Steering, Labor Rates Top Industry Concerns for ’09, Nebraska Study Says
The Nebraska Autobody Association (NABA) recently released results of a survey gauging the most critical issues facing collision repairers in 2009. The survey, taken during the last quarter of 2008, asked repairers to name those issues that would be most crucial in the new year, and 85 percent rated steering as the top concern. NABA’s
Insurance Group Testifies Against Setting Labor Rates at Final Massachusetts Hearing
The special commission studying the logistics, benefits and cost of developing an auto body repair labor rate system in Massachusetts held its second and final public hearing Nov. 13. The American Insurance Association (AIA) testified at the hearing that setting labor rates would be “a major step backwards in the effort to reform the private
Insurance Group Admits Control of Labor Rates
The Massachusetts Auto Body Association (MABA) was recently "astonished" to find out that the Massachusetts Automobile Insurers Bureau (AIB) stated in a report that if House Bill 5056 were passed, they would no longer be able to effectively "control the labor rate and other aspects of the repair process." "As a spokesman, I’m speechless," said MABA
New York Department of Insurance Issues Opinion on Steering, Labor Rates
The State of New York Insurance Department recently issued a valuable opinion letter on steering and labor rate negotiations. Legal counsel for Long Island Auto Body Repairmen’s Association (LIABRA) member shop Mid Island Collision received a letter from the department after seeking an opinion on the following questions: May an insurer recommend or suggest a
Stagnant Collision Labor Rates Highlighted in New York Newspaper
Insurance companies’ tendency to underpay on collision repair labor was spotlighted in Newsday, a New York newspaper, thanks to Long Island Auto Body Repair Association (LIABRA) Executive Director Edward C. Kizenberger. In a letter to the editor reprinted below, “Labor rates for cars not high,” Kizenberger disputes claims made by state insurance Superintendent Eric Dinello
A ‘How-To’ Guide for Increasing Labor Rates, BodyShop Business, February 2006
Rather than belabor the exhaustive list of reasons labor rates need to rise, let’s focus on what type of market conditions act to create higher – or more frequently increasing – prevailing rates in individual markets. By Tigger (from his view in the Thousland Acre Wood) No one in the collision repair industry would argue
Mitchell Collaborates with UpdatePromise to Enhance AutocheX
New offerings include enhanced CSI surveys, repair status messaging and online reputation management for collision repairers.
California Autobody Association Collaborates with CCC Information Services
Through the collaboration, CAA provided CCC with the most common compliance issues their membership encounters, and CCC developed a comprehensive set of configuration guidelines for its CCC ONE Total Repair Platform.
Northern California Body Shop Collaborates with Oakland Raiders Community Relations Effort
Car West Auto Body, a six-location MSO in the Fremont, Calif., area, has announced a partnership with the Oakland Raiders in an effort to give back to the community. The auto body company recently designed and wrapped the Raiders’ Mercedes sprinter van, which will be used to transport the football team and staff to community
Collision Repair Education Foundation Collaborates with American School Counselor Association
Partnership to help provide school counselors with information about the collision repair industry.