“Using puns is an unclever, out-of-touch, ridiculous marketing strategy. Seriously…why are you still reading this?” -Kevin Amrhein
It’s a scary week to be at the FISCE and we’re excited to shriek with you. Highlights of this week’s terrifying events and our full-month schedule are below.
“What the h#ll are my CE requirements?!” Check out our CE Compliance page for answers.
Featured CE SpiderWebinar This Week: Blood Insurance, ScreEMA, and the National Blood Insurance Program, Wednesday, 11/1, 9a – 12p Eastern
Blood Insurance, ScreeMA, and the NFDieP. This course (actual title: Flood Insurance, FEMA, and the NFIP) follows the general curriculum for flood insurance training as set forth by FEMA. Completion of this course will satisfy FEMA’s 3-hour Basic Flood Insurance course requirement for agents to sell flood insurance. This course incorporates discussion on recent changes with the NFIP as well as many general principles of flood insurance.
Haunted by your approaching 4-Hour Law & Ethics Update DEADline? Learn the latest happenings with FL rules/regs/laws and fulfill your 4-Hour L&E Update requirement with us. We have Webinars that fulfill the requirement for P&C licensees, Life/Health licensees, and All-Lines Claims Adjuster licensees. Check out the schedule below and register online today!
CE SpiderWebinars This Week (all times Eastern. Keep scrolling until you feel the warm breath of the floating specter sneaking up behind you (or to see the full month schedule):
- TUES, 10/31, 9a – 12p - Growing Good Insurance: Property & Liability Endorsements To Fortify Farm Risks. FISCE farm guru Sam “Dad Jokes Ain’t Bad Jokes” Bennett is back with tips on how to close common gaps that may affect your agribusiness insureds.
- WED, 11/1, 9a – 12p - Flood Insurance, FEMA, And The NFIP. It’s our featured Webinar for a reason! See the description above and join flood guru “Rockin” Robin Federici for the latest news on all-things-flood.
- WED, 11/1, 2 – 3p - An Hour With Dave: Coverages That Keep A Business Income Loss From Bankrupting You. Florida Man Dave “Special Sauce” Thompson returns with an awesome hour on protecting your insured’s revenue stream (aka their most valuable asset) at claim time.
- THURS, 11/2, 9a – 12p - Inflation And Personal Lines: Helping Insureds Understand Why It Matters And What To Do. Among other concerns, rising costs also means bad insurance. Personal lines guru Nicole “WTH’s Decaf?” Broch brings her legendary energy back to the hotseat with a bunch of useful info in another rendition of this insanely popular Webinar.
- SATURDAY, 11/4, 9a – 1p – For Property & Casualty Licensees In 2023: 4-Hour Law & Ethics Update. In need of your updated but can’t make one of the midweek shows? We got you! Join Dave on Saturday and he’ll dazzle you with the latest industry happenings.
- SATURDAY, 11/4, 9a – 1p - For Life & Health Licensees In 2023: 4-Hour Law & Ethics Update. Same goes for you! Join Karin “I’ll Ask an Alaskan” Woofter and she’ll get you up to speed and compliant.
Finally, if you’re an unapologetic lover of all-things scary Florida keep scrolling to experience this week’s “F5”: a tasty knowledge nugget about everyone’s favorite state.
Until the next round…cheers!
Kevin “Please Send a New Costume (My Chicken Suit Smells)” Amrhein, CIC, CBIA
Florida Insurance School Continuing Education (FISCE)
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THE “F5” (FASCINATING FACTOID FOR FANATICAL FLORIDIANS) –
In celebration of October the F5 section will feature stories about the Sunshine State’s most haunted places/things. If you have a spooky story to share please use the link at the bottom of this section!
Castillo De San Marcos, Saint Augustine
Wait…you’re telling me one of the oldest buildings in America that’s been host to battles, incarceration, torture, lots of death and has mass graves onsite is HAUNTED?!
In what may be the least surprising thing you’ve ever heard, paranormal enthusiasts frequent the fort (the iconic coquina limestone structure dates to 1672) due to its history of…you guessed it…torture and death. While ghosts are thought to occupy almost every nook and cranny, two special specters supposedly still hang out at ol’ Saint Mark. One is the headless corpse of the great Seminole leader Osceola who did some time at the fort after his capture. While he didn’t die at the fort, some believe the infection that killed him a few months after his time there was contracted during his stay.
The other is the ghost of Delores Marti, wife of the fort’s commanding officer who, after smelling her perfume on strapping young captain Manuel Abela and suspecting an affair, chained them both to a freakin’ wall until they died. Some say the smell of her perfume still sweetens the fort’s balmy air.