Standard & Poor’s Reaffirms World Omni/CenterOne Financial Services’ STRONG Consumer Ranking

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. - Nov. 14, 2013 - PRLog -- Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Ratings Services recently reaffirmed its STRONG ranking of World Omni Financial Corp./CenterOne Financial Services LLC, which has maintained this status since 2004. This represents the highest ranking possible for a consumer finance, automobile loan and lease servicer. World Omni/CenterOne remains the only consumer finance, automobile loan and lease servicer in the nation to achieve this distinction.

“We are committed to maintaining high standards of business operations while providing exceptional service to our valued clients,” said Brent Sergot, Vice President & General Manager, CenterOne. “As a company that continuously strives to offer outstanding customer support, it is an honor to once again receive this recognition.”

According to S&P’s report, the overall ranking was reaffirmed based on “the company’s sufficiently tenured and highly experienced management team, robust internal controls and risk management, training programs, policies and procedures (P&Ps), demonstrated default management and asset management expertise, robust level of automation, effective use of technology, and execution of strategic business initiatives.”

S&P utilizes its Servicer Evaluation Analytical Methodology to examine various metrics, and World Omni/CenterOne compared favorably to industry standards.

CenterOne leverages more than three decades of experience to provide leading third-party services to its clients in the automotive industry. CenterOne’s business solutions include loan and lease servicing and remarketing.

Headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Fla., CenterOne is a division of World Omni, a diversified financial services company also located in Deerfield Beach, Fla. World Omni operates as a subsidiary of JM Family Enterprises, Inc., a diversified automotive corporation ranked No. 37 on Forbes’ list of “America’s Largest Private Companies.” JM Family is also ranked No. 32 by FORTUNE® as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, its 15^th consecutive year on the list.