Deadliest and most destructive fire in California history overwhelms Merced Property & Casualty Company. The California Insurance Department took expedited legal action to secure the assets of and take control of Merced Property & Casualty Company, in an effort to protect the company’s policyholders, including those who suffered losses in the Camp Fire. provided both […]
CARSTAR Adds Two Collision Repair Centers to its Network in California
CARSTAR announced the opening of two new California facilities, CARSTAR McLaren Lake Forest and CARSTAR McLaren Irvine. Owned by husband and wife team, James and Mary Davis, CARSTAR McLaren Lake Forest and CARSTAR McLaren Irvine are a family business. James Davis came from a collision repair family, with both his father and brother in the […]
Collision Reporting Center to Open in California
Accident Support Services International Ltd. (ASSI), facilitators of collision reporting to the insurance industry, announced its’ newest U.S. Collision Reporting Center (CRC) will open December 4 in Gardena, Calif. in partnership with the City of Gardena and the Gardena Police Department. ASSI, in partnership with insurers and local law enforcement agencies, have been operating Collision […]
CARSTAR Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in California
CARSTAR announced the addition of CARSTAR Orange Central, an over 14,000 sq. ft. collision repair center, located at 670 N. Batavia Street, in Orange, Calif. to its multi-store network of independently owned facilities. Craig Borja, owner of CARSTAR Orange Central, started in the industry young and primarily repaired luxury vehicles. Working his way through various […]
Auto Body Shop Owner Alleged Ring Leader of Insurance Fraud Ring in California
Detectives from the California Department of Insurance, arrested four people November 16 for allegedly ripping off four auto insurers for more than $34,000 by filing fraudulent insurance claims. One additional suspect was taken into custody Thursday, November 15, 2018. All suspects were booked into the Sacramento County Jail. Investigated by the Urban Auto Fraud Task […]
CARSTAR Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in San Francisco
CARSTAR announced the addition of CARSTAR Auto World Collision, located at 1100 San Mateo Avenue South, San Francisco, Calif. to its network of independently owned collision repair facilities. Jason Wong, owner of CARSTAR Auto World Collision, entered the industry at a young age, washing cars at 16. Advancing to different roles in the repair world, […]
Fix Auto USA Announces Seven New Collision Repair Centers Added to Network in California
Fix Auto USA announced the addition of seven California Franchise Locations, bringing Fix Auto USA’s total number of locations to 142. The additional locations expand Fix Auto USA’s geographic footprint in multiple California markets including: Northern California, San Diego, and Southern California. The locations include: Fix Auto Brea (Brea, CA), Formerly Sharper Image Collision; operated […]
Abra Completes Acquisition of Cooks Collision
Abra Auto Body Repair of America announced that its acquisition of 38 Cooks Collision repair locations closed on Friday, Oct. 26. The acquisition of Cooks is Abra’s largest single transaction in its 34-year history, and marks the company’s entry state of California. Abra first entered the West Coast region in 2013 with acquisitions in Washington […]
Abra Acquires Cooks Collision
Acquisition of nearly 40 collision repair centers marks Abra’s entry into California market. Abra Auto Body Repair of America has acquired California-based Cooks Collision and its 38 collision repair centers located in both Northern and Southern California. The acquisition marks Abra’s entry into the California market. Cooks Collision is the fifth largest independent collision repair […]
Chilton Auto Body Joins CARSTAR Collision Repair Network
The San Francisco Bay-area multiple shop operator has 11 collision repair centers. Eleven collision repair facilities in the San Francisco Bay area have joined the CARSTAR network, making this the new largest MSO under the CARSTAR banner. Mike Chilton, co-founder of Chilton Auto Body, is a second-generation repair center owner. Working for his father at […]