Owensboro's Local Board of Independent Insurance Agents

 

 Owensboro's Local Board of Independent Insurance Agents

On June 13, I traveled with Peggy and Tara to Owensboro to meet the IIAK members in the area. We met

Owensboro Local Board at the Briarpatch

at the Briarpatch Restaurant in town. I had the salad bar. After lunch, Peggy talked about the many things that IIAK does for its members. Specifically, she started with the 2013 legislative session. Here are a list of the topics that she covered:

* Commissioner of Insurance confirmation* Electronic Proof of Insurance* Employer-organized asssociations* Affordable Care Act * General Assembly authorize the Exchange* Glass Bill

* Credit Scoring 

Peggy also talked about the CRM class that was happening in Louisville this week. The dates for next year are April 2-5, 2014 on Principles of Risk Mgmt. A new class available to anyone in the insurance industry is the  Super Management program and will be held on September 12-13, 2013 at the Hyatt in Downtown Louisville. 

Hope Yager and Me

The newest way to get CE is through the Agents and Brokers Education Network or ABEN. It is a great way to get CE without traveling and... NO test taking! That's right! You can sit at your desk and see the instructor, the power point and you can even communicate with the instructor and type in your questions. Pay attention because a series of codes will show up during the class and you will need to enter those in at the end of the course to receive credit. 

Peggy touched on Project CAP that is slated to launch before the Annual Convention on November 6-8, 2013 which will be held at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, KY. Register and make your reservations today. 

Larry Hayden, Lynn Holland,
Steve Ford and Neel Ford with Me

T year Trusted Choice has partnered with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to raise money for children with life-threatening medical conditions. At Big "I" Day and the Young Agents Sales and Leadership Conference attendees raised more than $1,000 for Make-A-Wish. IIAK will continue to raise money throughout the year for this great cause... And all the money that we raise will go to a child in KENTUCKY!

Then it was my turn to talk! But I was a little shy... so Tara introduced me and talked about my position as CFO - Chief Fun Officer/Blogger. She talked about how my blogs would help integrate our social media platforms with our website and our members. 

It was so nice for the Owensboro Local Board to invite us to their meeting. We had so much fun that we are going to return for their golf outing on September 5, 2013! See you there. 

Hope Yager, Hannah Niles, Todd Anderson and Jeff Johnson

Take a look at the people I met at lunch:

Hope Yager - River City Insurance Agency
Hannah Niles - Neace Lukens
Todd Anderson - Neace Lukens
Jeff Johnson - Van Meter InsuranceRobin Pickrell - River City Insurance Agency

Michelle Love - E.M. Ford & Company
Steve Ford - E.M. Ford & Company

Neel Ford - E.M. Ford & Company

Larry Hayden - E.M. Ford & Company

Lynn Holland - E.M. Ford & Company

Michelle Love and Tee Cee

On the road again...

After meeting the fine folks of Owensboro, we stopped by a couple of our member agencies and nobody was home:-( So we traveled to Leitchfield, Ky on our way back to Louisville. You are never going to believe who we ran into... none other than our National Director, Steve Kinkade!  Everyone was busy at Kinkade -Cornell Insurance Agency, Inc. He was so nice to let us interrupt his day. We chatted for awhile and talked about IIAK's upcoming events. He was very happy to meet me, and the feeling was mutual. 

Me and Steve Kinkade

Straight from the horse's mouth,