BY Cherri Harris, MSBA, CPIA, CLP, CIIP Where are you traveling with your IAIP Membership? The road starts with your initial investment – a new membership, but also with membership renewal. This is when you get to decide on your direction. Do you continue on the same road or pave a new one? Either way
By Jonel Thames Leake, CPCU, ASLI, AAI, CPIW, DAE, CLP How many times have you heard a member say, “I was voluntold”? That statement is usually followed by a laugh and a smile. I have said that more than once over my tenure as a member. It got me thinking. What does ‘voluntold’ actually mean?
By Katharine M. Nohr, J.D. The final frontier is not just a playground for astronauts, scientists, and billionaires but also a complex arena where risk meets innovation. As humanity’s endeavors in outer space become more ambitious, encompassing everything from satellite launches to space tourism, the role of insurance in mitigating the financial risks associated with
By Brenda McDermott, CPCU, CLP, SCLA, CIIP, SCLA, ARM, AIDA, AIC Anyone who knows me knows I am a diehard, ride or die Kansas City Chiefs fan. My friends knew where I was on Valentine’s Day 2024. I was in downtown Kansas City celebrating the Chief’s Super Bowl victory at the parade. We got to
Brenda McDermott, CPCU, CLP, SCLA, CIIP, SCLA, ARM, AIDA, AIC Dan Roth, Editor-in-Chief of LinkedIn when he appeared on the Today Show on February 8 indicated that more and more employers and corporations are looking at the skills a job candidate has to offer over their educational degree. He feels this is a trend that
Everyone needs a network. A network is defined as a “group or system of interconnected people or things”. Very rarely are people completely alone with no one in their life. A family is a network. Co-workers make up a network. Friends can be a network. And members of IAIP are certainly a network. We all
By Katharine M. Nohr, J.D. Before Covid19 shutdowns, I had the opportunity to meet with London insurance brokers who took me on a tour of Lloyd’s of London. Entering the building was like stepping back in time to its beginnings in 1652 in the maritime industry. With this origin, many think of the insurance industry
By Brenda McDermott, CPCU, CLP, SCLA, CIIP, SCLA, ARM, AIDA, AIC I don’t normally watch the Grammy Awards, but I wanted to hear Billy Joel’s new single. And of course, the legendary Joni Mitchell. But the performance that stole the show in my opinion was the Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs’ duet of Chapman’s song
By Brenda McDermott, CPCU, CLP, CIIP, SCLA, AIDA, ARM, AIC More and more education and professional development is being left up to the individual. Membership in industry organizations is critical to help bridge the gap between on-the-job training and skills needed to meet the challenges insurers and risk managers face today. So, what are those
Have you looked at the calendar – it’s February already! Don’t let time get away from you as we keep moving forward at a feverish pace preparing for the 2024 International Convention in Scottsdale AZ, June 7 – 9. Did you hear that the convention website launched? Go ahead and book your hotel room and