Collision Coffee Talk

I was a slower than normal week in the news, but the things that popped up deserve some discussion. 

- Arkansas passes law that leinholders must be on all payments even rental 

- State Farm moves to eliminate OE glass from use 

- BOI is back on for shop owners 

- What is a Constructive Total Loss? Can an insurer total a car regardless of how much the repairs cost?

It’s Monday February 17, 2025 and we’ve got another content jammed edition of Collision Coffee Talk. The only NON-Sponsored podcast in the industry.

This week we cover:
- New insurance companies that face insolvency and liquidation.

- Allstate DEMANDS blog site Futurism remove article or make extensive “corrections” via change request format similar to auto repair estimates.

- asTech parent company Repaify files motion to dismiss lawsuit filed by another Repairfy holdings company, but former employees write in to tell his about missing Ferraris??

- Illinois collision association sponsored bill has major issues that could put collision repair shops within the state in a bind

- Adjuster hired by GEICO admits they failed the basic exam 5 times

- Opus IVS white paper has been downloaded over 600 times, get your copy here: https://bit.ly/3CSpcoM

Last week was an hurried episode due to class, but now she has all the time and a lot of people…. We mean things to talk about. 

- Why industry meetings miss the point of the math problem 
- Liberty Mutual employee post generates lots of questions for potential lawsuits
- Why Kristen picks on DRP shops 
- What’s happening the next few months with training

- Insurers using comparative negligence in attempt to reduce total loss fees. State Associations pushing bills that may have tough consequences for shops. 
- CCC hosting webinar training for insurers that shops should listen in and learn.

- Repairfy (asTech) and Kinderhook lawsuit allegations and documents.
- Ford BlueCruise Under NHTSA Investigation AM Headlamps May Be Future Issue
- US Treasury Department releases study on Auto Insurance
- Bargain Deals For Material On Facebook Could Be Deadly
- Insurers Total Cars With Little To No Damage

Click here to download Court filing: https://bit.ly/4hmZs2n
Click here to download Federal Insurace Office (FIO) report: https://bit.ly/3WB1cwX

In this episode we cover another company sinks under the leadership of Tony Aquila (formally Solera). 
- Honda wins ADAS lawsuit out of New Jersey 
- Car theft is on the rise. Find out what cities and states and how it affects Bodyshop liability 
- State Farm hired atty gives shop a compliment and agrees they should be paid. 

Nope it's not a comic book addition of Bizarro World. But you're going to want to listen to this one.

First Coffee Talk with Kristen in 2025 and we've got a lot to cover. 
Insurers Continue To Consolidate 
CCC Wants To Help Insurers Reduce Expenses, Asking Shops to Pay Them More 
AsTech Serves as Warning To All As Lawsuits and Public Awareness Increase Around ADAS 
Critical Thinking Around Policy Limits 
Automotive IA Claims School Benefits

First, we're skipping next week so Kristen went longer than normal. Some year end thoughts on what's happening in the industry and who needs to exit immediately. We also include a list of companies we believe have earned your business in the things they have done to help collision repairers and the things they have refused to do when, even when offered great money.

Did you know that OEM software recalls now account for 43% of OE recalls? 
Did you know that the scan tool you use is what is talking to the software? Why would you not want to use the OE tool? 
Add to the list insurance companies are being sued for data privacy, the laws around text messaging customers, Federal Transparancy laws and a coaching session with insurance adjusters... 

Yep it's a lot, better pour a big cup of coffee