BNET Industries

Market Cap:$92.7M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$332.3M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Holding Company; Real Estate Investment Trust

Chief Information Officer
William R Pentecost
Number of Employees 1,230
Contact Information

3813 Green Hills Village Dr

Nashville, Tennessee 37215

www.firstaccept...

(615) 844-2800

NAICS Code Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers: 524126

Recent Events

  • First Acceptance Corporation Reports Operating Results for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2009

    11/09/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • First Acceptance FAC Reports Q4 Earnings

    9/14/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
William R Pentecost Chief Information Officer
William R. Wilkins Senior Vice President & Chief Actuary
Thomas M Harrison Executive Vice President
Ellen V. Billings Vice President, Treasurer, Controller & Secretary
James R Dickson Vice President, Claims
Randy L Reed Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Edward W. Rose Director
Gary Shultz Director
Harvey B. Cash Director
Jeremy B. Ford Director
Rhodes Bobbitt
Stephen J Harrison
William A Shipp
Donald J. Edwards Director
Tom C. Nichols Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Gerald J. Ford Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director
Berry Cash Board Member

Mr. Pentecost has been USAuto's Chief Information Officer since USAuto's inception of USAuto Insurance Company, Inc. in 1995. He has over 15 years experience with insurance company information systems with Graward General and Direct Insurance Company.

Organization Position Status
First Acceptance Corp. Chief Information Officer Current
Usauto Insurance.Com Chief Information Officer Current
Direct Insurance Company Inc. Current

Mr. Wilkins has been First Acceptance's Chief Actuary Officer since November 1, 2005. He has over 21 years pricing, filing and reserving experience with several national & multi-national insurance companies including Fireman's Fund, Allmerica Financial and ACE Limited. Mr. Wilkins is A Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Organization Position Status
First Acceptance Corp. Senior Vice President & Chief Actuary Current
ACE Limited Current
Allmerica Financial Current
Casualty Actuarial Society Fellow Former
American Academy of Actuaries Member Former
First Acceptance Corp. Officer Former

Mr. Harrison served as Executive Vice President and Secretary of the Company from April 2004 through December 2007 and has been a director of the Company since April 2004. In 1995, Mr. Harrison co-founded USAuto Insurance Company, Inc., predecessor to USAuto Holdings, which we acquired in April 2004, and served as Vice President and Secretary of USAuto Holdings since its inception. He spent over 30 years experience in insurance and related industries, including automobile insurance and insurance agency operations. From 1976 to 1995, Mr. Harrison served in various capacities with the Harrison Insurance Agency, a family-owned multi-line insurance agency. Mr. Harrison is the brother of Stephen J. Harrison, who is Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company.

Organization Position Status
First Acceptance Corp. Executive Vice President Current
Usauto Insurance.Com Vice President Current
Bme Investment Partners Current
Usauto Insurance.Com Co-Founder Former
Harrison Insurance Agency Former
University of Memphis MBA Former
The University of Tennessee M.S. Degree Former
Vanderbilt University B.E. Degree Former
The University of Tennessee Bachelor's Degree Former

Organization Position Status
First Acceptance Corp. Vice President, Treasurer, Controller & Secretary Current

Mr. Dickson has been USAuto's Vice President of Claims since June 2000. From 1996 to 2000 Mr. Dickson was a principal in the Dickson Company, a claims management company. Prior to that Mr. Dickson had over eight years of multi-line claims experience with Cunningham Lindsay, U.S. and the Littleton Group.

Organization Position Status
First Acceptance Corp. Vice President, Claims Current

Mr. Reed has been USAuto's Vice President of Sales and Marketing since February 1997. He previously spent over ten years as co-owner and President of Reed Oil Company, Inc., a wholesaler and retailer involved in the oil jobber business.

Organization Position Status
First Acceptance Corp. Vice President, Sales and Marketing Current
Reed Oil Company President Former
Reed Oil Company Co-Owner Former
Reed Oil Company wholesaler Former

Organization Position Status
First Acceptance Corp. Director Current

Organization Position Status
First Acceptance Corp. Director Current

Organization Position Status
InterWest Partners General Partner Current
First Acceptance Corp. Director Current
Silicon Laboratories Inc. General Manager Current
Microtune, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Ciena Corporation Board of Directors Current
Entorian Technologies Inc. Director Current
Argonaut Group, Inc. Board of Directors Current
World Wide Packets Inc. Director Current
I2TECH Board of Directors Current
i2 Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Silicon Laboratories Inc. Board of Directors Current
Voyence, Inc. Former
Resolution Ebs, Inc. Former
Airspan Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Western Michigan University M.B.A. Former
Texas A&M University B.S. In Electrical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
First Acceptance Corp. Director Current

Mr. Bobbitt has served as a director of the Company since August 2004. From February 1987 until his retirement in June 2004, Mr. Bobbitt served as managing director and Dallas regional office manager of the Private Client Service Group – Credit Suisse First Boston and its predecessor, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Prior to joining Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Mr. Bobbitt was vice president of security sales in the Dallas office of Goldman Sachs & Co. Mr. Bobbitt is a director of Hilltop Holdings, Inc. (formerly Affordable Residential Communities Inc.). Mr. Bobbitt is Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

Organization Position Status
First Acceptance Corp. Current
Hilltop Holdings Inc. Board of Directors Current
American Residential Communities, Inc. Director Current
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Vice President of Security Sales Former
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Vice President of Security Sales Former
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law Jd Former
The University of Texas at Austin Bba Former

Stephen J. Harrison has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company since April 2004. Mr. Harrison had also served as President through February 2008. Mr. Harrison co-founded FAIC, USAuto's predecessor company, in 1995 and served as President and Chief Executive Officer of USAuto from USAuto's inception. He has over 30 years experience in insurance and related industries, including automobile insurance and insurance agency operations. From 1974 to 1991, he served in various capacities with the Harrison Insurance Agency, a family-owned multi-line insurance agency. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Harrison served as President of Direct Insurance Company, a non-standard automobile insurance company. Mr. Harrison is the brother of Thomas M. Harrison, Jr., who is a director of the Company.

Organization Position Status
First Acceptance Corp. Current
The University of Tennessee B.S. degree in Business Former

Mr. Shipp has served as a director of the Company since August 2004. Mr. Shipp has been principal of W.A. Shipp, Jr. & Co., a financial advisory firm, since July 1995 and has served as Treasurer/Secretary of the Jack C. Massey Foundation since July 1999. From December 1983 to June 1995, Mr. Shipp served as Vice President of Massey Investment Company. Prior to joining Massey Investment Company, Mr. Shipp worked for more than eight years in various audit and tax capacities for Ernst & Young. Mr. Shipp is a certified public accountant. Mr. Shipp is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Organization Position Status
First Acceptance Corp. Current
Ernst & Young Former
The University of Tennessee Batchelor of Science degree in Accounting and his MBA degree Former

Mr. Ford has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors and a director of the Company since its formation in August 1996, and was the Company's Chief Executive Officer until July 2002. Mr. Ford is also a director of Americredit Corp., Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. and McMoRan Exploration Co. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University (S.M.U.) and as a trustee of Southwestern Medical Foundation. Additionally, he was the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Golden State Bancorp Inc., a holding company whose primary asset was its indirect ownership of California Federal Bank, from September 1998 until it was sold in November 2002. Mr. Ford received his B.A. degree from S.M.U. in 1966 and his J.D. degree from S.M.U. Dedman School of Law in 1969. In 1995, he was named a Distinguished Alumni of S.M.U.

Organization Position Status
Southwestern Medical Foundation Trustee Current
GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC Current
Triad Financial Corp. Chairman Current
First Acceptance Corp. Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director Current
Hilltop Holdings Inc. Chairman Current
American Residential Communities, Inc. Director and Chairman of the Board Current
Roadloans Chairman of the Board of Directors Current
Hilltop LLC Chairman of the Board Current
McMoRan Exploration Company Chairman Current
Southwestern Medical Foundation Board of Directors Current
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law Board of Directors Current
Hilltop LLC Director Current
Scientific Games Corporation Director Current
Phelps Dodge Corporation Board of Directors Current
McMoRan Exploration Company Director Current
Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold, Inc. Director Current
Southern Methodist University Board of Trustees Current
Gold Inc. Director Current
Flexpoint Partners, LLC. Board of Directors Current
Hilltop Holdings Inc. Member Current
First Acceptance Corp. principal Former
California Federal Bank Former
California Federal Bank (Cal Fed) Former
Fremont General Corporation Chairman Former
American Residential Communities, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Triad Financial Corp. Board of Directors Former
First Acceptance Corp. Director Former
CitiFinancial Auto Credit, Inc. Director Former
Hilltop Holdings Inc. Director Former
AmeriCredit Corp. Director Former
School of Law Juris Doctor Degree Former
Southern Methodist University Juris Doctorate Degree Former
Southern Methodist University Bachelor's Degree In Economics Former

Organization Position Status
Interwest, Inc. General Partner Current
InterWest Partners General Partner(Information Technology) Current
School of American Research Board Member Current
T-Ram, Inc. Director Current
LP Technologies Board of Directors Current
First Acceptance Corp. Board Member Current
Ciena Corporation Board Member Current
Argonaut Group, Inc. Board Member Current
Silicon Laboratories Inc. Board Member Current
i2 Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Mostek Corporation Vice President of Marketing Former
Pronet Founder Former
Mostek Corporation Co-Founder Former
Apple Inc. Consultant Former
Texas Instruments Incorporated Team Member Former
Mostek Corporation Director Former
Ciena Corporation Investor Former
Convex Computer Corporation Investor Former
i2 Technologies, Inc. Investor Former
Western Michigan University MBA Former
Texas A&M University B.S. in Electrical Engineering Former

Array

Organization Position Status
Flexpoint, Inc. Managing Principal Current
First Acceptance Corp. Director Current
Triad Financial Corp. Director Current
Roadloans Board of Directors Current
First Acceptance Corp. Director, President and Chief Executive Officer Former
GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC Principal Former
Lazard Ltd. Associate Former
Harvard Business School M.B.A. Former
University of Illinois B.S. Degree In Finance Former

Organization Position Status
State National Bancshares, Inc. Chairman & CEO Current
First Acceptance Corp. Director Current
Norwest Corporation President and Chief Operating Officer Former
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Examiner Former
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     FAC $1.92 -0.05 (-2.54% )
Average Volume 28,025
Shares Outstanding 48.31M
Market Cap 92.8M
Year High 3.8
Year Low 1.66
Earnings Per Share -1.41
P/E Ratio -1.36
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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