1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (128+ words) CollisionWeek Kirmac Collision & Autoglass has opened a collision and glass repair facility in Penticton, British Columbia, the family-owned company’s first location in the South Okanagan and the 29th in its Western Canada network. The opening marks the second time Kirmac has…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (115+ words) CollisionWeek Auto physical damage direct premiums written fell last year in two of the five largest states for the line, even as premiums across all reporting jurisdictions rose 1.3% to $177.4 billion, according to a Best’s Rankings report AM Best released July…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (118+ words) CollisionWeek Entegral has opened early access to Bodyshop 360, a cloud-based management system for collision repair facilities in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Entegral, which is owned by Enterprise Mobility, announced the early access program July 22. The company first showed Bodyshop…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (98+ words) CollisionWeek The Auto Damage Appraiser Licensing Board finalized Advisory Ruling 2026-1 at its July 14 meeting, reaffirming that shops must employ or retain a licensed appraiser to prepare damage appraisals. The Massachusetts Auto Damage Appraiser Licensing Board has adopted an advisory ruling…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (167+ words) Launches ‘$25 for 25’ Donor Campaign The Collision Industry Foundation is marking its 25th anniversary with a new individual-giving campaign that asks 1,000 people across the industry to each contribute $25 in support of the foundation’s emergency relief work. The nonprofit announced the “$25 for 25” campaign…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (66+ words) CollisionWeek Sedgwick has launched a direct repair program for heavy equipment, giving insurance carriers a single-provider network to manage repairs of 18-wheelers, refrigerated trucks and other commercial vehicles nationwide. Carriers can access a network of 250 certified heavy equipment repair facilities…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (112+ words) CollisionWeek ServiceUp has launched an agentic repair platform that deploys artificial intelligence agents to automate the fleet vehicle repair process from intake and shop routing through estimate approval, invoice validation and real-time monitoring. The system covers collision, mechanical and preventive…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (108+ words) CollisionWeek Agenda pairs a pending airbag-parts regulation and a windshield calibration-disclosure bill with an enforcement case study built on a bandit-towing scheme. The California Bureau of Automotive Repair will convene its Advisory Group on July 30 for a session that puts…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (122+ words) CollisionWeek Kemper Corporation named Eric Kappler executive vice president and president of property and casualty, effective July 30, placing a two-decade veteran of the non-standard auto market atop its unified P&C organization. Eric Kappler wasn executive vice president and president…...