Archived Copies of Warranty Week

December 2002 to Today

Service Contract Insurance Stocks: While service contract underwriting is only a small part of the insurance industry, it's a large part of the revenue stream of a handful of insurance companies. Here are the stock price and dividend yields of eight of the largest from May 2008 until today.
December 3, 2015
The First Service Contract: A GE appliance dealer sold it to a customer in Chicago nearly 77 years ago, along with a refrigerator that turned out to be highly reliable. Yet the same sales drivers used back then -- peace of mind, repair costs and technological worries -- still work today.
February 3, 2011