THE PINECONE

Monthly newsletter for area insurance professionals To inform members and associates of industry news, educational opportunities And association activities of the

RALEIGH ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS

Officers
President
Kelly Bryant, CISR Kelly.bryant@bbandt.com or 919-716-9831

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Inside this Newsletter

1 October LUCKY 32 in Cary to Network with others in our industry. Fun evening planned! Dont miss it! 2. PECANS!! Get your order form at the meeting! Lots of yummy treats for baking and the Holidays! 3. FLOOD & ETHICS! If you Still need to take your Flood & Ethics update see below!! Pinecone Editor
Jeanne Hess, CISR, CPIW, DAE, AAI

President Elect & Membership

Beth Blackwell, AAI, CPIW 919-783-3551 beth.blackwell@ncfbins.com

Vice-President & Programs

863-6524 - jhess@iianc.com

Katy Willett, CIC, CISR kwillett@bagwellandbagwellins.com 919-832-6667

Secretary

October 2009
The October Meeting of the Raleigh Association of Insurance Professionals will be held at Lucky 32 in Cary. Social time is at 5:30 and meeting begins at 6:00. Our meeting in October is a social meeting to network with others in our industry. If you havent already sent your RSVP to Kelly Bryant, please do so asap! We would like to see all members attend and bring at least one guest. See you there.

Jennifer Taylor CIC, CPIW, CISR, CPSR jtaylor@senndunn.com or 919-719-9575

Treasurer

Janet Davis, CISR, CPIW, AAI jdavis@triangleinsurancegroup.com 919-359-9439

Parliamentarian

Wanda Manning, CPCU, CPIW, CIC, DAE w.manning@sau-inc.com 910-897-6033

Committee Chairmen:
Bylaws
Crystal Sanderson, CIC, AAI 919-716-9714, csanderson@bbandt.com

NEW WEBSITE!!!!
Our new website is up and running but is still under construction. But soon it will have our newsletter, class info, calendar and other up to date information for our members and guests! You can check it out NOW! Kelly did a great job designing our new page! Thanks Kelly!

Employment

Shirley Hudson, ARM, AAI, CISR, CPIW, DAE shudson@iianc.com 919 863-6531

Public Relations

Jennifer Taylor CIC, CPIW, CISR, CPSR jtaylor@senndunn.com or 919-719-9575

October Welcome Autumn!

Thanks for making NAIW YOUR
Association of Choice Represented by Diversified Professionals

Education

Ellen Samuels, AIC, AIS samuelsem@earthlink.net or 919 274-2452

Member Concerns!
Please remember Pam Grimes as she is going through recovery for Breast Cancer surgery. Were all praying for you! God Bless you Pam!

Safety

Jeanne Hess, CISR, CPIW, DAE, AAI 919-863-6524 - jhess@iianc.com

NEW WEBSITE: www.raip.org www.naiw.org www.ncaiw.org

Legislative

Barbara Hutchinson bhutchinson@bmico.com

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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE Happy Fall Members! It is time again for our annual state meeting, where we can fellowship with other members from throughout the state as well as meet with company representatives and build those relationships that are so important in our industry. I know Durham has prepared a great meeting for us and I look forward to seeing all of you there. I am very impressed with the recent turn out at our meetings- everyone is doing a great job on getting those perspective members in the door! Keep letting your light shine and attracting other potential members to our meetings. If you will not be at the meeting on 10/13 please send me your committee reports so that I can present them for you, everyone has been very active in their positions and I know I speak for all members when I say we truly appreciate the hard work and dedication you give to your association. Remember as with anything else, you get as good as you give. Give a lot get a lot, give a little get a little. Pecans are still on sale- make sure you are advertising to all of your friends, co-workers, and family. See you all on 10/13- bring your business cards and wear your name tag- we are going to be networking. Kelly Bryant, CISR President
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: Operations Assistant Job Description: *For all positions we are seeking candidates with the same values as our owncommitment to the highest level of customer service, professionalism and integrity
- Ability to coordinate insurance agency operations - Must have a strong business background - Not required, but strongly preferred, a 4-year degree in business, risk management, or insurance - At least 4 years of independent agency experience - An active NC Property and Casualty insurance license - Familiar with the Applied Agency Management System

Please contact Shirley Hudson shudson@iianc.com or 863-6531, if you would like more information.

Commercial Account Manager looking for a position with an agency. 16 years commercial lines experience including servicing, marketing, quoting & sales. Great on line quoting capabilities with carriers and a great team player. Please contact Shirley Hudson shudson@iianc.com or 8636531, if you would like more information. Raleigh Association of Insurance Professionals can help employers find valuable employees and help those seeking employment opportunities find those employers! We would encourage our members to pass my contact information along to their employers and HR Managers so that they can notify me when a position opens up. We need our members to help promote the use of our service for connecting employees & employers. I would be happy to send a request directly to their employers if they can provide me with the contact name and email address. These are tough times for everyone so we need everyone at RAIP to do what we can to bring people together.
EMPLOYMENT CHAIRMAN Shirley Hudson shudson@iianc.com or 863-6531 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RALEIGH SHRED-A-THON (Wake County) Local sponsors are donating their time and resources to sponsor a free shred-a-thon in your community. Identity Theft prevention tips will be available. Shred-a-thons are a perfect way to destroy old tax records, checks, employment records or credit applications. You do NOT need to remove staples and paper clips from the documents. It usually takes about 10 minutes to watch the documents shred. Please pass along this information to co-workers, neighbors and friends. It is a free service offered to help prevent identity theft. Thank you. APEX SHRED-A-THON (Wake County) Saturday, October 17th 10:00am-2:00pm Apex Town Hall 73 Hunter Street, Apex Local Sponsors: Attorney General Roy Cooper, Apex Police Dept., A Shred Ahead RALEIGH - SHRED-A-THON (Wake County) BBB National Secure Your ID Day Saturday, October 17th Time: 8:30am 1:00pm Ridgewood Shopping Center, Raleigh On the corner of Wade Avenue and Ridge Rd. Local Sponsors: Better Business Bureau Foundation, ProShred This message brought to you on behalf of North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Membership Report:

We had a great membership picnic last month with lots of visitors. I sent follow-ups to our visitors with RAIP and NAIW information. If you know of anyone else who would like to visit RAIP, please encourage them to do so. We are having a great year so far only to get better! Dont forget about our meeting at Lucky 32 and bring a friend! See you Tuesday! Beth Blackwell, AAI, CPIW Membership Chairman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment to 'honor' thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, 'Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters ?' Without missing a beat one little boy, the oldest of a family, answered, 'Thou shall not kill.'

MINUTES OF THE RALEIGH ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS September 8, 2009 The associations annual picnic event was tonight welcoming guests & new members to RAIP. The nights events started with a picnic dinner including barbecue and fried chicken as our main dish. Members and guest brought all the sides and desserts. Everyone enjoyed a wonderful meal & fellowship before our meeting began. President Bryant called the meeting to order at 6:50 PM. Beth Blackwell, President-Elect & Membership Chairman, welcomed everyone to the meeting and had everyone stand up and introduce themselves to each other. Members & guests present: Jennifer Taylor, Erica Joyce, Nancy Gardner, Wanda Manning, Jennifer Thomas, Sharon Hart, Yvonne Johnson, Beth Blackwell, Gayle Knutson, Katy Willett, Kelly Bryant, Crystal Sanderson, Barb Hutchinson, Stacy Schrader, Jeanne Hess, Janet Davis, Joetta MacMiller, Shirley McLamb-Hudson, and Debbie Pass-Soles.

Shirley McLamb-Hudson presented our program tonight about RAIP, NCAIW & NAIW and what membership can bring to each of us. Shirley has been involved with this association for many years and still finds that fellowship, loyalty & education are top on the list of the values and offerings of the association. She discussed being a member on the local level as well as at the State and National level. Shirley also recommended that new members attend the State Convention being held in Durham in October which is a great networking opportunity for all of us. She talked about the importance of the association in her life and encouraged guests to join and new members to get involved. Wanda Manning, who has also been a member for many years, re-emphasized the benefits of belonging to the association. Beth Blackwell, President-Elect & Membership Chairman, stated that she would be sending out membership information to each of our visitors. Katy Willett, Vice-President & Programs Chairman, passed out board game pieces for a game of Bingo using insurance terms & everyone had a great time trying to win. We had multiple winners and several prizes were given distributed. Committee Reports: Education Report- No report submitted. President Bryant mentioned the upcoming continuing education classes we are offering in November and there are still seats available so please spread the word. Programs- Vice President Katy Willett stated that we would be having a networking event at Lucky 32 in October and our November meeting would be include a presentation on claims issues. Treasurers Report- Janet Davis submitted report to President Bryant & the membership. There was one correction to be made in the remarks for Ck #106 correcting the dues to 16 at $8.00 each. Janet also pointed out that we made about $195 profit from the bake sale fund raising event that was held last month. The report will be filed for audit. President Bryant requested approval of the August Minutes, Katy Willett made a motion to approve and Crystal Sanderson seconded with all in favor. Bylaws- Crystal Sanderson will be sending out some proposed changes from the State Bylaw Committee to the membership. They will be voting to accept them at the State Convention in October. Legislative- No report submitted. Safety- Jeanne Hess has ordered the supplies for Operation Edith and they should be in soon. These supplies will be available to anyone that is interested in delivering them to schools, day cares, and etc.

Public Relations- No report submitted. Employment- Shirley McLamb-Hudson provided an update and referred everyone to the newsletter. Jennifer Taylor did confirm that we have been successful in placing qualified individuals with employers. Old Business- None other than that discussed. New Business- Jeanne Hess obtained information regarding us selling pecans for a fundraiser and passed out some information on the costs and a brochure of the items we can sell. Each member would need to take orders and collect monies and our full order would need to be placed by early November to get them back in time for the holidays. Jennifer Taylor motioned to sell pecans as a fundraiser and Janet Davis seconded with all in favor. Jeanne Hess will finalize the information and send out the order sheets to the members to get started selling. With no further discussion needed, President Bryant adjourned the meeting at 7:55 PM. Respectfully submitted, Jennifer J. Taylor, CIC, CISR, CPSR, CPIW RAIP Secretary
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EDUCATION UPDATE:
We have classes set up as fund-raisers Flood and Ethics 11/18/09 (see flyers attached). It is EVERYONE's responsibility to advertise these classes. This is YOUR association and in order for us to be successful and do things in the community we must raise funds. Plus Education was one of the reasons NAIW was started! Please email the class flyer out to all your local underwriters, company reps, friends, co-workers, bosses, etc. Hang flyers in your office. Plus if you need these classes you need to sign up! Ellen Samuels Education Chairman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PECANS!!!
Keep taking those PECAN ORDERS! Deadline is November 1st to turn in to me! More information later. Be sure and collect money to turn in with your orders.
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The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray: 'Take only ONE. God is watching.'

Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies. A child had written a note, 'Take all you want. God is watching the apples..'

Dream beyond

L o o k b e y o n d

Teresa C. Sheppard, CPIW, DAE,

AAI, AAM, AIS, AIT, API, ACSR, ASLI, CIC, CISR

Region II Vice President

Announces her Candidacy for NAIW (International) Secretary

I believe that with NAIW there are no limits Look beyond your horizon,
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far beyond anything you have ever dared to imagine.

Believe & Achieve beyond

The Raleigh Association of Insurance Professionals National Flood & Ethics Classes
(Meets NCDOI Requirements)

11/18/09 Flood ~ 8:30 to 11:30 Ethics ~ 1 to 4 Location: IIANC Building- Cary, NC

$40 per person per class (non NAIW member) $35 per person per class (NAIW Member)
Make checks payable to: RAIP Mail check & registration form to: Kelly Bryant 115 Cobey Ct Clayton, NC 27520

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Questions? Call/email Kelly Bryant 919-716-9918, Kelly.Bryant@BBANDT.com

RAIP Flood & Ethics Classes Registration Form

Registrants Name:_____________________________________
Print name exactly as appears on your license

Name you use if different than above (nickname):_________________________ Designations:___________________________ Last 5 of SS#________ NPN:_______________ DOB:____________

Agency/Company Name______________________________________ Mailing address:___________________________________________ City, State, Zip:____________________________________________ Phone:_______________________ Email:_______________________ Class date you are registering for:______________________________ Class you are registering for (flood, ethics, both)___________________
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Full payment due at time of registraion. Last day to register for November class is 11/6/09- payment and registration must be received on or before that date. $25 Return check or cancellation after end of registration period.

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