Average repair costs are nearly $70 higher for vehicles manufactured in Asia, but it should not impact insurance claims severity trends, according to a study by an auto insurers' data and software provider.

While average repair cost and total loss value are both higher for the imports, "the fact that more Asian nameplate vehicles are repaired keeps the overall average repair costs roughly equal to the domestic nameplate overall severity, wrote Greg Horn.

Mr. Horn is the vice president of San Diego-based Mitchell International, which in addition to selling data and software to auto insurers also provides e-business solutions--not only to carriers, but for the collision repair, medical claims and glass replacement industries as well.

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