Higher deductibles and out-of-pocket repairs are pulling small jobs out of the insurance channel, leaving a costlier, more complex claims mix. Auto claim counts are still falling, but the claims that remain are older, costlier and more technically demanding, according to CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc.’s Crash Course 2026 Mid-Year Update, released Oct. 15. Claim frequency […]
California Bureau of Automotive Repair Suspends Third Los Angeles Repair Dealer Over Fraudulent Safety Inspections on Rebuilt Total Loss Vehicles
A California administrative law judge has suspended the license of Los Angeles-based automotive repair dealer Industry Smog after a Bureau of Automotive Repair investigation found the business performed fraudulent vehicle safety systems inspections and issued 15 certificates of compliance without performing the required inspections. The certificates at issue are the documents that clear rebuilt total […]
U.S. Length of Rental Holds at 15.1 Days in Second Quarter
Result ends run of year-over-year declines. Length of rental for collision-related rentals in the United States averaged 15.1 days in the second quarter of 2026, unchanged from the same quarter of 2025, according to data from Enterprise Rent-A-Car. The flat reading marks the first second-quarter comparison without a decline since 2022, when length of rental […]
Nearly Two-Thirds of Recreational Vehicles Stolen in 2025 Remain Unrecovered, NICB Reports
A total of 58,957 recreational vehicles were reported stolen to law enforcement in 2025, a 20% decline from the prior year, but approximately 63% of them have never been recovered, according to a new analysis from the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The category NICB tracks covers motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and watercraft rather than motorhomes, […]
NICB Credits Partnerships for Vehicle Theft Decline, Warns Against Complacency
The National Insurance Crime Bureau credited coordinated public-private prevention efforts for driving reported U.S. vehicle thefts to their lowest level in decades and called for sustained funding and stronger penalties to preserve the progress. The nonprofit anti-fraud organization issued the appeal July 15 to mark National Vehicle Theft Prevention Month, an annual awareness campaign launched […]
Rhode Island Bills Raising Total Loss Threshold to 85% Become Law Without Governor’s Signature
Companion measures amending the state’s Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act took effect June 26, the second consecutive year Rhode Island has lifted its total-loss ceiling. Rhode Island has raised the threshold at which an insurer may declare a damaged vehicle a total loss to 85% of its pre-accident fair market value, up from the 80% […]
California Bureau of Automotive Repair Suspends Los Angeles Collision Repair Center Over Predatory Towing Scheme
BAR received 30 complaints during roughly one year when the business had been licensed. A California administrative law judge has suspended the automotive repair dealer registration of Los Angeles collision repair facility LA Custom Collision LLC, finding that the business ran a predatory towing and storage-fee scheme that defrauded crash victims and their insurers out […]
Rhode Island Legislature Passes Bill to Raise Total Loss Threshold to 85%
For the second year in a row, Rhode Island total loss thresholds have been adjusted. The Rhode Island General Assembly has passed legislation that would raise the threshold at which an insurer may declare a damaged vehicle a total loss to 85% of its pre-accident fair market value, up from the 80% ceiling set in […]
ABPA Releases Video Companion to Its ‘Totaled’ Total Loss Report
The Automotive Body Parts Association released a video drawn from its consumer research report on vehicle total losses, “Totaled: The Real Costs of Vehicle Loss,” extending a consumer-education effort the association launched when the report debuted earlier in the month. The video pulls excerpts and findings from the report, which examines why a growing share […]
ABPA Consumer Study Pairs Total Loss Findings With Industry Push This Week on REPAIR Act
The Automotive Body Parts Association (ABPA) on May 14 released a consumer research report on the financial and mobility consequences of vehicle total loss determinations, then on May 15 followed with an advocacy push urging the industry to contact Congress on the federal REPAIR Act ahead of what ABPA describes as the bill’s next legislative […]
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