Audatex Adds Ford to Brands Supported by AudaVIN AudaVIN, an advanced vehicle identification technology, integrates vehicle-specific information into the Audatex platform for more accurate collision damage estimates and faster, consumer friendly total loss claims settlements. Nov 2, 2016 – Audatex North America, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Solera Holdings,[…]
Reduce Your Risk of High Indemnity and Long Cycle Times with Accurate Data
Reduce Your Risk of High Indemnity and Long Cycle Times with Accurate Data In this highly competitive market, insurers are constantly looking for ways to improve operational efficiency, and the industry’s recent attention to performance scorecards and metrics to measure key performance indicators (KPIs) is underlining the need for managers[…]
The Challenge of Dispatch Assignments
Are Dispatch Teams Feeling the Pain? While most of the claims management process has innovated towards automation, many dispatch teams are still suffering from the challenges of a manual, end-of-day dispatching workflow. It is time consuming and not flexible enough to handle exceptions or priority assignments as they are raised[…]
Insurers: Are you optimizing your repairs?
It’s time for a paradigm shift. It’s time to do away with the average cost of repair (ACR) as the “gold standard” for managing repairer performance. It’s time for insurers to have an accurate and not average look at their business by adopting a normalized cost of repair methodology to[…]
CCIF: First Notice of Loss Assignment (FNOL) Opportunity
Solera Canada is proud to support this important industry driven initiative. Preliminary evidence from participating insurers indicates good early results using the standard 18 FNOL items as their first page assignment view to insurers. While a more formal measurement of the new system is underway, participating major insurers are reporting[…]
Working in an Uncommon Culture
A Company Culture that Really Stands Apart Having joined Audatex Canada, a part of the Solera Group, this June, I’ve been busy adapting to a new culture, learning a new industry, and delivering on my 1-30 (day action plans). Having spent the past five years working in the HR/ Payroll[…]
The Hidden Value in the Last Six Digits of the VIN That You’re Not Using
For decades, the vehicle identification number (VIN) has been used by insurers and repair shops to identify specific vehicle information. A VIN has 17 characters, but only the first 11 are usually used to help identify vehicle information. Details such as country of production, manufacturer, year, and model are extracted[…]
Names in the News: Kelly Merchant
Bio/Intro Kelly began his career with Audatex in October of 1990 as a Technical Training Specialist in the ADP Claims Services Group. Bringing with him his expansive experience in underwriting, Kelly played a pivotal role in the company’s growth throughout Western Canada. Being a licensed Red Seal Auto Technician who[…]