“We live on what’s basically an overdeveloped sandbar flanked by oceans so no of course I don’t want to buy flood insurance.” - An unfortunately common refrain from insureds
Welcome to another edition of the FISCE’s Almost Famous Weekly Newsletter: our 4-minute take on your CE compliance and how together we can make you the most successful insurance pro in the building.
In this edition:
- Your CE requirements
- Reminders/announcements: No Tests, FISCE & FSLSO go Hollywood
- This week’s Webinar highlights and upcoming schedule
- One for you my fellow FL fanatic (aka the “F5”): what’s in a name
Let’s do this.
“What in the actual %^&* are my CE requirements?!” Click here for our CE Compliance page and get your answers.
REMINDERS/ANNOUNCEMENTS
- FISCE & FSLSO: Dream Team goes Hollywood. I’m thrilled to share the stage with my pals from the FSLSO in Hollywood for their live event at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on 12/10. Join us for CE sessions, food, and networking at one of Florida’s most exciting venues! To learn more and register visit the FSLSO’s events page by clicking here.
- NO TEST for CE. Our courses are live Webinars which means you don’t have to pass a test to earn CE which is cool because you’ve hated tests since grade school.
THIS WEEK’S WEBINAR HIGHLIGHTS
Featured Webinar: Flood Insurance: What You Need to Know, THURS, 11/6, 9a – 12p Eastern
Everything’s soaked and my stuff stinks. FISCE flood guru David “Special Sauce” Thompson for a discussion on many factors regarding flood insurance and the National Flood Insurance Program. This course follows the general curriculum for flood insurance training as set forth by FEMA. Completion of this course will satisfy FEMA’s 3-hour Basic Flood Insurance Course requirement for agents to sell flood insurance.
This Week’s Schedule/Highlights (all times Eastern. Keep scrolling to see the full month schedule.)
- TUES, 11/4, 11a – 12p – An Hour with Sam: Liability Concerns in the Personal Auto Policy. The Insurance Services Office (ISO) Personal Auto Policy (PAP) is the most frequently written coverage form in our industry. Regardless, this form has many ‘mysteries’ – for both the insurance professional and the policyholder. This presentation, taught by Sam “Dad Jokes Ain’t Bad Jokes” Bennett, will address a few liability concerns in the PAP and will provide information on endorsements that should be considered for nearly every Personal Auto risk.
- THURS, 11/6, 9a – 12p - Flood Insurance: What You Need to Know. Our featured Webinar this week! See description above.
- THURS, 11/6, 1 – 4p - Liar!: An Agent's Role in Identifying & Handling Fraud. They’re out there. And with a bit of misfortune, some may find their way into your book of business. You already know that insureds and prospects who engage in fraud are bad news but some are harder to spot then others. This course, taught by Kym “Columbo” Martell, reviews techniques agents can use to identify and deal with insurance fraud. With an abundance of examples and case studies, agents will gain expertise in sniffing out the liars.
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 “Rarely Soaked, Sometimes Stinks” Amrhein, CIC, CBIA
Florida Insurance School Continuing Education (FISCE)
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THE “F5” (FASCINATING FACTOID FOR FANATICAL FLORIDIANS) –
Imagine it’s 1920 and you’ve traveled with developer Joseph Young to survey acreage in desolate, humid, bug-infested southeast Florida. “Yep, this is the place,” he says, sharing with you his vision of lakes, golf courses, luxury beach hotels and country clubs all connected by a grand thoroughfare.
As yet another family of bugs takes up residence in your mouth you decide you’re skeptical. “I don’t know about this, Joe. Seems risky. How do you intend to get rich northerners to believe this place is special?”
Young, who’s from Long Beach, CA, flashes a wry smile and says “Easy. We’ll call it ‘Hollywood by the Sea,” referring to the development just breaking ground in southern California that everyone’s talking about.
Young would spend millions of dollars constructing the city and was elected its first mayor in 1925. The development suffered many setbacks, most notably the destructive 1926 Miami hurricane. Though he didn’t live to see it, Joseph Young’s Hollywood would evolve into one of Florida’s most popular destinations for tourists and snowbirds.