Research
Research you can use in Columbus today.
US collision operations run DRP programs with national carriers. These papers cover the carrier program logic, estimate standards, and cost drivers that apply to your operation.
North American research
What's actually driving repair costs.
Five papers on the forces every claim today is running into. Severity is up almost 50% since 2019, and most of that isn't inflation. ADAS calibration is required more often than estimates show. Supplements cost more than the line itself. We put a dollar number on each.
DRP Cycle Time in 2026: What CCC Claim Data Tells US Shops About Calibrations, Total Loss, and Severity
Claim counts are down, total loss frequency is up, and calibrations now appear on more than a third of estimates - here is how the numbers reshape DRP scorecards in 2026.
Parts Inflation, Tariffs, and Total Loss Pressure: What Canadian Collision Shops Should Plan for in 2026
A practitioner-facing read on 2025 parts cost data, tariff exposure, calibration growth, and total loss frequency - and how Canadian shops should price, document, and procure heading into 2026.
State Farm Select Service in 2026: Documentation Rules DRP Shops Need to Run Clean
What State Farm's Select Service program actually expects on estimate platform, photo trail, and supplement discipline - and where shops lose ground.
Fewer Claims, More Complexity: What 2025 SCRS and Industry Data Signal for Canadian Shops in 2026
Repairable claim counts are falling, total losses keep rising, and calibrations now sit on more than a third of estimates - here is how the data should change how Canadian shops plan for 2026.
GM's 2026 Pre- and Post-Scan Position Statement: What Collision Shops Need to Document
General Motors now requires a pre-repair diagnostic scan on every vehicle assessed for collision damage. Here is what that means for estimating, supplements, and DRP compliance in the United States.
Progressive's Service Center Wind-Down: What DRP Shops Should Expect in 2026
Progressive is closing its 68 owned Service Centers and pushing customer drop-off and pick-up back to network shops. Here is what the shift means for documentation, cycle time, and DRP scorecards.
AI Can't Fix Collision Estimating Until the Shop Logic Is Built First
Why RocketPros is building an evidence-first estimating foundation, the RocketPros Shop Logic Layer, before asking AI to make decisions.
Writing Supplements That Get Approved the First Time: A Playbook for MPI and SGI Shops
How Canadian collision shops cut supplement rework, defend line items, and protect keys-to-keys days under the LVT and SGI Accredited Repair program.
Missed ADAS Calibrations on Collision Estimates: The Safety Gap and the Profit Shops Leave Behind
Why advanced driver assistance procedures get skipped at write-up, what OEM position statements actually require, and how documentation discipline turns calibrations into a real revenue line.
Intact's DRP Program: How Canadian Shops Should Document and Track Performance
What Intact's Rely Network and broader DRP scorecards measure, where shops lose ground at write-up, and how to build a per-claim documentation trail that holds up.
Decomposing Collision Severity 2019–2026
Repair claims have gotten 47% more expensive in five years. Here's what's actually driving it, line by line.
OEM Position Statements as the New Standard of Care
Since 2017, U.S. courts have treated the OEM repair procedure as the standard of care. Here's what that means on the estimate line.
ADAS Calibration: Frequency, Cost, and the Coverage Gap
How often calibration is actually required, what it actually costs, and where the dollars are leaking out of estimates today.
Cycle Time Economics and the True Cost of a Supplement
What every additional day in the shop actually costs the carrier, the customer, and the shop — and why the supplement is the most expensive line on the estimate.
Documentation Readiness as the Single Strongest Predictor of Approval
Why the same line, with and without evidence attached, has approval rates that diverge by 30+ percentage points — and what to attach where.
Canadian programs — context
How carrier programs work north of the border.
Papers on how Canadian provincial programs run — the scoring and approval logic, what each program wants in the file, and why repair costs keep climbing on both sides of the border.
RocketPros and CrashCodex Partner to Bring Real-Time RPS Intelligence to Canadian Collision Repair
A new partnership combines RocketPros' Canadian Realized Parts Savings engine with CrashCodex's estimate intelligence layer to help insurers and repairers improve parts decisions, carrier compliance, ADAS review, and repair-plan accuracy.
Realized Parts Savings and Parts Autonomy at MPI: Why Shops That Don't Track RPS Are Funding the Insurer
A 2026 operational guide to how Manitoba Public Insurance's RPS program actually moves margin between shops and the insurer - and what disciplined shops do differently.
Rental Days on Collision Claims: How Canadian Shops Cut LOR Without Cutting Corners
A practitioner's guide to managing Length of Rental on MPI, SGI, and private-carrier claims while protecting repair quality, supplement discipline, and OEM compliance.
SGI Shop Performance Scoring in 2026: How Saskatchewan's Accredited Repair Program Tiers Collision Shops
A practical breakdown of how SGI measures accredited collision shops, what drives tier movement, and where estimating discipline shows up in the numbers.
The MPI Repair Program in 2026: How Manitoba's Standards Actually Work
A working summary of how Manitoba Public Insurance structures its accredited repair network, how scoring and drift are measured, and how shops align estimates to the program without re-litigating every line.
Inside SGI's Accredited Repair Program: How RPS, Drift, and Performance Tracking Actually Work
A working summary of Saskatchewan Government Insurance's accreditation framework, the Realized Parts Savings scoring model, and the documentation discipline that keeps Saskatchewan shops in good standing on the program.
Documentation Readiness on MPI and SGI Claims: A Side-by-Side Working Reference
What evidence each program expects at write-up, claim, supplement, and post-repair — where MPI and SGI overlap, where they differ in operational detail, and how a single write-up checklist satisfies both without duplicating work.
Canadian Collision Severity in 2026: The Public-Insurer Premium and the Climate Tax
Why Canadian repairable severity tracks but does not mirror the U.S. trend, what the public-insurer programs in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, B.C., and Quebec do well structurally, and where Canada-specific drivers — climate, parts logistics, currency, and wildlife exposure — show up on the estimate.
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