Posted by on June 4, 2012 under Auto News | 
Independent auto-glass installers are hailing the passage of a bill that prohibits car-insurance agencies from directing clients toward preferred glass vendors. The legislation, which passed last year in the state House and unanimously passed the Senate on Thursday, could stop what glass installers call an unfair practice that has threatened their businesses in recent years.
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Senate Sides with Glass Installers
Posted by on April 5, 2012 under Auto News |
The governor of Utah recently signed a bill into law that will greatly reduce the frequency of the state’s required vehicle safety inspections. H.B. 298 was signed into law on March 23 by Gov
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Utah Governor Signs Law Reducing Frequency of Required State Safety Inspections
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The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued a clarification to the safety regulations relating to a truck’s window visibility that now allows the use of compliant window films on big rigs’ sidelites, according to information from the International Window Film Association (IWFA).
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FMCSA Begins Allowing Window Film Use on Big Rig Sidelites
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 under Auto News |
Auto glass industry legislation continues to make news as the state legislatures make decisions regarding three bills. The following is an update on the status of bills in three state legislatures.
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Decisions Made on Auto Glass Industry Legislation
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GGG – Gold Glass Group has signed on as a Copper Sponsor for the 2012 Auto Glass Week event in Louisville, Ky., this September 20-22.
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GGG Becomes a Copper Sponsor for Auto Glass Week
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Financial companies are hiring again, and it’s no wonder because fewer banks are closing, the stock market is rising, credit-card use has turned upward and insurers are seeing steady demand. State Farm, which has a large operations center in Tempe, expects to add 3,000 or so positions nationally in 2012, including an unknown number in metro Phoenix, says spokesman Phil Supple.
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Financial Firms are Hiring
Posted by on June 10, 2011 under Auto News |
A Utah windshield repair shop owner who was charged with identity fraud and fraudulent insurance acts in April has agreed to pay $549.33 to the state’s insurance fraud division, along with $1,000 restitution to the state for the costs of the investigation, according to a representative of the 2nd District Court-Farmington Department.
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Utah Windshield Repair Shop Owner to Pay $1,500 to State Related to Fraud Charges
Tags: auto glass news, Auto News, automobile news, costs, district, identity-fraud, insurance-acts, insurance-fraud, investigation, shop-owner, state, the-2nd, the-investigation, the-state-, Windshield Repair
Posted by on April 5, 2011 under Auto News |
The Connecticut Insurance and Real Estate Committee currently is reviewing a proposed bill that could add an additional clause to the state’s law addressing third-party administrators and the way consumers contact them.
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Connecticut House Representative Discusses Origins of TPA Bill, Steering and More
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The AGRSS® Council Inc. recently learned that, while the NAGS catalog notes that the FW02525 should be available with a pre-applied adhesive system (PAAS), at least one manufacturer has been distributing this windshield without the expected PAAS
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AGRSS® Council Helps Manufacturer Resolve PAAS Issue
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Posted by on March 21, 2011 under Auto News |
A Texas legislator has introduced a bill that would add language to the state’s law prohibiting insurer or third-party administrator (TPA) ownership of auto glass businesses, along with language addressing auto glass “inspections.”
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Safelite AutoGlass Opening Riverside Store
Tags: Auto Glass, auto glass news, Auto News, auto-glass-related, automobile glass news, connecticut, estate, language-addressing, law-prohibiting, public-hearing, texas, the-state-, tpa
