Registration Open for ASA Annual Business Meeting
Registration is open for the Automotive Service Association (ASA) annual business meeting to be held May 7-8 in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, area.
SCRS to Hear Repairers’ Pressing Concerns at National Industry Issues Forum
The NIIF has often been held in conjunction with the SCRS Annual Meetings in April and is a forum designed to provide collision repair facilities a venue dedicated exclusively to freely exchanging ideas on the most pressing concerns facing their businesses, while examining potential resolutions to those issues, SCRS says.
SCRS Open Board Meeting to Feature Presentation and Q&A with Oklahoma Insurance Department
Oklahoma Insurance Department says it’s focused on “higher-level fraud and other insurance crimes committed by agents and company executives that costs Oklahoma’s ratepayers millions of dollars annually.”
Are They Not Listening… Or Are We Not Talking?
Publisher Scott Shriber writes that in today’s competitive environment, it’s imperative that we communicate with both past and potential customers.
Rental Runaround
Ever since the economic downturn, insurers have gotten more aggressive with car rental tactics, causing strained relations between body shops and their customers, not to mention lost productivity. But there are ways shop owners can fight back.
‘Disruption’ was Top Trend for Automotive Claims and Collision Repair Industries in 2011
CCC’s 2012 Crash Course report explores the impact of world events, new technologies and severe weather patterns on the industry’s supply chain, repair and insurance costs, and CSI.
Collision Billing Service Promises to Get Body Shops Paid Properly for Necessary Repairs
A collision billing service launched in July 2011 says it will track what was paid or not paid on collision repair jobs in its own claims database in order to get collision repair facilities paid properly for procedures that are typically denied by insurers or labeled as “included.”
PPG MVP Conference Sold Out
PPG MVP Business Solutions announced that its annual spring conference is sold out and registration is now closed.
Sherwin-Williams Holding Advanced Business Management Classes in Virginia
The Hampton Roads (Norfolk, Newport News and Hampton), Va., area will be the site of the next Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes A-Plus Network University EcoLean Suite of Training Course Offerings.
Multi-Store Body Shop Using Facebook Contest to Engage Customers
With 845 million monthly active users, there’s a good chance that your potential customers are on Facebook. Many shops use Facebook fan pages to engage with their communities, and Clifton Heights, Pa.-based multi-shop operator (MSO) Keenan Auto Body is creating buzz among its fans with a jingle contest with a cash prize.