Safelite is being sued by the state of California and faces a September 2025 trial for alleged insurance fraud.

Bud Glassman and Art Lankin started Safelite in a junkyard in Wichita, Kansas in 1947.

[4] In late 2021, Renee Cachillo became the President and CEO as Thomas Feeney moved into a leadership role for Belron North America.

On 5 January 2023, Safelite and two of its business units were sued for insurance fraud in a lawsuit brought by former SAG product development and strategy manager Brian Williams, on behalf of himself and the people of California.

[5] A motion to strike this whistleblower complaint was denied in 2024,[6] and the trial date has been set for September 2025.