State Farm ends ban on aftermarket parts, Repair Driven News says

State Farm said in a memo to its Select Service repair centers states that beginning October 16, it will end its suspension on the use of aftermarket parts, Lurah Lowery of Repair Driven News reports. “State Farm will sunset the current suspension of all non-OEM crash parts, when available and appropriate, for both policyholder and claimant estimates,” the insurer wrote in the memo, which was provided to to Repairer Driven News. Shares of LKQ Corp. are up 1% to $51.03 following the report.