{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Collision Coffee Talk","title":"Boyd Gerber Falls Hard While Crash Champions Heads to Court. What’s Happening to Collision?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4327,"description":"Boyd Gerber just reported a billion-dollar quarter — while its market value has fallen dramatically from its 52-week high.\nAt the same time, Crash Champions is heading deeper into court over a multimillion-dollar insurance coverage dispute tied to its ransomware attack.\nThose two stories may look unrelated.\nThey’re not.\nIn this episode of Collision Coffee Talk, we look at what is happening underneath the collision repair economy: shrinking repairable claim volume, increasing total losses, pressure on MSOs to capture market share, investor concerns about profitability, and the growing financial pressure facing companies built around scale.\nWe also dig into the questions surrounding Caliber’s delayed IPO and whether remaining private may currently be an advantage while publicly traded collision-related companies face increased scrutiny from investors.\nBut that’s only part of this episode.\nWe also cover:\n• The latest developments in the Oklahoma State Farm litigation, including discovery battles, Accenture, the Attorney General’s involvement, and the larger question of state versus federal insurance regulation.\n• The growing use of Opt-OE and insurer-directed parts — including airbags — and why an insurer’s estimate does not determine how a repair facility must repair a vehicle.\n• The controversy in Florida after journalists obtained a state-commissioned insurance report examining affiliated-company payments and insurer financial results.\n• NAMIC’s new virtual estimating program and how it intersects with growing NAIC attention to artificial intelligence and “human-in-the-loop” requirements in insurance claims.\n• Why collision repairers need to take a harder look at the marketing companies, vendors and suppliers they financially support — and whether those companies are actually aligned with the shop’s interests.\n• New opportunities developing around Right to Appraisal, diminished value, post-repair inspections, accident investigation, CDR data and expert work.\n•...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/dOi97UenmdmbnbwBm9WvomOSaNg7luAS4EJ60D9c4Fg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jMGM1/ZTZkODJmYTFmYjkx/MGUwOGNkYTcwN2M4/OTA5OS5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}