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What Are the Steps I Need to Take to Get on a DRP?

I just started open my auto body shop business, and although I'm getting some work off the street, I would really like to get on a direct repair program. Do you know what steps I need to take or requirements I need to meet prior to applying for these programs?

Jason Stahl
By Jason Stahl
Jason Stahl has 30 years of experience as an editor, and has been editor of BodyShop Business for the past 18 years. He currently is a gold pin member of the Collision Industry Conference. Jason, who hails from Cleveland, Ohio, earned a bachelor of arts degree in English from John Carroll University and started his career in journalism at a weekly newspaper, doing everything from delivering newspapers to selling advertising space to writing articles.
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I just started my auto body shop business, and although I’m getting some work off the street, I would really like to get on a direct repair program. Do you know what steps I need to take or requirements I need to meet prior to applying for these programs?

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Asked by Yesenia Perez, Saltillo Auto Body Shop, Summit, Ill.

Hi, Yesenia – Thanks so much for writing! As far as wanting to get on insurance programs to jump-start your body shop, I would suggest you read the following article called, "Targeting a DRP":

https://www.bodyshopbusiness.com/Article/96511/targeting_a_drp.aspx

The writer of this article, Hank Nunn, is a long-time contributor to BodyShop Business and an expert in how to run a collision repair business.

This article will tell you all you need to know to get on a direct repair program with an insurance company. Best of luck!

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