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“I’m glad you’re doing fine. How nice for you. Me? I’d be doing a lot better if you can get me cyber insurance for my AI-powered cannabis farm!” -New reality insured colliding with old-but-still-reality insurance market

Happy Monday, insurance pros!

In this morning’s newsletter: CE requirements, featured Webinar this week (Forward and Backward: Insuring Emerging Risks, Surviving Deteriorating Markets, THURS, 9/19, 9a – 12p Eastern), got 4-hours?, weekly highlights, full SEP schedule, FL’s oldest building will surprise you (this week’s F5). Newsletter link in the comments.

“Should we tell em’?” -Local land brokers in the 1920s on pitching FL real estate in September to naïve northerners

Happy Monday, insurance pros!

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?)

Our 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

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“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)

Happy Monday, insurance pros!

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 in this week’s featured webinar: Liar!: An Agent's Role in Identifying & Handling Fraud, THURS, 8/29, 9a – 12p Eastern.

Check out this and more in this morning’s newsletter. Link in the comments below.

“I went to a website, created a log in, and the money just magically appeared in my account.” -Person who thinks Social Security and Medicare are simple

Happy Monday, insurance pros!

I’m excited to be attending the LAAIA’s annual convention in Marco Island this week. If you see me wandering around, please say hello! I’m not saying I’ll have a gift for you and I’m not saying I won’t (but I will.)

If you missed this morning’s newsletter, check it out in the comments below.

“And here (insert name of your insured) is the section where you took responsibility and promised to pay for anything and everything that ever goes wrong, ever.” -Attorney representing the other guy

Happy Monday, insurance pros!

“Yeah, I signed it. So what?” You know the drill: insured signs contract, insured doesn’t understand contract, contract obligates insured to pay for something, insured gets angry, insured blames insurer/agent. So goes the never-ending cycle of confusing contacts and contractual liability issues…until now! Contract guru Steve “He Ain’t” Lyon returns to conduct this insanely popular Webinar that every insurance pro should attend. Check the comments below for the link.

“It has the word ‘Farm’ in it so obviously it’s the correct coverage form.” -Agent who forgot that insurance policies rarely follow logic

We at the FISCE are hopeful this post finds you well and out of harm’s way from the effects of Hurricane Debby. Our admin team are all Florida natives/residents and understand all too well the stresses brought on this time of year. As a reminder, with the FISCE you always are able to transfer to another Webinar should you be unable to attend due to weather or any other reason.

For our regularly scheduled newsletter and to see what we’re up to this week, check out the comments below: ⬇️

“Unstable swampland in every direction for miles and nearly constant inclement weather so naturally we should build a huge-a airport here.” -Planners of the defunct Everglades Jetport (scroll to the F5 for details)

Happy Monday, insurance pros!

In this morning’s newsletter: CE requirements, featured Webinar this week, 4-hour Annuity Training course, 4-hour Law & Ethics Update Webinars, weekly highlights, July/August schedule, random runway in the swamp (this week’s F5). Check the comments below for the link.

“Obviously the reason I choose to work in commercial lines is because I enjoy angering contractors.” -No agent, ever

Happy Monday, insurance pros!

In this morning’s newsletter: CE requirements, featured Webinar this week, 4-hour Annuity Training course, 4-hour Law & Ethics Update Webinars, weekly highlights, remaining July schedule, Why is it the “Treasure Coast?” (this week’s F5).

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“How the heck did our cyber security get breached?! What a nightmare. Those funds I agreed to broker for that exiled dictator who cold-emailed me can’t get here soon enough!”

Happy Monday, insurance pros!

In this morning’s newsletter: CE requirements, featured Webinar this week, 4-hour Annuity Training course, 4-hour Law & Ethics Update Webinars, weekly highlights, full July schedule, happy birthday to FL’s OG counties (this week’s F5). Link in the comments.

“And now the finishing touch: a big-a*s pool.” - George Merrick, developer of Coral Gables

Happy Monday, insurance pros!

In this morning’s newsletter: CE requirements, featured Webinars this week, 4-hour Annuity Training course, 4-hour Law & Ethics Update Webinars, weekly highlights, full July schedule, a historic belly-flop (this week’s F5). Let’s do it.

Link in the comments below ⬇️

“Apparently that pig really p*ssed him off.” -Referring to George Jenkins, founder of Publix (check the comments below for the story)

Happy Monday, insurance pros!

In this morning’s newsletter: Saturdays, CE requirements, featured Webinar this week (a global premiere!), 4-hour Annuity Training course, 4-hour Law & Ethics Update Webinars, weekly highlights, full June-July schedule, PO’d at a pig (this week’s F5). Let’s do it.

“Some of the most destructive weather on the planet, you say? Well…%^&* it - let’s build expensive stuff here.” -Henry Flagler, FL’s fearless gazillionaire sugar daddy

Greetings and happy belated Father’s Day, insurance pros!

In this morning’s newsletter: hey good lookin’, share it, Saturdays, CE requirements, featured Webinar this week, 4-hour Annuity Training course, 4-hour Law & Ethics Update Webinars, weekly highlights, full June schedule, FL’s mustachioed monopoly man (this week’s F5). Let’s do it. Check the comments for the link.

“Florida: premiere destination for very rich men on skates (teeth optional).” -The reality for anyone still thinking ice sports don’t fly here

Greetings insurance pros!

Catch me if you can. It’s my privilege to be speaking this week at the Florida Association of Insurance Agents annual convention. If you’re attending, please drop by my classroom and say hello (or “you look older in person” as I’m frequently told at live gigs.)

To see what else we’re up to this week and this month, check the comments below.

“Alma Mater? More like ‘Alma Hater.’ Amiright? Zing! Heeeyyyooo! This guy knows what I’m talkin’ about.” -Will make sense (and still not be funny) if you read the F5

Greetings insurance pros!

In this morning’s newsletter: Essential storm resource, Saturday Webinar explosion, CE requirements, featured Webinar this week, 4-hour Annuity Training course, 4-hour Law & Ethics Update Webinars, weekly highlights, full June schedule, and more in the comments below.

“I paid to insure this stuff. What difference does it make where the h*ll it is when damaged?!” -Insured who, like many others, doesn’t understand transit exposure (see this week’s feature for more)

Greetings insurance pros!

In this morning’s newsletter: Enjoy Memorial Day, an elite force (aka you), Saturday Webinars, CE requirements, featured Webinar this week, 4-hour Annuity Training course, 4-hour Law & Ethics Update Webinars, weekly highlights, remaining May and full June schedule, the “Amazon of North America” (this week’s F5). Check the comments section for the link.

To all of our wonderful Insurance Moms out there, we would like to wish you a very Happy Mother’s Day 💕 💐

“It may seem strange to you, but it is the dream of my life to see this wilderness turned into a prosperous country.” -Julia DeForrest Tuttle, the ‘Mother of Miami’ (see the F5 for the story in the comments section)

Greetings and Happy Mother’s Day week!

What mom really wants (we know…she told us so): for you to experience the abundance of learning opportunities from the FISCE. Our offerings include legislative and regulatory updates, commercial and personal lines coverage training, life/health/financial info, and faculty who are utterly obsessed with helping Florida’s insurance pros stay compliant and gain a competitive advantage. Check the comments below to see for yourself!

“They’re in my hair!” -a phrase Floridians often hear/say in May and September

Greetings, insurance pros!

Hey, you two…get a room. It’s almost May in Florida and the air will again fill with the sweet scent of love. Specifically, we’ll “enjoy” the familiar ritual of the Plecia nearctica (aka Lovebug.) We’ll pick them out of our food/hair/teeth, rinse them quickly from our vehicles, thank heaven when they’re gone and do it all over again in September. The things we do for love.

Speaking of love: we’re bugging out about the GLOBAL PREMIERE this Thursday of Cathy’s new Webinar regarding best practices of handling contractor accounts. For the details, check the comments section below.

“The reason I got rich, you ask? So I could spend it all on insurance!” -A statement that until recently was dripping with sarcasm

Greetings, insurance pros!

We’re jacked for the GLOBAL PREMIERE of another soon-to-be legendary Webinar topic from instructor Kym “Got Fat Stacks (of insurance policies)” Martell. In “Stinkin’ Rich, Insurance Poor: P&C Coverage Challenges For High-Net-Worth Individuals” she’s talking money, how those with the most to lose sometimes have the least insurance, and what we as insurance pros can do about it. For more info check out the “Featured CE Webinar” section in the comments below.

“Makes perfect sense to me.” - Something very few people (including those who wrote the bill) have said about written legislation, ever

The GLOBAL PREMIERE of our “2024 Legislative Review, Other Happenings in FL’s Insurance Market” Webinar is happening Monday, April 15th from 2 – 3pm Eastern. If this one isn’t convenient, no worries - there are several others on the schedule from which to choose. Join legendary Florida Man Dave “Special Sauce” Thompson and digest the latest happenings with FL’s volatile insurance marketplace.

Make sure to check out everything else we’re up to this week in this morning’s newsletter located right below in the comments section.

“We’ve done half-a-mill already and you want a thousand more?! Oh, why the h*ll not.” - Grounds crew members at Cypress Gardens on 4/1/07 (scroll to the F5 in this week’s newsletter)

Greetings and Happy Easter, insurance pros!

The legislative session is toast and it’s time to talk about what happened, what didn’t, and what’s next. We’ve added several offerings of our annual one-hour legislative review Webinar to the schedule. It’s titled “2024 Legislative Review, Other Happenings in FL’s Insurance Market” and taught by legendary Florida Man Dave “Special Sauce” Thompson so you know it will be tasty. The first of several offerings is on Monday, May 13th from 2 – 3pm Eastern. If that one isn’t convenient, no worries - there are several others on the schedule from which to choose.

See this week’s newsletter in the comments section for more!

“Stetson 80, UConn 76.” -My prediction as the 16th-seeded Hatters face the top-seeded Huskies Friday

Greetings, insurance pros!

In Florida, we dance. Shout out to Gators, Owls, and Hatters fans who are buckling in for March Madness this week. It’s the first ever tournament appearance for Stetson who in the first round face a one-seeded UConn. Only twice in history as a 16-seed beaten a No.1 and I look forward to this week being the third.

It’s a fine week to be at the FISCE and we look forward to sharing it with you. To see this week’s highlights and our full-month schedule, check the comments below.

“It’s a ‘swim forum.’ What could possibly go wrong?” -Ft. Lauderdale event planners in 1938 who ‘accidentally’ created Spring Break (scroll to the F5 for the story in the comments below)

Happy Monday, insurance pros!

In celebration of Florida’s most timely tradition (Spring Break) there are no live Webinars scheduled this week. We’ll be back the week of 3/18 with a packed schedule of new topics, best sellers, and Law & Ethics Update programs (including a few Saturday offerings). I look forward to highlighting them for you in next week’s edition. To see the full month schedule, check the comments below!

“On the bright side, it will be kinda’ cool to meet them all.” -Your subcontractor insured who just signed an agreement to indemnify the GC, its affiliates, family members, pets, and any/all persons residing in the United States of America

Happy Monday, insurance pros!

Another week, another GLOBAL PREMIERE of a soon-to-be legendary CE Webinar topic as described below. It’s a fine week to be at the FISCE and we look forward to sharing it with you.

“On the bright side, it will be kinda’ cool to meet them all.” -Your subcontractor insured who just signed an agreement to indemnify the GC, its affiliates, family members, pets, and any/all persons residing in the United States of America

Happy Monday, insurance pros!

Another week, another GLOBAL PREMIERE of a soon-to-be legendary CE Webinar topic as described below. It’s a fine week to be at the FISCE and we look forward to sharing it with you. To see this week’s highlights and our full-month schedule, check the comments below.

“Typo. Definitely. Seriously…that’s a typo, right? Right?!” -A Floridian reacting to the renewal cost of home and auto insurance

Happy Monday, insurance pros!

The 70s are back. Temps are cracking 70 in the panhandle. Daylight is hanging around longer, azaleas are starting to pop, and ballparks are beaming with spring-training baseball. It’s this time of year Florida goes full-flex, leaving everyone outside the Sunshine State wanting a piece. It’s simply gorgeous and so are you, my fellow insurance geek. Speaking of beautiful...

…it’s a fine week to be at the FISCE and we look forward to sharing it with you. To see this week’s highlights and our full-month schedule, check the comments below.

“Oh man, that place is sweet (hiccup). Wonder who lives ther…(hiccup)…there…(hiccup)…lives there?!” -Inebriated tourist wandering past the Little White House in Key West

Happy Monday, insurance pros!

I hope this post finds you well and not swimming in buyer’s remorse due to “President’s Day Sale” overindulgence. For what it’s worth, that new couch/end-table combo (arrived unassembled) looks just as awesome as the set you bought last year. 👍

See what we’re up to this week in the comments below. ⬇️

“What am I up to? Just chillin’ by the pool. Why? What’s up?” -Al Capone, February 14th 1929 (check the F5 in this week’s newsletter, in the comments below for the story)

Happy Valentine’s week, insurance pros! ❤️

The global premieres just keep coming. Two more topics make their debut this week. We also have a slew of 4-hour Law & Ethics Update options on the docket. It’s a fine week to be at the FISCE and we look forward to sharing it with you. To see this week’s highlights and our full-month schedule, check the comments below.

“Our little girl is so cute driving her toy jeep and, honey, slow down, honey you need to…oh, OH, OHHH S%^&!!” -Parents watching their child’s toy jeep dent the neighbor’s BMW

Happy Monday, insurance pros!

I might lose teeth. My pals at the Independent Insurance Agents of Broward County (IIABC) invited yours truly to teach a CE course this Thursday at their Florida Panthers Hockey event in Sunrise. I hope you’ll join me and many of your fellow insurance pros for one of the coolest events on Florida’s CE calendar this year.

Check the comments for this morning’s newsletter, and to see what else we’re up to this week.

“Everyone likes us. Plus, we’re small potatoes so obviously not a desirable target.” -Misinformed commercial insured likely getting ripped off this very second

Happy Monday, insurance pros!

Why don’t you come and see me sometime? Many thanks to our pals at the Independent Insurance Agents of Broward County (IIABC) for inviting yours truly to teach a CE course at their Florida Panthers Hockey event on 2/8. I hope you’ll join us for an evening of loud, fast and furious action…and then stay for the hockey game!

It’s a fine week to be at the FISCE and we look forward to sharing it with you. To see this week’s highlights and our full-month schedule check the comments below.