AFIP Announces Increase in Certification Course Wholesale Price

The Association of Finance & Insurance Professionals (AFIP) has announced that the wholesale price of its Basic, Senior and Master certification courses will increase to $695, plus shipping and handling, beginning February 2, 2014.

Courses ordered on or before February 1 will be charged at the current rate of $595, plus shipping and handling. The retail price of $915, however, remains the same.

The wholesale price is available to AFIP industry members, who may pass the savings on to their dealer clients. The course includes the CARLAW F&I Legal Desk Book, an online syllabus and training modules with interactive quizzes and access to a specialized state law database developed for AFIP by Hudson Cook, LLP’s CounselorLibrary.

Special sections on contract covenants and ethics are provided by Reynolds and Reynolds and the Institute for Ethical Behavior, respectively. The cost of the course includes proctored testing at one of over 300 PSI centers nationally or at the dealership.

The boards of the Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC), Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF), Specialty Vehicle Institute of America (SVIA), and the Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association (ROHVA) voted unanimously to appoint Scott Schloegel as acting president and CEO of the associations. Diana Sanchez was appointed acting chief operating officer.

Schloegel and Sanchez, whose appointments are effective immediately, will also continue to serve in their current roles as senior vice president of government relations and vice president of operations respectively. The interim leadership was selected to ensure a seamless transition as the associations’ search committee continues to conduct a comprehensive review of the position of president and CEO, and a subsequent search to replace outgoing President and CEO Erik Pritchard.