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Autobody News Writer Recognized for ‘Solving the Tech Shortage’ Column

Congratulations to Stacey Phillips, Greatest Body Shops.” freelance writer at Autobody News, Phillips initiated the column for receiving an award for her colin January 2019 after talking to Jeff umn, “Solving the Tech Shortage.” Smith, a collision repair instructor

Phillips received a 2020 APEX at the Northeast Arkansas Career Award for Publication Excellence and Technical Center, about the from Communications Concepts overwhelming shortage of techni in July. “I’m honored to have recians. “At the time, collision repair ceived this award,” said Phillips. “I shop owners and managers faced a am greatly appreciative of all the shared challenge: how and where to individuals I interviewed over the find new technicians,” said Phillips. past year who have shared ways to “My intent on starting this column hire and retain technicians for the was to come up ways for the indus future.” try to share ideas on how to solve

Phillips is a freelance writer this problem.” for the automotive industry based in Since then, Phillips has proSouthern California and owns Radi filed a variety of individuals and ant Writing & Communications. or ganizations about the ways they

As the prior assistant editor of are approaching the problem, inAutobody News, Phillips has writcluding the Collision Career Inten for the publication since 2014. stitute (CCI), the Collision Repair Her regular columns include “Best Education Foundation (CREF), Body Shops’ Tips,” “Shop Stratethe Inter-Industry Conference on gies” and “Solving the Tech ShortAuto Collision Repair (I-CAR), the age.” In addition, she assists the March Taylor Memorial FoundaCollision Industry Electronic Comtion, in-prison automotive program merce Association (CIECA) with instructors and technical schoolmarketing and communications teachers. and has co-authored two books, inHer column can be found oncluding “The Secrets of America’s line at www.autobodynews.com. In a country as large and diverse as the U.S., each state offers a range of pros and cons across a number of aspects.

Whether it’s the cost of being a homeowner, the proximity to nature or their state and local tax rates, there is something for ev eryone.

While it might not be the first factor someone might tout when talking about their state, the cost of car insurance is an important quality for many.

An analysis by Insure.com found that the average cost of car insurance in 16 states is more than $100 above the national average, which came in at $1,517 this year.

What state an insured lives in is a significant factor when determining the cost of car insur ance, but insurers also consider gender, age, the vehicle and credit score. State-specific factors like insurance laws, claim and crime rates, and the number of uninsured drivers can influence the premium as well.

Whether you live in an expensive state or a cheap state, Insure.com says to shop at least three insurers and “always make sure you’re comparing apples to apples when it comes to coverage levels and deductibles.” And when buying a new car, it’s always wise to shop for insurance as you look for the car so the premium won’t tear through your budget.

Insure.com commissioned Quadrant Information Services to calculate auto insurance rates from six large carriers (Allstate, Farmers, GEICO, Nationwide, Progressive and State Farm) in 10 ZIP codes per state. It a ver aged rates in each state for the cheapest-to-insure 2020 model-year versions of America’s 20 best-selling vehicles as of January and ranked each state by that average.

W ith this in mind, explore the slideshow to see Insure.com’s list of the most expensive states for car insurance in 2020.

We thank PropertyCasualty360 for reprint permission.

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