Insurance 101
Whether you're new to insurance or not, everyone needs time spent with the fundamentals of insurance. That's what these classes are about.
You might need to learn the basics of commercial auto coverages or errors and omissions coverage. We have those classes. Maybe you need to learn how to read a policy so that your clients know what is covered and what isn't. We have classes for that. Maybe you don't understand why the underwriters ask so many questions about buildings. We have classes for that.
These classes are perfect to supplement your new hire's licensing class. We all know that the license exam doesn't teach us everything that we need to know. That's why we have these classes here for you.
How An Adjuster Reads An Insurance Policy
For the first time in Academy of Insurance history, participants will choose a real-world claim scenario, and Chantal Roberts will walk through the ISO Homeowner policy, step-by-step, demonstrating how an adjuster reviews the policy to make a coverage decision. Join us for this special live session. Chantal will open the adjuster tool bag and show us how it works.
Working with E&S Carriers: A Primer
One of the struggles that agents have in a hard market is finding markets for risks that they traditionally didn't have a problem placing. That's where the E&S market can come to play. In this session, Joe Harrington brings his perspective on the challenges that come along with working with E&S carriers, including the need to work through a broker and those pesky non-standard policy forms.
Cussing, Lying and Disclaiming
In his return to the Academy microphone, Chris Boggs brings his new session all about the dirty words that insurance people use, the truth-stretching of applications, and the ubiquity of disclaimers.
The US Legal System and Legal Liability
The legal system is complicated and so is liability. Even the process of discovering who is liable can be complicated.
Join us as Brenda Wells gives us an overview of the US legal system and helps us understand how the law might impose liability.
Making Sense of It All: Reading Insurance Policies
Is the loss covered? There's no way of knowing until you read the policy and that policy is as clear as mud. Sometimes it's hard to know exactly what's covered and when. Join us as we walk through a loss scenario and discover how we can read through a policy to discover the answer to the question, "Is it covered?"
Essential Insurance Terms and Concepts for 2024
Insurance speaks its own language and people who interact with insurance people need to know and be able to speak that language. If you are new to insurance or you work with insurance people, you need to set aside an hour for this session. We will discuss several terms and concepts that will help you understand your colleagues. Join us as Academy Director of Education, Patrick Wraight brings this newly updated session back for 2024.
Reinsurance Basics: Why Does This Matter?
Reinsurance is important because it figures into the insurance company's ability to pay claims and reduce their own risk. Join us as Academy Director of Education, Patrick Wraight brings this session designed to introduce participants to the concept of reinsurance, why insurance companies need it, and what it's there for.
Insurance 101 for Defense Lawyers
Insurance is hard, but when you're a lawyer that is still learning the ins and outs of practicing law and you're set on a case in the insurance world, it's like playing catch up.
Join Fred Fisher as he distills what takes many lawyers years of insurance cases to learn and presents it in a fast one-hour session.
Inland Marine Insurance: Why it Stands Out
Inland marine insurance is a unique line of coverage in that it addresses disparate "classes" of risk, most of them quite different from each other.
This session will review the origins and evolution of inland marine coverage, then describe how it has become one of the most consistently profitable lines of insurance for producers and carriers willing to invest in the expertise required to effectively write coverage and implement loss control in the various classes.
Join us as Joe Harrington helps us to understand one of those lines of business that we deal with, but we don't always get it.
Actual Cash Value: How to Define an Undefined Term
Everyone in insurance knows about actual cash value, right? The term is all over the place and we all think we know what it means, but what does it really mean in practice today? Join us as Crystal Uebelher brings this session and helps us to question what we know and answer the question, what is actual cash value, really?