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News18
6 days ago
- Business
- News18
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals says Q1 profit falls 30 pc
Last Updated: New Delhi, Aug 6 (PTI) Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals on Wednesday posted around 30 per cent fall in consolidated net profit to Rs 83 crore in June quarter of FY26, impacted by a decline in revenues from core business segments and 'shutdown". Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd (GNFC), which is also into information and technology, had logged a net profit of Rs 118 crore in April-June 2024-25, the company said in an exchange filing. The net profit was also down sequentially compared to the earning of Rs 211 crore in January-March period of 2024-25 financial year. In the reporting quarter, the company's consolidated total income declined to Rs 1,751 crore from Rs 2,120 crore in the June quarter of 2024-25. Revenues from fertilizers came down to Rs 577 crore from Rs 701 crore, and that of chemicals to Rs 1,005 crore from Rs 1,304 crore in the year-ago period. Expenses were at Rs 1,646 crore as against Rs 1,963 crore a year ago. Meanwhile, the board of the company approved the re-appointment of Bhadresh Mehta as an Independent Non-Executive Director for the second term of three consecutive years, from September 27, 2025 to September 26, 2028, subject to the approval of shareholders of the company at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. In a separate statement, the company's Managing Director T Natarajan said, 'Lower volume availability has affected the revenue, both, for fertilizer and chemical. In case of chemical segment, tough market conditions prevailed for products like Aniline & TDI (Toluene Diisocyanate ) which affected the realisations." On Q-o-Q & Y-o-Y basis, shutdown impact weighed on operating results, he said. In case of urea, higher energy as compared to allowable energy widened losses whereas some of the chemicals faced margin erosion due to lower realisations. PTI ABI HVA (This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed - PTI) view comments First Published: Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
News.com.au
25-07-2025
- Automotive
- News.com.au
Audi Q8 50 TDI review finds a big luxury family SUV that drives like a small car
Remember diesel power? Looking at the current crop of electrics and hybrids, it feels like the combustion engine has been lost in a sea of new automotive technology. Yet for many people, the new breed just don't cut the mustard. Which is why Audi offers oil-burners like the Q8 50 TDI. There is still a dose of modern engineering, with a mild hybrid set-up that helps reduce fuel consumption when coasting on the highway and in stop-start traffic. From a tank it can travel more than 1000km. The petrol and diesel options are the cheapest Q8s you can buy, with a retail price of $143,415, while a plug-in hybrid version costs an extra $10k. The electric derivatives start at $154,000 and top out at $180,000 for the SQ8. On the road, our test Q8 diesel would have been about $158,000 without any options, whereas a petrol-powered Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 Coupe starts from about $175,635, and the diesel BMW X6 xDrive30d begins from $157,000. What do you get? The Q8 differentiates itself as the sportiest derivative of the Audi large SUVs. Those who want a traditional SUV bum and an option for seven seats can steer toward the Q7. These refreshed Q8s released this year can be spotted by new front and rear end styling, while at the back there is a different light strip. Just because the oil-burner is the base model, it's far from bereft of luxuries. Among the features list is a 17-speaker Bang and Olufsen stereo, satnav, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, electric tailgate with foot sensor for hands-free opening, three-spoke sports steering wheel, air suspension and a panoramic sunroof. Our Q8 was bolstered by two packages. The Premium plus package '2' included 22-inch alloys, black exterior finishes, sport adaptive air suspension, all-wheel steering and power-assisted door closing for an additional $6900. Then there was the $3900 luxury seat pack that featured sport seats with integrated headrests, trimmed in Valcona leather featuring S logos and diamond stitching, ventilation and heating for the front chairs along with heated outer rear seats. Throw in black roof rails for $900, metallic paint at $2400 and special $400 interior inlays and the price rose to $157,915 before on-roads were added. Buyers can secure a prepaid servicing pack that covers five maintenance visits to the dealer for $3570. A $4710 Audi Advantage option extends that to a further two years for roadside assist and servicing for up to 120,000km. How was the drive? Distinctive diesel clatter can be heard from start-up, but Audi's mild hybrid system does a solid job of adding refinement with electric assistance at low speeds. The Q8 cossets its occupants, with the air suspension buffering the cabin from bumps and lumps, yet also manages to hunker down when required to reduce body roll in the bends. It has impressive family lineage. It's the same platform that sits beneath Volkswagen family brethren including the Porsche Cayenne, Lamborghini Urus and Bentley Bentayga. Feeling strong and responsive under your right foot, the V6 turbo diesel can haul from standstill to 100km/h in 6.1 seconds. When the going gets twisty the Q8 is surprisingly adept and doesn't feel like it's pushing 2235kg or measuring just over 5m in length. Its size is noticeable in carparks where it requires regular use of the cameras and mirrors, as city spaces quickly feel claustrophobic. The mild hybrid system requires no driver input, recharging when braking and decelerating. During coasting phases the engine will shut down and it also provides some extra shunt when taking off. Despite a couple of highway journeys, we couldn't get close to Audi's official fuel consumption figure of just over seven litres for every 100km. We only managed 8.6. Would you buy one? Kel: From the Q7 and Q8 pairing, this would be my choice. The design is more my style, and I have no need for seven seats. Compared with some of the latest prestige offerings, some of the graphics looked old, and I didn't like the haptic feedback-style buttons on the central screens. I found it easy to drive, but I do like the smaller Audis for ease of carparking, which means they would be my first choice purely on current lifestyle needs. Grant: Defying its size, the Q8 is surprisingly adept and strong with the V6 turbo-diesel under its skin. Adding the various options quickly pushes the bottom line skyward, but they did make for a lavish interior in our test car. The latest update has finetuned a very good product, which I could live with if I had deeper pockets.
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
New Audi Q5 TDI – 1,000+ km on a tank
Charging premium prices for great products people didn't know they wanted is a good way to become a successful business. The Volkswagen Group seems to understand this, or at least it has learned to, all over again. And even though litigation from the TDI emissions scandal continues, diesel engines are very much still a revenue stream for the European number one. Ditzy digits ditched Audi just let me loose in the new shape Q5, a 4,717 mm long recent arrival, trying it in high-priced '2.0 TDI quattro 204 PS Launch Edition S tronic' form. If you're not fluent in the brand's transmission branding, this one is a DSG and, like all variants, it has seven ratios. That gearbox is not the only thing which has been improved. Having just seen the official naming for the newly-revealed 'Q3 SUV', Audi is also getting better at name logic. The two digit suffix system to denote relative power is missing from the official advance media information, a most welcome metric output instead being listed for each variant: e.g. Q3 SUV TFSI quattro 195 (kilowatts). Plus the official appearance of the S, U and V means there will be a fresh Q3 Sportback to come. SUV and Sportback, three engines at launch Big brother Q5 is also available as a Sportback but it's the SUV which I tested. One of the most impressive things - and there are many - is the range. This is one of those rare cars which just goes on and on and on, the remaining fuel read-out indicating as many as 700 miles might be possible from replete to dry. The launch line-up consists of three 48-volt mild hybrids and each is available in the UK. The LFP battery has a capacity of 1.7 kWh while the Powertrain Generator (PTG) can add up to 18 kW/24 PS plus 230 Nm during short bursts of extra oomph. It really is something of a mash-up of a normal MHEV and an HEV, with the motor integrated into the DSG, supplementing not only the engine but the starter-generator. The base petrol engine is a 150 kW (204 PS) and 340 Nm four-cylinder turbo. This, the 2.0 TFSI, is front-wheel drive with quattro an option. Then comes the 2.0 TDI powered by the EA288 evo series engine, code for the Group's latest four-cylinder diesel. Power is identical to that of the 2.0 TFSI but there is an extra 60 Newton metres of torque. As such, four-wheel drive is standard. A V6 and two future PHEVs Powertrain number three is for the SQ5. A petrol V6, this, the 3.0 TFSI, produces 270 kW and 550 Nm. And now we have learned certain details of the fourth alternative, the PHEV. In fact there will be two versions of the e-hybrid, these being 220 kW and 270 kW. Each has a 20.7/25.9 (net/gross) battery. Depending on the country, the plug-in hybrids will arrive in the third or fourth quarter. As was the case with the previous Q5 SUV and Q5 Sportback, cars for Europe and the Americas are built in Mexico. There was quite a large investment placed into Audi's factory ahead of the model changeover, the architecture also being new. Debuting with the A5, PPC, or Premium Platform Combustion, is an adaptation of MLB Evo. Not an EV yet feels and sounds like one Despite not being an EV, the Q5 behaves just like one a lot of the time, defaulting to running on the energy stored in its battery. At least at low speeds, while those rare, earlier diesel-hybrids such as Mercedes sedans, estates and SUVs, were far more audible. Yes, there is some noise upon automatic activation but it's faint. And in any case, what you hear is quite pleasant. Audi has placed the hybrid battery and associated gear below the boot's artificial floor. It's a pity there's no room for even a space saver spare tyre but as I mentioned in the recent BMW iX review, this issue has finally been resolved. Let us hope that Audi is the next company to specify either Active Tools GmbH's active Seal or a rival product. Having seen it demonstrated, all cars should have it. To expand upon the issue of the TDI's extraordinary range, some of that is down to a 65-litre fuel tank, though economy is excellent too. Yet we're talking of an ordinary-sounding 44.1 mpg Combined average. Depending on how you drive though, that can be greatly improved. To the 58 mpg of my own average for example. C02 varies between 158 and 167 g/km. A fetish for reinvention If you've seen the new A6 or A5, the Q5's interior won't contain too many surprises. There's a wrap-around digital dashboard in the style of so very many new cars, and no physical HVAC controls. Nonetheless, most functions are fairly easy to locate in a hurry. Yes I did say most. As is well known, many of Volkswagen AG's divisions have an ongoing fetish for the reinvention of things which formerly worked beautifully. Often the new thing is a cheap-feeling, inferior alternative. So it is that the Q5 SUV's front and rear light controls are on the driver's door. Where? Quite. And they are as irritating as the mirror adjuster buttons: those too have been redesigned. Formerly perfect, now awful. Thank goodness the window switches are tactile and with a matte finish rather than glossy, slippery, vague-when-pressed black. At least the steering wheel buttons work fairly well, as does the little switch for R, N and D. P is separate but is applied automatically when the ignition is extinguished. Oh, and screen clarity is excellent: maps look amazing. Almost 1,500 l of boot volume Boot volume in the diesel MHEV is 520 litres, expanding to 1,483, and the rear bench can be slid for those with long legs. Strangely, there is a very high mound in the car's floor but this doesn't intrude on space for feet. Anyone sitting in the middle will need to ask passengers either side of them to shuffle their shoes a little to make room. All that torque plus four-wheel drive makes for superb traction and effortless performance. And with the longitudinally mounted engine positioned closer to the firewall than I had been expecting, weight distribution is also good. Suspension is steel with a pneumatic alternative optional for the as-tested Edition 1 as well as for the S Line model grade. One big backward step About the only real backward step - and it's big one, alas - is the functionality of the dashboard, steering wheel and door-top controls. More tactility please Audi, and less of the plastics which reflect dust and fingerprints. If you want to see how it should be done, take a close look at - the irony - almost any older Audi. Just sit in an R8, a TT or the previous Q5 to see the proof. Or any current Škoda. More on this last point in my next review (the Superb estate) and the reasons why the Czech make surged to become the European region's number two in May. Ever more people seem to be discovering the tactility of touch-points in older and/or non-electric Škodas. Conclusion Back with the new Q5 SUV, it is an easy car to like, even with the changes which have seen all the lovely clicks and satisfying presses banished to the bin. Lane centring and speed warnings are also a nuisance to turn off. Sorry to say it again but a certain other VW Group division does it way better via physical switches. Still, the Audi pulls back many points for the way it looks and the way it drives with that 2.0-litre diesel reason alone to buy it."New Audi Q5 TDI – 1,000+ km on a tank" was originally created and published by Just Auto, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. 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Indianapolis Star
23-06-2025
- Automotive
- Indianapolis Star
Auto Claim Specialists Wins Fight for Mandatory Right to Appraisal in Texas
Throwing Stones to Take Down a Giant FORT WORTH, TX / ACCESS Newswire They said it couldn't be done. They said it was impossible. No one believed the battle to require the Right to Appraisal be included in all Texas auto policies could be won – no one except Robert McDorman, founder of Auto Claim Specialists, whose devotion to ensuring the safety of roadways in the Lone Star State inspired him to take up a slingshot in this iteration of the classic 'David versus Goliath' showdown. For nearly a decade, McDorman tirelessly led the charge to persuade lawmakers of the importance of mandatory appraisal rights, and his hard work has finally paid off – Senate Bill 458 has been adopted into the Texas Insurance Code and made law! The war against the Appraisal Clause began in 2015 when State Farm removed this vital consumer protection from their Texas policies. McDorman took up the mantle and began sounding the alarm through meetings with the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) to alert them to the potential dangers that such an action presented to drivers and their roadways. Bills proposing mandatory appraisal rights were presented in the 2021 and 2023 sessions, but both times, the session ended before a conclusive vote; however, the third time was the charm! Senate 458, the 2025 iteration of this legislative initiative, was fast-tracked through the process, obtaining unanimous approval from both the Senate and the House during every review. That's a far cry from eight years ago when 'legislators didn't believe there was a need for mandatory appraisal rights,' McDorman recalls. 'They hadn't heard anything about it and couldn't be convinced that it was a problem that needed their attention.' Legislators' disinterest did not dissuade him from his mission. McDorman continued to beat the drum for mandatory appraisal, meeting with TDI five times and appearing before various legislative committees a total of eight times to educate them on the impact of the Appraisal Clause. 'Every time someone told me 'no,' I pushed forward. I refused to believe it was a waste of time.' His dogged determination ultimately attracted attention, leading TDI to acknowledge the need for legislators to 'establish policy form appraisal guidance' in its 2022 Biennial Report, and in its Report to the 88th Texas Legislature, the Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) expressed increasing concern with 'restrictions on appraisal in policy forms filed by top insurers [which] can adversely impact consumers, who buy insurance to make sure damage to their property will be repaired or replaced. Without appraisal, they may be forced to choose between accepting the insurer's offer and paying out-of-pocket for any disputed amount or taking on the costly and time-consuming burden of going to court.' OPIC reiterated those concerns in its Report to the 89th Texas Legislature, listing appraisal as its first recommendation, restating its previous position and adding, 'Restrictions on appraisal can remove an important consumer protection that saves the parties and the judicial system time and resources. Appraisal is usually the consumer's only economically realistic option for challenging the amount an insurer offers to repair or replace property. Filing a lawsuit is expensive – often more expensive than the amount of an auto repair claim. Eliminating appraisal leaves the consumer stuck in the middle of a dispute between the insurer and providers over the amount of loss, resembling the balance billing trap that health insurance consumers found themselves in before the Legislature addressed that issue.' They recommended that legislators 'amend the Texas Insurance Code to require personal auto and residential property insurers in Texas to preserve the insurance consumer's right to invoke appraisal in disputes regarding the cost to repair or replace covered property.' While McDorman stood at the forefront of the battlefield on this important issue, he had an entire army marching with him, throwing one stone at a time to combat this egregious violation of consumer rights. The Auto Body Association of Texas (ABAT) stood shoulder to shoulder with McDorman, providing pecuniary support and volunteering time and energy to promote all three iterations of the proposed mandatory appraisal legislation. In addition to significant personal financial contributions, ABAT President Burl Richards joined McDorman in several meetings with TDI and appearances before legislative committees to express the significance of this undertaking. Consumer advocacy watchdog Texas Watch also offered valuable support throughout the process through its efforts to generate public awareness, help educate legislators and the compilation of Impact of Auto Appraisal (available at a report that demonstrated the monetary affect that Right to Appraisal typically has on claim settlements. McDorman humbly credits the passage of Senate Bill 458 to Joe Collins, whose experience with the appraisal process yielded a large settlement from State Farm (see Recognizing how detrimental a similar under-indemnification situation might be for others, especially those who do not have the protections provided through the Appraisal Clause, Collins donated his entire settlement to the fight for mandatory appraisal rights. 'If that money goes toward making sure all Texas policies include the Right to Appraisal, then I'm helping everybody.' (Full story available at Collins entrusted the funds to Auto Claim Specialists and McDorman who used them to establish the Mandatory Appraisal Rights Advocacy Trust. Collins' story inspired many others from across the country to contribute to a GoFundMe fundraiser, creating a national movement. 'Joe's generosity and dedication to 'doing the right thing' resonated with people, and they wanted to support our efforts,' McDorman offers praise and gratitude to everyone who contributed to the fight. 'Many people helped us get to where we are, but Joe's donation was instrumental to building that momentum. I'm gratified by the passage of the bill which demonstrates that I was a worthy steward of his trust.' Countless others aided in achieving this victory for mandatory appraisal rights as well. Other public adjusters, multiple law firms and lobbyists stepped up, donating time, money and energy to support the cause. McDorman's own contributions are unquantifiable. Beyond the financial commitment he made personally and on behalf of Auto Claim Specialists, he spent thousands of hours away from the business, devoted to compiling data to present to legislators to help them understand why their constituents deserve the Right to Appraisal. 'The devil is in the detail,' he explains. 'Every time I shared information, I had the evidence to support it. The insurance industry tends to be a little less transparent with their reporting, which provides the opportunity for dishonesty and undervaluation; I put a microscope on that practice and demonstrated how often policyholders get cheated. Now, all of our legislators understand how this provision protects their constituents, and I commend them for doing what's right for all Texans, to help ensure safe roadways. The fact that the vote was unanimous from the House and the Senate – across both sides of the aisle – proves what a great job we did educating them on how the Appraisal Clause is a vital mechanism to ensure vehicle owners are reimbursed for all the operations required to safely repair their cars.' He equates the legislative victory with the concept of slaying a giant. 'We went up against really big odds; the insurance industry has deep pockets which enables them to walk all over people most of the time. Often, that happens because we are afraid to fight them; we're afraid to lose. But when you're doing the right thing for the right reason, it's worthwhile to keep going, to continue the fight to make a difference. That's what we did, and our efforts paid off – this was the people's fight…and the people fought and WON!' Senate Bill 458, which seeks to ensure that all Texas insurance policies 'must contain an appraisal provision' and specifies that this appraisal provision 'is intended to provide a type of dispute resolution process solely to determine the amount of loss when that amount is in dispute between the policyholder and the insurer,' will go into effect on September 1, 2025. (Read the bill in its entirety at McDorman is ecstatic that all Texas policyholders will soon have access to the vital protection of Right to Appraisal, and he 'looks forward to the next step, working with TDI to establish guidelines and appropriate time triggers.' ### Auto Claim Specialists is a national public insurance adjuster agency dedicated to ensuring consumers receive a fair settlement on their auto claims. Founded in 2017 by consumer advocate Robert McDorman, Auto Claim Specialists seeks to hold insurers accountable for fully indemnifying their policyholders for damages suffered by establishing the true value of losses. More information can be found online at or by calling 817-756-5482. For further information, please contact: claims@ Contact Information Thomas Greco thomas@ 9736676922 SOURCE: Auto Claim Specialists View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire
Miami Herald
23-06-2025
- Automotive
- Miami Herald
Auto Claim Specialists Wins Fight for Mandatory Right to Appraisal in Texas
Throwing Stones to Take Down a Giant FORT WORTH, TX / ACCESS Newswire / June 23, 2025 / They said it couldn't be done. They said it was impossible. No one believed the battle to require the Right to Appraisal be included in all Texas auto policies could be won - no one except Robert McDorman, founder of Auto Claim Specialists, whose devotion to ensuring the safety of roadways in the Lone Star State inspired him to take up a slingshot in this iteration of the classic "David versus Goliath" showdown. For nearly a decade, McDorman tirelessly led the charge to persuade lawmakers of the importance of mandatory appraisal rights, and his hard work has finally paid off - Senate Bill 458 has been adopted into the Texas Insurance Code and made law! The war against the Appraisal Clause began in 2015 when State Farm removed this vital consumer protection from their Texas policies. McDorman took up the mantle and began sounding the alarm through meetings with the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) to alert them to the potential dangers that such an action presented to drivers and their roadways. Bills proposing mandatory appraisal rights were presented in the 2021 and 2023 sessions, but both times, the session ended before a conclusive vote; however, the third time was the charm! Senate 458, the 2025 iteration of this legislative initiative, was fast-tracked through the process, obtaining unanimous approval from both the Senate and the House during every review. That's a far cry from eight years ago when "legislators didn't believe there was a need for mandatory appraisal rights," McDorman recalls. "They hadn't heard anything about it and couldn't be convinced that it was a problem that needed their attention." Legislators' disinterest did not dissuade him from his mission. McDorman continued to beat the drum for mandatory appraisal, meeting with TDI five times and appearing before various legislative committees a total of eight times to educate them on the impact of the Appraisal Clause. "Every time someone told me 'no,' I pushed forward. I refused to believe it was a waste of time." His dogged determination ultimately attracted attention, leading TDI to acknowledge the need for legislators to "establish policy form appraisal guidance" in its 2022 Biennial Report, and in its Report to the 88th Texas Legislature, the Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) expressed increasing concern with "restrictions on appraisal in policy forms filed by top insurers [which] can adversely impact consumers, who buy insurance to make sure damage to their property will be repaired or replaced. Without appraisal, they may be forced to choose between accepting the insurer's offer and paying out-of-pocket for any disputed amount or taking on the costly and time-consuming burden of going to court." OPIC reiterated those concerns in its Report to the 89th Texas Legislature, listing appraisal as its first recommendation, restating its previous position and adding, "Restrictions on appraisal can remove an important consumer protection that saves the parties and the judicial system time and resources. Appraisal is usually the consumer's only economically realistic option for challenging the amount an insurer offers to repair or replace property. Filing a lawsuit is expensive - often more expensive than the amount of an auto repair claim. Eliminating appraisal leaves the consumer stuck in the middle of a dispute between the insurer and providers over the amount of loss, resembling the balance billing trap that health insurance consumers found themselves in before the Legislature addressed that issue." They recommended that legislators "amend the Texas Insurance Code to require personal auto and residential property insurers in Texas to preserve the insurance consumer's right to invoke appraisal in disputes regarding the cost to repair or replace covered property." While McDorman stood at the forefront of the battlefield on this important issue, he had an entire army marching with him, throwing one stone at a time to combat this egregious violation of consumer rights. The Auto Body Association of Texas (ABAT) stood shoulder to shoulder with McDorman, providing pecuniary support and volunteering time and energy to promote all three iterations of the proposed mandatory appraisal legislation. In addition to significant personal financial contributions, ABAT President Burl Richards joined McDorman in several meetings with TDI and appearances before legislative committees to express the significance of this undertaking. Consumer advocacy watchdog Texas Watch also offered valuable support throughout the process through its efforts to generate public awareness, help educate legislators and the compilation of Impact of Auto Appraisal (available at a report that demonstrated the monetary affect that Right to Appraisal typically has on claim settlements. McDorman humbly credits the passage of Senate Bill 458 to Joe Collins, whose experience with the appraisal process yielded a large settlement from State Farm (see Recognizing how detrimental a similar under-indemnification situation might be for others, especially those who do not have the protections provided through the Appraisal Clause, Collins donated his entire settlement to the fight for mandatory appraisal rights. "If that money goes toward making sure all Texas policies include the Right to Appraisal, then I'm helping everybody." (Full story available at Collins entrusted the funds to Auto Claim Specialists and McDorman who used them to establish the Mandatory Appraisal Rights Advocacy Trust. Collins' story inspired many others from across the country to contribute to a GoFundMe fundraiser, creating a national movement. "Joe's generosity and dedication to 'doing the right thing' resonated with people, and they wanted to support our efforts," McDorman offers praise and gratitude to everyone who contributed to the fight. "Many people helped us get to where we are, but Joe's donation was instrumental to building that momentum. I'm gratified by the passage of the bill which demonstrates that I was a worthy steward of his trust." Countless others aided in achieving this victory for mandatory appraisal rights as well. Other public adjusters, multiple law firms and lobbyists stepped up, donating time, money and energy to support the cause. McDorman's own contributions are unquantifiable. Beyond the financial commitment he made personally and on behalf of Auto Claim Specialists, he spent thousands of hours away from the business, devoted to compiling data to present to legislators to help them understand why their constituents deserve the Right to Appraisal. "The devil is in the detail," he explains. "Every time I shared information, I had the evidence to support it. The insurance industry tends to be a little less transparent with their reporting, which provides the opportunity for dishonesty and undervaluation; I put a microscope on that practice and demonstrated how often policyholders get cheated. Now, all of our legislators understand how this provision protects their constituents, and I commend them for doing what's right for all Texans, to help ensure safe roadways. The fact that the vote was unanimous from the House and the Senate - across both sides of the aisle - proves what a great job we did educating them on how the Appraisal Clause is a vital mechanism to ensure vehicle owners are reimbursed for all the operations required to safely repair their cars." He equates the legislative victory with the concept of slaying a giant. "We went up against really big odds; the insurance industry has deep pockets which enables them to walk all over people most of the time. Often, that happens because we are afraid to fight them; we're afraid to lose. But when you're doing the right thing for the right reason, it's worthwhile to keep going, to continue the fight to make a difference. That's what we did, and our efforts paid off - this was the people's the people fought and WON!" Senate Bill 458, which seeks to ensure that all Texas insurance policies "must contain an appraisal provision" and specifies that this appraisal provision "is intended to provide a type of dispute resolution process solely to determine the amount of loss when that amount is in dispute between the policyholder and the insurer," will go into effect on September 1, 2025. (Read the bill in its entirety at McDorman is ecstatic that all Texas policyholders will soon have access to the vital protection of Right to Appraisal, and he "looks forward to the next step, working with TDI to establish guidelines and appropriate time triggers." ### Auto Claim Specialists is a national public insurance adjuster agency dedicated to ensuring consumers receive a fair settlement on their auto claims. Founded in 2017 by consumer advocate Robert McDorman, Auto Claim Specialists seeks to hold insurers accountable for fully indemnifying their policyholders for damages suffered by establishing the true value of losses. More information can be found online at or by calling 817-756-5482. For further information, please contact: claims@ Contact Information Thomas Greco thomas@ SOURCE: Auto Claim Specialists press release
