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American Financial Receives Multiple Dealers’ Choice Awards

American Financial & Automotive Services earned awards in five categories in the 2017 Dealers’ Choice Awards.

by Staff
June 7, 2017
1 min to read


THE WOODLANDS, Texas — American Financial & Automotive Services Inc. was voted among the leading industry providers in the 2017 Dealers’ Choice Awards. The F&I dealership development company received honors under five different categories by their dealer partners, as well as Auto Dealer Today and F&I and Showroom readers. This is an increase from the two awards they received in 2016.

  • F&I Training: Diamond award (Platinum in 2016)

  • Compliance Training: Diamond award (Diamond in 2016)

  • Sales Training: Diamond award

  • Internet Training: Platinum award

  • Special Finance Training: Gold award

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“Our dedicated team continues to raise industry standards. Dealership development is evolving with today’s technology and customer, but our mission remains the same: Put our client’s needs first and exceed their expectations. American Financial is thankful for these top recognitions,” said Arden Hetland, president of American Financial.

American Financial has developed a comprehensive portfolio of offerings that include customized in-dealership development, the Automotive Training Academy (ATA), F&I University (FIU), Compliance Programs, and the MasterTech F&I product suite. FIU has also partnered with Automotive Compliance Education (ACE) to include ACE certification with their F&I curriculum, and American Financial has created the web-based Compliance Management Program and Compliance Officer Certification course to help navigate dealerships through industry regulations and policies.

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