Strike team issues 29 citations in Sun Valley and Pacoima Investigators with the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) conducted an enforcement operation in Los Angeles County on February 22, 2018, aimed at combating unlicensed vehicle dismantlers. DMV investigators targeted 40 locations in Sun Valley and Pacoima and issued 29 misdemeanor citations for offenses such […]
Mike’s Auto Body Opens Aluminum Repair Annex in San Ramon, California
Mike’s Auto Body announced it recently added its second aluminum facility in San Ramon, Calif. in a 13,000 sq. ft. building that is located nearby its existing collision repair shop. In 2017, Ford sold nearly 900,000 F-Series trucks in the U.S. with bigger numbers forecasted for this year, so Mike’s is ready to deal with […]
AutoNation Settles $3.38 Million Environmental Lawsuit with California District Attorneys
Settlement the result of District Attorneys’ undercover operations examining store waste streams. A judge in San Jose has ordered more than $2 million in civil penalties to be paid by the operators of 57 dealerships and collision repair centers in California belonging to AutoNation, the country’s largest retailer of new automobiles. The fines are part […]
Legislation to Change Collision Repair Labor Rate Survey Regulations Introduced in California
Legislation would modify requirements for insurers that conduct collision repair labor rate surveys from those introduced in California in 2017. New legislation was introduced in California on Tuesday to modify collision repair labor survey regulations and remove restrictions against an insurer requiring a collision repair shop to pay for a rental vehicle and towing […]
Service King Acquires Collision Repair Center in California
Service King Collision Repair Centers announced the company has acquired Izzie’s Body and Frame in West Sacramento, California. The repair center is located at 1120 Shore St. and, as part of the deal, will transition operations to Service King immediately. “We are proud to continue our steady growth across the state of California and particularly […]
Insurance Associations Send Joint Letter to State Insurance Commissioners on Federal Tax Changes Impact on Insurance Rates
The American Insurance Association (AIA) and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) issued a letter to state insurance commissioners responding to the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and the Center for Economic Justice’s (CEJ) claims about the federal Tax Cut and Jobs Act and how it may impact insurance rates. In a letter sent […]
California Collision Repair Anti-Steering and Labor Rate Bill Dies in Committee
After failing to advance out of committee, the legislation officially died at the end of January. After failing to advance out of a hearing on January 18 of the California Assembly Appropriations Committee, Assembly Bill 1679 (AB 1679) officially died on January 31. The bill sought to overturn California Department of Insurance (CDI) anti-steering and […]
California Bill That Sought to Overturn Collision Repair Anti-Steering and Labor Rate Regulations Fails to Advance
California Assembly Appropriations Committee did not approve legislation at hearing last week. At a hearing on January 18, the California Assembly Appropriations Committee refused to advance Assembly Bill 1679 (AB 1679) that sought to overturn California Department of Insurance (CDI) anti-steering and collision repair labor rate regulations that took effect in March 2017. The legislation […]
California Looks to Pass on Insurance Company Savings from Federal Tax Legislation to Policyholders
Consumer Federation asking all states to do so California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones directed his department to commence a regulatory review of insurers’ rates and other lines of business where insurers would benefit from the federal tax cuts. The purpose of that review is to identify specific legal authority and necessary amendments to rate formulas […]
Fix Auto USA Adds Seven Collision Repair Centers to Network
Total number of franchise locations now 126 Fix Auto USA announced the addition of seven franchise collision repair centers in the last two months, bringing Fix Auto USA’s total number of locations to 126. The additional locations expand Fix Auto’s geographic footprint in multiple markets including: Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Northern California, Phoenix, San Diego, […]
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