All the headlines from our Dealerships Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 4 2021 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain is reminding insured Arkansans seeking automobile repairs that insurance companies cannot require automobile repairs be done at a specific repair shop.“If an insurer...
Mar 8 2021 // Waseem Tarabishi insists that employees at his San Diego-area collision repair shop take the online classes they need to maintain their technical certifications while on the clock so he can make sure they are paying...
Jan 29 2021 // Sandy, Utah-based Larry H. Miller Group of Companies in partnership with Leavitt Group in Utah has launched Larry H. Miller Insurance Services, an independent insurance agency that will offer auto, home, life and business...
Oct 23 2020 // Effective November 1, 2020, Insurance Services Office (ISO) is introducing 19 new endorsements for its business auto program. Many of these changes are the result of requests from IIABA’s Technical Affairs...
Sep 8 2020 // Dallas-based Risk Point Underwriters LLC has named Scott A. Hoy executive vice president for the specialty auto dealer underwriting unit. Hoy will be responsible for driving profitable growth and delivering customer...
Jul 28 2020 // IAT Insurance Group has expanded its multi-line DealerPack offerings for franchised auto dealerships to include dealers open lot insurance.Key elements of the policies include: Available as an option within the DealerPack...
May 4 2020 // Police in North Carolina have accused a group of teenagers and children as young as 9 of stealing more than $1.1 million in vehicles from car dealerships.Investigators think 19 suspects ranging in age from 9 to 16 were...
Mar 16 2020 // A federal appellate court threw out most of the claims by automotive body shops in Indiana, Utah and Mississippi that alleged that major insurers violated antitrust laws and engaged in anticompetitive practices by steering...
Mar 1 2020 // The owner of an auto body shop in San Antonio, Texas has been sentenced to two years in jail for cashing insurance claim checks without fixing the car he was being paid to repair. The Texas Department of Insurance said...
Feb 13 2020 // Madison, Wis.-based Understory, which offers parametric insurance for severe weather risks, has launched its supplemental hail insurance product for automotive dealers in five new states: Arizona; New Mexico; Ohio;...
Nov 14 2019 // Nick Pacifico has been working at his family’s Cadillac dealership in Denver since 2003. He’s never seen insurance costs this bad. “Getting coverage is nearly impossible,” said Pacifico, vice...
Sep 19 2019 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has awarded a dividend of $623,341 to the Lone Star Auto Dealers Association (LSADA) Safety Group, which includes franchised auto, truck, RV, boat and...
Sep 18 2019 // Chubb has launched a new service designed to help personal auto clients remove sensitive electronic information from their vehicles in the event of an insured total loss. “While hands-free GPS and mobile connectivity...
Sep 16 2019 // Federal employment officials have sued a car dealership in Norman, Oklahoma, saying the company unlawfully refused to hire a sales job candidate because she was female.In the lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Jul 1 2019 // A new law in Louisiana aims to ensure that auto insurance policyholders have the option to choose a particular motor vehicle repair shop.Under Act 317 (House Bill 411), which has been signed by Gov. John Bel Edwards,...
Jun 21 2019 // A new law in Louisiana aims to ensure that auto insurance policyholders have the option to choose a particular motor vehicle repair shop.Under Act 317 (House Bill 411), which has been signed by Gov. Jon Bel Edwards,...
Jun 18 2019 // Fixico, the Amsterdam-based digital platform for car damage repair, has raised €7 million ($7.9 million) to grow its international footprint and fleet and insurance partnerships.The technology company offers a digital...
May 3 2019 // Dozens of Indiana auto dealerships face lawsuits that accuse them of charging excessive fees to prepare sales-related documents.At least seven lawsuits, all pursuing class-action status, were filed in April, the...
Apr 3 2019 // A Shrewsbury, Mass., man who owns two automotive repair businesses has been indicted in connection with a motor vehicle fraud scheme in which he damaged vehicles and stole $170,000.Adam Haddad was indicted last week by a...
Apr 1 2019 // A Travis County body shop owner was sentenced on March 13 to 10 years of probation after pleading guilty to reporting wrecks that never took place and damaging vehicles to increase insurance payouts, the Texas Department...