Can an Insurer Change from One State’s Labor Rate to Another State’s on an Estimate?
Can an insurance company change from the Rhode Island labor rate to the Massachusetts labor rate on an original estimate when they come out on my supplement in Massachusetts?
How Do I Find Out My Area’s Competitive Labor Rates?
I’m opening a new shop from scratch. How do I find out what the competitive labor rates are in my area without just calling another shop and asking them? Other shops in my area aren’t happy about a new one being opened.
Fifteen Insurers Concede to Florida Body Shop’s Labor Rate Increase
With the help of legal counsel, Gunder’s Auto Center has convinced insurers to pay new labor rates for body, refinish and frame/unibody repair.
Body Shop Labor Rate Survey Website Launched in 12 States; Soon to Be Available to Entire U.S.
Designed to provide collision industry with prevailing rates throughout the U.S., site will feature sortable database and charge annual fee.
Florida Body Shop Seeing Insurers Pay Increased Labor Rate
Some insurers paying Gunder’s Auto Center’s $48 per hour versus old rate of $42; those that are not are being sued.
Florida Autobody Collision Alliance Reveals Results of Labor Rate Survey
Survey shows insurance company reimbursement rates lagging behind collision center costs.
WMABA Reveals 2012 Labor Rate Survey Results for Virginia-Maryland-DC
Survey found small number of shops utilizing paint and material cost accounting programs.
Rhode Island Governor Vetoes Auto Body Labor Rate Bill
Bill would have allowed body shops to take civil action against insurers for not negotiating in good faith to reach an agreed price.
Florida Autobody Collision Alliance to Launch Labor Rate Survey
Purpose is to provide Florida shop owners with prevailing rates for labor and materials so they can be paid fairly for work they perform.
Georgia Collision Industry Association’s 2012 Labor Rate Survey Results Revealed
Results indicate 1.56-percent average increase over 2011 rates, bringing labor rates to $42 per hour and materials to $30 per hour.