LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Aug. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRAK) today announced that it has acquired AutoStyleMart, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand software solutions and services that enable auto dealers to procure, manage and sell vehicle accessories. AutoStyleMart is a privately held company headquartered in Waltham, MA, with 16 employees.

"We are pleased to announce this expansion of DealerTrack's capabilities into the vehicle accessories arena," said Mark O'Neil, chairman and chief executive officer of DealerTrack. "Automotive accessories represent a $34 billion business that has grown every year for the past five years, yet few dealers currently participate in this market. In today's challenging auto retailing environment, we believe that selling more accessories can add attractive incremental profit for many dealers.

Home Insurers' Secret Tactics Cheat Fire Victims, Hike Profits

3 (Bloomberg) -- Julie Tunnell remembers standing in her debris-strewn driveway when the tall man in blue jeans approached. Her northern San Diego tudor-style home had been incinerated a week earlier in the largest wildfire in California history. The blaze in October and November 2003 swept across an area 19 times the size of Manhattan, destroying 2,232 homes and killing 15 people.

``It was devastating; I stood there and cried,'' says Tunnell, 42, who teaches accounting at San Diego City College.

Insurance, credit link needs to be severed

Using credit scores as a factor in determining automobile insurance eligibility and premiums is a standard industry practice. For years, insurers have maintained that a person's scores, originally intended to measure creditworthiness, are also a predictor of whether - and how often - someone will file an auto insurance claim.

And for years, consumer groups have urged state legislatures and the federal government to see the flaws in that practice. Consumer advocates say using credit scores to set insurance rates unfairly hurts African-Americans and Hispanics because those groups tend to have lower credit scores and thus end up paying more for their auto insurance. They also complain that errors in credit files can result in lower scores and thus higher insurance premiums.

The Federal Trade Commission recently weighed in on the debate, releasing a study that largely sides with the industry.

InsWeb to Report Second Quarter Results on July 19

InsWeb Corp. (NASDAQ: INSW), a leading online insurance marketplace, today announced that it will issue a press release reporting financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 on Thursday, July 19, 2007 before the market opens.