Readers of Auto Dealer Today and F&I and Showroom give Assurant high marks
ATLANTA, August 3, 2023 – Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), a global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect, and connect major consumer purchases like automobiles, today announced that the company has won two 2023 Dealers’ Choice Awards. These latest accolades celebrate the comprehensive training and development programs offered through the Automotive Training Academy, by Assurant, and increase the total number of awards earned by Assurant companies to 41 Dealers’ Choice Awards since first participating in 2014.
Auto Dealer Today and F&I and Showroom readers were asked to manually enter their provider’s company name in an online vote, and score their provider on quality, value, customer service, and whether they would recommend them to another dealer.
“These awards not only reflect our best-in-class training programs; they’re also a testament to the tireless work of our training teams as they help our dealer partners achieve their goals,” said Jeff Strickland, Senior Vice President, Assurant Dealer Services & Strategic Accounts. “The team at the Automotive Training Academy, by Assurant, is always looking for innovative ways to support the dealers we work with; this year, they demonstrated that commitment by launching our new EV Sales Professional’s Blueprint, a dedicated electric vehicle (EV) sales training program.”
Assurant won awards in fifty percent of this year’s newly streamlined categories, including:
- Sales Training
- Special Finance Training
These latest awards join other 2023 accolades, including recognition of Assurant as one of Fortune’s America’s Most Innovative Companies, one of Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, being named to the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index and Great Place to Work certification across 13 countries.
The Automotive Training Academy, by Assurant is a comprehensive training program that includes F&I, Sales, Service, Leadership, Compliance, Digital Retailing training and more. Dealership employees can participate in award-winning courses in-person at the Automotive Training Academy (ATA) classrooms in Houston or Atlanta; in the dealership; or online via ATA On-Demand.