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“It may seem strange to you, but it is the dream of my life to see this wilderness turned into a prosperous country.” -Julia “Mother of Miami” Tuttle, 1874 (for more on this incredible story, scroll to the F5)
Greetings and Happy (belated) Mothers Day!
Similar to how my mother describes me as a teenager, our Webinar schedule this week is annoying and full of bad decisions. Killer sales pitch, eh?
First, the annoying part: an abundance of pesky exposures that insureds don’t think are important live in your personal lines book. One program this week aims to change their thinking and why a bit of pestering beats the heck out of an uncovered claim.
Regarding bad decisions: two programs this week focus on questionable conduct engaged in by higher-ups within our commercial insured’s organizations and the potentially devastating consequences.
I could go on but your attention span is dropping faster than your mom’s tolerance for back-sass so I’ll get to it. Here are this week’s highlights:
- Annoying but important. Our personal lines guru Scott “Guy-o-from-Ohio” Treen is back Tuesday morning for a deep-dive on homeowners and auto policy concerns and how to thrash them.
- EPL = What the H#ll?! The seemingly endless evolution of employment practices exposures has many of us questioning what we thought we knew about EPL insurance. Luckily, our commercial lines guru Cathy “On a Mission” Trischan returns Tuesday afternoon to help us better understand this complicated and essential insurance policy.
- Insuring The Big Cheese Doesn’t Stink. Join our executive risk guru Steve “He Ain’t” Lyon Thursday afternoon for the global premiere of his Webinar on leadership liability. D&O, EPL, Fiduciary, Kidnap & Ransom, and other essentials are on this menu. Bon Appetit!
- For resources regarding your CE status, check out this recent newsletter edition.
For more info about what we’re up to, see the list below and/or review the full Webinar Schedule on the website.
Finally, if you’re an unapologetic lover of our fine state relocate to the bottom of this newsletter for this week’s “F5” (Fascinating Factoid For Fanatical Floridians.)
That’s all for now. Until the next round…cheers!
Kevin “Makes Better Decisions (Still Annoying)” Amrhein, CIC, CBIA
Florida Insurance School Continuing Education (FISCE)
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THE “F5” (FASCINATING FACTOID FOR FANATICAL FLORIDIANS) –
Imagine it’s 1874 and your caravan from Cleveland just arrived in Southern Florida. “The Bay is kind of pretty,” you think to yourself. But the rest of this place is a dump; nothing but deserted, mosquito-infested scrubland. “It’s marvelous,” quips your companion, Julia. You think to yourself: “What the %^&* is wrong with her?!” Your caravan returns to Ohio and you’re content to never see the wretched place again.
Some years later, you’re surprised to learn that your companion would relocate to Biscayne Bay permanently, purchase several hundred acres, begin developing infrastructure, attract more residents and eventually Flagler’s railroad. You heard she even founded a city on the north side of the river and had become friendly with her pioneer neighbors to the south; some random yahoos named Brickell. “Not the sort of name that will ever appear on roads or buildings,” you quip to yourself. You laugh as others poke fun at her looney prediction that Southern Florida would one day become a place of global significance. “What a knucklehead,” you chuckle to yourself…
…um, yeah. About that.
While she didn’t live to see its explosive growth, Julia DeForrest Tuttle – the “Mother of Miami” – is recognized as the only woman to have ever founded a major American city.
