Learn Latest Legislation & Earn CE for Free | Florida Insurance School Continuing Education

06/12/2023 - 10:18am

“Hey, look! It’s the guy from the newsletter memes!”

-Attendees at the FAIA’s Annual Convention this week

It’s a fine week to be at the FISCE and we’re excited to share it with you. A few helpful resources, highlights of this week’s events, and our full-month schedule are below.

Learn the latest legislation for FREE and earn CE. Join the FISCE and instructor David “Special Sauce” Thompson on Monday, June 26th from 2 – 3pm for a rundown of changes made in the 2023 legislative session (and special session from DEC 2022) and their impact on our industry. This FREE Webinar is approved for one-hour of elective CE credit. Space is limited so you should probably register for it NOW.

In the flesh. Many thanks to our pals at the FAIA who’ve graciously invited me to speak at their annual convention this week in Orlando. I’m honored to be there and if you’re attending please drop by my classroom and say hello!

Need to know about your CE requirements? Get help by visiting our CE Compliance page.

Storm’s the norm. As the season kicks off, providing storm preparedness resources to your insureds is essential and we think FloridaDisaster.org is a great place to start. Review their collection of useful info and pass it along today.

Featured CE Webinar This Week: “Wait…What The #^&* Just Happened?!” Fourteen Personal Lines Issues To Know Before It’s Too Late, Thursday, 6/15, 1 – 4p Eastern

Our resident personal lines guru Scott “the Guy-o from Ohio” Treen is back in the hotseat to help you help your personal lines insureds sniff out fourteen frequently misunderstood coverage issues, understand how they could create a problem at claim time and strategies to ensure they don’t.

Your 4-Hour Law & Ethics Update. We have Webinars that fulfil the requirement for P&C licensees, Life/Health licensees, and All-Lines Claims Adjuster licensees. Learn the latest happenings with FL rules/regs/laws and fulfill your 4-Hour L&E Update requirement with us. Check out the schedule below and register online today!

CE Webinars This Week (all times Eastern. Keep scrolling to see the full month schedule):

THURS, 6/15, 9a – 12p – Certificates And Additional Insureds: What Did I Do To Deserve This?! Instructor “Can’t Missa” Carissa Bonner returns with the latest tips and best practices for commercial lines insurance pros regarding certificates and Additional Insured endorsements.
THURS, 6/15, 1 – 4p - “Wait…What The #^&* Just Happened?!” Fourteen Personal Lines Issues To Know Before It’s Too Late. It’s our featured Webinar this week for a reason! See description above.

Remember, if you’re an unapologetic lover of the Sunshine State keep scrolling for this week’s F5 (“Fascinating Factoid For Fanatical Floridians”.)

Until the next round…cheers!

Kevin “What The #^&* Just Happened?!” Amrhein, CIC, CBIA

Florida Insurance School Continuing Education (FISCE)

THE “F5” (FASCINATING FACTOID FOR FANATICAL FLORIDIANS) –

It’s June 12, 1913, and you’re waking up in Miami to the sound of a large gathering near the waterfront. You hop on your bicycle and ride towards the commotion, eventually getting swept into a crowd of 144 other bicyclists. Before you can blink you feel a strong sea breeze, realize the surface below your tires has turned to wood, and are almost decapitated by confused pelicans and seagulls.

Two and a half miles later, you and the group of riders are rapidly slowing down for two reasons: 1) you’ve reached the end of the bridge, and 2) the ground you’re now trying to pedal on is unpaved.

So was the scene at the opening of the Collins Bridge across Biscayne Bay which at the time was the longest wooden bridge in America. While the bridge’s completion aided in the development of the juggernaut which would become Miami Beach, on the day of the opening there wasn’t yet a paved road to the beach!