“Should we tell em’?” -Local land brokers in the 1920s on pitching FL real estate in September to naïve northerners
In this edition: CE requirements, featured Webinar this week, 4-hour Annuity Training course, 4-hour Law & Ethics Update Webinars, weekly highlights, full SEP schedule, St. Augustine not the OG European settlement (this week’s F5). Let’s do it.
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Featured Webinar This Week: The S.T.O.R.M. 2024 Edition: Commercial and Personal Lines Coverage Concerns in the Wake of a Big One, THURS, 9/12, 11a – 12p Eastern
Timely. The big storm passes but leaves another in its wake. Join yours truly for a look from both a commercial and personal lines perspective at the storm after the storm. Specifically, coverage issues resulting from Spoilage, Trees, Outages, Removal (of debris), and Money (you see what I did there?)
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, 9/10, 11a – 12p - An Hour with Nicole: Everything You Need to Know About Insuring Work-From-Home Exposures. Instructor Nicole “WTH’s Decaf?” Broch is back with a look at Homeowners Forms for coverage, exclusions, and available endorsements regarding all-things WFH.
- TUES, 9/10, 1 – 4p - Claims That Will Convince Your Insured to Enhance Their Homeowners Coverage. Nicole returns to review several claims and coverage examples you can use to talk your insureds through the importance of adequate homeowners coverage and endorsements to make the policy as broad as possible.
- THURS, 9/12, 11a – 12p – The S.T.O.R.M. 2024 Edition: Commercial and Personal Lines Coverage Concerns in the Wake of a Big One. It’s our featured Webinar for a reason! See description above.
- SATURDAY, 9/14, 9a – 1p – Commercial Property: Recent Changes and Crucial Concepts. Insurance pros who take this course with legendary Florida Man Dave “Special Sauce” Thompson will dive deep into the forms and gain expertise on many features including some that benefit the insured and some that don’t.
- SATURDAY, 9/14, 9a – 1p - For Life & Health Licensees in 2024: 4-Hour Law & Ethics Update. Join instructor/Florida-Woman-by-way-of-Alaska Karin “I’ll Ask An Alaskan” Woofter for the latest happenings regarding rules & regs in the Sunshine State.
- SATURDAY/ 9/14, 1 – 2p - An Hour with Dave: Stack UM, Save Florida! Dave returns to save Florida from the hordes of misinformed drivers who feel secure with non-stacked Uninsured Motorist coverage.
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 “Need an Acronym (I Know a Guy)” Amrhein, CIC, CBIA
Florida Insurance School Continuing Education (FISCE)
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THE “F5” (FASCINATING FACTOID FOR FANATICAL FLORIDIANS) –
Each time someone refers to St. Augustine as the oldest European settlement the ghosts of Santa Maria de Ochuse have a chuckle. (I’m told they used to get upset but that around two or three-hundred years ago they decided instead to laugh it off. Good on you, ghosts!)
That’s the name of the settlement established in late August 1559 on the shores of Pensacola Bay – six years prior to St. Augustine’s founding. Settled by the crew of Spanish explorer Tristan de Luna y Arellano, it is considered the earliest multi-year European settlement in the continental United States. Unlike St. Augustine, “SMDO” wasn’t meant to last. Due to a series of gaffes by its leadership, a hurricane, and lack of local resources, the last of the colony’s residents were evacuated in August 1561. Europeans would not populate the Pensacola area again until 1698 when the Spanish returned and founded Presidio Santa Maria de Galve on the grounds where Naval Air Station Pensacola is located.