“Hey, look! There he is! The guy from the newsletter memes!” - something (I pretend) I hear a lot when I teach live
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:
- CE requirements
- Reminders/announcements: FISCE is live in Marco Island with the LAAIA!
- This week’s Webinar highlights and upcoming schedule
- One for you my fellow FL history geek (aka the “F5”):
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
- See you in Marco Island. Our pals at the LAAIA have graciously invited yours truly to speak at their annual convention in Marco Island this week. Instructor/Florida Man Dave “Special Sauce” Thompson will be onsite teaching as well. If you’re attending please say hello and see for yourself that the newsletter memes add at least 20 pounds.
- Get the latest happenings, get compliant: take a 4-hour Law & Ethics Update Webinar. Our schedule is packed with Webinars (including a few next Monday) that fulfill the requirement for P&C licensees, Life/Health licensees, and All-Lines Claims Adjuster licensees. Keep scrolling to see the schedule.
- Saturday cyber soiree: you’re invited (BYOB). The insanely popular topic titled “Bad Machines, Evil People: The Latest in Cyber” is finally being offered on a Saturday! (specifically, 8/23) Scroll to the schedule below, register, and BYOB.
THIS WEEK’S WEBINAR HIGHLIGHTS
Featured Webinar: Commercial Property: Claims, Coverages, Consequences, TUES, 8/12, 1 – 4p Eastern
It doesn’t work that way. This Webinar uses examples of several commercial property claims to illustrate how the policy may not function in the manner expected by either the agent or insured. Join legendary instructor Terry “Everyone’s Insurance Dad” Tadlock and gain expertise on a variety of commercial property issues such as reconstruction costs, setting limits, insurance to value, tenant lease insurance requirements, and acts of civil authority.
This Week’s Schedule/Highlights (all times Eastern. Keep scrolling to see the full month schedule.)
Just one Webinar on this week’s schedule but it’s a doozy:
- TUES, 8/12, 1 – 4p - Commercial Property: Claims, Coverages, Consequences. Our featured Webinar this week! See description above.
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 “Bringing the Sparko to Marco” Amrhein, CIC, CBIA
Florida Insurance School Continuing Education (FISCE)
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THE “F5” (FASCINATING FACTOID FOR FANATICAL FLORIDIANS) –
Originally separate, by late in the 20th century an island called Key Marco was attached to Marco Island. But the history of Key Marco is far too significant to wipe away for the benefit of developers.
The island of Key Marco (in the area now known as Old Marco Village) was the location of an independently significant archaeological site. It has one of the oldest indigenous burial mounds of the eastern United States, dating to about 1450 BCE; and it was the site of the largest, permanently occupied community of the Archaic period (8000 BCE- 1000 BCE) in the southeastern part of the nation.
A small pond on Key Marco, known as the "Court of the Pile Dwellers", was excavated in 1896 by the Smithsonian Institution's Pepper-Hearst Expedition, led by Frank Hamilton Cushing. Cushing recovered more than 1,000 wooden artifacts from the pond, the largest number of wooden artifacts from any prehistoric archaeological site in the eastern United States. These artifacts are described as some of the finest prehistoric Native American art in North America. The original pond was completely excavated and refilled and is now covered by a housing subdivision.