“I can’t see a da*n thing.” - drivers in 1954 arriving after dark (scroll to the F5 for the story)
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:
- CE requirements
- Reminders/announcements: transfer for free anytime, hot tip!
- This week’s Webinar highlights and upcoming schedule
- One for you my fellow FL history geek (aka the “F5”): it’s my way or the Skyway
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
- Transfer FREE if you can’t make it. 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.
- Jacked on caffeine. Have you watched the demo on our homepage? Yours truly maaaaayyyy have kicked back an energy drink or two before explaining how the Webinars work (already know how they work? Watch the video anyway – it’s the best hacky salesman impression I’ve got).
- Hot tip! It’s surprising (or is it?) how many folks are unaware of their CE deadline until it’s breathing down their neck. Whip out your calendar or trusty reminders app NOW (I use Due and it’s a godsend. They don’t pay me to say that but if you’re in their marketing dept we should talk) and set a reminder for at least 6 months prior to your deadline. If you add “contact FISCE” to your reminder we’re cool with that 😊
- 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: Why Are You Here?! Insurance Issues with the People and Stuff in Your House, TUES, 8/26, 9 – 11a Eastern
Why are you here? Someone moves in. Someone moves out. Stuff moves in. Stuff moves out. As your insureds’ situations change so do their insurance needs. Insurance pros who attend this course with personal lines guru Scott “Guy-o from Ohio” Treen will gain expertise in how to handle several coverage issues found in a typical home or umbrella policy.
This Week’s Schedule/Highlights (all times Eastern. Keep scrolling to see the full month schedule.)
- TUES, 8/26, 9 – 11a - Why Are You Here?! Insurance Issues with the People and Stuff in Your House. Our featured Webinar this week! See description above.
- TUES, 8/26, 1 – 4p - Social Security and Medicare: Your Questions Answered. This course, created and taught by a veteran insurance educator Chris “Yoda” Amrhein (who has personally run the Social Security/Medicare sign-up gauntlet) will reveal lessons learned about both programs and bring much clarity to the chaos. Whether you are seeking info to help a customer, spouse, parent, relative or preparing for your own journey through the retirement “rite of passage”, harvest the value of experience and take this course!
- WED, 8/27, 1 – 4p – Transportation Insurance: A Non-Standard Business Exposure! Annual transportation policies, Trip Transit policies, Motor Truck Cargo policies and Owners Form Motor Truck Cargo policies – all non-standard policy forms BUT most businesses have a transportation exposure! This course, taught by commercial transit guru “Rockin’ Robin” Federici, will provide information on the “general” and “usual” policy provisions found in many of these non-standard forms including covered property interests, excluded property, valuations, coinsurance, subrogation and coverage territories.
- THURS, 8/28, 9 – 11a – Eroding: The Personal Lines Implosion and What Happens Next. Personal Lines markets continue to deteriorate. Agents and account managers are scrambling, carriers are changing course daily, and the insured often is left with reduced coverage and higher premiums. This course, taught by personal lines guru Nicole “Human Energy Drink” Broch, will explain how we got here and what insurance pros can do to understand, explain, and advise insureds as to how to protect themselves until conditions (hopefully!) improve.
- THURS, 8/28, 2 – 3p - 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 “Hacky Salesman” Amrhein, CIC, CBIA
Florida Insurance School Continuing Education (FISCE)
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THE “F5” (FASCINATING FACTOID FOR FANATICAL FLORIDIANS) –
It’s my way or the Skyway.
It’s September 6th, 1954, and you’re in St. Pete sweating your a*s off in an long line of slow-moving traffic. “This stinks,” you say to your kids who are suffering with you. You all wanted to take this ride together and finally see the Bay from high in the sky. But it’s getting late and the snail’s pace, as you said, stinks. And while your kids think it hilarious the fact a dozen seagulls and at least one pelican have relieved themselves onto your car isn’t improving your mood.
It’s now past 11pm but you resisted the urge to turn around and are finally approaching the brand-spanking new bridge everyone’s talking about. Laid out in front of you is the first iteration of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, the longest continuous bridge in the United States with 22,373 feet of Bay-spanning concrete and steel.
Your hands tensing on the wheel, you turn to the kids (who passed out hours ago) and shout “wake up! We’re almost over water!” It’s dark and the bridge’s lack of lighting make it virtually impossible to see anything but the important thing is that you stuck it out. “What a great lesson in persistence I’ve just taught my kids”, you think to yourself, proudly.
It’s then you’re stopped by a uniformed officer. “toll, please” he says. “No sir. It said passage is free,” you snap back, convinced your kids are proud of your confidence.
“It is. Between 11am – 11pm. Should’ve gotten here sooner, pal.” the officer says with a smirk that you don’t care for.
“Fine. How much?” you ask, knowing full well it doesn’t matter because you didn’t bring your wallet.
“$1.75.”
“Ok, just one more question, good sir,” you say with a noticeably kinder tone. “Can I borrow $1.75?”