Press Release
Feb 7, 2019
National AutoBody Research (NABR) Launches New Version of Its California Labor Rate Survey, As New Storage Laws in CA Took Effect at 2019 New Year
Phoenix, Arizona, February 7, 2019 - National AutoBody Research (NABR) announces the launch of its newly revised California Standardized Auto Body Labor Rate Survey, based on the labor rate survey format defined by the California Department of Insurance (CDI).As new laws in California for storage took effect at the New Year, and to respond to market activity in California, NABR added new survey questions on shops' pricing for storage, scanning, and alignment.
This revised survey enables collision repairers to understand better their local market prices for these additional services and to make more informed business decisions regarding their individual shop's pricing for these items.
Upon completing the compliant survey, body shops can also purchase their customized California Prevailing Rate Report, which provides data and documentation for the "prevailing rates" in that body shop's unique "geographic area," as defined by the CDI regulation.
The NABR independent report now includes market area shop prices for storage, scanning, and alignment, and helps repairers demonstrate true market prices in their area and negotiate more effectively with customers and insurers.
"Once again, we're pleased to offer this complete survey and reporting solution to all California collision centers," said Sam Valenzuela, President of NABR. "With new laws for storage now in effect, our new independent market area report will enable repairers to prove what reasonable market rates are both for labor rates and these additional services."
Valenzuela continued, "This solution provides exactly what the California collision repair industry needs: one independent, third-party conducting labor rate surveys and providing one source for market area pricing that both shops, insurers, and regulators can use to all get on the same page."
About National AutoBody Research (NABR)
NABR is an independent research, technology, and business consulting firm serving the automotive collision repair industry, working to enable an industry-wide rational pricing model for labor rates, and to help level the playing field for payment of necessary but not-included repair procedures and operations, all for the ultimate care and safety of the consumer.
Through its innovative and proven Variable Rate System (VRS) technology, NABR provides collision repair shops the market data and online tools they need to understand competitive labor rates in their market, to determine and collect appropriate and profitable labor rates for their individual shop, and to find real examples of not-included procedures paid across the country.
For inquiries, please contact:
Sam Valenzuela
President, National AutoBody Research
602-466-1900
Contact Us
National AutoBody Research (NABR) Launches New Version of Its California Labor Rate Survey, As New Storage Laws in CA Took Effect at 2019 New Year
Phoenix, Arizona, February 7, 2019 - National AutoBody Research (NABR) announces the launch of its newly revised California Standardized Auto Body Labor Rate Survey, based on the labor rate survey format defined by the California Department of Insurance (CDI).As new laws in California for storage took effect at the New Year, and to respond to market activity in California, NABR added new survey questions on shops' pricing for storage, scanning, and alignment.
This revised survey enables collision repairers to understand better their local market prices for these additional services and to make more informed business decisions regarding their individual shop's pricing for these items.
Upon completing the compliant survey, body shops can also purchase their customized California Prevailing Rate Report, which provides data and documentation for the "prevailing rates" in that body shop's unique "geographic area," as defined by the CDI regulation.
The NABR independent report now includes market area shop prices for storage, scanning, and alignment, and helps repairers demonstrate true market prices in their area and negotiate more effectively with customers and insurers.
"Once again, we're pleased to offer this complete survey and reporting solution to all California collision centers," said Sam Valenzuela, President of NABR. "With new laws for storage now in effect, our new independent market area report will enable repairers to prove what reasonable market rates are both for labor rates and these additional services."
Valenzuela continued, "This solution provides exactly what the California collision repair industry needs: one independent, third-party conducting labor rate surveys and providing one source for market area pricing that both shops, insurers, and regulators can use to all get on the same page."
About National AutoBody Research (NABR)
NABR is an independent research, technology, and business consulting firm serving the automotive collision repair industry, working to enable an industry-wide rational pricing model for labor rates, and to help level the playing field for payment of necessary but not-included repair procedures and operations, all for the ultimate care and safety of the consumer.
Through its innovative and proven Variable Rate System (VRS) technology, NABR provides collision repair shops the market data and online tools they need to understand competitive labor rates in their market, to determine and collect appropriate and profitable labor rates for their individual shop, and to find real examples of not-included procedures paid across the country.
For inquiries, please contact:
Sam Valenzuela
President, National AutoBody Research
602-466-1900
Contact Us