Pub. 7 2017 Issue 1

21 111 8:7.75" T:7.5" S:7.25" _ ,l·l'I Implementing illuminate is helping increase F&I profits. Customers appreciate the transparency offered with illuminate; it is reducing the anxiety of being in the F&I office. LIGHTING THE WAY TO CUSTOMER-DRIVEN F&I SALES. Cash deal product penetration has increasedwith illuminate. ZURICH INSURANCE. FOR THOSE WHO TRULY LOVE THEIR BUSINESS. Zurich's illuminate app is revolutionizing the F&I dealership experience. Here is what DEALERS have experienced: FOR A DEMONSTRATION OF ILLUMINATE, CALL JEFF DIAN, REGIONAL SALES MANAGER, AT 630-215-3892 zurlchna.com/lllumlnate ZURICH This is intended as a general description of a software application available to qualified customers of Zurich's F&I operations and programs, through Universal Underwriters Service Corporation, a member company of Zurich in North America. Zurich does not guarantee a particular outcome, reduction in costs, or improvement in administration or revenue and further assumes no liability in connection with the providing of this application. © 2016 Universal Underwriters Service Corporation 111 Associations can fill in that gap. The Internet as a whole doesn’t care about helping you, but if you are an active member in an association, you probably have friends who do care. • People outside an association often want to evaluate someone’s professional skills. By setting standards, providing a code of ethics, and even offering certification to members where appropriate, an association member can credibly demonstrate excellence and integrity to current and potential customers. • Associations provide jobs. People can make a career working for associations because it is essentially public service in any area you care to name: business, media and marketing, government relations, the law, information technology, and so on. With the focus on service, people who work for associations often love their work. Knowing that you are changing the world for the better, it turns out, makes for a great job and enormous job satisfaction. • Sometimes the best way to solve a problem is to find solutions as a group. Associations provide online or in- person forums. • Many people working together can do more than one person working alone. Associations are an ideal vehicle for putting together community service projects of all varieties. They are also candidates for group discounts. The community service that associations offer is invaluable because associations can focus on specific needs. They can: • Step in when there is a natural disaster, urgent need, or some other emergency. • Write product standards for a variety of industries that range from traffic and airline safety guidelines to children’s toys. • Provide the training you might expect from a graduate program. Members can more easily advance their education through an association after they have received their degrees. The first year of membership is often the most expensive, especially if there is a one-time fee for your first year; the second year and after are often cheaper. If more than one person from an organization joins an association, sometimes there are group membership discounts, or different levels of membership. For example, students might get a student discount. Having made the financial investment, however, you should understand that you need to invest your time, too. You have an opportunity today to look around and see how associations can enrich your life, professionally and personally. Then follow through, and watch for wonderful results.  These groups could not possibly survive if they didn’t offer substantive benefits. They certainly would not able to retain a tax-exempt status.