A recent trend in car buying may spell an increase in total-loss rates.

A recent trend in car buying may spell an increase in total-loss rates.

In the world of auto physical damage claims, we need to focus our attention on some less obvious areas that will be influenced by spiking oil prices.

With four cylinders now capable of better acceleration than some muscle cars of the 1960s, the time has come to re-evaluate underwriting methods.

The turbo charger, once the “red flag” for insurance underwriters because of its appeal to fast drivers, has now become more mainstream.

The turbo charger, once the “red flag” for insurance underwriters because of its appeal to fast drivers, has now become more mainstream.

As I travel around the country speaking with collision repairers, insurers, and vendor groups, it strikes me how often the audience does not know what is going on outside of their area of the industry.

As I travel around the country speaking with collision repairers, insurers, and vendor groups, it strikes me how often the audience does not know what is going on outside of their area of the industry.