What’s New: In Brief (February 11, 2008)

PPG has announced five new and four updated courses listed are recognized and can count towards I-CAR Gold Class Professionals, I-CAR Platinum Individual and AMI Accredited Automotive Manager designations. Courses being offered in 2008 include: MVP Advanced Collision Estimating Skills updated MVP Collision Centre Marketing new MVP Collision Repair Sales & Customer Service updated Managing Customer Loyalty new Organizational Development new MVP Production and Cycle Time updated MVP Leadership & Leading Change new MVP Business in the 21st Century new Administrative Management updated

John Christopher Majore of Ucluelet has pleaded guilty with fraud after confessing to the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) and the police that he had tried to get rid of his vehicle so that he could report it stolen and make a false claim, according to the ICBC. Majore purchased insurance on Sept. 15, 2005 for his 1999 Jeep Cherokee. The very next day, he reported his Jeep stolen. Majore’s vehicle on Oct. 6, 2005 was involved in a crash in Ontario. The driver, Robert Broatch, told people the vehicle “was not stolen, but that the owner of the vehicle, Majore, needed money and had given him the Jeep to get rid of,” the ICBC reported in a release. Broatch was convicted in Ontario Provincial Court of possession of property obtained by crime under s. 354, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and failure to stop at the scene of an accident.Majore was sentenced to 100 hours community service and two years probation. ICBC has also denied his stolen vehicle claim.