With COVID-19 dramatically affecting collision repair businesses in New Jersey over the past several months, the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) has been actively assisting several shops in ensuring that their auto body licenses will be renewed for the next two years. In July, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) […]
AASP/NJ Members Earned Auto Body License Renewal Certificates at Virtual Training Event
Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) members earned certificates that can be used toward their auto body license renewal this fall by attending Truck Bedside Replacement: OE Procedure and Estimating Considerations, the association’s virtual training event presented by Larry Montanez of P&L Consultants LLC, on September 3. Montanez walked attendees through a […]
PA Insurance Department Announces Remote Testing Option for Exam Candidates
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman today announced the availability of a remote testing option for insurance license exams including the Motor Vehicle Physical Damage Appraiser license beginning July 1. To be licensed as an appraiser for the first time, a candidate must pass an exam in addition to other requirements. Many collision repair facilities, particularly […]
AASP/NJ Releases Auto Body License Renewal Guide
AASP/NJ has released a useful guide for its members designed to help them successfully complete their 2018 Auto Body License Renewal before the September 30 deadline. The guide, prepared by AASP/NJ Executive Director Charles Bryant, is exclusively available to current AASP/NJ members. Every year, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission makes a few changes to […]
AASP/NJ Members Earn License Renewal Certificates at GM Welding Seminar
More than 150 technicians earned their auto body license renewal certificates this month thanks to AASP/NJ training events sponsored by Flemington Car and Truck Country. Presented by General Motors, the training events were held at two locations. The northern N.J. meeting was held at the Holiday Inn in Totowa on July 17th and the southern […]
Delaware Approved for Veteran Adjuster Licensing Reimbursement Program
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced that the Delaware Department of Insurance has been approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for reimbursement of licensing test fees. Veterans that successfully pass the exams for Insurance Producer and Adjuster licenses will now be reimbursed those fees. “This is an exciting announcement for the Department of Insurance. […]
Veterans Can Be Reimbursed For Insurance Licensing Exam Fees in Connecticut
Part of national effort available in other states Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade yesterday announced that U.S. veterans applying for insurance licenses are eligible to be reimbursed for licensing exam fees. “We are honored to offer this service to our veterans working in the insurance industry in Connecticut. Under this program, veterans can be […]
Rhode Island Releases 2016 Labor Rate Survey Reports for Class A and B Collision Repair Facilities
Latest survey is the first to require insurers to report labor rates based upon two tiered licensing structure. Do Class A repairers get paid more than Class B? The Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation released its Auto Body Labor Rate Survey reports for 2016. The report is the first to take into consideration the […]
AASP/NJ Creates Auto Body License Assistance Guide for Members
According to Charles Bryant, Executive Director of the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ), there is still plenty of time for New Jersey collision repair shops to submit their Auto Body License renewal. Unless shops have changed their type of business, organization or business address, the deadline to submit the renewal is […]