Collision Repair Industry INSIGHT

Collision Repair Industry INSIGHT
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NEWS: 
Liberty Mutual Group to Acquire Safeco Corporation
04/28/2008
Progressive to Plant Trees and Offer Discounts to Paperless Customers
04/28/2008
DuPont to Sponsor XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work
04/28/2008
PPG's Q1 Sales Increase Record 41 Percent
04/28/2008


Recent News

INSIGHT's CSI Program:

ATTENTION Shop Owner:

INSIGHT's new, improved CSI Program is a valuable quality control and marketing tool! Easy-to-use customer postcard system and monthly full-color Customer Satisfaction Indexing Report, featuring our new Estimator CSI tracking capability.

CSI tracking with INSIGHT will help you improve customer relations, quality control, employee meetings, and insurer relationships - AND our program is very affordable!

See for yourself.
Phone INSIGHT at 800.860.2744
and request a sample CSI report today!



Read Vintage Gus's Garage
Part 1,
and read all of INSIGHT's popular feature
at Gus's Garage, for a listing of every episode at the legendary body shop!

Talk to Gus, himself, too!

Looking for a Quality Collision Repair Facility?
Do you own a vehicle in need of collision repairs? Are you an insurance agent or adjuster looking for a facility to take care of your customers?

Our SHOP FINDER INDEX containing over 2000 repairers that have completed a 4-page comprehensive application detailing their shops' standing as  Class A Collision Repair Shops. While INSIGHT's Database includes over 50,000 collision repair shops in the U.S. and Canada, these shops are the best! Or, check out our listing of premier shops with home pages!


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INSIGHT's Excellence in CSI
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Shop Owners: Improve Your Customer Satisfaction
Information on listings and home pages.

To learn more about the collision repair industry:
Look into our Consumer's Guide to Collision Repair Service for tips on selecting a collision repair facility.
Auto Insurance is critical in protecting your financial assets.
Check Out our Consumer's Guide to Auto Insurance for tips on selecting an auto insurance provider.


Business Tools:
Special INSIGHT Web Site Subscription Offer: Get a one year subscription to INSIGHT, the most comprehensive source of unbiased information news and research on the collision repair industry for a special rate of just $90 for 12 monthly issues...
that's a savings of $10 off the regular subscription rate!
CLICK HERE FOR SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION

More Tools From INSIGHT:
Download our Shop Valuation Worksheet
Improve Your Customer Satisfaction
Financial Analysis and Benchmarking


IRS Audit Training Manual
Here's the book used by the IRS to train their field staff to perform  tax audits of collision repair shops. Learn the five key items an IRS agent looks for on a "walk through" of your business, read the details of actual IRS examinations, and more.
This special annotated IRS manual, with an introduction by Rex Dunn, president of SOS, an accounting firm working with over 200 collision repair shops nationwide, and INSIGHT's guide to financial and operating benchmarks  for the Top 25% shops, is available NOW for $29.95, including first class postage.
Order The IRS Auto Body and Repair Industry Audit Training Manual today!


 

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