November 8, 2022
Brown & Brown Dealer Services has acquired Finance Builders, a Canton, Connecticut firm providing finance and insurance (F&I) products and sales support to auto dealers in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Finance Builders operations, owned by Donald Ellis, will become part …
September 22, 2022
Management at a Massachusetts car dealership accused in a lawsuit filed by the state of illegally charging Black and Hispanic customers more for remote starters, paint protection and other add-on products than it does for white customers is denying the …
September 21, 2022
A Massachusetts car dealership illegally charged Black and Hispanic customers hundreds of dollars more for remote starters, paint protection and other add-on products than it did for white customers, the state attorney general’s office said in a lawsuit announced Monday. …
February 13, 2020
Madison, Wis.-based Understory, which offers parametric insurance for severe weather risks, has launched its supplemental hail insurance product for automotive dealers in five new states: Arizona; New Mexico; Ohio; Pennsylvania and Wyoming. Auto – Hail Safe from Understory allows automotive …
October 10, 2018
The auto industry is a long way from seeing autonomous vehicles and ride-hailing companies put an end to traffic deaths and personal car ownership, according to one of the top U.S. auto dealers. “We have reached peak absurdity on this …
June 9, 2017
Risk Theory, LLC, underwriter of a dealer open lot program for independent agents, has expanded its offerings to include garage package coverage for franchised auto, heavy truck, and motorcycle dealers. The Garage Program, led by industry veteran Bob Tschippert, is …
April 4, 2016
Underwriting manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Company has launched a new Dealer Open Lot Insurance program. The program is available to automotive dealership clients and provides coverage for owned auto inventory held for sale. The program, offered on non-admitted paper, …
September 29, 2015
Program Administrator United Dealer Services, LLC has launched an admitted and fully comprehensive Franchised Auto Dealership Insurance Program available on a wholesale basis to all qualified agents in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan. In addition to standard package …
June 8, 2015
K&K Insurance Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Aon plc, has launched an expansion of its franchised powersport dealership program adding recreational vehicle (RV) dealers. RV dealers will now have access to the program joining the motorcycle, personal watercraft, snowmobile and …
October 17, 2014
V3 Insurance Partners LLC of Newtown, Pa. has launched the V3 Dealer V₃antage program for non-franchised auto, truck and RV dealers. The program features garage liability, garage keeper’s liability, dealer’s open lot insurance, property, inland marine and crime cover. The …