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Robert L McDorman

RETAIL AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY LEADER

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Internet Articles

May 2025

  • Texas Right to Appraisal Bill Heads to Governor: “We’ve Almost Won”
  • Texas mandatory appraisal bill passes House

March 2025

  • Collision repair and insurance industries strike agreement on Texas mandatory right to appraisal legislation

December 2024

  • Texas Department of Insurance finds third-party appraisal used less than 0.02% in personal auto claims

November 2024

  • Fight continues in Texas for mandatory right to appraisal with bill filed ahead of 2025 session

June 2025

  • TDI shares timeline for appraisal data report, hearing shows continued support for mandatory right to appraisal

October 2023

  • Vehicle repair customers encouraged to check policies for appraisal clause

April 2023

  • Texas mandatory appraisal bill pending in committee, substitute makes some headway

March 2023

  • Structural & frame damage: How to know what’s repairable

February 2023

  • ABAT touts “productive” day spent advocating for Texas safe repair, appraisal bills

January 2023

  • Appraiser: unfair insurance policies could be “nail in the coffin for safe roadways”
  • Texas bill seeks to improve accuracy of repair estimates
  • Texas OPIC recommends mandatory right to appraisal

December 2022

  • TDI includes RTA in report to legislature, invites public policy response

October 2022

  • SCRS announces details of OEM Summits planned for 2022 SEMA Show

September 2022

  • Texas House members hear right to appraisal concerns

August 2022

  • Texas Legislators to review right to appraisal; TDI hears appraiser & ABAT concerns in recent meeting

May 2022

  • Florida lawsuit against insurance commissioner disputes legality of policy language; Similar comparisons drawn to auto insurance issues

April 2022

  • Panel takes a stab at solutions to avoid total loss and keep improperly repaired vehicles off roads

February 2022

  • Class action lawsuit takes USAA to court over thousands of total loss claims
  • Appeals court denies class status over Liberty’s totaled vehicle valuations
  • Appraisal experts share why consumers may want to challenge vehicle valuations
  • South Carolina bill would give consumers choice of repair shop, right to appraisal

January 2022

  • Total loss vehicles disguised with clean titles: What that means for the repair industry & consumer safety

May 2021

  • Tex. data shows appraisal clause process could tip totaled vehicles back to repairable ones
  • Appraisal clause outcome data finds auto insurers underestimating repair costs by thousands
  • Tex. House passes ‘loser pays’ auto policy appraisal clause requirement

June 2021

  • Limit of liability language can help turn totals to repairables

July 2021

  • Total losses: ACV and state charges, prepaid future OEM features
  • Negotiator: Initial total loss ACVs coming in low, might cost consumers, shops chance to repair

November 2015

Autobody News
Autobody News

October 2015

ABN October Cover Internet  Master

September 2015

Autobody News

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