Collision repair volume is declining — but not because people stopped crashing. The real shift is behavioral. Today’s claim environment is shaped less by accident frequency and more by consumer ...

Collision gross margins have slipped from roughly 50% to 40% over 15 years. A growing number of owners are adding general ...

One month later, we've closed the poll on the question we asked about State Farm lowering labor rates in your area. We also received some comments from shop owners and operators for whom the insurer ...

Consolidators, accelerators, and independent MSOs remain undaunted in their pursuit of growth. In a year that saw interest rates more than double, shop rates and repair costs surge more than 10% and ...

Last week, McGovern Auto Group (MAG) announced the grand opening of the MAG Collision Center, McGovern’s new flagship body shop and the largest body shop in the Northeast. This center promises to ...

Kinetic has launched Kinetic ID, an AI-powered tool for repair shops that instantly identifies when a vehicle’s advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) need to be calibrated following a collision, ...

In the last five months, more than $9 billion in capital has been invested into the collision repair industry by private equity firms. The biggest chunk of this new capital was $4.6 billion in debt ...

On December 5, U.S. District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced William Oldham Mize to 12 years in federal prison for a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme involving false and fabricated insurance claims, ...

CCC Intelligent Solutions is ‌exploring a sale of the company, according to a report from Yahoo Finance. Yahoo’s sources said the Chicago-based company has hired Morgan Stanley to advise on a sale ...

The Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) has released its 2026 Lifting Points Guide, Vehicle Lifting Points for Frame Engaging Lifts. Produced annually by MOTOR Information Systems, the Lifting Points ...

Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes introduced Collision Core Pronto XL, a fully automated solution for commercial vehicle paint operations, in a news release. The new dispenser is integrated with ...

Collision Partners, a quality-first collision-repair platform focused on acquiring, integrating, and scaling exceptional independent collision-repair businesses,completed acquisitions for Fantastic ...