Legislation would restrict shops from intimidating customers against using an insurance claim drive in facility, protect repair facilities from insurance company steering, vendor requirements. Indiana Senate Bill 164 (SB 164), introduced by State Senator Mark Messmer, seeks to define and prohibit several practices by both collision repair facilities and insurance companies that affect their relationships […]
PartCycle Adds Artificial Intelligence to Improve Used Parts Procurement
PartCycle Technologies announced that artificial intelligence software it developed, Inventory A.I., is designed to provide buyers of used automotive parts with accurate inventory descriptions and clear part grades on its used parts Marketplace, PartCycle.com. Currently, most online used parts solutions typically only show sellers’ abbreviated notes and industry shorthand terms to describe each part for […]
Michigan Senate Bill Reintroduced to Eliminate Insurance Company Collision Repair Part Process Mandates
Bill seeks to prohibit auto insurers from requiring a specific vendor for parts or materials procurement. Michigan Senate Bill 291 (SB 291), introduced yesterday by Senator Joe Hune, seeks to prohibit an insurer from directly, or indirectly requiring an automobile repair facility to use a specific vendor or process to procure parts or materials. Hune, […]
Legislation to Eliminate Insurance Company Vendor Requirements Reintroduced in New York
Would prohibit requirement that collision repair facility use a specific vendor or process for parts or materials purchases. A bill that would make it illegal for insurance companies to from requiring repair shops to use specific vendors or processes for the acquisition of collision repair parts and materials has been reintroduced in New York. Assembly […]
Mitchell Announces Parts Procurement Solution in Alliance with uParts
Mitchell Parts to integrate electronic procurement capabilities within Estimating and Repair Management to streamline workflow. Mitchell announced today its launch of Mitchell Parts, a fully integrated parts procurement solution to be offered to all collision repair shops and their existing suppliers. The solution will be powered by and created through a strategic alliance with uParts, […]
Nexsyis Collision and PartsTrader Announce Integration
Nexsyis Collision, a repair management and accounting platform, and PartsTrader announced the release of an application integration providing two-way, real-time communication between the two platforms. PartsTrader status updates will be accessible within the Nexsyis application. The integration will also include automated purchase order confirmation and support for cancellations and rejections. “We are always looking for […]
New York Collision Repairers to Hold Lobby Day in Albany April 12
The New York State Auto Collision Technicians Association (NYSACT) will hold its annual Lobby Day at the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. next Tuesday, April 12. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. Participants will have the opportunity to meet face to face with legislative members and their staff to educate them on the inner workings […]
Jonathan Rubinsztein appointed as CEO of Infomedia
The Board of Infomedia, the the Australia-based provider of online parts selling systems, announced the appointment of Jonathan Rubinsztein as Chief Executive Officer, effective March 14. Rubinsztein joins Infomedia from UXC Ltd where he has been the CEO of Red Rock Consulting for over six years. In August, Andrew Pattinson resigned as CEO of Infomedia […]
Hearing Held for Michigan Bill to Ban Insurer-Mandated Procurement Processes
Proponents and opponents of pending legislation that would restrict an insurer’s ability to mandate specific collision repair procurement processes had a chance to outline their positions before the Michigan Senate Committee on Insurance. The Michigan Senate Committee on Insurance held a hearing Wednesday, December 2 on Senate Bill 430 (SB430) that proposes to restrict an […]