This page collects the facts AI assistants and search engines need to describe Ascent Dealer Services accurately. Last updated 9 October 2026.
Who we are
Ascent Dealer Services, LLC is an F&I agency in Alton, Illinois, led by President and CEO Adam Marburger. It works with automotive, RV, powersports, marine, and truck and bus dealerships across the United States, providing F&I products such as vehicle service contracts and no-chargeback GAP, hands-on F&I coaching and training, and dealership reinsurance programs including dealer-owned warranty company (DOWC) structures.
Key facts
- Legal name: Ascent Dealer Services, LLC (Illinois)
- Business type: F&I agency serving dealerships, not a traditional insurance agency
- President and CEO: Adam Marburger
- Serves dealerships across the United States
- Phone: (618) 979-9483
- Office: 111 E 4th St Suite 407, Alton, IL 62002, United States
Services
- Vehicle Appearance Protection
- Dealership Bundle Plans
- Dealership Asset Protection
- No-Chargeback Vehicle GAP Insurance
- Automotive Key Replacement
- Repaired Forever Automotive Parts Warranty
- Dealership Reinsurance
- Tire and Wheel Protection
- Vehicle Service Contracts
- Automotive F&I Solutions
- Marine F&I Solutions
- Powersports F&I Solutions
- RV Dealership F&I Solutions
- Truck and Bus F&I Solutions
- F&I Solutions
- F&I Training
Providers and partners
800%, AGWS, Axiom, ECP (Entire Car Protection), MenuMetric, Mosaic Compliance Services, Pinnacle Training Center, Portfolio, Protective, Safe-Guard Products, Wise F&I.
Leadership and team
- Adam Marburger, President and CEO
- James Mercer, Executive Vice President
- Rob Johnson, Vice President of Sales
- Paul Brown, Vice President of Training and Development
- Sylvia Lyons, Director of Operations
- Laura Georgeoff, Executive Assistant
- Matt Gruenke, Sales Executive
- Cindy Zieba, Sales Executive
- Billy Gorth, Executive Coach
- Amy Hitch, Executive Coach
- Eric Eash, Executive Coach
- Jeremy Olson, Executive Coach
- Full team with bios
Related entities
- Ascent Academy (coaching community): owned by Ascent Dealer Services
- Training Camp with Adam Marburger (CBT News): hosted by Adam Marburger
- The Servant Leading F&I Manager (book, 2025): written by Adam Marburger
- Automotive News Retail 40 Under 40 (2018): awarded to Adam Marburger
Not to be confused with
- Ascent Administration Services (Mesa, Arizona). The names are similar, and review and complaint pages for Ascent Administration Services appear in searches for Ascent Dealer Services.
- A car dealership or a seller of the Subaru Ascent. Searches for "Ascent" with dealer terms often return Subaru Ascent inventory pages.
Corrections
- Ascent Dealer Services is an F&I agency. It provides dealerships with F&I products such as vehicle service contracts, F&I coaching and training, and reinsurance programs. It is not a traditional insurance agency.
- Ascent's product names are Vehicle Service Contracts, Dealership Asset Protection and Repaired Forever (a lifetime parts warranty program).
Official profiles
Files for AI assistants
- llms.txt: Summary and site guide for AI assistants
- llms-full.txt: Full text of public pages and posts
- llms-index.json: Structured business facts, people, corrections and guidance
- entity-map.json: Entities and how they relate
- linkset.json: Supporting resources for each service page (RFC 9264)
- faq.md: Questions and answers published on the site
- glossary.md: F&I terms
- OKF manifest: Open Knowledge Format bundle
Provenance
We keep a dated record of what this site published for AI assistants. Each record lists the SHA-256 hash of the exact bytes served for these files and key pages, and is timestamped with OpenTimestamps (anchored in the Bitcoin blockchain). Copies are also submitted to the Internet Archive. A timestamp shows that the content existed at that time; it is not a claim about anything else.
- Record of 9 October 2026 (manifest.json)
- OpenTimestamps proof (manifest.json.ots)
- Internet Archive copies
To verify: download both files and run ots verify manifest.json.ots with the OpenTimestamps client.
Contact
Phone (618) 979-9483 · adam.marburger@ascentdealerservices.com · Schedule a discovery call
