How to Retrofit a Spraybooth for Waterborne
“Makeover” shows are all the rage on TV today, but none concentrate on making over spraybooths for waterborne/low-VOC basecoats. So what do you need to do to restyle your booth? Listen up and your booth could become the height of fashion…and efficiency.
Maaco Collision Repair Urges Congress to Support Access To Repair Parts Act
Maaco says legislation would guarantee consumer choice, preserve competition in the automotive aftermarket.
Right to Repair Coalition Questions NESSARA’s Stance Against Legislation
Coalition says New England shop group is using ‘smoke and mirrors’ to prevent bill’s passage.
OEM vs. Aftermarket Structural Crash Parts
BodyShop Business tracks how collision industry leaders, parts manufacturers and legislators react to questions raised about the safety of structural aftermarket crash parts.
BSB Names Collision Repair Shop Executive of the Year
BodyShop Business presented Lee Amaradio, Jr. with its 2010 Collision Repair Shop Executive of the Year Award at the annual International Autobody Congress & Exposition (NACE) in Las Vegas. Amaradio is president and founder of Faith Quality Auto Body in Murrieta, Calif. The award has been given since 1984 to a true collision repair visionary
Insurance Commissioners Urge Congress to Maintain State Oversight of Insurers
Federal oversight of financial markets must complement, not displace the national system of state-based insurance supervision, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) told Congress last week during a hearing on federal efforts to reform financial regulation. Testifying before the House Financial Services Committee, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas R. Sullivan stated that oversight by state
A.B. 1200 Debate Intensifies as Legislators Question Integrity of Insurers, Repairers
y of insurers and repairers in the process. U.S. Rep. Jackie Spier, author of the anti-steering code, penned an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle against A.B. 1200, saying that her 2003 anti-steering code is meant to protect consumers from what she believes are low-cost, low-quality repairs promoted by insurers. Spier claims that A.B. 1200
PCI Testifies Before Senate on Aftermarket Parts
The availability of aftermarket parts for use in collision repair keeps auto replacement parts prices competitive and saves consumers billions of dollars in insurance costs, according to testimony delivered today by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). Testifying before a Senate Judiciary Committee staff briefing today on alternative collision repair parts, PCI Senior
Legislative Lowdown
• Alabama – Alabama Gov. Bob Riley recently named Jim L. Ridling the state’s insurance commissioner. Ridling takes over the position from Walter Bell, who resigned in August to become chairman of Swiss Re America Holding Corp. Ridling is former president and CEO of Southern Guaranty and is one of the founders of River Bank
California Department of Insurance Proposes Rules to Strengthen Anti-Steering Law
The California Department of Insurance (DOI) has released its proposed changes to the state’s anti-steering statute. The proposed rules would prevent an insurer from discussing DRPs or an alternative facility if the claimant informs the insurer that he or she has selected a specific repair facility. The rules would also prevent an insurer from raising