increases Presence In Virginia

July 18, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

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Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (IAA), a business unit of KAR Auction Services (NYSE:KAR), announced the recent expansion of its branch in Culpeper, Va. The facility, located at located at 15201 Review Road, now encompasses 10 additional acres of usable property, presenting IAA with increased capacity to enhance operational capabilities. One of six locations in Virginia, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Insurance Auto Auctions, KAR Auction Services, Openings, Virginia

GEICO Names Beacom VP of Dallas Region; Measley to Head Dallas Claims Operations

July 18, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

GEICO has named Dan Beacom vice president of the company’s Dallas regional office. He will have responsibility and oversight for all day-to-day operations related to GEICO’s policyholders in 10 states: Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota. Prior to his new assignment, Beacom served as the Dallas region’s […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: GEICO, People, Texas

Federal Insurance Office Announces Methodology for Monitoring Auto Insurance Affordability

July 18, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) announced the adoption of a methodology for monitoring the affordability of automobile insurance. Title V of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act authorizes FIO to monitor the extent to which traditionally underserved communities and consumers, minorities, and low- and moderate-income (LMI) persons […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Insurance Affordability, Federal Insurance Office, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America

Mike’s Auto Body Acquires its 15th Location in Vallejo, Calif.

July 17, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Mike’s Auto Body announced it recently acquired a 14,000 sq. ft. collision repair facility in Vallejo, Calif. The new center is the company’s 15th location and is located near Highway 29 in the heart of Vallejo’s auto district at 3211 Sonoma Blvd. “We are very excited about the Vallejo location, it complements our Napa, Fairfield […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, California, Mike's Auto Body

Honda Issues Collision Repair Position Statement Requiring Pre and Post Diagnostic Scans

July 16, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Says all vehicles involved in a collision must have scans during the estimating process and following a collision repairs. American Honda Motor Co. Inc., has issued a position statement outlining requirements for both pre and post repair diagnostic scans of its vehicles for diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) since many do not illuminate any dashboard indicators. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: American Honda Motor Company, Diagnostics, Position Statement

Chloe Durante Named Editorial Assistant at Greco Publishing

July 15, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Thomas Greco Publishing, Inc., publishers of Hammer & Dolly, New Jersey Automotive, New England Automotive Report, AASP-MN News and Wisconsin Automotive News, announced the addition of Chloe Durante as the company’s editorial assistant. A 2013 graduate of Montclair State University, Durante will assist Editorial Director Joel Gausten in developing editorial content for all of Greco […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: People, Thomas Greco Publishing

Property/Casualty Insurers Report $13.3B in Net Income after Taxes in First-Quarter 2016

July 15, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Increases in catastrophe losses, higher combined ratios and declining investment income caused a 26.6 percent decline in net income from 2015. Private U.S. property/casualty insurers saw their net income after taxes fall to $13.3 billion in first-quarter 2016 from $18.1 billion in first-quarter 2015, a 26.6 percent decline, and their annualized quarterly yield on investments […]

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

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