by Niaris Rabell, MS-RMI, AINS, AIS, API, CLP, CIIP, CIC, CRM, CISR Education is progress and transformation. It is the vehicle that will take you as far as you want to go. Take control and drive that vehicle to your destination. Dare to explore. Reaching for knowledge and motivation. Inquiring, striving to thrive. Venturing out
Career Development
By Jonel Thames Leake, CPCI, ASLI, AAI, CPIW, DAE, CLP Over the past three years, Region I has been fortunate enough to offer numerous CLP and CLP-A courses on a virtual basis. These classes have allowed members across the country to learn and earn these designations. Region V has offered various career development classes. From Hawaii to
By Brenda McDermott, CPCU, CLP, SCLA, CIIP, SCLA, ARM, AIDA, AIC Long time Region V member Margaret “Maggie” O’Toole believed if you ever attended an IAIP regional conference you’d be hooked. She believed it so much that for years she paid for a first timer’s registration out of her own pocket. Region V RVP Thelma
Brenda McDermott, CPCU, CLP, SCLA, CIIP, SCLA, ARM, AIDA, AIC Think about brands. Businesses and products have brands to help differentiate themselves from their competitors. Some products’ brands become synonymous with the product itself. Think: Band-Aid. A brand is how your products, vision and content are perceived by others. A brand not only differentiates you,
By Marisa Petrella, CLP This is a place I thought I would never be in my life. Unemployed after working for a company for 25 years. The worst part of this journey is trying to find a new job after a one-year blip at a company that never wanted me working there to begin with.
By Brenda McDermott, CPCU, CLP, SCLA, CIIP, SCLA, ARM, AIDA, AIC We read bylines of articles, hear introductions at conferences and see the seemingly endless jumble of letters behind someone’s name on a badge or business card. Do you know what those letters represent? Do you know the time and investment linked to earning those
By Jonel Thames Leake, CPCU, ASLI, AAI, CPIW, DAE, CLP Many years ago, I was co-chair of a Region 1 Conference. There were hundreds of attendees and, as anyone involved in planning a conference knows, it was a great deal of work. At the end of the event, we distributed paper surveys asking what people
By Regina Lemanowicz, CLP I learned at a very young age—in elementary school—that I have a goal-oriented personality. Our teacher assigned the class to read five books during the summer. I decided to up it to 10. That was hard since I lived in a very rural area with only a bookmobile that came around
Scholarship Deadlines: January 15 & August 15 Scholarship Submission Guidelines: Application Checklist provides a guide to what reviewers will be looking for: Grant Deadlines: October 15 & March 15 Grant Submission Guidelines Application Checklist provides a guide to what reviewers will be looking for: The NAIW International Legacy Foundation is a 501(c)3 insurance trust to
By Niaris Rabell, MS-RMI, AINS, AIS, API, CLP, CIIP, CIC, CRM, CISR There are many misconceptions about whether an introvert can lead. Some of them say we are antisocial, shy, arrogant, nerds and incapable of being good leaders. I know there are some people who, like me, felt intimidated from developing as leaders because of