The Collision Repair Education Foundation announced its fall schedule of career fairs for transportation students. The Collision Repair Education Foundation has partnered with the TechForce Foundation on high school and college transportation career fair events taking place this fall. Through these partnerships, the fall events will bring together over 2,500 collision, auto service, heavy duty, […]
Copart Opens North Carolina Location for Disaster Recovery Response
Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) announced the opening of a new location in Lumberton, North Carolina. The location will function as a catastrophe response facility and store vehicles collected from severe weather events along the United States’ North Atlantic coastline. “Copart is committed to having the most agile and rapid vehicle recovery response for clients and communities […]
North Carolina Insurance Department Adds 15 Agents to Fight Fraud
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is expanding the department’s criminal investigations division as part of his vision to eliminate insurance fraud in North Carolina. On March 16, 15 new special agents were sworn – in by State Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jackson as officers to the NCDOI Fraud Control Group – nearly doubling the […]
Carolinas Collision Centers Opens Location in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Carolinas Collision Centers announced the opening of their collision repair center located at 1705 Legion Rd. in Chapel Hill, N.C.. The new facility is located 2 miles south of I-40 just off Fordham Blvd. (US 15-501) near the University of North Carolina. “We are honored to now be able to better service the collision repair […]
Agreement Reached on North Carolina Auto Insurance Rates
Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announced the signing of a settlement agreement with the North Carolina Rate Bureau in response to the Rate Bureau’s Feb. 1, request for a 13.8 percent increase in auto insurance rates. The North Carolina Department of Insurance agreed to a lower average increase of 2.2 percent – a savings of more […]
North Carolina Auto Insurance Companies Ask for 13.8 Percent Rate Hike
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announced February 3 that the Department of Insurance has received the annual auto insurance rate filing from the North Carolina Rate Bureau. The Bureau, which represents the auto insurance companies in the state, requested an overall statewide average increase of 13.8 percent for 2017. Causey who was elected Insurance […]
Boyd Group Adds Collision Repair Center in North Carolina
The Boyd Group Inc. announced the opening of a Gerber collision repair location in Monroe, North Carolina. The location previously operated as Griffin Motors Collision Center and shares a location with an automobile dealership. Monroe is located about 25 miles southeast from Charlotte, the largest city in North Carolina. “We are pleased to add this […]
New North Carolina Collision Repair Association Affiliates with SCRS
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) announced that the newly formed North Carolina Association of Collision and Autobody Repair (NCACAR) has affiliated with SCRS. “My main reason for wanting to join the SCRS, both individually as a shop owner and as the acting president of NCACAR, is to support the innovative initiatives SCRS provides […]
Former Collision Repair Shop Association Leader Elected North Carolina Insurance Commissioner
A former advocate and lobbyist for auto body associations in the southeast U.S. was elected as the Republican candidate for North Carolina Insurance Commissioner. Mike Causey, a five-time candidate for the office, formerly served as the Director of Government Affairs and Managing Director for the Independent Auto Body Association (IABA) and was a registered lobbyist […]
Boyd Group Acquires Collision Repair Center in North Carolina
The Boyd Group Inc. announced the October 26, 2016 opening of a new Gerber-brand collision repair center in Greenville, N.C. The center previously operated as Bland & Newsome Auto Body Repair and served the community for 38 years. Greenville is located about 85 miles east of Raleigh, North Carolina and the new center is located […]