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National AutoBody Research to Present Variable Rate Survey at AASP-PA Meeting

In preparation for the upcoming launch of the Variable Rate System (VRS) labor rate survey in Pennsylvania, sponsored by AASP-PA, NABR will present its labor rate survey and VRS technology.

National AutoBody Research Launches VRS Labor Rate Survey in Honolulu

The VRS Labor Rate Survey provides collision repairers with an independent, third-party survey of labor rate data for all of Honolulu County.

National AutoBody Research Launches New Labor Rate Survey for Luxury Brands and Special Vehicles

Through the survey, NABR measures and reports the market-based labor prices collision repairers charge for working on vehicles such as Audi, Bentley, Mercedes or Tesla, as well as special vehicles such as the Ford F-150 or Nissan GT-R.

NABR Launches VRS Labor Rate Survey in New Mexico

The Arkansas VRS Labor Rate Survey provides the state’s collision repairers with an independent, third-party survey of statewide labor rate data.

NABR Launches VRS Labor Rate Survey in Arkansas

The Arkansas VRS Labor Rate Survey provides the state’s collision repairers with an independent, third-party survey of statewide labor rate data.

NABR Launches VRS Labor Rate Survey in Arizona

NABR states that the Arizona VRS Labor Rate Survey provides Arizona shops an independent, third-party survey of statewide labor rate data.

NABR Launches Procedures Document Search Functionality

Online, searchable library of documents shows insurers paying for not-included procedures and operations, and what labor rate was paid.

National AutoBody Research Launches VRS Labor Rate Survey in Utah

The Go Collision VRS Labor Rate Survey provides Utah shops an independent, third-party source of state-wide labor rate data.

Body Shop Raises Rates Using Variable Rate System

After several conversations with NABR to understand how the VRS worked, Terrell invested in a VRS subscription and worked together with NABR through the company’s proprietary cost-of-doing-business exercise.

NABR Teams Up with Time Shaver Tools to Launch VRS Labor Rate Survey

Survey provides an independent, third-party source of state-wide labor rate data, based on shops’ actual prices, not on an artificially defined, single prevailing rate.

NABR to Present Two Variable Rate System Workshops in Texas

“It’s Now or Never! Calculate and Collect Market-Based Labor Rates Using the Variable Rate System” will be held July 15th in Austin and July 16th in San Antonio.

National AutoBody Research Releases Preliminary Results from VRS Procedures & Practices Survey

Introduced in early April 2015, the research sought to measure how often shops got paid for several non-included procedures and how well insurers paid for those.