By Christine Chandler Tillett, aPHR, CDP, CLP, CRIS, TRIp, MLIS, CIIP There have been many great leaders that have gone before me as a Regional Vice President of my area, so my path was clearly laid out for me. What I didn’t anticipate was the knowledge I would receive working on a board. It was
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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 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
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
by Pam Haakenson, CIIP, CLP, DAE Remember when paper, fax, USPS, and in person meetings were the way of doing business 30 years ago? Quoted something by hand? Not anymore! Doing business in the insurance world has evolved to digital: internet, email, texting, digital signatures, and Zoom meetings. Remember delivering a paper insurance policy, mailing
By Robert H. Wilson Workers’ Compensation, as an industry, has a marketing problem. It is probably better described as a messaging problem. It has long been true that the industry has been broadly defined by the negative stories that find their way into local and national press publications and media outlets. We have been generally
Brenda McDermott, CPCU, SCLA, AIDA, ARM, AIC, CLP, CIIP We’re engaged! It depends on who is saying that phrase as to what image comes into your mind, right? If it’s your son, daughter, or friend you see a ring, or a wedding, maybe champagne. Or if you hear the phrase ‘the engagement is off’, then
by Sue Quimby, CPCU, AU, CIC, CPIW, DAEMSO, Inc. Catalytic converters are a prime target of thieves. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), more than 1,200 catalytic converters per month were stolen in the United States during 2020. Thefts increased almost 300% in the period from July 2020 to October 2021. One insurer