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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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Newsby StaffDecember 18, 2019

NADA Predicts 1.2% Decline in 2020 New Car Sales

The National Automobile Dealers Association estimates U.S. new vehicle sales will fall to 16.8 million units as internal and external forces reshape the auto retail industry.

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Newsby StaffDecember 18, 2019

Tiptree Insurance to Acquire Smart AutoCare

Tiptree Inc.’s insurance division is set to more than double its presence in the F&I products segment with the acquisition of Smart AutoCare.

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Newsby Tariq KamalDecember 17, 2019

Democrats Signal Defeat on EV Tax Credit

The federal spending bill being negotiated by House and Senate leaders is not likely to include an extension of the $7,500 tax credit for buyers of electric vehicles.

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Newsby StaffDecember 16, 2019

Davis Joins Auto/Mate as Mid-Atlantic Sales Manager

Brian Davis has joined Auto/Mate Dealership Systems as the company’s Richmond, Va.-based Mid-Atlantic regional sales manager.

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Newsby Tariq KamalDecember 16, 2019

Sense of Urgency Pervades Q3 Dealership Acquisitions

Kerrigan Advisors’ latest Blue Sky Report finds the pace of U.S. dealership buy/sell activity quickened in the third quarter and could accelerate further in Q4.

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Newsby StaffDecember 13, 2019

Used Car Price Gap Grows to $15K in Q3 Report

Edmunds’ latest Used Car Report finds high off-lease volumes have suppressed prices and widened the gap between new and 3-year-old models to an average of $14,951.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2019

Asbury Acquires Park Place in $1B Deal

Asbury Automotive has agreed to acquire the Park Place group of dealerships, adding 17 Texas rooftops and raising Asbury’s highline revenue to approximately 50% of its total.

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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2019

GSFSGroup Names Hurley CFO and VP

Former Allstate Dealer Services executive Michael Hurley has been named CFO and vice president of finance and planning for GSFSGroup.

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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2019

DealerSocket Adds Single Page Appraisal to Inventory+

DealerSocket announced the launch of Single Page Appraisal, a new feature available to users of the company’s Inventory+ platform.

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Newsby Tariq KamalDecember 11, 2019

Trump, Democrats Agree to Revised USMCA

President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and factory and labor officials all cheered the imminent passage of a revised version of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade bill.

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