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

Pinecone Editor
Jeanne Hess, CISR, CPIW, DAE, AAI

Inside this Newsletter

1 September PICNIC And Membership Drive 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!!

863-6524 - jhess@iianc.com

President Elect & Membership

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

Vice-President & Programs

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

September 2009
The September Meeting of the Raleigh Association of Insurance Professionals will be held at the IIANC office, 101 Weston Oaks Court. Social time is at 5:30 and meeting begins at 6:00. Our meeting in September is our annual picnic and membership drive.It is a free dinner but please RSVP to Beth Blackwell. We would like to see all members attend and bring at least one guest. See you there.

Secretary

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

September Cooler Temps!

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

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

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!

Education

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

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 Dear Friends, Members, and Associates, We have an exciting meeting planned this month- it is my favorite meeting because we get to tell our insurance friends just how much we love RAIP and why- plus food and games- what is there not to like?? Don't forget to bring what you signed up to bring at the last meeting and to BRING A GUEST! Plus if you have bake sale money be sure to bring that so we can see just how much everyone made at their offices and Janet can get it deposited into the bank. Everyone has been doing a great job with their positions and volunteering for committees, if you are not involved you are not making the most out of your association. Let's show Durham and the whole state just how dedicated we are this year by volunteering to help them with their convention. If you are able to volunteer please let me know and I will pass the word along. We know from hosting our regional convention not so long ago that these conventions lots of work behind the scenes to be a success. Hope everyone has a great Labor Day! See you and your guests on Tuesday! 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
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WELCOME NEWEST MEMBERS since July! Gayle Knutson Ellen Samuels Pearl Wright Everyone be sure and welcome our newest members! We hope you will jump right in and help on a committee! We have a lot going on and you will have a lot of fun in our activities! Were glad youre a new member and you will be glad that you joined NAIW!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. RALEIGH SHRED-A-THON (Wake County) Saturday, September 12th 9:00am 1:00pm Villas at Centerview (Take Jones Franklin exit off I-440. Head South on Jones Franklin. Take right onto Centerview.) 1310 Silver Sage Drive, Raleigh

Local Sponsors: Villas at Centerview, Shred-It This message brought to you on behalf of North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I Believe... Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, But we are responsible for who we become. I Believe... Two people can look at the exact same Thing and see something totally different..

'The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; They just make the most of anything

MINUTES OF THE RALEIGH ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS August 11, 2009 The nights events started with dinner & a presentation before the meeting began. President Bryant welcomed everyone to the meeting and had the new guests stand up and introduce themselves and give us a little information about what they do. Members & guests present: Kelly Bryant, Shirley McLamb-Hudson, Jennifer Taylor, Jeanne Hess, Katy Willett, Ellen Samuels, Erica Joyce, Josee Cherrier, Brenda Page, Gayle Knutson, Nancy Gardner, Pearl Wright, Barb Hutchinson, Melissa Williard, Beth Blackwell, Joetta MacMiller and Janet Davis. Dinner from Carolina Caf was sponsored by Employers Insurance in honor of Go Red for Women night. After dinner Jennifer Taylor, Secretary, introduced our guest speaker Susanna Russell, Director of the local chapter of the American Heart Association. Susanna showed a video regarding the Go Red for Women campaign and then discussed heart health habits. The information she provided was very informative and she ended the presentation with a question & answer session and some handing out some prizes. Kelly Bryant, President, thanked Susanna for her presentation and called the meeting to order at 7:02 PM. President Bryant requested approval of the July Minutes, Joetta MacMiller made a motion to approve and Shirley McLamb-Hudson seconded with all in favor. President Bryant discussed a fundraising opportunity for August 20, 2009 which would give us the opportunity to set up a vendor table at no cost and sell baked goods, beverages, or anything else we wanted to include. The event was to benefit a local Fire Dept. Volunteers were asked to assist and Katy Willett, Joetta MacMiller and President Bryant would help to head things up for this fundraiser. Katy Willett made a motion to approve this event and Jennifer Taylor seconded with all in favor. President Bryant confirmed that our new website was up and running at www.raip.org. A suggestion was made to have a password entry for members to access another part of the website where additional private information could be accessed by members only. President Bryant will do some research on this and report back to the group. Treasurers Report- Janet Davis will submit report to President Bryant. Programs- Vice President Katy Willett stated that we would be having our Membership Picnic at the September meeting a request was made to sign up for side items as RAIP would be providing the main dish. A discussion was held about possibly having a social or mixer for the October meeting and both Gayle Knutson and Katy Willett would work on heading this up. A discussion was held regarding an opportunity to do a personal finance presentation from a AXA representative. Education- In November we will be having our Flood & Ethics class. A remember that the Durham Association is putting on some education classes that our members may be interested in as well. Membership- Beth Blackwell, Chairman, welcomed our new members Ellen Samuels, Barb Hutchinson, and Pearl Wright. Beth also requested that members please invite prospective members to our picnic next month. Beth also confirmed that we have 15 members currently.

Safety- Jeanne Hess has ordered the supplies for Operation Edith and they should have in soon. These supplies will be available to anyone that is interested in delivering this to schools, day cares, and etc. Legislative- Barb Hutchinson discussed some important updates on the Beach Plan and also that personal auto rate reductions were approved by the NCDOI. By Laws- No report submitted. Employment- Shirley McLamb-Hudson provided an update and referred everyone to the newsletter. Old Business- None other than that discussed. New Business- None. President Bryant adjourned the meeting at 7:48 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!!!
We will have information about a Pecan Fundraiser next week. We hope to begin selling them in September!
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NCAIW CONVENTION UPDATE!

If you have not received your forms, please see attached separately. Remember that the Chatham Winery tour is not included in the registration fee. If you wish to take the tour, it is an additional cost of $10.00.
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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

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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