Apco Holdings, LLC EasyCare brand, a provider of F&I products, is partnering with the Association of Finance & Insurance Professionals (AFIP) to offer certification courses for RV dealership professionals.
Courses teach professionals how to maintain complex compliance requirements during purchase transactions.
EasyCare’s training team is certified to present the AFIP certification course to F&I managers, sales managers and other dealership staff.
“RV dealers are facing increased regulatory scrutiny, just as we are seeing in automotive, making it all the more critical that dealerships start training personnel,” said Jeremiah Shelton, Apco Holdings, LLC VP of training and development. “AFIP is the only non-profit training organization that offers a comprehensive program designed to keep dealerships protected from large fines and reputational damage.”
EasyCare’s first RV AFIP certification course will be offered Sept. 26-27 in Philadelphia.
Topics covered in the two-day class include the Truth in Lending Act, Credit Practices Rule, Equal Credit Opportunity Act to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Dodd-Frank Act and Do-Not-Contact Rules. Attendees will take a proctored exam at the end of the course to become AFIP certified, a professional designation that they can add after their name to demonstrate their knowledge.
“Compliance has traditionally been viewed as a responsibility of the F&I manager, but the scope of today’s regulations impacts nearly every role in the dealership,” said Erica Cooper, Apco Holdings senior manager of training operations. “As a result, we have been seeing more dealership principals, sales, legal and marketing personnel attend our courses.”
Founded in 1989, AFIP is the nonprofit, non-aligned sanctioning body for in-store sales and financial services personnel in the United States. The organization created the AFIP certification curriculum to focus on federal and state laws that govern in-dealership financial services.
AFIP certification can be used as proof of knowledge of F&I law and ethics to help settle employee disputes and serves as the cornerstone for a dealership compliance management system.
Access more information about AFIP here.
