Driving the Conversation

Join us in this episodes discussion with Terry Mostul, owner of Artistic Auto Body, Inc., a dedicated EV collision repair center serving the entire Northwest. As featured in Collision Reporter: THE ELECTRIFICATION ISSUE, Terry’s Artistic Auto Body, Inc. is an 18-year-Gold Class shop, and he shares with us a deeper dive into the conversation of the opportunities, considerations and challenges associated with creating a dedicated EV collision repair center. https://info.i-car.com/collisionreporter [https://info.i-car.com/collisionreporter] Learn more about I-CAR here - www.i-car.com/ [http://www.i-car.com/] Check out our other podcasts - www.podcast.app/driving-the-conversation-p391922/ [http://www.podcast.app/driving-the-conversation-p391922/]

In this podcast we are speaking to an auto collision technician who was featured in a recent edition of Collision Reporter, and is someone I already know and admire— Leah Gatton, yes, a woman in our “male-dominated” industry who brings 16 years of experience in our industry, as a refinishing tech. Leah, I am so happy to welcome you to our “Driving the Conversation” podcast series.

This podcast dives into the details, opportunities and challenges behind the Podcast Guest’s expertise in virtual and traditional insurance claims, including lessons learned in a huge uptick in virtual claims during the pandemic. The Podcast Guest, Jonathan Chase, is Director, Claims Process & Centralized Services for National General Insurance Company. The podcast supports & supplements Jonathan’s recent article “Virtual Claims on the Rise,” featured in THE VIRTUAL ISSUE of I-CAR’s Collision Reporter magazine; https://info.i-car.com/collisionreporter [https://info.i-car.com/collisionreporter]

We have such an important and timely discussion planned for anyone in the collision repair industry who may be caught during this pandemic thinking, "Well, business might be a little slower and I'd like to take some time to get my tech certified with some of the new I-CAR courses, but they're virtually conducted right now and we can't do a hands-on training. So what do I do? Can I still get the same educational value out of the online courses? And is that return on investment there?" In the event that you don't know the scale of I-CAR's impact on supporting the entire industry, We'd like to share with you some stats about variety of services and educational solutions that are offered by I-CAR.

We've recently heard from some great experts at Bosch on Driving the Conversation podcast, they've provided insights on the tooling and equipment size of this evolving conversation. And, today, we're adding to this dialogue with perspective from the experts, asTech. And, speaking of asTech, some of you may recall that earlier this year Jake Rodenroth, asTech's director of OEM and industry technical relations, was part of I-CAR's virtual conference on the topic of navigating the new era of ADAS, and its ripple effect on your business.