Articles by Special Finance Insider Staff - editor

CNA National is pleased to announce that Tim Schilling has accepted the newly created position of actuarial director, effective October 17.

Southside Financial Group, an active purchaser of auto finance receivables, today announced the launch of a nationwide program to purchase existing near prime and subprime auto loan portfolios from franchised and independent auto dealers.

The Dataium ASI index, a leading predictive indicator of automotive sales, showed the largest month over month gain in the past four months, indicating that 2011 vehicle sales are on track to post around a 10% increase in sales volume over last year.

Equifax' most recent national, monthly report on automotive consumer credit trends continues to indicate positive news for the industry, with January - June 2011 new auto loan originations up 15 percent over the same period in 2010.

AutoUSA Internet Sales Solutions announced today the results of its 2011 auto dealer Internet marketing survey.

MaximTrak Technologies, a leading systems developer for the retail automotive, motorcycle and powersports finance and insurance industry, announced a strategic partnership and integration with F&I Administration Solutions, LLC, the country’s leading provider of software for the administration of automotive F&I products.

Dealer Specialties, a division of Dominion Dealer Solutions, today announced the integration of Kelley Blue Book Values into the appraisal tool of MarketControl Analytics.

Auto/Mate Dealership Systems announced the addition of a Service Pricing Guide module into its dealership management system’s (DMS) Service System.

American automobile dealers can use a newly launched iPhone application to determine which vehicles to buy at auction based on customizable criteria. Bidzpin was launched Wednesday (Sept. 7).

Special Finance Insider is pleased to announce the addition of George Dans as a speaker at the upcoming 2011 Special Finance Conference, part of the Industry Summit 2011 by F&I and Showroom, to be held September 26-28, 2011 at the Las Vegas Hilton.