House and Senate Bills would it illegal to offers customer anything of value to handle their insurance glass claim. Two bills filed for the 2020 legislative session in Florida seek to prohibit repair facilities from offering potential customers an incentive to handle their auto glass insurance claims. Florida House Bill 169 (HB 169) and Senate […]
Atlantic Street Capital Invests in All Star Auto Lights
Atlantic Street Capital announced the majority recapitalization of All Star Auto Lights, a specialty distributor of alternative automotive lighting parts. Atlantic Street is partnering with the company’s CEO, Matt Immerfall, and other investors. Founded in 2004 and based in Orlando, Florida, All Star is a distributor of replacement alternative lighting products to independent collision repair […]
IBIS USA 2020 April 1-2 in Florida
Following this year’s inaugural collision repair event, IBIS USA announced it is returning in April 2020. IBIS USA will move from the West to East coast and take place on April 1-2 at the Sawgrass Marriott Resort and Spa near Jacksonville, Fla. The theme for 2020 is 20:20 Vision. Leveraging IBIS’ global insight and industry […]
TSG Consumer Partners Acquires Joe Hudson’s Collision Centers
Private equity firm acquires 110 store collision repair chain. TSG Consumer Partners (TSG), a private equity firm focused exclusively on the branded consumer sector, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Joe Hudson’s Collision Centers (JHCC) from Carousel Capital. Carousel Capital and JHCC management will continue as minority […]
Boyd Group Adds Collision Repair Centers in Florida and Manitoba
The Boyd Group Inc. announced the July 31, opening of a collision repair center in Destin, Fla. Located in the Panhandle of Florida, Destin is the principal city on Florida’s Emerald Coast, with approximately 4.5 million visitors annually. “This new location fills a void between our Fort Walton Beach and Panama City Beach repair centers,” […]
GEICO Files RICO Lawsuit Alleging Auto Glass Fraud in Florida
Following similar lawsuits in Arizona, auto insurer takes its zero tolerance approach to alleged auto glass fraud to Florida. Following several lawsuits in Arizona, GEICO announced it has filed another federal lawsuit on June 6 in Florida alleging an auto glass repair shop submitted fraudulent glass repair bills. GEICO seeks to recover damages under Civil […]
USAA Expands in Texas and Florida
USAA has opened two new buildings in North Texas and Florida including a new, 150,000 square-foot office building opened in Plano, Texas adjacent to its existing location in Legacy Corporate Center, and a new 240,000 square-foot building in Tampa, Fla. adjacent to its existing location in Crosstown. This growth is part of USAA’s strategy to […]
AirPro Opens New Corporate Office and Training Center in Jacksonville
AirPro Diagnostics announced the opening of its new 13,500 sq. ft. corporate office and training facility in Jacksonville, Fla. In addition to this new state-of-the-art facility, AirPro Diagnostics operates a diagnostic service center in Tamarac, Fla., its ADAS Calibrations laboratory and sister company, Module Experts programming business in two other Jacksonville, FL locations. Offices in […]
CARSTAR Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in Florida
CARSTAR announced the expansion of its network of independently-owned collision repair centers with the opening of CARSTAR CollisionTec, located at 5580 Ulmerton Road, in Clearwater, Fla. Scott Robertson, owner of CARSTAR CollisionTec, originally established his business in 1992 and then joined CARSTAR in 2017. Robertson also owns CARSTAR St. Petersburg Collison Center in St. Petersburg, […]
USAA Opens New Office in Tampa
USAA announced employees have started moving into the second office building at the Crosstown Center campus in Tampa, Fla. Crosstown’s newest addition brings the total number of USAA facilities in Tampa to three. Approximately 350 employees moved into the new building on Monday, with additional employees moving in the coming weeks. The new facility has […]