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IAA Expands Branches in Alabama, Florida, Montana and New York State

June 18, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

IAA, Inc. (NYSE: IAA), a leading global digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers, today announced branch capacity expansions across four key markets in Miami, Fla., Long Island, N.Y., Birmingham Ala. and Missoula, Mont. These expansions increase storage inventory by more than fifty percent total acres across the four branches.  “These expansions provide much-needed capacity […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alabama, Florida, Insurance Auto Auctions, Montana, New York State, Openings

MITCHCO Collision Repair Acquires New Location in Florida

May 1, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

MITCHCO Collision Repair logo

MITCHCO Collision Repair, a Florida based MSO, announces it acquired Oliver’s Auto Body in Melbourne, Fla. The business was formed in 1985 by Oliver Mertens, and his brother Thomas took the reins in 2013. Dave Mitchell, President and CEO of MITCHCO said, “We are happy to have had the opportunity to acquire such a quality […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Florida, MITCHCO Collision Repair

Classic Collision Acquires Collision Repair Center in South Florida

April 27, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Classic Collision Acquires Palm

MSO now operates 35 locations. Classic Collision Inc., the Atlanta-based automotive collision repair company, announced that it has acquired Palm Collision Center in its South Florida region. This acquisition adds to Classic Collision’s presence in South Florida after the purchase of Carolina Auto Body in December 2019, now giving Classic eight South Florida locations. Palm […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Classic Collision, Florida

IBIS USA April 2 Meeting Will Be Held as On-Line Webinar

March 12, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

As a result of the coronavirus, the organizers of IBIS USA announced the event, originally planned to be held in Jacksonville, Fla. on April 1-2 will now be held as a webinar on April 2 instead. According to the organizers, this will ensure a good degree of continuity as we deliver much of the planned […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Coronavirus, Florida, IBIS USA

Collision Repair Education Golf Fundraiser April 7 in Jacksonville

February 7, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Collision Repair Education Foundation it will hold a fundraiser Apr. 7, 2020 at Topgolf in Jacksonville, Fla. The golf fundraiser will be held in conjunction with collision industry meetings taking place later that week in Jacksonville and offers a prime opportunity to help support future collision repair industry professionals. More information on sponsorship and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Collision Repair Education Foundation, Florida, Fundraiser

Auto Glass Assignment of Benefits Legislation Fails in Florida Senate Committee

December 11, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Florida Senate Bill 312

The legislation would have restricted the ability of repair industry to sue insurers on their customers’ behalf. Legislation introduced earlier this year in the Florida Senate to restrict the use of customer incentives and assignment of benefits agreements in auto glass claims failed to advance yesterday in a committee vote. As CollisionWeek reported Monday, Florida […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Assignment of Benefits, Auto Glass, Florida, legislation

Classic Collision Acquires 7 Collision Repair Centers in Florida

December 9, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Classic Collision Inc. logo

Acquisition marks entry into the state. Classic Collision Inc., the Atlanta, Ga.-based collision repair company, announced that it has entered the Florida market with the acquisition of seven collision repair centers in southern region of the state. The seven Carolina Auto Body collision repair centers are located in Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach, Hallandale […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Classic Collision, Florida

Florida Auto Glass Legislation Scheduled for Hearing Tomorrow

December 9, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Florida Senate Bill 312

Legislation seeks to limit customer incentives by repair industry. Amendments address assignment of benefits on glass claims. A bill seeking to prohibit repair facilities from offering potential customers an incentive to handle their auto glass insurance claims will have a hearing before the Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on December 10. As CollisionWeek reported […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Assignment of Benefits, Auto Glass, Florida, legislation

Boyd Groups Opens Collision Repair Center in Florida

November 18, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Boyd Group Inc. today announced the opening of a Gerber Collision & Glass collision repair center in Daytona Beach, Fla. The location previously housed a dealership collision repair center before closing in 2017. Daytona Beach is the main city in a metropolitan area of approximately 600,000 people and is home to the Daytona 500, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Boyd Group, Florida, Openings

Florida Legislation Seeks to Prohibit Repairers from Offering Incentives on Glass Claims

September 23, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Florida Auto Glass legislation

House and Senate Bills would make it illegal to offer customers 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 […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Auto Glass, Florida, legislation

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