FISCE Blog
“Medicare? More like MediSCARE…amirite? Amirite?! You see what I did there?!”
-A “joke” I’ve actually heard that’s never gotten a laugh not even once
Adventures in aging. Veteran insurance educator Chris Amrhein returns this Tuesday from 1 – 4pm Eastern with…
“To clarify: you want the COI to state ‘all insurance coverage ever needed for anything ever’, correct?”
-(Hopefully) no one
Oh for cryin’ out loud. Another day, another request for a certificate of insurance that you find questionable. “Make it say what I…
“It’s a ‘swim forum.’ What could possibly go wrong?”
-Ft. Lauderdale event planners in 1938 who ‘accidentally’ created Spring Break (scroll to the F5 for the story
The bad thing happened and your commercial insured needs help. So now what? Join the FISCE and…
“I’m older and have more insurance.”
-Evelyn from Fried Green Tomatoes (if you haven’t seen this clip lately do yourself a favor: watch it and enjoy laughing all day)
From the cradle to the grave. While constantly evolving, personal lines P&C…
“My God,’ exclaimed one of the players, ‘where is that ball going?!”
-Reaction to the Babe’s monumental 587-foot blast in Tampa (scroll to the “F5” for the story)
Spring training baseball has officially begun in Florida and all is now right with the world…
“It was essential that the location reflect the seriousness of the work being done…so naturally we chose Key West.” -Something no one actually said (scroll to the “F5” section for the story)
You’re being watched. Bad bots are trolling the web for the next victim.…
“Feeling let down this Valentine’s Day? You deserve better! Open the attachment for a special gift.”
-Example of a phishing email that - while obviously total bu#$^it - someone you know will open
Hackers, liars, and really bad bots. Ah, the internet:…
“Processing COI and AI requests? It’s why I got into the business! The people asking are always so agreeable and kind!”
-No insurance professional, ever
“What did I do to deserve this?!” Ask a hundred commercial insurance professionals to describe in a few…
“Just give me whatever I had last year.”
-Every insured at renewal requesting limits selected three decades ago
Always confused. Always wrong. Personal lines deductibles never seem to work how the insured expects. Further, when was the last time you…
“Of course I replied! Who wouldn’t trust an ousted member of a remote nation’s royal family cold-emailing a stranger for bank info?!”
-Employee whose gullibility just got really expensive
“You can trust me.” Your insured’s business is taken to the cleaners by…
“Obviously a spaceman dropped a genetically-modified pig onto it. Duh!”
-An auto claim you’ll hear soon if not already
You’re paranoid (but that doesn’t make you wrong). Big data is watching your every move. Virtual currencies are powering transactions…
“Yeah, it’s bad. Thankfully it hasn’t adversely affected our insuranOHHHH HOLY $%^&??!!.”-Your personal lines insureds realizing inflation’s impact on coverage and cost
Inflation’s latest victim: personal lines. How will its powerful punch affect your…
“We’re gonna’ need a bigger umbrella.”
-South Floridians when temps drop below 40
This week: JAN Webinar schedule, P&C licensees: did something happen, lizard droppings
Happy New Year, insurance pros!
FL’s finest CE Webinars resume January…
“As we celebrate this special day, let us rejoice that from this place, 500 years from now, will rise a magnificent insurance school.”
-Hernando de Soto, Tallahassee, December 1539
We’re putting a giant bow this week on the gift that was 2022’s Webinar…
“Their stuff really is that good. If they need a soprano for the tour I hope they call us first.” - Mariah Carey’s publicist reacting to “Have a Claims Free New Year”
In this edition: let’s go caroling, free money from Florida, tons of Webinars this week including…
“Too rich for my blood!”
-John D. Rockefeller, circa 1918, reacting to the Hotel Ormond raising his rent (scroll to the “F5” for the story)
In this edition: free money, special session, upcoming Webinars, FL’s Rocky past
I hope this…
“Why did the turkey refuse to eat cranberry sauce? Because it was already stuffed.”
-What you get when you Google “Thanksgiving jokes”
I hope this newsletter finds you well and unscathed from our state’s unwelcomed visitor last week. If Hurricane/TS…
“Look at the bright side; it would clear out some of those darn snakes!”
-Officials discussing the accidental detonation of missiles housed in the Glades (scroll to the F5 for context)
Monday, Monday. To accommodate for the week of Thanksgiving (no Webinars that…
“You get 90 days! You get 90 days!! YOU get 90 days!!!”
-Oprah informing members of her excited audience they’ve just received a CE deadline extension
90 days. The Florida Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced that due to Hurricane Ian it’s…
Famous Florida flood insurance guru David Thompson recently joined the FISCE for a discussion that could prove useful for Florida insurance pros and their insureds in the wake of horrible Hurricane Ian.
Many thanks to David for allowing us to record and share it. We hope you find this information…