ADALB to Rescind Emergency $3K Personal

tires) and R&D Custom Exhaust (a year’s worth of free fuel and oil changes). Additionally, Cabot Risk Strategies donated a year’s worth of auto insurance through Plymouth Rock Assurance.

Thrilled to see the Rudenicks drive away in the safely repaired vehicle, Marshall tells New England Automotive Report that he looks forward to doing similar repairs in the future. Additionally, he encourages his fellow AASP/MA members to consider doing the same.

“It’s not that hard to do, and the greatest thing is that you get to stay involved in your community. It’s time and money well spent if it helps people in your neighborhood.”

The WCVB-TV report on the vehicle presentation is available online at bit.ly/MarshallGift. PROTECTING CONSUMERS AND THE COLLISION INDUSTRY

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ADALB to Rescind Emergency $3K Personal Inspection Threshold

During the March 23 teleconference meeting of the Auto Damage Appraiser Licensing Board (ADALB), the Board voted 3-0 to approve a motion by Board member Peter Smith (MAPFRE Insurance) to set May 15 as the date to rescind emergency Advisory Ruling 2020-1.

Originally issued in March 2020 in response to Governor Baker’s State of Emergency declaration as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this Advisory Ruling was established to temporarily waive the requirement of personal inspection of motor vehicle damage in cases where the amount of loss, less any applicable deductible, is under $3,000. This amount represents an increase from the $1,500 threshold established in current state regulations.

Smith’s motion (which passed via affirmative votes by Smith and Board members Rick Starbard and Bill Johnson and an abstention by Board member Samantha Tracy [Arbella Insurance]) came after a motion by Starbard to immediately rescind the Advisory Ruling failed. (Starbard and Johnson voted yes, Tracy abstained and both Smith and ADALB Chairman Michael Donovan voted no.)

In other news, a proposed Advisory Ruling submitted by Johnson in regard to the practice of requiring receipts as proof of the purchase and/or price of parts prior to an appraisal or supplement being written failed after Smith and Tracy voted no and Chairman Donovan abstained.

The next ADALB meeting is scheduled for May 25 at the Division of Insurance in Boston, marking its first in-person gathering since January 2020. This meeting will serve as the ADALB’s review of regulation changes it initially submitted in 2016. An audio recording of the March 23 meeting is available in the Members Only section of aaspma.org.

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