Editor’s Log: Open Ears
“A little controversy isn’t a bad thing,” a maritime repairer and friend-of-the-magazine told me at an industry event some time ago. “If you tell it like it is, we’ll have your back–just make sure you can back-up your position.” It is good advice. While we aim to present the facts of the collision industry in […]
Survey Results: Collision repair community shares their thoughts on provincial government regulations
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario – May 1, 2019 — From coast-to-coast, collision repair owners and managers shared their thoughts on how they feel the provincial governments deal with the industry. If there was a clear common theme throughout the answers, it was exasperation–over the amount of control insurance companies in their province, of how much […]
Editor’s Log: Twilight of the Auto Insurers?
By Gideon Scanlon Toronto, Ontario — April 26, 2018 — As editor of Collision Repair, pointing out the fact that the collision industry is changing at breakneck speed is something of a daily ritual. While I consider the truth of that notion to be self-evident, I do feel that the sentiment ignores the fact that other […]
SGI has yet to determine labour rates for new tiered accreditation system
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario – April 26, 2019 — The Saskatchewan Government Insurance just finished its second week of town hall meetings and Saskatchewan Association of Automotive Repairers president Tom Bissonnette says “it’s going well”. The meetings are to provide Saskatchewan repairers with information about what is expected from the new tiered compensation policy […]
Tesla plans to start offering auto insurance next month
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — April 26, 2019 — Tesla is creating its own insurance product and it will be launched in a month. “It will be much more compelling than anything out there,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said during a conference call with investors and analysts on Wednesday. It isn’t cheap to insure […]
Insurance rates are on the rise
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario – April 25, 2019 – While there are a number of reasons why insurance rates can increase, LowestRates.ca, says the increase that Alberta and Ontario drivers are seeing could be a result of insurers pulling out of the business. In the Q1 report conducted by LowestRates.ca, Alberta has experienced the […]
New auto insurance policy for Ontarians has great potential says CEO of LowestRates.ca
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — April 16, 2019 — The co-founder and CEO of Canada’s most popular insurance comparison site, has praised the Government of Ontario for its new auto insurance policies, which were announced last week. In an interview with Collision Repair, LowestRates.ca CEO Justin Thouin, who co-founded the business in […]
Introducing the Putting Drivers First plan
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — April 16, 2019 — Ontario’s government is pursuing a new policy meant to radically change the way auto insurance works for the province’s five million drivers. The new initiative, called the Putting Drivers First plan, was outlined in the Legislature by Tory Finance Minister Vic Fedeli as […]
Let’s think golf
Calgary, Alberta — April 15, 2019 — Calgary-area repairers make sure to save the date! It’s never to early to start thinking about hitting the links. This year’s Crash it Golf Tournament is Wednesday, July 24th at the Beautiful Hampton’s Golf Club in NW Calgary. The Calgary Regional Appraisers Southern Hospitality Invitational Tournament […]
Editor’s Note: Out of the Dumpster Fire, Part II
In November 2017, David Eby, British Columbia’s Attorney General and Member-of-Cabinet responsible for overseeing the Insurance Company of British Columbia estimator, encouraged an investigation into allegations that the crown insurer was being defrauded hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars by repair facilities. While the claims were quickly debunked by both ICBC executives and the BC ARA, the province did announce […]
