Legislation would authorize the Commissioner of Insurance to establish minimum rates paid by insurers to collision repair facilities. Legislation recently introduced in Massachusetts, House Bill 4197 (HB 4197) seeks to provide the Commissioner of Insurance with the authority to establish minimum labor rates paid by automobile insurers for collision repairs in the Commonwealth. HB 4197 […]
California Department of Insurance Proposes New Labor Rate and Anti-Steering Regulations
Proposed regulations seek to improve the accuracy and transparency of collision repair labor rate surveys, clarify anti-steering requirements for insurers. In early March, the California Department of Insurance published proposed regulations to change the requirements for labor rate surveys conduct across collision repair facilities as well as amendments to anti-steering regulations. The California Autobody Association […]
Effort to Limit Collision Repair Labor Rates in Mississippi Fails
Legislation seeking to limit the labor rates charged by auto body repair facilities in the state unsuccessful. Two bills seeking to limit hourly rate collision repair facilities can charge for labor both failed to make it out of committee prior to the deadline necessary for them to be considered for adoption. As CollisionWeek reported in […]
NORTHEAST Trade Show Hosts Variable Rate System Seminar
Over the last few years, the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) has advocated support for the National AutoBody Research (NABR) Variable Rate System. As a way to expand the usage of the system in the Northeast region, NABR’s Sam and Richard Valenzuela will be presenting the Variable Rate System at AASP/NJ’s […]
Mississippi Bills Seek to Limit Collision Repair Labor Rates
Pair of bills before the Mississippi Legislature seek to cap labor rates to national average. Automotive Service Association opposes legislation. Two bills were introduced last week in the Mississippi legislature that would, if passed, limit the labor rates charged by collision repairers in the state. Mississippi Senate Bill 2187 (SB2187), introduced by Senator Videt Carmichael, […]
National AutoBody Research Launches Labor Rate Survey in New Mexico
NABR announced the launch of the New Mexico VRS Labor Rate Survey, sponsored by an anonymous New Mexico collision repairer. The online survey is free for all New Mexico collision repair shops and can be found on the NABR website. New Mexico becomes the most recent state to launch the VRS survey technology. Other states […]
National AutoBody Research Launches Labor Rate Survey in Arkansas
National AutoBody Research (NABR) announced the launch of the Arkansas VRS Labor Rate Survey, sponsored by an anonymous Arkansas collision repairer. The online survey is free for all Arkansas collision repair shops and can be found on the NABR website. The Arkansas VRS Labor Rate Survey provides the state’s collision repairers with an independent, third-party, […]
Oklahoma Bill Seeks to Mandate Annual Labor Rate Surveys
Auto insurance companies would be required to conduct annual market surveys to determine rates paid to collision repair and glass repairers. Oklahoma House Bill 3132 (HB3132), filed yesterday by Representative Josh Cockroft, seeks to amend the state’s Unfair Claims Settlement Act to require insurance companies to survey collision repair and glass facilities on an annual […]
State Farm’s Market Realignment Impact on Collision Repair Labor Rates
When State Farm announced earlier this year it would realign the local markets it uses to establish labor rates it said the effort might impact prevailing competitive prices paid to collision repair centers. We surveyed repairers to gauge the impact on labor rates and allowances. In July, State Farm announced it was realigning its traditional […]
State Farm to Realign Repair Facility Survey Markets
The largest auto insurer in the U.S. will update its local markets surveys areas based upon government definitions. May result in some changes to rates. State Farm Insurance announced it is refining the market definitions used in its repair facility survey. State Farm surveys allow eligible auto body repair facilities in the various markets the […]
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