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Cover image for a BOK Financial report titled “Timing the market: How avoiding volatility entirely can hurt long-term reinsurance program performance.” The image shows several road construction barricades with flashing amber warning lights lined up in a nighttime work zone. Beneath the image, red text explains that avoiding volatility can mean falling behind inflation and missing market rebounds that drive long-term surplus growth. The BOK Financial logo appears at the bottom right.
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Timing the Market Can Hurt Long-Term Program Performance

For dealer-owned reinsurance entities, avoiding volatility entirely can mean falling behind inflation and missing market rebounds that drive long term surplus growth. Missing just a handful of strong market days can materially impact cumulative returns—an important reminder for long horizon trust and investment strategies.

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ArticlesMarch 18, 2021

Utilizing Vehicle History to Minimize Portfolio Risk

Incorporating vehicle history reports into the lending decisions can help uncover hidden issues with the vehicle and adjust loan terms accordingly. 

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ArticlesMarch 16, 2021

Car Buyers Are Back, Just Not in the Dealership

In order to succeed in this new normal, dealerships will need to evolve and leverage the modern technologies available to them in order to meet consumers where they are – in their homes. 

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Newsby StaffMarch 11, 2021

IIHS Study: Adaptive Cruise Control Spurs Drivers to Speed

Drivers are using adaptive cruise control as a tool for speeding, possibly undermining the feature’s potential safety benefits, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found.

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NewsMarch 10, 2021

NADA Chairman Paul Walser: 2021 Brings New Opportunities for Auto Dealers Nationwide

Paul Walser, NADA's 2021 Chariman, recently released a message to the association's members.

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ArticlesMarch 9, 2021

The Why Behind the Showroom Greeting

No matter what product you sell or whether it is in person or over the phone, the first impression will have a great effect on your ability to help the customer make good decisions.

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Newsby StaffMarch 8, 2021

The Kerrigan Index Continues to Hit All-Time Highs in 2021

The Kerrigan Index surpassed 1000 for the first time in its history on Friday, March 5th, continuing a streak of all-time highs throughout late 2020 and the first quarter of 2021.

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Newsby StaffMarch 8, 2021

New Car Workflow from Rapid Recon Provides Transparency into New-Car Operations

Rapid Recon works with the dealer’s new-car team to create a customized, stand-alone New-Car Workflow that mirrors their existing process.

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ArticlesMarch 4, 2021

The Importance of Understanding What Motivates Different Generations

Dealers today understand that the value of personalization can exponentially drive the opportunity of maximizing profit potential — the same is true when selling F&I products to consumers.

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Newsby StaffMarch 3, 2021

Black Book Used Vehicle Retention Index Shows Increase in February

February saw another record broken with the Index reaching 130 points for the first time.

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Newsby StaffMarch 3, 2021

Cox Auto Update: Healthy February Sales Pace; A Big Year for NFORs

Look for further data updates as the Cox Automotive Industry Insights team dives into the results and shares insights on average transaction prices, fleet performance, CPO sales, inventory levels and more.

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