No one plans to have a car accident, particularly not in their premium new Kia! But even the most experienced and careful driver can find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time, and collisions do happen. Even a … Read More
CAR ACCIDENT? There’s only so much your insurance company can do to help, they’ll take your claim and pay the panelbeater but everything in between was up to you – until CRASH CARE! We’re the friend you need -before you need us. … Read More
The highly competitive car accident repair industry is big and getting bigger. Motor vehicle ownership in NZ is at more than one vehicle for every two people, and vehicle servicing and repair is a key part of vehicle ownership. After … Read More
The collision repair sector appears to be in a crisis, factors are many and varied but the ultimate cause is highly constrained profitability. The downward trend is continuing, and the following have contributed already this year Gemini Group: A … Read More
There has been significant (and many would say detrimental) aggregation in the car insurance sector recently, both in NZ and globally. This has resulted in an extreme concentration of power and control affecting both customers and suppliers. As a natural … Read More
Published this week on www.insuranceNEWS.com.au, revelations about staged car accidents and the under-belly of the panelbeating industry. Only in Australia though, it’s never happened in New Zealand to our knowledge. Or perhaps it’s just a matter of time, either way … Read More
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeX01MEo7MQ#t=14 We don’t often thank Auckland Transport for spending our rates in vast quantities, but their latest safety video is good: over 27,000 intersection crashes involving over 7,000 injuries – big numbers. Most happen in commuter rush hours of course … Read More
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzuGNwGJ4ig The world has had motor cars for a hundred years now and over 25million people have died in car crashes in that time. Most of those people are anonymous, but there is one who was known to everybody. It … Read More