Monthly Archives: October 2008

New Jersey State Assembly Passes Bill A803

Posted on by
A803 “Motor Vehicle Owners’ Right to Repair Act.” 
Commerce 

 

Identical Bill Number: S1334    
Last Session Bill Number: A931   S2553  

Gusciora, Reed   as Primary Sponsor
Watson Coleman, Bonnie   as Primary Sponsor
Evans, Elease   as Primary Sponsor
Vas, Joseph   as Co-Sponsor
Oliver, Sheila Y.   as Co-Sponsor
McKeon, John F.   as Co-Sponsor
Roberts, Joseph J., Jr.   as Co-Sponsor
Fisher, Douglas H.   as Co-Sponsor
Burzichelli, John J.   as Co-Sponsor
Chivukula, Upendra J.   as Co-Sponsor
Cryan, Joseph   as Co-Sponsor
Prieto, Vincent   as Co-Sponsor
Green, Jerry   as Co-Sponsor
Voss, Joan M.   as Co-Sponsor
Rudder, Scott   as Co-Sponsor
Chiappone, Anthony   as Co-Sponsor
Jasey, Mila M.   as Co-Sponsor
Johnson, Gordon M.   as Co-Sponsor
Handlin, Amy H.   as Co-Sponsor
Ramos, Ruben J., Jr.   as Co-Sponsor

  
       
1/8/2008 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee
10/23/2008 Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading
10/27/2008 Motion To Aa (Malone)
10/27/2008 Motion To Table (Watson Coleman)(45-29-0)
10/27/2008 Passed by the Assembly (49-22-8)
10/27/2008 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee 

Introduced – 4 pages PDF Format    HTML Format 
Statement – ACO 10/23/08 – 2 pages PDF Format    HTML Format 
Reprint – 4 pages PDF Format    HTML Format 

Committee Voting:
ACO  10/23/2008  –  r/Aca  –  Yes {3}  No {2}  Not Voting {0}  Abstains {0}  –  Roll Call

 

Supplement and Total Loss Trends Update…

Posted on by

*************

Current auto claims data statistics from January 1st 2008 to present day…..

39.88% of all damage appraisals will have at least one supplement.

The average supplement amount is $ 837.67

22.74% of all vehicles end up as a total loss.

************

Data source:  © 2008, AutoClaims Direct, DirectLink

2008 Auto Claims Data Factoid

Posted on by

In random sampling of 25,000 estimates in 2008, this charts breaks down repair vs. replacement of parts labor when a part is either repaired or replaced. 66.35% of labor time is spent replacing parts.

reu

Data source:  © 2008, AutoClaims Direct, DirectLink

Ear To The Ground……

Posted on by

etg

 

The word on the street these days is that Direct Repair shops are having a rough go of it. Due to a tough economy, well publicized financial troubles of major insurers and the difficulty of DRP shops to retain a profit, many have shuttered their doors. With many of these DRP’s being smaller shops which insurers relied upon for DRP networks, will insurers may be forced to abandon much of the DRP model? Time will tell if this truly happens.