Aug 12

The Weekly Curve: What DealerTech Consolidation Means for Your Claims Platform

Issue No. 19 | August 11, 2026 For warranty administrators who manage loss ratios, reinsurance, and contract performance. This Week: What Private Equity Is Actually Pricing THE CURVE: 40+ A franchised dealership can run on more than 40 separate software systems that don’t communicate with one another, per Colonnade Advisors’ DealerTech M&A Landscape report (March […]

Aug 12

The Direct Marketing Brief: Your Marketing Stack Has DealerTech’s Fragmentation Problem

Issue No. 19 | August 11, 2026 Intelligence for direct marketers in insurance, home services, warranty, and protection. This Week: What Gets Bought vs. What Gets Replaced THE NUMBER: 40+ A franchised dealership can run on more than 40 separate software systems that typically don’t communicate with one another, per Colonnade Advisors’ DealerTech M&A Landscape […]

Aug 12

The Dealership Brief: What Four DealerTech Acquisitions Mean for Your F&I Vendors

Issue No. 19 | August 11, 2026 Intelligence for F&I agents, administrators, and dealership finance professionals. THE VEHICLE MARKET NUMBER: 40+ A franchised dealership can run on more than 40 separate software systems that typically don’t communicate with one another, per Colonnade Advisors’ DealerTech M&A Landscape report (March 2026). Sales, financing, service, parts, and warranty […]

Aug 5

The Dealership Brief: How Vehicle Mix Shifts Hide in Your CLIP Loss Ratio

Issue No. 18 | August 4, 2026 Intelligence for F&I agents, administrators, and dealership finance professionals. THE VEHICLE MARKET NUMBER: 7.0% BLS data show motor vehicle maintenance and repair CPI up 7.0% year-over-year as of June 2026, its fastest pace of any recent reading. That’s the repair cost environment your CLIP loss ratio and reserve […]

Jul 29

The Weekly Curve: What Blended Persistency Hides From Reserve Work

Issue No. 17 | July 28, 2026 For warranty administrators who manage loss ratios, reinsurance, and contract performance. This Week: What Blended Persistency Hides From Reserve Work THE CURVE: 25% Per Dark Sky Data’s cohort-based retention modeling, at an 8% annual cancellation rate, a book of contracts turns over roughly a quarter of itself every […]

Jul 29

The Dealership Brief: What a Blended Cancel Rate Hides From Your F&I Desk

Issue No. 17 | July 28, 2026 Intelligence for F&I agents, administrators, and dealership finance professionals. THE VEHICLE MARKET NUMBER: 25% Per Dark Sky Data’s cohort-based retention modeling, at an 8% annual cancellation rate, a portfolio of contracts turns over roughly a quarter of itself every three years just to hold flat, before any new […]

Jul 28

The Finance Tools Report: The Metrics Underneath Net Revenue Retention

Issue No. 2 | July 28, 2026 Tools, AI, and workflow intelligence for private equity professionals. THIS MONTH: THE METRICS UNDERNEATH NET REVENUE RETENTION THE DATA POINT: 80-90% An annual Customer Retention Rate between 80% and 90% is often considered a healthy benchmark for a recurring revenue business, a different measure from Net Revenue Retention, […]