“I’m dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly, it’s the honest ones you want to watch out for…” -Jack Sparrow (read it again in his accent and you’ll smile all day)
In this edition: CE requirements, featured Webinar this week, 4-hour Annuity Training course, 4-hour Law & Ethics Update Webinars, weekly highlights, AUG - SEP schedule, coach arrested in Cuba (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.
Featured Webinar This Week: Liar!: An Agent's Role in Identifying & Handling Fraud, THURS, 8/29, 9a – 12p Eastern
*Sneaky dirtbags. You already know that insureds and prospects who engage in fraud are bad news but some are harder to spot then others. Join instructor Kym “Sherlock” Martell and review 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.
We have 4-Hour “Best Interest” Annuity Training Webinars. Our schedule includes 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.
We have 4-hour 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):
- TUES, 8/27, 11a – 12p - An Hour with Nicole: Why Personal Lines Deductibles Always Confuse Insureds. Join Nicole “On a Roll” Broch and fortify your understanding of both general and unique applications of deductibles in common personal lines policies.
- TUES, 8/27, 1 – 4p - Inflation and Personal Lines: Helping Insureds Understand Why It Matters and What to Do. Nicole returns to review several factors as to how rising costs across other industries impacts personal insurance and how you can explain this to insureds without losing a finger.
- WED, 8/28, 9a – 1p – For Property & Casualty Licensees in 2024: 4-Hour Law & Ethics Update. Dave “Special Sauce” Thompson is back with the latest happenings, rules and regs you need to survive and thrive in FL’s improving-but-still-screwy marketplace.
- WED, 8/28, 2 – 3p – An Hour with Dave: Coverages That Keep a Business Income Loss From Bankrupting You. It’s been said but worth repeating: a broke insured won’t buy insurance from you. Dave is back to review essential coverages that keep your insured from going bankrupt including Business Income, Extra Expense, loss of utility services, spoilage and more.
- THURS, 8/29, 9a – 12p - Liar!: An Agent's Role in Identifying & Handling Fraud. It’s our featured Webinar this week 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 “Improving-But-Still-Screwy” Amrhein, CIC, CBIA
Florida Insurance School Continuing Education (FISCE)
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THE “F5” (FASCINATING FACTOID FOR FANATICAL FLORIDIANS) –
As college football kicks off this week I thought it appropriate to include a factoid regarding our state’s extensive history with the game. It was hard to decide what to feature…
…until I fumbled across this story which may be the most bizarre in the history of the sport. Per ESPN:
In 1912, the Florida Gators were in Havana, Cuba, playing a two-game series that included games against Vedado Tennis Club and then against the Cuban Athletic Club of Havana. The Gators won the first game, which took place on Christmas Day.
The second came on Dec. 28 and was much more contentious than the first. Florida coach George E. Pyle allegedly spent most of the first quarter arguing with officials over holding penalties and the officials' failure to fully enforce penalties against the Cuban Athletic Club. Pyle eventually refused to continue after he learned that the referee was a former coach of the Cuban Athletic Club.
As a result, Cuban authorities arrested Pyle at the game for "forbidding the suspension of a game for which gate money has been charged." A judge ordered Pyle to take his team out of town "before he put them all in jail."