Paving the Way

Dixon Hughes
In addition to providing traditional audit, tax and accounting services, the Dealer Services Group of Dixon Hughes PLLC offers clients a wide range of assistance, including consulting, technology, and risk management services as well as training for dealership personnel.

Our dealership professionals developed the Compliance Risk Assessment to help clients manage the risks inherent in running a dealership. This innovative tool assesses critical areas of your dealership, helps identify your areas of risk and exposure, and suggests ways to prevent loss.

To learn more, visit www.dixon-hughes.com/dsg.

All dealerships are required by the FTC Safeguards Act to implement an information security program as a way to protect consumers. The Act also mandates that employees receive training annually in their area. Dixon Hughes provides online training to dealership employees with regard to safeguarding customer information, including maintaining the security, confidentiality and the integrity of customer information.

To learn more, visit www.eautolearning.com.

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Harco
Since 1973, Harco National Insurance Company worked to become one of the most respected providers of transportation-related insurance in the country. Harco’s parent has assets of over $1 billion, and both are rated A- (Excellent) by A.M. Best, giving Harco the financial strength to back up its commitment to their core business: providing insurance products focused on truck and auto dealers. The company has enjoyed an uninterrupted record of net operating gains and has a solid, conservative reinsurance program in place. With this strong foundation, Harco is well-positioned to maintain its outstanding customer service while continuing to develop products and services that have made it the first choice of franchised truck and auto dealers nationwide.

To learn more, visit: www.iat-harco.com or call 1-800-448-4642 toll-free.

Venable
Venable's lawyers counsel their automotive industry clients through evolving and complex regulatory hurdles in their business practices, transactions and litigation. Venable's expertise in auto industry business practices often results in litigation avoidance and the ability to aggressively defend those business, consumer or government claims that go forward. Venable's auto industry clients have access to industry specific legal and business expertise from Venable's core group of experts and the resources of a nationally prominent law firm.

One of The American Lawyer's top 100 law firms, Venable LLP practices in all areas of corporate and business law, complex litigation, intellectual property and government affairs. Venable has nearly 600 lawyers serving corporate, institutional, nonprofit and individual clients throughout the U.S. and around the world from its headquarters in Washington, DC and offices in California, Maryland, New York and Virginia. Founded more than a century ago, Venable has enjoyed a long history of growth, quality service and sound management. Venable takes pride in aligning with its clients' business objectives..

To learn more, visit: www.venable.com

Taleo
Leader in On-Demand Talent Management. Over 1,200 small and medium organizations worldwide use Taleo Business Edition™ career sites for fast and affordable self-service recruiting and hiring on the web. HR professionals, recruiters, staffing agencies, and business owners choose Taleo Business Edition for eRecruiting because they can fill jobs faster with less paperwork and better results.

To learn more, visit: www.taleo.com

Auto Advisory Services, Inc.
Auto Advisory Services (AAS) has been a leading compliance consulting company since 1975. With a client base of over 500 dealerships, AAS offers comprehensive sales, finance, advertising, and DMV compliance services. Auto Advisory Services performs over 140 on-site compliance audits each month and the compliance hotline receives approximately 200 calls per week. Auto Advisory Services conducts industry workshops, publishes informative compliance publications and provides extensive litigation support services.

To learn more, visit: http://www.autoadvisory.com.

Art Niemann & Co.
Art Niemann & Co. has more than 65 years of combined experience in behavioral assessment, human resources management, employee motivation, and management training. Since 1980, ANCO has helped hundreds of organizations throughout the United States and the world to hire the right person for the right position. ANCO's goal is to help organizations maximize the return on their most important investment: people.

To learn more, visit: http://www.avaresults.com.

CCH, Incorporated
CCH Incorporated, a leading supplier of legal reference information, provides Compli customers with one-point access to continuously updated employment practices legal information for all 50 states.

To learn more, visit: www.cch.com

The Chubb Group
Compli is a preferred solution provider for Chubb's Employment Practices Liability (EPL) Loss Prevention Program. Chubb will reimburse its EPL insurance customers who use Compli's dealership compliance management system for up to 50 percent off the cost of the product, up to 10 percent of their insurance premium.

To learn more, visit: www.chubb.com

HRAuto.org
HRAuto.org is a "Twenty Group" for retail automotive HR professionals from large, non-competing, privately held dealer groups. We provide members with a forum to share best practices 3 times a year with other HR professionals from well established dealerships who view HR as an important business function. Our members recognize that the HR department is responsible for overseeing your company's single largest expense and its single most important asset, its people. HRAuto.Org will help you learn how to get your personnel and benefits expense under control.

To learn more, visit www.hrauto.org.