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You Can Charge Whatever You Want by James A. Castleman, Esq. If you own a collision repair shop, then you can charge whatever you want for your services. Insurers don’t [...]

AASP-MN Announces 21st Annual Race for Automotive Education The 21st Annual Race for Automotive Education is planned for January 23 – 26, 2023 at ProKart Indoor Racing, Burnsville, MN.  The [...]

Clean Car Standards in Minnesota Continue to be Major Political Issue by Sam Richie & Shannon K. Mitchell, AASP-MN Lobbyists As campaign season rages with elections around the corner, the [...]

Are DRPs Doomed to Go Extinct? by Chasidy Rae Sisk The concept of a direct repair program (DRP) seemed pretty great when insurers first introduced it: They’d refer claimants [...]

My Customer Invoked the Appraisal Clause…Now What? by Steven Krieps As a shop, what do you do if your consumer decides to invoke their Right to Appraisal provision in their [...]

Taking Back Our Industry by Matthew Ciaschini My brother, Zac, and I have been in the collision repair business for over 14 years. When I started out at Full Tilt [...]

Boston Community Pays Tribute to Hicks Auto Body by Alana Quartuccio Bonillo Hicks Auto Body is more than a body shop in its community; it’s an institution. For 52 [...]

Communication, Collaboration and Congratulations at AASP/NJ’s Annual Meeting by Alana Quartuccio Bonillo Collision repairers and automotive professionals from all over the Garden State packed the Gran Centurions in Clark, NJ [...]