Archived Copies of Warranty Week

December 2002 to Today

FAST Act Lightens Delivery of Privacy Notices Burden for Service Contract Industry: Service contract providers, already entangled by a web of state and federal insurance laws, must now navigate the ramifications of new privacy regulations. But if they call themselves financial institutions and follow some other rules, they could also free themselves of the need to send out annual privacy notices to their customers.
January 14, 2016
The Post-Purchase Experience: More than just a buzzword, it's becoming an important part of customer loyalty. Consumers who feel their service contracts can provide a better level of customer service will buy them again, just for the convenience of knowing who to call when they need a repair.
October 23, 2014
Extended Warranty Image Problems, Part 1: Service contract professionals, their customers, and the media can't seem to agree on what to call these warranty extensions. And the terms the experts prefer to use are far from the most popular. Even the regulators aren't very consistent with their language and terminology.
September 19, 2013
Security Equipment Warranties: Although big ticket military contracts don't usually include what we'd call product warranties, the maker so numerous other products that help protect people and property do pay claims and maintain warranty reserves. What follows are snapshots of the past six years of warranty expenditures for four of the market leaders in their respective corners of the security marketplace.
December 5, 2008
NEW Acquires ServiceBench: One is a leading service plan administrator and call center operator. The other is a major network hub for warranty professionals. Together they can set the standard for warranty claims processing, customer care, extended warranty administration, service dispatch, and end-of-life recycling.
January 23, 2008
Warranty Institute: A year after his call for the formation of a warranty industry association, HP's Glen Griffiths plans to announce the official launch of the Institute of Warranty Chain Management next week in Tampa.
March 6, 2007
Warranty Software: There's no heading in the software catalog for it, yet all manufacturers of warranted products have to use it. At Hewlett-Packard, two companies that don't even call themselves warranty software vendors are helping the company manage its warranty costs with analytical tools that weren't designed with warranty in mind.
July 21, 2003