Consolidators, accelerators, and independent MSOs remain undaunted in their pursuit of growth. In a year that saw interest rates more than double, shop rates and repair costs surge more than 10% and ...

Collision gross margins have slipped from roughly 50% to 40% over 15 years. A growing number of owners are adding general ...

One month later, we've closed the poll on the question we asked about State Farm lowering labor rates in your area. We also received some comments from shop owners and operators for whom the insurer ...

Two CARSTAR locations became the first in the network to earn MINI OEM certification. CARSTAR Centreville Collision Center in Centreville, Virginia, owned by Nedal Khatib and part of his nine-location ...

In the last five months, more than $9 billion in capital has been invested into the collision repair industry by private equity firms. The biggest chunk of this new capital was $4.6 billion in debt ...

Last week, McGovern Auto Group (MAG) announced the grand opening of the MAG Collision Center, McGovern’s new flagship body shop and the largest body shop in the Northeast. This center promises to ...

The shift toward early AI review in auto claims underscores the need for transparent, well-documented estimates. Understanding platform rules, OEM guidance, and industry studies helps repairers defend ...

Kinetic has launched Kinetic ID, an AI-powered tool for repair shops that instantly identifies when a vehicle’s advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) need to be calibrated following a collision, ...

Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes introduced Collision Core Pronto XL, a fully automated solution for commercial vehicle paint operations, in a news release. The new dispenser is integrated with ...

CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc. and Caliber Collision renewed their relationship. Caliber will continue to use CCC ONE tools, including the addition of CCC Diagnostics Workflow and CCC Build Sheets, to ...

On December 5, U.S. District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced William Oldham Mize to 12 years in federal prison for a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme involving false and fabricated insurance claims, ...