The Automotive Service Association (ASA) announced the 2018 Technology & Telematics Forum will take place in conjunction with the 2018 NACE Automechanika Show at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The half-day program will begin at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, August 8th and conclude at 6 p.m. Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and similar vehicle […]
ASA National Announces Changes to ASA Midwest Affiliate
ASA National announced changes to its regional affiliate ASA Midwest following the regional association board’s decision on June 14 to disaffiliate with ASA National and become an independent regional association known as the Midwest Auto Care Alliance. ASA Midwest, which is comprised of six states (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas and Oklahoma), will be restructured. […]
ASA Asks Congress to Protect Federal Insurance Office’s Authority
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services passed a series of six bills designed to reduce federal regulations. The Automotive Service Association (ASA) reports that one of the bills, HR 3861, Federal Insurance Office Reform Act of 2017, introduced last year was part of the package approved by a vote of 36-21. ASA […]
ASA Announces New Board of Directors
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) announced changes to its Board of Directors following its Annual Business Meeting May-2-4 at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Hotel and Resort in Orlando, Fla. ASA Chairman Roy Schnepper, AAM, Butler’s Collision, Roseville, Mich., who is serving the second year of his two-year term, is looking forward to […]
Federal Insurance Office Survives Dodd-Frank Reform
ASA acknowledges U.S. Senate Banking Committee for saving FIO. The Automotive Service Association (ASA) made the establishment of the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) its top priority during Congress’ consideration of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in 2010. Despite significant opposition, FIO did become part of the Dodd-Frank Reform law. According to […]
ASA Annual Business Meeting in Orlando Featured Networking, Training and Recognition
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) held its 2018 Annual Meeting at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Hotel and Resort in Orlando, Fla., May 2-4. The three-day event opened Wednesday, May 2, with various executive meetings by the ASA Board of Directors and ASA Affiliate Executive Directors. On Thursday, ASA held an open board […]
ASA Raises Concern on Vendors Sharing or Selling Collision Repair and Service Shop Customer Data
Association creates data privacy agreement for collision repair and mechanical facilities to use with vendors The Automotive Service Association (ASA) issued a warning that some third-party vendors that collision and service repair shops do business with might be reselling their customers’ data in detail, or as an aggregate, to third parties, without the repair facilities […]
ASA Leadership Meets with Policymakers, Administration on Automated Vehicle Issues
Highlights the importance of independent repairer data access On April 19, ASA Chairman Roy Schnepper, and ASA President and Executive Director Dan Risley, met with key leaders in Washington, D.C., to discuss automated vehicle policy and data access. During Capitol Hill meetings, Schnepper and Risley outlined the importance of data access to independent automotive repairers. […]
ASA Collision Division Reaffirms Endorsement of OEM Collision Repair Procedures
The Collision Division Operations Committee (COC) of the Automotive Service Association (ASA) has reaffirmed the association’s position endorsing the use of required OEM collision repair service procedures when such procedures are available. During their regular monthly meeting, COC members discussed several legislative initiatives being monitored across the nation. Language in one such initiative in Indiana […]
ASA Releases Updated Collision Repair Not-Included Operations Charts
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) has released the latest updates to its “Not-Included Operations” charts. The resources are available for free to the industry and designed to ensure collision repairers consider all of the possible operations when they write an estimate. These new resources, Reference Chart of Not-Included Operations When Installing New Replacement Parts and […]