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A major insurance verdict and a critical OEM structural requirement shift your week. Here's what it means for your calibration pipeline.
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Field Notes, Carrier liability and OEM structure
Friday, September 11 · #91
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This week brought two signals that are reshaping how shops and insurers operate. A $40 million verdict against Progressive and Lucid's new mandatory 3D measuring requirement are both pointing in the same direction: tighter documentation and higher standards for structural work.

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1. Insurance verdicts and OEM mandates are tightening structural documentation

Progressive's $40M loss on duty of good faith is one thing. But Lucid's new position statement requiring pre- and post-repair 3D measurement reports from approved digital systems is the move that matters to you. OEMs are locking down structural repair evidence. That means every calibration that touches frame or structural ADAS mounting needs bulletproof measurement documentation attached. Shops cutting corners on measurement will see denials and carrier pushback.

Source: Field Notes →

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📬 Hit reply. Reply: did a carrier deny or cut a structural measurement line in the last 60 days, which one and what reason did they give?

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Published by Absolute ADAS. Mark Fowler, owner. Mobile ADAS calibration in Western Washington. 50,000+ calibrations on the floor.

👀 Tomorrow: we're tracking which carriers are already citing Lucid's measurement mandate to deny structural ADAS claims, and who's next.
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