Category Archives: Automotive

Meramec Secure Launches

Specialty Insurance Agency & Brokerage Solutions, Administration Solutions, and Support for Insurance Companies, OEMs, and Sellers of Products and Services.

Meramec Secure is a fully licensed and insured national Property and Casualty Agency with relationships with multiple insurance carriers ranging from small, nimble carriers to industry-leading multi-billion dollar carriers.

Custom Product Development, Enhancement Programs, Cross Sell, Blanketed and Embedded Solutions, and Benefits Solutions, including the following examples:

Auto and Homeowner Insurance
Auto and Home Deductible Reimbursement
Cyber and ID Theft
Emergency Lodging
Homeowner Glass Breakage
LED Lighting Warranty Insurance
Lockout Service
Product Warranty Insurance
Service Contract Reimbursement Insurance
Blanket Shipping Insurance
Solar Warranty Insurance
Solar General Liability Insurance
Purchase Protection
Double the Warranty

Visit Meramec Secure for more information.

Product and program availability varies by state.

Vehicle Service and Warranty Lifecycle Summit

Reshaping Your Warranty and Aftercare End-To-End Experiences

October 24 – 25, 2023 | Dearborn, MI

MAPconnected’s Summit unites the Warranty & Aftercare Value Chain and is designed as an annual platform to exchange ideas to optimize costs, enhance customer satisfaction and ensure continuous improvement.

This year’s Summit creates an opportunity to examine key case studies around integrating, analyzing and actioning data by harnessing best-in-class organizational processes and the latest technology innovations. Network with over 200 of your peers, engage with leading tech expo innovators come away with invaluable learnings and easily implementable strategies that will streamline and strengthen your warranty lifecycle roadmap.

Download the latest Brochure for full details:

https://www.mapconnected.com/download-vehicle-service-warranty-lifecycle-summit-brochure-warranty-news/

Portfolio Names Lux CEO as Griggs Transitions to Board Chairman

Jeremy Lux has been named chief executive officer of Portfolio, succeeding Brent Griggs, who has been named chairman of the company’s board of directors.

LAKE FOREST, Calif. — Aug. 16, 2023 — Portfolio announced the appointment of Brent E. Griggs from president and CEO to chairman of the company’s board of directors. Succeeding Griggs as CEO is Jeremy Lux, a 30-year industry veteran who most recently served as president of AndersonAutos.

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ECP, Inc. Wins Diamond for Appearance Protection Products and Gold for F&I Ancillary Products in the 2023 Dealers’ Choice Awards

ECP, Inc. (Entire Car Protection), the proprietor and manufacturer of Auto Armor®, The Protector®, Platinum Protection Systems® and Carbon Steel® brands of appearance protection products, including the state-of-the-art, patented Diamond Ceramic Exterior Protection®, and All-In-One® Interior Protection products, is pleased to announce they have received the Diamond award for Appearance Protection Products, and the Gold award for F&I Ancillary Products in the 19th annual Auto Dealer Today 2023 Dealers’ Choice Awards.

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Portfolio Wins 3rd Straight DCA Diamond

Dealers ranked Portfolio as the nation’s No. 1 reinsurance provider in the 2023 Dealers’ Choice Awards, the company’s third straight Diamond award and 10th category win.


LAKE FOREST, Calif. — Aug. 2, 2023 — For the third straight year and 10th time overall, Portfolio won the first-place Diamond award for Reinsurance & Participation in the annual Dealers’ Choice Awards.

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PCMI Webinar – Building vs. Buying Admin Software: Alpha Warranty Discusses Their Decision

Join us as Alpha Warranty and PCMI executives break down the differences between building vs buying an admin system and what led Alpha Warranty to decide to buy.

Webinar covers:

  • Why switching systems was crucial to their growth
  • Obstacles they identified with building
  • Factors that played a part in their decision
  • How buying has helped achieve their goals
  • Converting their legacy data – PCMI’s conversion toolkit

The 14th Annual Extended Warranty & Service Contract Innovations National Forum

Chicago, Illinois – October 17-18, 2023

Announcing the all-new agenda covering all the topics you have asked for! This year The 14th Annual Extended Warranty & Service Contract Innovations National Forum is moving to Chicago on October 17-18, 2023, at the Palmer House Hilton. This highly acclaimed, cross-industry event covers innovations in customer service, new product development, data & technology, operations, marketing & sales, legal & regulatory, finance & insurance.

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U.S. Treasury Department Issues Proposed Regulations To Finally Eviscerate Microcaptive Tax Shelters

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has finally regulations to deal with so-called microcaptive transactions.

Microcaptives are, for the most part, insurance companies that attempt to qualify for treatment under section 831(b) of the Internal Revenue Code by way of a shared risk-pool arrangement which only superficially provides risk sharing and risk distribution for tax purposes, and whose real purpose is to provide inflated deductions for the businesses that the microcaptives are insuring.

Read the Full Article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jayadkisson/2023/04/11/us-treasury-department-issues-proposed-regulations-to-finally-eviscerate-microcaptive-tax-shelters/