“Apparently that pig really p*ssed him off.”
-Referring to George Jenkins, founder of Publix (Scroll to the F5 for the story)
Happy Monday, insurance pros!
In this edition: Saturdays, CE requirements, featured Webinar this week (a global premiere!), 4-hour Annuity Training course, 4-hour Law & Ethics Update Webinars, weekly highlights, full June-July schedule, PO’d at a pig (this week’s F5). Let’s do it.
“Who wants to do that on a Saturday?!” Apparently a LOT of you! Saturday Webinars are going bonkers (in a good way). Options include 4-hour Law & Ethics Updates as well as 1- and 3-hour elective options. Two Saturdays monthly!
“Just what in the actual %^&* are my CE requirements?!” Electives…Law & Ethics Updates…what does it all mean and how does it apply to you? Click here for our CE Compliance page and get your answers.
Featured Webinar This Week: Why Inadequate EPLI Will Close Your Business (And What To Do About It), THURS, 6/27, 9a – 12p Eastern
“That doesn’t happen here”: a phrase spoken by an unfortunately high number of over-confident, misinformed commercial insureds. Join powerhouse instructor Cathy “On a Mission” Trischan for the GLOBAL PREMIERE of this essential Webinar addressing discrimination and harassment claims by employees and third parties, employee privacy concerns, retaliation claims, wage and hour claims and more as well as how common EPLI policies address such exposures.
Need 4-Hour “Best Interest” Annuity Training? We got you. We’ve added to our schedule several offerings of a 4-hour annuity training course that 1) is eligible for 4 hours of elective CE credits, and 2) satisfies the training course requirement as described in Florida Statute 627.4554(6) for agents who sell or are considering selling annuities. To determine if you are required to take a 4-hour annuity training course, review Florida Statute 627.4554(6) and/or contact your appointing insurer.
And how about that 4-hour Law & Ethics Update requirement? 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):
- TUES, 6/25, 9a – 12p - Flood Insurance: What You Need To Know. Flood guru David “Special Sauce” Thompson discusses all things flood and the NFIP. Completion of this course will satisfy FEMA’s 3-hour Basic Flood Insurance Course requirement for agents to sell flood insurance.
- TUES, 6/25, 1 – 4p – Inflation And Personal Lines: Helping Insureds Understand Why It Matters And What To Do. Instructor Nicole “WTH’s Decaf?” Broch brings her awesome energy back to the FISCE for a discussion about how pricing fluctuations across other industries impacts personal insurance and how to explain this to insureds.
- WED, 6/26, 9a – 1p - For Property & Casualty Licensees In 2024: 4-Hour Law & Ethics Update. Dave Thompson returns to bring you the latest happenings regarding rules, regs, legislative changes, markets, smoked cheese and everything else you love about life.
- WED, 6/26, 9a – 1p - For Life & Health Licensees In 2024: 4-Hour Law & Ethics Update. Join legendary FL instructor Karin “I’ll Ask An Alaskan” Woofter for the latest happenings that FL’s life/health pros need to know.
- WED, 6/26, 2 – 3p - An Hour With Dave: All-Things Ordinance Or Law (Personal And Commercial). Dave Thompson is back to share several examples of ordinances and laws regarding damaged structures, the policy exclusions for compliance exposures as well as methods to insure them.
- THURS, 6/27, 9a – 12p – GLOBAL PREMIERE! Why Inadequate EPLI Will Close Your Business (And What To Do About It). It’s our featured Webinar for a reason! 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 “Never Been Mad at a Pig” Amrhein, CIC, CBIA
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THE “F5” (FASCINATING FACTOID FOR FANATICAL FLORIDIANS) –
If you’re reading this section of the newsletter then chances are good that 1) you’re a Floridian, and 2) you shop at Publix.
You know your local store like you know your own house. What you may not know is that the grocery behemoth, founded in Winter Haven in 1930, started out of frustration with Piggly Wiggly.
Per Wikipedia: Publix founder George Jenkins began his retail career modestly as a stocker at a Piggly Wiggly. After a few months he became the manager. Jenkins began coming up with ideas on how to improve the store, but he was demeaned by the store's owner who reportedly was too busy golfing to meet with Jenkins. In 1930, Jenkins quit his manager position to start Publix Food Store right next to the Piggly Wiggly.
Although the country was in the midst of the Great Depression, Jenkins incorporated Publix Food Stores in 1930 with 30 shares, each valued at $100. He kept 13 for himself and sold four to friends. The butcher and assistant manager at Piggly Wiggly each purchased another four shares, raising $1,200 to supplement Jenkins's savings of $1,300. He and five employees opened a new market next door to his former employer. The chain fought back, bringing in a handsome and charming manager from Miami who supposedly garnered all the customers wherever he went. The two stores began a series of one-upmanships, where the Piggly Wiggly store would offer a shopping premium and Jenkins's Publix would offer something better. The first year was difficult, but Jenkins's store covered its expenses while the Piggly Wiggly closed. As the economy improved, the store did better, and five years later a second store was opened on the other side of town.
As of early 2024, Publix is the largest employee-owned company in America.