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Insurance-referred shops vs. independent experts: the claim reality in 2026

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In 2025, 46.7% of repairable claims were routed through direct repair programs, which means your collision repair could be influenced long before you ever meet the estimator. That is the real starting point behind Insurance-referred shops vs. independent experts: the claim reality, and it is why the “claim reality” in 2026 is less about paperwork […]

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