In a prior life I was an estimator in an enormous luxury body shop in St Louis: 55,000 sq ft, all air conditioned, 8 paint booths, 24 bodymen, 12 painters, 1 guy who just rolled through the shop picking up trash from the end of the stalls. Even within that setting, I knew that some of my guys were more talented/picky/creative with fixing weird issues, and would steer certain cars to the guys who were real craftsmen. Some of this can't be taught...either you have an "eye" for color or you don't, either you have a feel for sanding & blocking, or you don't. We would occasionally get really big repairs, ($50k+) on Porsches or AMG Mercedes models, and there were only 2-3 of the 24 who I would have trusted with repairs of that magnitude, with picky owners.
On a side note, let's say your insurance company only wants to pay $54/hr for body and paint...there's nothing stopping you from paying more if you want really good work. If your insurance company only wants to pay for cheap roof shingles and you want nicer architectural shingles, you can pay the difference to get it done the way you want.