The ‘shelter-at-home’ directive that took place across most of the U.S. this spring shed new light on just how different ‘home’ is across the U.S., and led to a number of new, enhanced, accelerated or disrupted demographic trends. Time spent commuting to work grew in the last two decades as populations gravitated toward metro areas […]
With numerous public insurers reporting Q2 2020 and first half CY 2020 results, a common theme has emerged. Collision and property damage liability claim frequencies for Q2 2020 were reported down between 20 – 40 percent, while claim severities were reported up between 10 – 20 percent. In this month’s edition of CCC Trends, analyst […]
COVID-19 is dramatically changing driving behavior nationwide. While claims and miles driven are decreasing, one thing has increased – drivers’ appetite for risk. The reduction in U.S. daily trips taken and miles driven resulted in 65 percent less miles traveled in April 2020 versus January 2020. Speeding during COVID-19 increased by 27 percent. In […]
In this month’s edition of CCC Trends, Susanna Gotsch analyzes the shifts in claim and accident frequency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To check out the rest of the #CCCTrends series, visit CCC’s YouTube channel. Download the full pdf report here.
Repairers are facing numerous challenges and demands from the vehicles themselves, as well as their customers. Consolidation is occurring quickly across all parts of the collision repair industry, as demands for capital investment for training and equipment grows. In this month’s CCC Trends, Susanna Gotsch analyzes changes in the collision repair industry. To check out […]
As we head into the final months of 2019 we start to ask – what can we expect in 2020? In this month’s edition of CCC Trends, Susanna breaks down the trends in claim frequency, vehicle ownership, total cost of repair, and vehicle complexity. To check out the rest of the #CCCTrends series, visit CCC’s YouTube […]
How are weather events like hail impacting claim frequency and cost of collision repairs? Hurricane season is upon us, and the cleanup and needed reconstruction from the devastating damage sustained in the Bahamas by Hurricane Dorian are a reminder of how much damage Mother Nature can cause. In this month’s episode of CCC Trends, Susanna […]
In this month’s edition of Industry Trends, Susanna Gotsch analyzes changes in demography, whether it’s where people are living, which portion of the population is working and driving most, and where people are choosing to live. Demographics give us a better understanding of the automotive claims and collision repair industry’s decline in claim frequency and […]
In this month’s edition of Industry Trends, Susanna analyzes Q1 of 2019 and the decrease in auto claim frequency since 2017. To check out the rest of the #CCCTrends series, visit CCC’s YouTube channel. Download the full pdf here.
It has been suggested that the world today is experiencing the Fourth Industrial Revolution, as technologies such as mobile digitalization, artificial intelligence, automation, the internet of things, machine learning, voice recognition and others have begun to merge the physical and digital worlds. Personal mobility is one of many areas undergoing dramatic change, and given that […]