OEConnection LLC (OEC) announced it will provide Gulf States Toyota (GST) with its part sourcing platform, D2DLink, for its dealer network. D2DLink will provide GST dealers with shared inventory access across the dealer network, allowing dealers to find and obtain parts with greater speed, while helping reduce idle inventory and improve OEM part sourcing and […]
Ageas UK Using Tractable AI on Auto Claims
For the first time, one of the UK’s insurers is employing artificial intelligence (AI) to create end-to-end assessments and estimates of vehicle damage. Ageas is using an AI solution developed by Tractable to support some of the complex tasks that a human assessor would normally carry out when evaluating vehicle damage. For example, the AI […]
Mitsubishi Motors Selects OEConnection for Collision Repair Parts Marketing Program
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) has selected OEConnection LLC (OEC) to support is collision repair parts marketing program. MMNA’s Mitsubishi Ultra Conquest Program will use CollisionLink from OEC starting this month. MMNA is the 26th vehicle manufacturer in North America, and the fifth in the past six months, to implement CollisionLink to enhance their […]
IAA and Snapsheet Announce Total Loss Process Automation Partnership
IAA, Inc. (NYSE:IAA) and Snapsheet announced an integrated partnership combining IAA’s total loss claims and salvage solutions with Snapsheet’s configurable claims management platform to create one seamless solution from first notice of loss to sale at auction. The combined offering will reduce the time it takes insurance carriers to process claims for total loss vehicles. […]
New School Edition of ALI Lift Safety Training Course Available from S/P2
S/P2 will be the exclusive supplier of a new School Edition of the Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) Lifting It Right online car lift safety training course. The course will be available for purchase to the 3,000 high-school, post-secondary, and technical school programs in S/P2’s national network. The course can be taken on a computer or […]
Nationwide Announces Partnership with Toyota to Offer Usage-Based Auto Insurance
Program offer consumers discounts on insurance, OEM parts and referrals to Toyota Certified Collision Centers. Nationwide and Toyota Insurance Management Solutions (TIMS) have teamed up to launch TIMS BrightDrive, a Toyota insurance experience that simplifies the purchasing process while rewarding customers for their safe driving. This is Nationwide’s second vehicle manufacturer partnership announced in the […]
Axalta North America Refinish Students Can Receive Free I-CAR Credit through Sustaining Partner Program
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) today announced that they joined I-CAR’s Sustaining Partner Program in North America, effective January 1, 2020. Axalta’s participation in the program offers its Refinish students more accessible and affordable training, either virtually or in-person, at any of Axalta’s Learning and Development Centers, while earning platinum I-CAR credit at no charge from […]
Ford Motor Company Launches Usage-Based Insurance Program in Partnership with Nationwide Insurance
Customers can opt in and share driving data with Nationwide, will have access to Nationwide Accident Forgiveness option as well as collision repairs using genuine Ford parts. Ford Motor Company announced a partnership with Nationwide Insurance to offer a usage-based insurance program to new vehicle owners. Ford Insure and Lincoln Motor Company Insure, powered by Nationwide, […]
AASPI Affiliates with SCRS
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) announced that the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Illinois (AASPI) joined SCRS as an Affiliate Association. AASPI was originally formed in the early 1960s as a Chicago area repair association for both mechanical and collision. While the name a structure of the organization has taken different forms […]
Overall Parts Solutions Announces Collision Repair Parts Procurement Agreement with BMW
Overall Parts Solutions (OPS) announced a national contract with BMW of North America (BMW) to integrate the OPS Technology Suite in BMW dealerships nationwide, providing a single digital pipeline to quickly identify, locate and deliver auto parts to collision repair facilities. The OPS Technology Suite provides a fully integrated, real-time workflow and allows dealers to […]