By Sharon Barger, CPIW PIAM Florida property insurance is currently in crises, starting with several carriers going under due to financial issues. These financial issues were mainly caused by roof claims. Roofers were going into neighborhoods door to door and asking to look at the roof. They would tell the homeowner there was damage to
Lisa R Hardin, CPCU, CIPW, AIC, AIS, ACS, AINS, SCLA, DAE, CLP Every month a member of the IAIP Board of Directors will bring insight into the current happenings of IAIP. Previously, a board member would provide similar information as an introduction in the Connections newsletter. We’ve streamlined the newsletter and moved the message to
By E. Faye Evans It’s July 2008, my term as International President ended in June. Now what? What’s going to change? After five years of serving as Region III RVP, International Secretary, International Vice President, International President Elect and International President, I was not sure. I realized – not much. I had made the decision
By Mary Ann St Marie, CPIW As a famous poem starts, “How do I love thee, let me count the ways”. Well, that is how I feel about IAIP, especially as a retiree. All the years I was working in insurance and am IAIP member, I took IAIP courses, applied for designations, attended conferences and
By Keri Herlong, CPCU, CIC, CRM, CISR, ACSR, AIM, CIIP, CLP-A, DAE, CRIS The Education Task Force recently completed the brand-new Confidence While Communicating® Essentials course. We took the full ten-class CWC and condensed it to focus on presentation skills and developing a comfort level with speaking, rather than training to excel in a speech
By Marcella R. Beasley, MA, CIC, ACSR, AIS, AINS, CRIS Imagine it’s a beautiful summer day in June of 2008. A slight wind is blowing…The sun is shining….and the stock market is about to crash. KABOOM! But hey, at least I had a plan, right? Right. Unlike many of my peers, I had plans to
by Vikki Angelo, AIC, ITP, CPIW, CLP, CCA, CLC Region IV Vice President RVPs are being asked to write a blog article rather than an introduction article for the Connections newsletter. I hate to admit it, but I have never written a blog. Since this is my first attempt, I wanted to be sure I
By Jonel Thames Leake, CPCU, ASLI, AAI, CPIW, DAE, CLP Now that the Learning Management System (LMS) or On Demand catalog has been available for a few months, we have heard one question time and time again. People are asking “Where did the self-study guide go?”. This article will solve that mystery. Our IAIP courses
Aloha IAIP members, Thank you all for reaching out with your love and concern for our island home. Maui is a very special place for many of us, and our VP/President-Elect Tracy Adams calls Maui home. Tracy is asking for financial donations to help fund the future for families and businesses affected by the loss.
By Katharine M. Nohr, J.D. Lee Cataluna, a beloved Hawaii playwright and journalist wrote, “the people I want to write for won’t read this. They’re busy grieving. They’re busy trying to figure out how to make sense of what happened, to think about what happens next, to remember how to take the next breath—all those