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6 days ago · State Farm No. 1 in full-year 2023 premiums written, Q2 2024 new business climbs for Progressive July 25, 2024. Ranked by 2023 total net premiums written (NPW), State Farm remains No. 1 property ...
GM posts extensive overview of ADAS function, calibration ...
Jul 1, 2020 · The OEM’s document lists three diagnostic trouble codes indicating a frontview windshield camera needs a recalibration: B1008, “Calibration Data,” and B395D, “Camera Misaligned,”; and ...
Toyota Collision Pros: Radar must be calibrated after some …
Sep 10, 2018 · The new issue of Toyota’s Collision Pros magazine contains an important reminder of how often millimeter-wave radar calibration might be necessary — including every time a shop removes …
State Farm memo details significant change to non-OEM crash …
Oct 10, 2023 · A class action lawsuit representing millions of current and former policyholders in Illinois was approved in 2016 against State Farm that alleged the carrier conspired to elect a judge that helped ...
Allstate plans rate hikes in 10 states, restricts business in New ...
Feb 14, 2024 · Share This: Allstate plans to continue increasing auto insurance rates in at least 10 states in 2024, including New Jersey and New York, where the company received double-digit rate increases late ...
Validation program for aftermarket scan tools begins soon, …
Mar 18, 2024 · The Aftermarket Scan Tool Validation Program is an industry effort to reduce high-tech vehicle theft and theft of security-capable tools. It also attempts to reduce injury and property damage to ...
Progressive reaches $48M class action actual cash value settlement
Jul 9, 2024 · Progressive has agreed to settle a class action total loss underpayment lawsuit for $48 million.. The complaint was filed in July 2021, and later amended, in Southern New York District Court.The ...
CCC, Mitchell, Audatex weigh in on panel ‘break point’ concept
Dec 31, 2020 · CCC responded to the user by stating that “when refinishing a “Welded-On Panel” the requirement is to refinish to the nearest ‘Break-Point’, because creating a Blend-Line at a ‘Non ...
Repairers urged to push insurers to pay for ADAS system calibration
Nov 17, 2021 · Ted Hicks, regional technical training manager for Subaru of America, noted that some repairers invite danger by trying to skirt Subaru’s protocols. Subaru specifies a maximum grade of about 2 ...
Expert: Grant money out there for small collision repairers — but …
Jul 20, 2017 · Even a mom-and-pop collision repair business can compete for state, federal, regional and foundation grants to address key industry issues like paying for new equipment, hiring technicians and trai…