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Fun Time News
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In this issue
-- SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - ATTENTION FUTURE FUNSTERS!
-- Quote of the Month
-- Joke time: Special Edition!
-- On the Cutting Edge: A (Not So) Subtle Warning -- News Flash: Fraud, Lies and Videotape? -- The Greatest Insurance Song Never Sung - Our Contest Winner! -- Brand Tip: Volunteering the Right Way -- Tales from the HR Crypt: You Have Nothing to Fear - Deb is Here! -- Book of the Month: Little Red Book of Sales Answers, by Jeffrey Gitomer -- Graffiti Zone -- Product Deal of the Month: IIF’s Bodacious Bountiful Baskets! -- Cartoon of the Month! -- Feedback
We've got a incredible plethora of new offers and information this month, so let's get to it! |
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - ATTENTION FUTURE FUNSTERS! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Day is Here! The Time is Now! Ladies and
Gentlemen, Start Your Fun!
As promised in last month’s issue, today Insurance is Fun! is proud to roll out upon an unsuspecting world our Funster membership club! A veritable plethora of IIF info, opportunity and swag awaits just beyond that “Members Only” threshold. Are you ready for the future of Insurance Fun? Tell ‘em, Don Pardo! |
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Quote of the Month ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for
it by leaving early.”
—Charles Lamb
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Joke time: Special Edition! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Upon “reviewing” our joke last month, a catchy group
of underwriters led by Linda Gerke with Foremost
Insurance have submitted an endorsement to the
punch line. So we thought, in honor of our fellow
IIFers, we’d share their version with the rest of
you! Enjoy!
Q: What is the difference between God and an underwriter? A: God forgives!
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On the Cutting Edge: A (Not So) Subtle Warning ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here at IIF, we appreciate the technological
advancements so gallantly sought by those looking
out for us consumer’s best interests. Here’s an
example of an automaker that’s taking it to the next
level, just not quite what us “sickies” at IIF had
hoped.
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News Flash: Fraud, Lies and Videotape? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The plan of action seemed simple: crash a van into a
tree and collect the insurance check. But the
setback for this Union County, Ill., group was a
blunder of cinema-like proportions.
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The Greatest Insurance Song Never Sung - Our Contest Winner! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Last month IIF asked readers to submit their
suggestions for an additional verse for our featured
Insurance Song of the Month, “Dem E&O Blues.”
We’re proud to announce we got a winner!
(Sung to any blues tune you’ve ever heard.)
“The day finally came for the client,
Oh, I’m down and draggin’ Congrats and an IIF t-shirt are winging their way to intrepid blues lyricist and IIFer Patty Gavaghan, Service Specialist with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Rock on, Patty!
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Brand Tip: Volunteering the Right Way ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Getting my team ready for a soccer match last
Memorial Day weekend, I suddenly saw the girls
screaming and running across the field. A giant seven-
foot lizard was ambling across the field, waving his
little webbed hands. It welcomed hugs—yes, hugs—
from these sixth-graders.
It was the Geico gecko—dreaded by me, but apparently loved by tomorrow’s drivers. This got me thinking - |
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Tales from the HR Crypt: You Have Nothing to Fear - Deb is Here! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Are your agency’s HR efforts scarier than the
seventeenth Night of the Living Dead remake? Does
studying issues like “employment law” cause your
face to inadvertently resemble a zombie’s, even
without a mask? I, Deb Gateley, IIF’s marketing
maven, have the trick that’s sure to make your HR
efforts a treat!
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Book of the Month: Little Red Book of Sales Answers, by Jeffrey Gitomer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Designed to look like a 19th century schoolbook, this
text is packed with anecdotes, amusing cartoons,
sales tips and resources sure to light a fire under any
salesperson’s you know what. The text is hilarious
and colorful, a stark contrast with many of the
stuffier sales tomes we’re used to seeing. The author
counts 95.5 answers to everyday sales questions
throughout the pages; we’re certain you’ll find more,
or at least the one you’ve been searching for. Know
you used to love your job but have grown stagnant?
This book may boost you back in time to when you
loved the game. Read it everyday forever, or at least
once.
IIF Rating: Perfect** **Normally we try to throw in an ill attempt at humor here, but there is no way this book deserves a 9; not even at the expense of a not-so-amusing punch line. Thanks for recommending it, Frank
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Graffiti Zone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Local Florida Halloween Headline:
Kid dresses as hurricane deductible; Terrified neighbors move to Tennessee
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Product Deal of the Month: IIF’s Bodacious Bountiful Baskets! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Holidays are a coming! Time to celebrate and add some fun to you or your staff’s day with a party! Target one of your favorite holidays, celebrate a season or have a very merry unbirthday bash! Our IIF elves will create customized gift baskets perfect for your occasion, whether that be Halloween, Autumn, Thanksgiving, or arrival of your contingency checks (we won’t tell Spitzer). In addition to the contents, each basket comes with an appropriate holiday gift decoration. And every basket price is at least 25% less than if the individual items were purchased separately! What’s your pleasure? To get those gift glands salivating, feast your senses on these samples: |
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Cartoon of the Month! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Need we say more?
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Feedback ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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know if you love reading them! Please send
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dishes, or anything else you can think of to
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