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Fun Times Newsletter
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In this issue
-- Quote of the Month
-- Joke time!
-- News Flash: Fraud Scheme Ends in Murder -- On the Cutting Edge: Is Space the Final Frontier for Underwriters? -- The Greatest Insurance Story Never Told -- Brand Tip: Questioning Employees and Customers -- Product Deal of the Day - and a Free Bonus Offer! -- Book of the Month -- Graffiti Zone -- IIF Poll! -- Just as We Suspected! -- Feedback
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Quote of the Month ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Never let your sense of morals get in the way of
doing what’s right.”
-Isaac Asimov
Source: www.quotationspage.com
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Joke time! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A drunk staggers into the lounge of a hotel where an
insurance convention is being held, intent on causing
trouble. He yells, “I think all insurance agents are
crooks, and if anyone doesn’t like it, come up and do
something about it!”
Immediately, a man runs up to the drunk and says, “Take that back!” The drunk sneers and replies, “Why, are you an agent?” “No,” the man replies, “I’m a crook.” Source: www.insurancece.com
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News Flash: Fraud Scheme Ends in Murder ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Want to know what happens when a life-insurance
fraud scheme devised by two inmates results in
execution?
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On the Cutting Edge: Is Space the Final Frontier for Underwriters? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Because we’re all about dreams coming true, we
love the following story about Lloyd’s of London and
the very real future of Virgin Galactic.
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The Greatest Insurance Story Never Told ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Long ago, in a marketplace far, far away, the
insurance universe was governed by a quiet yet
powerful group known as actuaries. Although it was
unknown to many in the general population, those
familiar with the industry knew an actuary’s word
was law. They alone could translate the Law of Large
Numbers into practical, everyday rate calculations.
Only they, using their mystical arts, understood how
to let go of their feelings and trust regressive
analysis to guide their determinations. Their
greeting, “May the rating bureaus be with you,”
comforted the multitudes afraid of devastating price
wars.
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Brand Tip: Questioning Employees and Customers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In a word, the very best brands are about passion.
Show me a strong local or regional independent
agency, and I’ll show you owners and employees who
are passionate about what they do. They also have
raving fans—otherwise known as happy customers.
As an agency principal, can you feel any energy around the office? If no, this is a serious problem— and you hopefully realize the cause, or causes. If yes, how do you tap into this passion, and build on it? When it comes to branding, start from the inside out. |
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Product Deal of the Day - and a Free Bonus Offer! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"There is nothing quite so useless as doing with great
efficiency that which should not be done at all." -
Peter Drucker
Often "time management" is understood to be "how to get more done in less time." Wrong. The key is to effective, not efficient. And what could be more ironic than finding the very materials or techniques you utilized to save time actually wasted that precious resource? Not so with Bill Wilson's newly revised edition of Successful Personal Management, available exclusively from IIF Press. This is not another generic book on efficiency gimmicks. Bill has spent over thirty years in the insurance industry, and his book is devoted specifically to ideas, worksheets, exercises and techniques proven to work for insurance folks. Let Bill show you exactly how to follow Peter Drucker's advice and be effective, not efficient. And what could be more efficient that eliminating the wait for a printed book to arrive in days when you can acquire your personal copy of Bill's most excellent book, worksheets included, digitally in mere hours? Yes, Successful Personal Management is now available as an eBook! Read it on your favorite digital device, or print off your own copy! SPECIAL OFFER PLUS FREE BONUS! And now, for a limited time only, get a free bonus with each eBook purchased. Bill has created two other digital products: 7 Maxims of Time Management, and How to Increase Your Commissions by 50%! Either booklet is available alone for $7.95, but for this offer choose either one FREE when you order a copy of Successful Personal Management for $14.95 And since these are digital products, there are no shipping and handling fees! Check out this special offer today! Click on the link below and soon more time, effectiveness and profit will be yours. Be efficient and effective - order now! |
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Book of the Month ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leadership Sopranos Style, by Deborah Himsel.
At first, everything about this text seems silly: It’s a fictional television show, and Tony Soprano is a criminal. Illustrating the leadership capability of television’s Tony and incorporating it into mainstream business seems like a joke. (For the three people in the world that don’t know, Tony is a mafia boss whose “breaka ya’ face” methods may seem a bit rough.) But readers will find Himsel impressively outlining the show’s practical lessons in pragmatic leadership. Leaders learn that being tough doesn’t mean breaking faces, friendships, or the law. Read the book and discuss it with fellow employees. And please, resist the urge to do it with an Italian accent. IIF Rating: nove out of dieci.
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Graffiti Zone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Binders? Binders? We Don’t Need No Stinking
Binders!”
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IIF Poll! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Has anyone in your office mastered the art
of “meeting speak?” Here’s an example: “Our team is
gathered for this pow-wow so we can get everybody
on the same page and tackle this issue full speed
ahead. Let’s kick this brain trust into high gear, get
those wheels turning, and throw out some ideas that
will help us collect the low-hanging fruit, shoot the
elephants, and keep the tail from wagging the dog.”
At IIF, we love this stuff! If you have some favorite “meeting speak” that you’d like to share, please send your comments to feedback@insuranceisfun.com. We may just put them (and a translation, if you like) in an upcoming issue!
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Just as We Suspected! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Feedback ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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intelligent and physically attractive insurance people
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