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
Insurance professionals
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
SUE C. QUIMBY, CPCU, AU, CIC, CPIW, DAE Sue Quimby has been in the insurance industry since May 1977. She started while still in college – basically because she had worked in a plastics factory for two summers and didn’t want to do it again. An acquaintance who owned an insurance agency said, “Come see
By Brenda McDermott, CPCU, SCLA, CIIP, SCLA, ARM, AIDA Tune in to any leadership or business webinar and you will likely hear some of the current corporate buzz words or acronyms. In this challenging time for getting and retaining top talent corporations are making sure those key buzz words are on the job description, their
By Keri Herlong, CPCU, CIC, CRM, CISR, ACSR, AIM, CIIP, CLP, DAE, CRIS If you’ve heard those words spoken from an IAIP podium and your name is the one that follows, you know how gratifying they can be. I have won several awards from IAIP, as well as submitted applications for association awards. The feeling
For IAIP member, Vikki Angelo, getting into insurance was actually a fluke. She did not seek to find a job in insurance. Vikki moved from Ohio to Texas immediately after college and needed to find a job. She had several interviews with different types of companies and was offered a position with an insurance company as
By Kathleen E. Schor, CPIW, FLMI While there are some that are born into the insurance industry because of other family members, I think most of you found yourselves taking a position in insurance basically because you needed a J O B. For me it happened when one of my neighbors got a job
By Brenda McDermott, CPCU, SCLA, CIIP, SCLA, ARM, AIDA It’s time to saddle the elephant and ride it around the corporate boardroom with sparklers and a marching band. What elephant, you may ask? Ageism and age bias/discrimination. Just a few years ago corporate America was bemoaning the eminent knowledge drain facing the workforce when the
I am a Claims Supervisor at EMC Insurance Companies. As a Claims Supervisor I supervise five claims adjusters of all levels nationwide, from mid-level adjusters to senior adjusters. My team handles general liability, construction defect and business auto claims for commercial businesses. I conduct monthly audits on my team’s claim files and regularly review all
By Martin Beardeaux, CPCU, AIDA, ARM-E, AINS It’s not rocket science. We all grew up with the Golden Rule – treating others as one wants to be treated. This commonsense approach to treating others with respect and dignity has deep historical roots, in both religious and secular contexts. We’d like to think that we treat everyone