Mr. Scott E. Owens

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  Anti-steering Legislation Introduced in New York - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/5/2005    Last Visited: 4/5/2005  

  The effort behind the bill was started by Scott Owens, owner of Excel Auto Glass in Lake Katrina, N.Y. and his secretary, Cristy Vroman, after the 1999 NAGS revaluation.
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  Owens started looking at the insurance codes in the state for claims settlement and found inconsistencies in the way they were handled.
  
  The biggest problem, he discovered, was that the law gave an exemption for auto glass and allowed insurance companies to make recommendations.Owens explained that this allowed him to approach the legislation effort from the viewpoint that repair shops which also did glass work were being discriminated against because the glass was treated differently than all the other repairs.
  
  The two then spent a year gathering information and putting together binders with examples of laws and the way they are not protecting consumers.These binders have been sent to the members of the insurance committee in the legislature, and Owens is having other people across the state he knows get in touch with legislators.
  
  "The idea is to raise the awareness across the state and at all levels and have a high profile so that we can move this forward," he explained.Owens said he hopes the legislation will be passed during this session.

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  Anti-steering Legislation Introduced in New York... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/27/2005    Last Visited: 4/27/2005  

  Scott Owens, owner of Excel Auto Glass in Lake Katrina, N.Y., has been the driving force behind the proposed legislative change in the state.He points out that he and others in the industry are trying to get the consumer protection people involved in the drive to pass the legislation.
  
  "The key was to make sure that we had Republican support in the Senate and Democratic support in the Assembly," he explained."That gives us majority control in both sections."
  
  He went on to say that he is building support across the state."The insurance industry won't try to defeat a bill on consumer rights now with the way Eliot Spitzer [the state's attorney general] is watching the insurance industry," he adds.
  
  Owens says that he hopes the bills will get out of committee this year.

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  Automotive Newsbytes - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/1/2006    Last Visited: 10/14/2006  

  Scott Owens, owner of Excel Auto Glass Corp., has led the effort and is calling on all concerned parties to take action to alert their representatives to the legislation and the importance of it being passed.
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  That price tag was estimated at more than $350 million. -- In 2000, the British parent removed the famous names of Libbey, Owens, and Ford.

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  Bright Side to the PPG-GM Agreement - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/26/2007    Last Visited: 1/26/2007  

  If GM dealers do get into auto glass, their insistence on getting paid a good price could bode well for the auto glass industry, according to Scott Owens, owner of Excel Auto Glass in Lake Katrine, NY.
  
  "If they [dealerships] do it [install more windshields for insurance], it will only be better for our industry," Owens said.

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  Chamber of Commerce - Ulster County - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/14/2006    Last Visited: 9/12/2007  

  Scott Owens - Excel Auto Glass

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  Daily Freeman - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/1/2004    Last Visited: 10/23/2004  

  Scott Owens, president of Excell Auto Glass, lists several regular exhibitors among his clients.He said Always Moving and Storage joined that list after a meeting at the showcase.

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  IGA Independents' Days National Convention & Spring... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/24/2005    Last Visited: 4/20/2005  

  Speaker: Scott Owens with Excel AG: Selling Safety to Consumers

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  New York Legislative Effort Heats Up - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/27/2006    Last Visited: 3/27/2006  

  Scott Owens, owner of Excel Auto Glass Corp., has led the effort and is calling on all concerned parties to take action to alert their representatives to the legislation and the importance of it being passed.
  
  Hopefully, said Owens, "We can get the legislation out of committee this year."
  
  "There's a buzz going around in Albany, the state capital," he told glassBYTEsÔ.

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  New York body shop association supporting bills aimed... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/17/2006    Last Visited: 4/17/2006  

  ,Ninety-five percent of the business model is that glass work is done through the networks, arranged by the various insurance companies offering coverage in the state, according to Scott E. Owens, president of Excel Auto Glass Corp. in Lake Katrine.
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  ,When you call your insurance company with a glass claim they give you an 800 number that's really the number of a national glass provider-and they answer with the name of the insurance company, that carries the consumer's policy, Owens continues.
  
  ,If you can get the customer to come to your shop, we have to call the insurance company, and complete the transaction through an approved glass provider. ,They fax you an authorization-to- bill, that can contain limits on the permitted payment amount. ,The authorization-to-bill address is a large glass company,, he adds.
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  ,The bills have good support and sponsorship,, yet Kizenberger and Owens would like to see shop owners press for passage by contacting their statehouse representatives.
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  ,It will not be the golden bullet to fix our problems in New York, but it's a start,, says Owens.If writing a letter, ,You have to have your zip code on it so the legislator knows you're a constituent,, he advises.
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  ,Having someone come out (in a mobile unit) and put in a windshield in your driveway when it's 20 degrees out is not really safe,, says Owens.He goes on to contend that some of the insurers' listed glass vendors ,will send out one of their own trucks after (the vehicle's owner) has already selected an independent shop, to do the work.
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  Meanwhile, Owens has been spending $60,000 a year to buy advertising on 12 radio stations throughout the Hudson River Valley. ,I do a lot of public education marketing,, he says. ,It's benefiting a lot of shops because it's making consumers aware that they have a choice, if they hold firm in their desire to patronize a preferred repairer.
  
  ,I have been attempting to rally support and have traveled from Long Island to Buffalo talking to glass shop owners,, Owens reports, adding that he also lobbies at collision and mechanical facilities. ,Many of the shops are afraid of the networks or the insurance companies blacklisting them.

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  PoughkeepsieJournal.com - New Paltz chamber presents... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/18/2005    Last Visited: 6/18/2005  

  Scott E. Owens, president of Excel Auto Glass in Lake Katrine, said the casinos are a big issue: "Everyone seems to want a piece of the action, but not in their backyard."

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