Robert Steenbergh of AutoPayPlus says agents are leading the charge to make payment programs a core offering that can boost F&I revenue and reinsurance earnings. +
Former PCMI and Cox Automotive executive Autumn Dennis has been named vice president of sales for TecAssured, where she will lead sales, growth initiatives and enterprise partnerships. +
Agents in attendance at last week’s Agent Summit witnessed the reveal of Nation Safe Drivers’ OnRamp product lineup and NSD360, a new agent- and dealer-facing learning management system. +
Capital Auto Protection Services will form a warranty financing company with the help of billing, digital payments and financing technology provider Input1. +
Citing agent and dealer demand, CornerStone United created Core360 to combine its new and used vehicle service contract programs into one streamlined offering. +
Analysts say strong product sales, back-end profits and F&I income helped U.S. dealers offset an average front-end gross that fell to a nearly four-year low in the fourth quarter. +
Smart AutoCare has hired former OptionSoft Technologies, Warrantech and Interstate National Dealer Services executive Christopher Murphy as the F&I product and services provider’s new president. +
Protective Asset Protection’s annual State of the F&I Industry report raises concerns that affordability issues are making customers question the value of F&I products and hurting sales. +
Select Stellantis dealers now have access to FlexCare Drive, a new suite of F&I products provided by JM&A Group, expanding a program built to replace Mopar Vehicle Protection. +
Promising “real-time, automated validation” for F&I product sales, F&I Sentinel announced its compliance engine has been embedded in Cox Automotive’s digital contracting platforms. +
