The ninth annual Vehicle Service Contract Administrators Conference will be held at Paris Las Vegas on September 10-12, 2012. VSCAC will be held alongside the F&I Conference, Subprime Conference and the first-ever CRM Conference; together, these events comprise the annual Industry Summit. This gathering of dealers, agents, trainers, industry experts and special guests is made … Read More »

NADA’s Chief Economist Paul Taylor predicts sales will reach 13.945 million units this year. According to Autodata, January 2012’s seasonally adjusted annualized rate was 14.2 million – up from 12.7 a year earlier. From any angle, the forecast is clear – sales will be up. These projections make 2012 the third consecutive year of rising … Read More »

Bringing the F&I Providers and Administrators Association (FIPAA) into being was a little like mating elephants: things happened at a very high level, there was a lot of grunting and snorting, and it took two years to get results. But on September 27, 2011 FIPAA was born in Las Vegas, weighing in at a healthy … Read More »

As we quickly approach the end of another year, it’s time for those of us in the Vehicle Service Contract (VSC) industry to embrace the idea of getting “out with the old, and in with the new.” While this phrase can mean many different things to many different people, there is a clear way we … Read More »

There are many times that you hear about a business and wonder, “what were they thinking?” Serving as in-house counsel not only requires specialized legal knowledge and technique, but it exposes you to the company’s various departments and the decisions that are made in the ordinary course of business. In my experience, it’s rare that … Read More »

Just a couple more weeks and the Industry’s largest F&I conference will be underway. The Vehicle Service Contract Administrator Conference (VSCAC), one of three conferences composing the Industry Summit being held September 26 through 28, has come a long way from its debut back in 2004. Review of 2010 The 2010 conference covered many workshops … Read More »