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Elephant Auto Insurance Appraisers Achieve I-CAR Gold Designation

October 14, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

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Elephant Auto Insurance today announced that they have achieved the Gold designation from Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR) for its claim organization. “As cars become increasingly complex, it is critical that Elephant’s appraisers are trained in the latest procedures and techniques,” said Aldo Bonacasta, Director of Auto Physical Damage at Elephant.  “Elephant’s investment […]

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CARSTAR Performance Group Meeting Hosts 132 Stores

October 13, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

CARSTAR Auto Body Repair Experts’ proprietary EDGE program continues to grow its advanced training and education program for collision repair shop owners and managers.  At the latest CARSTAR EDGE Performance Group meeting, held last week in St. Louis, Mo., CARSTAR had 132 stores participating, its largest event to date. The program, now in its third […]

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American Family Details 2015 Animal Crash Statistics

October 13, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

American Family Animal Vehicle Crash Statistics

According to American Family, the auto insurance company’s customers in its 19 operating states submitted 30,023 claims for animal-vehicle crashes during 2015. The cost of the claims totaled $95,165,788, with the average claim costing $3,279. Wisconsin ($28,986,443), Missouri ($16,880,599) and Minnesota ($14,978,087) reported the highest numbers The chart below details the top 12 states among […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: American Family, Animal Collisions

Fix Auto Adds Collision Repair Center in Montreal

October 13, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Fix Auto Centre-Ville Opening

On October 6th, Carlos Salsa, Fix Auto owner-operator, celebrated the formal grand opening of his new collision repair center, Fix Auto Centre-Ville, during a cocktail event. The facility is located at 1840 Le Ber in Montreal. At the event Montreal personalities, such as Marguerite-Bourgeoys deputy Robert Poëti, actor Paul Doucet and President of the 2016-2017 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Canada, Fix Auto Canada, Openings, Quebec

Texas State Technical College in Waco Auto Collision Program Celebrates New Equipment

October 12, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Auto Collision and Management Technology program at the Texas State Technical College in Waco celebrated Friday its selection as the Collision Repair Education Foundation’s 2015 Ultimate Collision Education Makeover school. The program received a $50,000 Dallas Makeover Grant, which is part of the initiative and awarded by the Collision Repair Education Foundation. “We saw […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Career and Technical Education, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Makeover Grant, Texas

Safelite Opens Innovation Hub

October 12, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Safelite Group, which operates Safelite AutoGlass and Safelite Solutions announced it has opened a new innovation hub called Safelite Works. The lab consists of 6 to 8 technologists reporting to Vice President of Digital and Customer Innovation Bruce Millard tasked with developing innovative customer-facing solutions for both auto glass needs and insurance claims processing […]

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ATMC Announces 2016 National Training Award Winners

October 12, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Automotive Training Managers Council (ATMC) has announced the winners of its 2016 ATMC National Excellence in Training Awards, naming the submission by KPA as the Grand Award winner with awards also going to the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium and NAPA Auto Parts. KPA is being honored for its training program titled “Advertising Best […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Automotive Training Managers Council, Awards

eDriving and FICO Announce Partnership to Develop New Driver Safety Score

October 12, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

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eDriving to combine FICO Safe Driving Score with launch of new Mentor telematics “closed loop” driver training and risk reduction program eDriving, the provider of online driver training and global driver risk management solutions, announced it has partnered with analytics software firm FICO to launch new scoring algorithms to capture driving behavior and develop a […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: eDriving, FICO, Telematics

ABRA Appoints Ann Fandozzi as Chief Executive Officer

October 11, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Duane Rouse named Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. ABRA Auto Body & Glass yesterday announced that Ann Fandozzi has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and that Duane Rouse has assumed the role of Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. Both appointments are effective immediately. ABRA first announced its succession plan and chief […]

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Gas Prices Continue to Climb Despite Seasonal Drop in Demand

October 11, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

AAA Average Gas Prices

According to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report, the national average price for regular unleaded gasoline has increased for 12 of the past 14 days, reaching yesterday’s price of $2.26 per gallon. Yesterday’s average price is 3 cents more than one week ago, 8 cents more than one month ago and 6 cents less than one […]

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