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Auto Dealer Reinsurance

It’s Time To Take Ownership Of Your Reinsurance Options

Auto dealer reinsurance can be a powerful second revenue engine for your business, but the accounts, trustees, and rules get complicated fast. We help you manage the investments inside your reinsurance trusts, from keeping adequate reserves to investing long-term funds within program guidelines. We also integrate your personal wealth strategy, giving you a clear view of how reinsurance fits into your broader financial picture. With everything connected, you can focus on running your dealership while growing these assets to support both your business and personal goals.

Navigate Reinsurance Complexity With Clarity

Navigate Reinsurance Complexity With Clarity

Auto dealer reinsurance programs can be confusing—multiple trusts, layered structures, and reporting that rarely explains what’s actionable. We review every piece, show what’s driving results, and translate your cession reports into clear decisions. With a straightforward explanation and guidance on next steps, you finally have a partner who helps you understand and optimize your reinsurance options.

Right-Size Cash And Invest The Rest

Right-Size Cash And Invest The Rest

First, we set aside the liquidity needed for claims and near-term obligations. Then, within your IPS (Investment Policy Statement) and trust rules, we design the allocation, select investments, and rebalance on the ceding schedule. Once liquidity is right-sized, we put the long-term portion to work with a disciplined process built specifically for dealer reinsurance.

A Trusted Resource For You, Your Administrators, And Trustees

A Trusted Resource For You, Your Administrators, And Trustees

Reinsurance involves many players: your TPA, accounting administrator, trustee, outside counsel, and investment managers. When questions arise, we connect you to the teams and answers you need, helping to reduce friction and ensure everyone is aligned with your goals and your program’s guidelines.

Go Beyond The Standard Ultra-Conservative Allocations

Most auto dealers we meet share the same frustrations: they don’t know who to call, their accounts are scattered across banks and trusts, and their funds end up sitting in ultra-conservative allocations. We streamline and coordinate your whole program, giving you clarity, speed, and a partner who takes the lead.

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How We Help

We’ve spent years helping auto dealers understand, manage, and optimize their reinsurance trusts. Our independent, hands-on approach makes it easier to take ownership of your options and integrate reinsurance wealth into your broader personal strategy.

Auto Dealer-Specific Expertise

We understand the rules, constraints, and IPS guidelines unique to auto dealer reinsurance programs. Our process aligns with your ceding schedule, liquidity requirements, and long-term growth needs.

Transparent Fees

We offer flexible fee structures tailored to your situation. Whether a transaction-based model or an AUM arrangement makes more sense, we help you choose the approach that aligns with your needs, so you always know what you’re paying and why.
 

Banking & Trustee Access

Our relationships with NAIC-approved banks and trustees simplify account opening, streamline paperwork, and help ensure your program stays compliant and properly structured.

Frequently Asked Questions About Auto Dealer Reinsurance

Auto reinsurance can feel complicated, even for experienced dealers. These answers help explain how reinsurance trusts work, how they’re managed, and how YS Asset Management, an independent, specialized wealth management firm, supports auto dealer reinsurance program performance.

  • Auto reinsurance lets a dealership participate in the underwriting profits of F&I products. We help interpret how program structure, cessions, and investment policy work together, then align investments within trust rules.

  • We start with your IPS and liquidity needs from cession timing, then right-size cash and invest the long-term portion for growth. The goal is consistency—no forced selling, no guesswork.

  • Yes. We coordinate the players so you have one first call. You’ll always know who’s doing what, when, and why.

  • Our approach is transaction-based, either on new deposits or an AUM fee. Both options are transparent, simple, and aligned with how these trusts actually operate.

  • We will deliver feedback on your current program and investments, along with recommended next steps. We’ll walk you through the details face-to-face or via video to answer your questions.

  • Reinsurance is often one of auto dealers' largest yet least integrated or coordinated assets. Treating it separately from your personal investments can skew your overall risk, liquidity, and long-term strategy. We help integrate both so your total wealth works together.

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