Online Learning
The following are all of the online learning opportunities currently being offered.
September 2020
Live Webinar – Dead or Alive: The Many Functions of Life Insurance
Dead or Alive - The Many Functions of Life Insurance 3 WI CE Credits Course# 6000058105 Instructed by Corey Wilkins - Corey Wilkins Insurance & Financial Services, Inc. Tacoma, WA Objective To teach insurance professionals about the essential functions of different types of life insurance. Description The purpose of this course is to describe in-depth the many benefits, uses, and ways that life insurance can be leveraged while you’re still alive. Many intricacies of policies have living benefits that can be utilized…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Everything’s Soaked and My Stuff Stinks: The Water Damage
Everything’s Soaked and My Stuff Stinks: The Water Damage Webinar 3 WI CE Credits Course#6000039309 Instructed by Nicole Broch, CIC, CISR, PLCS - Nicole Broch Insurance Education – Cantrall, IL Objective To teach insurance professionals about the coverage (or lack thereof) found in common personal lines insurance policies regarding water damage. Description Your personal lines insureds have issues with water and, unfortunately, so does their insurance policy! Water damage comes in many different forms – sometimes covered, sometimes not -…
Find out more »Live Webinar – The Small or Hobby Farm: Properly Identifying & Insuring the Risk
The Small or Hobby Farm: Properly Identifying & Insuring the Risk 3 WI CE Credits Course# 6000060208 Instructed by Sam Bennett, CIC, AFIS, CRIS, CPIA - Harrison Agency - Columbia, MO Objective To teach insurance professionals about insuring common risks associated with small or hobby farms. Description The small farmer has always been with us. Insurance company’s appetite for this type of insured has waxed and waned. Are they commercial risks or personal lines risks? This session will make it…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Welcome to the Future Where Everyone Shares and Your Car Drives Itself
Welcome to the Future Where Everyone Shares and Your Car Drives Itself 3 WI CE Credits Course# 6000039286 Instructed by Kym Martell, CRM, CIC, CRIS, AAI - K.M. Associates, Insurance Management & Training Consultants - Asbury Park, New Jersey. Objective To teach insurance professionals about the risks involved in ride-sharing, home-sharing, and autonomous vehicles. Description Welcome to the future where you always have a ride, a place to stay and your car drives itself. Innovations in technology are truly amazing…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Coverage Problems Your Contractors Hate (and How to Solve Them)
Coverage Problems Your Contractors Hate (and How to Solve Them) 3 WI CE Credits Course# 6000060207 Instructed by Catherine L. Trischan, CPCU, CRM, CIC, ARM, AU, AAI, CRIS, MLIS Director of Commercial E&K Agency, Eatontown, NJ Objective To teach insurance professionals about the important features to look for when writing various inland marine coverages and general liability coverage for contractor insureds. Description This course examines a variety of inland marine exposures faced by contractors and the policies available to cover…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Commercial Property Claims That Stink an How to Handle Them
Commercial Property Claims That Stink and How to Handle Them 3 WI CE Credits Course# 6000045493 Instructed by Terry Tadlock, CIC, CPCU, CRIS - Coastal Plains Insurance - Hilton Head Island, SC Objective To teach insurance professionals about several common commercial property claims scenarios and how to handle them. Description Join Terry Tadlock as he reviews actual claims scenarios stemming from a variety of commercial property-related exposures. Each scenario is discussed from the position of both the actual policy language…
Find out more »October 2020
CPIA 3 – Sustain Success – WEBINAR
The PIA of Wisconsin is a proud sponsor of the Certified Professional Insurance Agent (CPIA) professional designation program. These three, one-day workshops teach practical "before", "during", and "after" sale techniques for insurance producers, sales managers, account managers, and company marketing representatives. Completion rule, 3 years from the first course. No exams. You do not need to commit to all three to attend one. Approved for 7 Wisconsin CE credits each. Utica approved. While it is not required, it is recommended…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Flood Insurance and the NFIP
Flood Insurance and the NFIP 3 WI CE Credits Course# 6000059679 Instructed by Robin Federici, CPCU, AAI, ARM, AINS, AIS, CPIW - Insurance Education & Training Associates - North Kingstown, RI Objective To teach insurance professionals about flood insurance and the options available from the National Flood Insurance Program. Description Completion of this course will satisfy FEMA’s 3-hour Basic Flood Insurance Course requirement for agents to sell flood insurance. Agents will gain a basic understanding of the National Flood Insurance…
Find out more »Live Webinar – An Hour with Kevin: Drones – Insuring Innovators, Enthusiasts and Idiots
An Hour with Kevin: Drones – Insuring Innovators, Enthusiasts and Idiots 1 WI CE Credit Course# 6000058123 Instructed by Kevin Amrhein, CIC - Florida Insurance School CE - Tallahassee, FL Objective To teach insurance professionals about coverage concerns regarding the personal and commercial use of drones. Description From personal enthusiasts to innovative businesses, it seems everyone is a drone pilot. Join long-time insurance educator Kevin Amrhein for this engaging course on insuring all things “Drone”. Webinar System Requirements To…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Homeowner’s Policy Coverage Concerns for the Modern Family
Homeowner’s Policy Coverage Concerns for the Modern Family 3 WI CE Credits Course# 600003988 Instructed by Nicole Broch, CIC, CISR, PLCS - Nicole Broch Insurance Education – Cantrall, IL Objective To teach insurance professionals about the coverage (or lack thereof) for modern exposures found in the Homeowner’s policy. Description Adult children coming home (or never leaving). Caring for aging relatives. Pets. Earning extra money, “Smart” appliances and toys. The evolving role of a Homeowner’s insurance policy, and how it addresses…
Find out more »CIC – Live Webinar – Agency Management
Agenda Section 1 Strategic Planning - Robert Shomo, MBA, CIC - Shomo-Madsen Insurance - Marshalltown, AI Section 2 Talent Acquisition and Development - Robert Shomo, MBA, CIC Section 3 Client Acquisition and Retention - William Toll, CIC - Bill Toll and Associates, Inc - Austin, TX Section 4 Technology Utilization - William Toll, CIC Section 5 Ethical Responsibility - William Toll, CIC The exam will be available Monday at 12:01 AM through Wednesday 11:59 PM of the week following this CIC…
Find out more »Live Webinar – An Hour with Kevin: Annoying Personal Auto Problems and Their Solutions
An Hour with Kevin: Annoying Personal Auto Problems and Their Solutions 1 WI CE Credit Course#6000058107 Instructed by Kevin Amrhein, CIC - Florida Insurance School CE - Tallahassee, FL Objective To teach insurance professionals about a few problems found in the commonly used Insurance Services Office (ISO) Personal Auto Policy and methods to address them. Description The commonly used Insurance Services Office (ISO) Personal Auto Policy is packed with problems. Join FISCE’s Kevin Amrhein as he navigates you through…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Chris Amrhein’s “Adventures in Aging”: Understanding Social Security & Medicare
“Adventure in Aging” Understanding Social Security & Medicare 3 WI CE Course# 6000059682 Instructed by Chris Amrhein, AAI - Lorton, VA Objective To teach insurance professionals about the many intricacies of Medicare and Social Security. Description Over the last five decades, Chris Amrhein has evolved into one of the insurance industry’s most trusted resources/statesman. Join Chris as he blends his professional and personal experience with Social Security and Medicare into this interactive, informative (and dare we say…fun?!) course. To earn…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Exposures that Prove Why ALL Employers Need EPL Coverage
Exposures that Prove Why All Employers Need EPL Coverage 3 WI CE Credits Course# 6000060206 Instructed by Catherine L. Trischan, CPCU, CRM, CIC, ARM, AU, AAI, CRIS, MLIS Director of Commercial E&K Agency, Eatontown, NJ Objective To teach insurance professionals about the many exposures addressed by Employment Practices Liability (EPL) insurance. Description This course addresses many employment-related liability exposures faced by today’s employers: sexual harassment in the age of #MeToo, employee privacy concerns, discrimination claims, retaliation claims, wage and hour…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Farm & Rural Agent
Farm & Rural Agent 7 WI CE Credits - 3 of 7 Ethics Course# 6000072813 Instructed by Sam Bennett, CIC, AFIS, CRIS, CPIA - Harrison Agency - Columbia, MO Topics Farm Property: "The Family Farm" Market Focuses on individual/families involved and the often-used ISO Farm Property Coverage Forms with emphasis on intent of coverages. Coverages for Dwellings, Appurtenant Structures, Household Personal Property Enhancing Your Value to the Agribusiness Insurance Buyer Vital endorsements that must be discussed and to access your…
Find out more »CIC – Live Webinar – James K Ruble Graduate Webinar
Introduction Open to all dues paid CICs, CRMs, CPRMs, CSRMs. CE credit is available for Wisconsin and all bordering states. If you are licensed in a different state and are registering less than 40 days from the program, please contact The National Alliance Continuing Education Department to determine if CE credit is available! 1-800-633-2165. Agenda WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Section 1 - ETHICS - Jerry Rhinehart, CIC, CLU, CHFC, RHU, Rhinehart & Associates / Lynn Haven, FL…
Find out more »Live Webinar – How Savvy Businesses Use Life Insurance to Hedge Against Financial Losses
How Savvy Businesses Use Life Insurance to Hedge Against Financial Losses 3 WI CE Course# 6000039287 Instructed by Karin Klaassen, CLU, LUTCF - Karin has 27 years in the Insurance business serving the last 5 years with MetLife. Objective To teach insurance professionals about the benefits of Life Insurance to a business. Description So your insured owns a business, and from what you can gather, is woefully unprepared to handle adversity. Specifically, what if a key person dies? What transition plans…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Insurance Issues for Today’s World
Commercial Additional Insured Endorsements – Status and Purpose 3 WI CE Credits Course# 6000042042 Instructed by Catherine L. Trischan, CPCU, CRM, CIC, ARM, AU, AAI, CRIS, MLIS Director of Commercial E&K Agency, Eatontown, NJ Objective To teach insurance professionals about insurance coverage for new exposures in today’s world. Description Welcome to today’s world where toys fly, strangers will drive you anywhere and let you stay in their homes with them, cars drive themselves and the air smells like…weed? These…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Chris Amrhein’s “Adventures in Aging”: Financially Surviving Retirement
Chris Amrhein’s “Adventures in Aging” Financially Surviving Retirement 3 WI CE Credits Course # 6000061267 Instructed by Chris Amrhein, AAI – Lorton, VA Description To earn CE credit for attending this course is a nice bonus, but we hope you’ll see it for what it truly is: an experience that will change your life as well as the lives of those around you. People are terrified of outliving their money and the large bills that come with the rising cost…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Culture, Ethics and E&O: The Right Way to Run an Agency
Culture, Ethics and E&O: The Right Way to Run an Agency 3 WI Ethics Credits / Utica Approved for Premium Discount Course# 6000059631 Instructed by Terry Tadlock, CIC, CPCU, CRIS - Coastal Plains Insurance - Hilton Head Island, SC Objective To teach insurance professionals how to recognize potential problems within an agency’s culture resulting from ethical shortcomings and how such could result in a costly EO claim. Description Good (and error-avoiding) habits begin with good decision making. It sounds like…
Find out more »November 2020
Live Webinar – Ethics and E&O: Synergy Not Rivalry
Ethics and E&O: Synergy Not Rivalry 3 WI CE Course# 6000042406 Instructed by Chris Amrhein, AAI - Lorton, VA Objective To teach insurance professionals about commonalities in ethical behavior and questionable business practices that can cause E&O claims. Description Ethics. Morals. Errors. Omissions. Words that touch the nerves of even the most solid agents and strike at the foundation of even the most formidable agencies. Through recent headlines and interactive case studies, this course seeks to find and explain the…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Breaking it Down: Additional Insureds, Certificates and Headaches
Breaking it Down: Additional Insureds, Certificates and Headaches 3 WI CE Credits Course # 6000061237 Instructed by Carissa Bonner, AINS, CRIS Objective To teach insurance professionals about many issues concerning the use of Additional Insured endorsements and Certificates of Insurance. Description Certificates and Additional Insured endorsements are functions which lie at the core of many agency’s operations. This course is designed to address many concerns with these essential functions. What to do, what NOT to do, intentions, unintended consequences, and…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Alphabet Soup: The Mistakes and Coverage Behind D&O, EPLI, FLI, EBL
Alphabet Soup: The Mistakes and Coverage Behind D&O, EPLI, FLI and EBL 3 WI CE Course# 6000039321 Instructed by Chris Amrhein, AAI - Lorton, VA Objective This course will discuss important coverage concerns addressed by a variety of insurance policies designed to address various executive and management risks and conduct. Description You can’t control how they act or the decisions they make. But when questionable conduct and/or decision-making at the executive level lands your client in hot water, you as…
Find out more »CIC – Live Webinar – Commercial Multiline
Agenda Section 1 Commerical Inland Marine Concepts and Coverages - Robert Ford, CIC, CISR, CPIA, CLCS, MLIS, CRIS - American Insurance Center - Grand Forks Section 2 Employment Practices Liability Insurance - Robert Ford, CIC, CISR, CPIA, CLCS, MLIS, CRIS Section 3 Crime Coverages and Endorsements - Jay Williams, CIC, CRM, AAI, CRIS, MLIS - Tallahassee, FL Section 4 Cyber Exposures and Coverage - Jay Williams, CIC, CRM, AAI, CRIS, MLIS Section 5 Excess Liability Commercial Umbrella Coverages - Jay…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Dead or Alive: The Many Functions of Life Insurance
Dead or Alive - The Many Functions of Life Insurance 3 WI CE Credits Course# 6000058105 Instructed by Corey Wilkins - Corey Wilkins Insurance & Financial Services, Inc. Tacoma, WA Objective To teach insurance professionals about the essential functions of different types of life insurance. Description The purpose of this course is to describe in-depth the many benefits, uses, and ways that life insurance can be leveraged while you’re still alive. Many intricacies of policies have living benefits that can be utilized…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Everything’s Soaked and My Stuff Stinks: The Water Damage Webinar
Everything’s Soaked and My Stuff Stinks: The Water Damage Webinar 3 WI CE Credits Course#6000039309 Instructed by Nicole Broch, CIC, CISR, PLCS - Nicole Broch Insurance Education – Cantrall, IL Objective To teach insurance professionals about the coverage (or lack thereof) found in common personal lines insurance policies regarding water damage. Description Your personal lines insureds have issues with water and, unfortunately, so does their insurance policy! Water damage comes in many different forms – sometimes covered, sometimes not -…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Insuring Commercial Transportation Exposures: The Business Auto and Motor Carrier Coverage Forms
Insuring Commercial Transportation Exposures: The Business Auto and Motor Carrier Coverage Forms 3 WI CE Credits Course#6000068375 Instructed by Sam Bennett, CIC, AFIS, CRIS, CPIA - Harrison Agency - Columbia, MO Objective To teach insurance professionals about the exposures addressed by the Business Auto and Motor Carrier Coverage Forms. Description Businesses that use autos need commercial auto coverage. The type, use, ownership and many other factors associated with these autos will dictate the coverage form most effective in transferring risk…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Commercial Liability Claims that Cause Problems
Commercial Liability Claims That Cause Problems 3 WI CE Credits Course# 6000042393 Instructed by Terry Tadlock, CIC, CPCU, CRIS - Coastal Plains Insurance - Hilton Head Island, SC Objective To teach insurance professionals about several common commercial liability claims scenarios and how to handle them. Description Join Terry Tadlock as he reviews actual claims scenarios stemming from a variety of commercial liability-related exposures. Each scenario is discussed from the position of both the actual policy language as well as possible…
Find out more »Live Webinar – An Hour with Kevin: Insuring Self-Driving Cars, Scooters & Other Modern Transit Risks – Live Webinar
An Hour with Kevin: Insuring Self-Driving Cars, Scooters & Other Modern Transit Risks 3 WI CE Credits Course#6000059681 Instructed by Kevin Amrhein, CIC - Florida Insurance School CE - Tallahassee, FL Objective To teach insurance professionals about emerging trends and coverage concerns in personal transportation. Description How ubiquitous are cars with self-driving capability? Why are so many cities packed with scooter riders buzzing in and out of pedestrian and vehicle traffic? Do “flying cars” actually exist? Join Kevin Amrhein…
Find out more »Live Webinar – Construction Contracts: What the Agent Should Know, Do, And Not Do
Construction Contracts: What the Agent Should Know, Do and Not Do 3 WI CE Credits Course# 6000042031 Instructed by Catherine L. Trischan, CPCU, CRM, CIC, ARM, AU, AAI, CRIS, MLIS Director of Commercial E&K Agency, Eatontown, NJ Objective To teach insurance professionals about construction contracts as they relate to insurance coverage for contractors. Description This course reviews some of the contractual obligations our contractor clients assume. We will discuss the types of contracts and the factors used to determine…
Find out more »Live Webinar – An Hour with Kevin: Extra Money for Bills, Beer or Both – Insuring Your Side Gig
An Hour with Kevin: Extra Money for Bills, Beer or Both – Insuring Your Side-Gig 1 WI CE Credit Course# 6000059598 Instructed by Kevin Amrhein, CIC - Florida Insurance School CE - Tallahassee, FL Objective To teach insurance professionals about the personal liability exposures associated with side-jobs. Description Regardless of what you intend to do with them, making a few extra bucks on the side is always helpful. Join Kevin Amrhein as he discusses the personal liability concerns presented…
Find out more »December 2020
Live Webinar – CPIA Advanced Update
Insurance Implications of Cyber Security 7 WI CE Credits Course # Instructed by Bettye D. Hutchison, CIC, CRM, CPCU, AAI, ARM, CPIA, TRIP Description *You do not need to be a CPIA designee to attend, however, it is a CPIA update option. Cyber-attacks can take many forms and affect agencies and companies in different ways. This program will examine many cyber-attack methods and discuss insurance implications. Having the proper insurance coverages in place can make the difference in recovering or…
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