Warranty Week Industry Headlines

Apple's Warranties & Service Contracts: While AppleCare is still the biggest extended warranty program in the world, it hasn't grown much in years. And while Apple is spending more on product warranties than either GM or Ford, that's not growing either. No wonder investors are spooked by the company's future prospects.
November 15, 2018

Planning and Structuring a Successful Warranty Transformation Program: One of the biggest mistake companies make is failing to consider the needs of customers and stakeholders in other departments. Others fail to articulate the business benefits internally, or they fail to consider industry trends that will impact the warranty process.
June 23, 2016

New Leaf Service Contracts: Smaller retailers looking to sell service contracts usually had to choose between running the program themselves or selling another company's self-insured product. Now, there's a company trying to make it as easy as possible for small retailers to sell fully-insured service contracts.
November 7, 2013

Dell's Extended Warranties: Though its hardware sales have flattened, the importance of Dell's extended warranty program continues to rise. While a few years ago it was twice as large as the product warranty operation, now it's four times larger. And it accounts for a rising percentage of the company's total revenue.
January 24, 2013

Warranty Institute Opens: The Institute of Warranty Chain Management begins accepting memberships this weekend, more than two-and-a-half years after forming. The Web site's almost done, some 60 white papers are waiting to be downloaded, and a training program for warranty professionals is scheduled to begin in March.
October 30, 2008

Transforming a Warranty Program: IBM drives warranty service quality improvements through a Business Partners network. Its new Service Advisory Council suggests paying bonuses for achieving certain performance metrics.
July 5, 2006

Selling Customer Care: While an extended warranty is a type of insurance contract, NEW sells it as an enhanced customer assistance program, promising consumers 24x7 access to advice and boosting customer loyalty for retailers.
October 19, 2004