“Why do turkeys hate Thanksgiving? Because they’re jerks.” - The only amusing joke I could find about the holiday
We hope you find this edition in preparation for a big week before the big week (Thanksgiving!) Due to the holiday, we will not send an email newsletter the week of 11/25. As the holidays approach, please take note that opportunities to earn CE credit before year-end are limited. Review our schedule below and register today!
Oh, and by the way, on behalf of our team at the FISCE…
…Happy Thanksgiving! We are so thankful for all of you who support our school and give us and our faculty opportunities to do what we love every day. Thank you!
In this edition: CE requirements, important reminders, featured Webinar this week, need 4-hour update?, weekly highlights, remaining year schedule, FL first again (this week’s F5). Let’s do it.
“Just what in the actual %^&* are my CE requirements?!” Click here for our CE Compliance page and get your answers.
Important reminders:
- Interested in bulk-hour purchase discounts for 2025? Scroll down for info.
- If you are unable to attend any FISCE Webinar for which you registered you do not lose your money! Simply contact us and we’ll reschedule you at your convenience.
- Can’t make the work-week-work? We’ve got Saturday options, too!
Featured Webinar This Week: An Hour with Dave: All-Things Ordinance or Law (Personal and Commercial), WED, 11/20, 2 – 3p
Because those are the rules. While many insurance pros are familiar with the term “Ordinance or Law”, many don’t have a keen understanding of its role in a homeowners or commercial property policy. Join Dave “Special Sauce” Thompson to learn examples of ordinances and laws regarding damaged structures, the policy exclusions for compliance exposures as well as methods to insure them.
In need of your 4-hour Law & Ethics Update? Our schedule is loaded with Law & Ethics Update Webinars. Learn the latest happenings with FL rules/regs/laws and fulfill your 4-Hour L&E Update requirement with us. We have Webinars that fulfill the requirement for P&C licensees, Life/Health licensees, and All-Lines Claims Adjuster licensees. Keep scrolling to see the schedule.
CE Webinars This Week (all times Eastern. Keep scrolling to see the full month schedule):
- MON, 11/18, 12 – 4p - For All-Lines Claims Adjuster Licensees in 2024: 4-Hour Law & Ethics Update. Adjuster friends: join yours truly and we’ll knock out this compliance requirement together.
- MON, 11/18, 12 – 4p - Consumer Protection and Suitability in Annuity Transactions – 4-hour Training Course. This course satisfies the 4-hour "Best Interest" annuity training course requirement as described in Florida Statute 627.4554(6) for agents who sell or are considering selling annuities. Click here for the full description.
- TUES, 11/19, 1 – 4p – The Bad Thing Happened: Handling Commercial Claims & Coverage Disputes. Join Terry “Everyone’s Insurance Dad” Tadlock for a look at several common commercial lines insurance policies and examples of actual claims that challenged the coverage (or lack thereof) provided.
- WED, 11/20, 9a – 1p – For Property & Casualty Licensees in 2024: 4-Hour Law & Ethics Update. Dave Thompson returns with the latest happenings in legislation, rules, regs and a slew of other issues in Florida’s insurance marketplace.
- WED, 11/20, 2 – 3p - An Hour with Dave: All-Things Ordinance or Law (Personal and Commercial). It’s our featured Webinar this week for a reason! See description above.
- THURS, 11/21, 9a – 12p - “Wait…What the #^&* Just Happened?!” Fourteen Personal Lines Issues To Know Before It’s Too Late. FISCE’s “Guy-o from Ohio” Scott Treen is back with a deep dive into common personal lines policies to pull out fourteen frequently misunderstood coverage issues.
- THURS, 11/21, 1 – 4p - Social Security and Medicare: Your Questions Answered. You have questions. We KNOW you do. It’s ok because Chris “Insurance Yoda” Amrhein has answers that will help you better understand these two essential programs.
Finally, if you’re an unapologetic lover of all-things Florida keep scrolling to experience this week’s “F5”: a tasty knowledge nugget about everyone’s favorite state.
Until the next round…cheers!
Kevin “Save the Neck for Me, Clark” Amrhein, CIC, CBIA
Florida Insurance School Continuing Education (FISCE)
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THE “F5” (FASCINATING FACTOID FOR FANATICAL FLORIDIANS) –
The pilgrims were posers! Did you know that the first Thanksgiving did NOT take place in Plymouth, MA but was right here in St. Augustine in September, 1565? This article from the National Park Service is all the proof you need to show your pals from Mass yet another example of the Sunshine State stealing their legends.
Many historians agree that the first Thanksgiving celebration took place in St. Augustine in 1565. However, some Florida history super-geeks (that’s a compliment BTW) argue that it actually occurred one year prior and 40 miles further north. Guests at this party included French Huguenots and Timucuans who gathered near Jacksonville to celebrate the establishment of Fort Caroline along the St. John’s River.
This F5 originally appeared in the 11/22/22 edition but is simply too perfect for the occasion to leave in the vault. Happy Thanksgiving!