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Fun Time News
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In this issue
-- Quote of the Month
-- Joke Time: An Official ‘Punch Line’ Request
-- News Flash: M-LAW Announces a Winner!
-- On the Cutting Edge: Be Nice to Your CEO -- Best Insurance Story Never Told: Freakosurance -- Tales from the HR Crypt: R-E-S-P-E-C-T -- Brand Tip: Enjoy People, Enjoy Work -- Book of the Month: Dear Wanda by Bernard J. Daenzer -- Valentine's Blowout! -- Picture of the Month -- Feedback
We've got a incredible plethora of new offers and information this month. First, a SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! Our website is undergoing a complete facelift and upgrade - check it out! Let us know what you like, what you don't, and what we missed. It's all for you at InsuranceisFun .com! The revision is so extensive we even issued a press release! Check it out here! Now, on the the latest fun facts, information and IIF store Deals of the Season! |
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Quote of the Month ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Any problem in the world can be solved by dancing.
— James Brown
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Joke Time: An Official ‘Punch Line’ Request ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IIFers: The following question was submitted by one of
our readers. Her firm is conducting a survey and has
specifically requested input from YOU!
Question: “You know there are herds of cows, flocks of birds and even a bloat of hippopotami. But what is a group of underwriters called?” Let’s help our fellow readers, IIFers! Submit your answers to newsletterfeedback@insuranceisfun.com. We’ll put your suggestions on the webpage and in the newsletter (and we’ll even give you credit!).
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News Flash: M-LAW Announces a Winner! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A warning label on a washing machine at a
laundromat that warns, “Do not put any person in this
washer,” has been chosen as the nation’s wackiest
warning label in M-LAW’s annual Wacky Warning
Label Contest.
The contest, now in its tenth year, is conducted by Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, M-LAW, to reveal how lawsuits, and concern about lawsuits, have created a need for common sense warnings on products. Source: http://www.mlaw.org/wwl/index.html
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On the Cutting Edge: Be Nice to Your CEO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
According to a recent survey of over 100,000
employees and CEOs published in USA Today, just
65% of CEOs, presidents, and other top execs at
some of the nation’s largest companies are “tough-
minded.” The results, painting an interesting contrast
to the image of corporate execs being thick-skinned,
grizzled generals, drove IIF researchers to dig deeper.
Amazingly, here’s what we found.
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Best Insurance Story Never Told: Freakosurance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So, you think you understand the wheels that drive our
world, do you bunky? Common sense and long study
have you convinced you’ve got this insurance thing all
figured out, right, oh designation bearing one?
You might decide to get off that pedestal and eat some humble pie after reading this fascinating collaboration between a young, yet brilliant, actuary and his reporter acquaintance. Together they deliver the often surprising goods as to what really drives many of the “facts” upon which our industry and rating tables rest. |
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Tales from the HR Crypt: R-E-S-P-E-C-T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Let’s start our New Year with a little bit of soul from
none other than Queen herself, Aretha Franklin!
(ooh) What you want
R-E-S-P-E-C-T No longer just a song for women to wave their fingers at their husbands from the dance floor of the next wedding reception, these lyrics sum up how we all want to be treated. |
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Brand Tip: Enjoy People, Enjoy Work ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Happy Birthday to me. On January 24, I turned 48.
I figure my life is about half over, Lord willing. The first half was pretty darn good. I missed the ’Nam draft yet was old enough to appreciate the Beatles and some truly original rock and roll. Despite the dearth of, ahem, laws to protect teens in the 1970s, I made it through high school and college. (Yes, Rutgers, the perennial sports doormat, finally has awoken.) I even survived A Flock of Seagulls and the New York City two-martini lunch in the 1980s. The 1990s were great, with marriage to a nice Florida girl (go Gators), followed by a couple of apparently well-behaved daughters. In 1999, at age 40, I was done with working for “the man” and opened a marketing firm focusing on insurance. Unable to contain my excitement, Insurance is fun! soon followed. All together now: “We don’t care about your birthday, and we really didn’t ask for your life story.” Please indulge me, dear Funsters; I hope the following will make sense. |
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Book of the Month: Dear Wanda by Bernard J. Daenzer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Really, IIFers, if the first American member of Lloyd’s
of London can agree that this business is nothing
more than a journey between the sublime and the
ridiculous, why can’t everyone else?
Dear Wanda is one of the finest collections of insurance stories ever written. (Even if there were thousands of such texts, and unfortunately there are not, this one would inevitably remain at the top.) Author Bernard J. Daenzer has the kind of resume that would make most insurance people cringe, yet his immense over-qualifications are spilled out in the pictures and wacky storybook-type text of this tome. His experiences as an underwriter and international broker are indescribable by anyone but himself. He’ll have you laughing hysterically, rubbing your head in amazement, and sitting in awe of his dealings with some of the goofiest insurance situations in history. The format of the text is less a book than a mural of his experiences, drawn by himself. It is the hope of this reviewer that others, as important to our industry as Bernard, may be inspired to share their fun stories with those of us in this industry who need to hear them most. IIF Rating: Perfection
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Valentine's Blowout! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hey, Insurance is fun! fans! Valentines Day is just
around the corner. Looking for that perfect - and
UNIQUE - gift for your insurance-oriented significant
other?
Let it never be said we at IIF are anything less than
incurable romantics!
In fact, we have developed a special collection of great items designed just for Valentines Day! Can you think of a better what to say "I love you" than an Insurance is fun! Teddy Bear at 20% off? (OK, we'll grant you a diamond is impressive, but you get the point.) Check out our special products and "such a deal" special offers today. Hurry - Valentines Day will soon be history, and so will these offers! |
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Picture of the Month ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
‘An Ode to Managing Risk’
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Feedback ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Does reading our newsletter remind you of bronzing in
the warm sunshine under a crystal clear sky while
lying next to a collection of used drink umbrellas? Or is
it more of a “fourth relapse of the flu season, no more
Nyquil” feeling? We want to know! Send your
questions or comments to
newsletterfeedback@insuranceisfun.com.
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