“Game day so probably just sittin’ around all day anyway.”
- Why Saturdays in the Fall are perfect for Webinars
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: Saturday CE done before kickoff
- This week’s Webinar highlights and upcoming schedule
- One for you my fellow FL fanatic (aka the “F5”): two time zones, one county
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
- Done before kickoff. We offer Webinars on one Saturday each month and this Saturday, 9/13, is the big day! We have 4-hour Law & Ethics Update Webinars as well as Elective options teed up for you. Keep scrolling to see this weekend’s slate.
- At the FISCE transfers are always FREE. Sometimes life throws your schedule a curveball. Or maybe you just forgot. Regardless of the reason, if you register for a Webinar and can’t attend you do not lose your money. At the FISCE transfers are free and can be initiated before or after your missed Webinar.
- Get the latest happenings, get compliant: take a 4-hour Law & Ethics Update Webinar. Our schedule is packed with Webinars that fulfill the requirement for P&C licensees, Life/Health licensees, and All-Lines Claims Adjuster licensees. Keep scrolling to see the schedule.
THIS WEEK’S WEBINAR HIGHLIGHTS
Featured Webinar: Homeowners Endorsements Insureds Don't Want (But Do Need), WED, 9/10, 9a – 12p Eastern
To save a buck, consumers are quick to strip off coverage and/or buy coverage that doesn’t match their exposure. Join instructor Nicole “Human Energy Drink” Broch as she provides many examples and risks insurance pros can use to talk insureds through coverage that is best for their policy and how to get it in the most affordable way possible. Discussion includes reference to many endorsements - some common, some not – insureds should consider.
This Week’s Schedule/Highlights (all times Eastern. Keep scrolling to see the full month schedule.)
- TUES, 9/9, 11a – 12p - An Hour with Patrick: Reinsurance: How It Works & Why It Matters. Reinsurance costs always figure into the cost of providing insurance to the consumer but most of the time that’s in the background. Recently, reinsurance has figured prominently in the insurance marketplace because of a rise in reinsurance premiums and a reduction in reinsurance availability. Instructor Patrick “Podcast Great” Wraight returns to make sense of what reinsurance is, why companies need it, and what that means to the insurance market as a whole.
- WED, 9/10, 9a – 12p - Homeowners Endorsements Insureds Don't Want (But Do Need). Our featured Webinar this week! See description above.
- WED, 9/10, 2 – 3p – An Hour with Nicole: Making Sense of Homeowners Deductibles (Once and For All!) Deductibles are commonly understood when agents sell and service a policy. However, applying deductibles to a loss may not work how they expect. Nicole returns with several examples to assist insurance pros in finally understanding homeowners deductibles.
- THURS, 9/11, 2 – 3p – An Hour with Cathy: Understanding (Finally!) How Claims Made Policies Work. Instructor Cathy “On a Mission” Trischan is back to cover the most important concepts to understand when writing claims-made coverage. She will discuss the coverage trigger, retroactive date, extended reporting period, prior and pending litigation and continuity dates. She will review some common coverage features of policies written on a claims-made basis including defense provisions and consent to settle clauses. Lastly, she’ll discuss the importance of the policy application.
- SATURDAY, 9/13, 9a – 12p - Commercial Property: Claims, Coverages, Consequences. Instructor Terry “Everyone’s Insurance Dad” Tadlock provides examples of several commercial property claims to illustrate how the policy may not function in the manner expected by either the agent or insured. Insurance pros who take this course will 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.
- SATURDAY, 9/13, 9a – 1p – For Property & Casualty Licensees in 2025: 4-Hour Law & Ethics Update. Instructor Dave “ Special Sauce” Thompson is back with the latest happenings in the P&C space. Get compliant and pick up some useful stuff along the way.
- SATURDAY, 9/13, 9a – 1p – For Life & Health Licensees in 2025: 4-Hour Law & Ethics Update. Join instructor Karin “I’ll Ask An Alaskan” Woofter, get compliant and learn the latest happenings in Florida’s Life/Health/Financial marketplace.
- SATURDAY, 9/13, 1 - 2p - An Hour with Nicole: Personal Lines: Read the %^&* Form! The Insurance Services Office (ISO) forms may be the standard but there are variations in commonly used non-standard forms that, if not identified, could lead to coverage problems. Personal lines insurance pros who take this course with Nicole will be better positioned to search for and remedy such discrepancies.
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 “Done Before Kickoff” Amrhein, CIC, CBIA
Florida Insurance School Continuing Education (FISCE)
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THE “F5” (FASCINATING FACTOID FOR FANATICAL FLORIDIANS) –
“Why are you always early?”
“Why are YOU always late?”
For residents of Gulf County, being an early bird or a laggard may be less a reflection of one’s personality and more because it’s one of only ten counties in the United States (and the only one east of the Mississippi) to be in two time zones.