Insurtech founder John Harvey interviews Insurtech stakeholders in Canada and abroad. With the mission of "Advancing the cause for insurance innovation and evolution in Canada", Harvey explores the founders journey, investor insights, insurer insiders, accelerator advice and more.
How Insurers & Drivers Benefit From CrashBay's Marketplace
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How Insurers & Drivers Benefit From CrashBay's Marketplace
Published 22 Sept 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] There's a bottleneck here. Why is there a bottleneck? And so if we get into unpacking why that is, you have in the US and Canada combined, there's about 35,000 to 40,000 licensed auto body shops that are operating today. And those shops fall under various groups, ownership groups. Some of them are independent mom and pop shops that are second, third generation family businesses, maybe started by the grandparents, passed down in the family. Now the grandkids are taking over and operating. We have dealership owned shops that are owned by like a Ford dealer or a Honda or a Tesla dealer. […]
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