An actuary, a lawyer and an accountant are discussing the merits of having a mistress or a wife. The lawyer reckons it is better having a mistress, because the wife can take everything if you should come to a divorce. The accountant reckons it is definitely better having a wife, from a taxation perspective. The actuary reckons it is better having both, because when you are not with the wife, she thinks you are with the mistress, and when you are not with the mistress, the mistress thinks you are with the wife, and that way, you can spend more time at the office.

Source: http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Insurance/Insurance.htm

"Note to carriers: When we said a fundamental goal of providing insurance to consumers is to protect assets from loss, we meant THEIRS, not YOURS."

In December, Taco Bell removed green onions from its menu, blaming the savory vegetable for sickening 71 customers. It later determined the onions were not in fact to blame, shifting responsibility to E. coli-tainted lettuce.

Source: "Dumbest Moments in Business" - Business 2.0 Magazine, January/February 2007

Have you heard the expression, "When pigs fly?" It's used informally to joke that something is either not going to happen or be very unlikely to happen. However, a side trip to our friends at Hamby & Aloisio will not only have you second guessing that insurance can't be fun, but you might have to dodge a flying pig or two!

Joyce Lytton, Administrative Services Manager for 13 Personal Lines and Commercial Lines CSRs created a "Flying Pig" for those CSRs who go far and above the call of duty. The recipient receives a crystal flying pig, flying pig certificate, and a gift card. Because it's almost impossible to make a pig fly, these awards are truly earned and not something given out lightly. Certificates are proudly displayed on bulletin boards around the office, crystal pigs dawn the desktops of office MVPs, and recipients enjoy their shopping sprees!

In addition to motivating the CSRs in a fun manner, this program keeps Joyce focused on looking for positives. She credits the program with helping her attitude and keeping her job fun. This group of folks demonstrates that insurance should be fun, all while keeping focus on a work environment which employees enjoy returning to day after day, week after week, month after month, and year after year! They "hire to retire!"

Hamby & Aloisio also recognizes that Insurance is fun! provides resources to keep their work environment an enjoyable one and we thank them for their business. 

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Does your agency have something special to keep folks motivated? We'd like to hear about it! Write deb@insuranceisfun.com and pass along your ideas. We'll share them with our customers, funsters and readers to help spread the enjoyment our industry brings.

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After years of grueling and intense creation and revision of policy forms from the industry's largest insurers, the World Insurance Organization is cheering its recent announcement that, for the first time in history, every single person in the world understands insurance.

Amidst the roiling waters of today's turbulent insurance world, it's easy to forget that there was once a time when many considered our industry to be staid, placid and-yes-even boring. Those were the days when ISO revised the forms once each decade instead of once per quarter. That was the time when the "C" in CGL meant comprehensive, not commercial-and no self-respecting CGL would be caught dead without a BFCGL endorsement attached! It was a time when the differences among an SMP, OL&T and M&C were not just esoteric but real E&O stuff. Can you imagine an era when the BOP, MOP and COP were just a gleam in some forms drafter's eye, and dwelling forms began with "DF" instead of "DP"?  In those days, an SFP really meant something-all 147 lines of it! Long before the PAP and BAC seized the high ground, we got along quite well, thank you, with a veritable auto salad of BAP (the B stood for "basic," not "business"), SAP, FAP and CLAP.

As you peruse this fond recollection of a bygone era, you'll find yourself falling under the influence of its warm and inviting tribute to those venerable forebears of the standard forms we know today. No matter how frenetic your current life, within moments of reading the opening paragraphs, you'll find yourself feeling staid, placid and-yes-even bored. If your idea of a great afternoon includes a refreshing nap, then you'll appreciate this gem.

Got an idea in your head that's so good it's on the verge of blowing out your eye sockets? Is the only problem with your idea getting others to listen and appreciate its (and your) genius? How do you make that great idea stick?

Mind-blowingly clever, this tome will help you compare some of the truly great ideas and what made them click vs. others that could have changed the world but just wouldn't sell. It is a journey deep into the human psyche-the place where ideas are formed, processed and sent to either the memory or to the brain's wastebasket. Learn to use hot concepts, paint images and manipulate words that will make your idea stick. Whether it's to help sell a policy or change the way your agency works, this book will help. Read it today!

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Does this newsletter seem like something you'd want to read in the waiting room at the dentist office? Or would you rather put it down and listen to people's teeth get drilled? We want to know! Send questions or comments to chris@Insuranceisfun.com.