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March CE Madness

Education sponsorships are rewarding. Get details here.

This popular event, at the Sheraton in Edison, will feature seven CE courses over a two-day period and networking luncheons each day.

Earn up to 17 NJCE!

Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Please note concurrent sessions. Package registration discount will be reflected in the PIA shopping cart.

 
March 20, 2013
9 AM-12:30 PM
50 Months of Recession and its Effect on Your Clients' Insurance Needs
(details)
4 GEN
Sheldon D. Hansen, CIC, CRM, CPIA  

March 20, 2013
9 AM-12:30 PM
Don't Get Burnt - 25 Potential E&O Issues ^FF ^UM
(details)
Approved for E&O loss prevention credit for Fireman's Fund and Utica Mutual.
4 GEN
Steven D. Lyon, CPCU, CIC, CRM, AAI, ARM, CRIS, RM  

March 20, 2013
12:30-1:30 PM
Networking Luncheon    

March 20, 2013
1:30 PM-4:30 PM
Personal Lines Customer Service, the Renewal Process and Customer Service Centers
(details)
3 GEN
Sheldon D. Hansen, CIC, CRM, CPIA  

March 20, 2013
1:30 PM-4:30 PM
The Businessowners' Policy, ISO Style
(details)
3 GEN
Steven D. Lyon, CPCU, CIC, CRM, AAI, ARM, CRIS, RM  

March 20, 2013
5 PM-8 PM
Ethics: The Choices You Make
(details)
3 ETH
Sheldon D. Hansen, CIC, CRM, CPIA  

Thursday, March 21, 2013  

March 21, 2013
9 AM-12:30 PM
Nasty Stuff you don't want on your policy, if possible
(details)
4 GEN
Steven D. Lyon, CPCU, CIC, CRM, AAI, ARM, CRIS, RM  

March 21, 2013
12:30-1:30 PM
Networking Luncheon    

March 21, 2013
1:30 PM-4:30 PM
Good Stuff - Endorsements you want on your policy, if possible
(details)
3 GEN
Steven D. Lyon, CPCU, CIC, CRM, AAI, ARM, CRIS, RM  

GOLD SPONSOR:FMI

Package registration options-Place classes in the PIA shopping Cart for discount.

Package Discount: Your choice of five sessions (both days) - includes lunch. *Rates apply to same person (same person must
register for all courses - both days.) $400 member, $600 nonmember.

Single Session, lunch not included: $85 member, $125 nonmember

Register one person on the same day for two sessions at the rate of  $170 member, $250 nonmember and lunch is included.

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Course details

50 Months of Recession and its Effect on Your Clients' Insurance Needs

This workshop is designed to involve all students in group discussions about how this protracted recession affects the needs on the insurance buying public. Participants will experience the emotions their clients are experiencing and how that affects their insurance needs and decisions.

Many decisions are made with an element of emotion and we will try to recreate those emotions in our role playing. Our Business Groups will go through various stages in this process of addressing the affect  the bad economy is having on their industry. We will conclude the work shop with positive solutions we can offer to our business clients during these difficult economic times. Includes Property and Casualty issues as well as the Life and Health issues that need to be addressed.

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Don't Get Burnt - 25 Potential E&O Issues ^FF ^UM

E&O expert Steve Lyon covers his top 25 E&O issues. From the CGL to cloud computing to insurance to value, you won't want to miss this eye-opening program.

Lyon uses real-life examples to enlighten you on the 25 hot-button issues you need to look out for.

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Personal Lines Customer Service, the Renewal Process and Customer Service Centers

Sheldon Hansen discusses how personal lines has changed from the "old days." He will discuss customer service today and how to optimize client interaction today. He will discuss renewal automaton pros and cons, and how to conduct and effective renewal review.

The course will wrap up with and informative talk on customer service centers and discussion points on what they can do for your agency.

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The Businessowners' Policy, ISO Style

BRINGING THE “PACKAGE” POLICY CONCEPT TO SMALL and MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESS

This program is everything you've ever wanted to know about the businessowners' policy. The history of the policy and how it has evolved will start the discussion. Participants will discuss eligibility under the ISO businessowners' policy. Advantages and disadvantages, a close look at the policy structure and a closer look at business income, extra expense, and civil authority will round out the discussion.

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Ethics: The Choices You Make

This workshop is designed to help producers recognize appropriate ethical behavior. It explores the origins of ethics and develops a fully understanding of the need for ethical behavior in our industry. Personal focus of our feelings and beliefs help us equate value to ethics in the professional services marketplace. It’s a basic course and a great lead into future ethical training.

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Nasty Stuff you don't want on your policy, if possible

Steve Lyon is at it again...Don't miss his "Nasty Stuff" list! Using real-life examples, he will discuss what you don't want to ever see or your policy. Topics range from endorsement issues, employers liability, E&O claims waiting to happen and a host of other nasties. Don't miss this program!

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Good Stuff - Endorsements you want on your policy, if possible

If you are signing up for Steve Lyon's "Nasty Stuff" class, don't miss the flip side! His list of "Good stuff" is long and will get you thinking endorsements. Lyon's treasure chest will show you examples that you may have never thought of.

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Instructors

 

STEVEN LYON, CPCU, CIC, CRM, AAI, ARM, AIS, CRIS
Lyon Consulting Services, LLC

Lyon is the founder and principal of Lyon Consulting Services, LLC, an independent management consulting and educational firm. Lyon utilizes the 24 years of expertise and experience that comes from owning, operating, and managing one of the most respected and profitable insurance agencies in northern New Jersey.

In addition to owning an independent agency, Steve has served as the regional director of education for a large brokerage firm, and was a regional vice president in charge of personal lines for the insurance division of a dynamic banking institution. He provides a wide variety of management tools and guidance techniques to assist agencies with practical, hands-on knowledge, measurably improving their efficiency, effectiveness, and profitability.

Steve has earned his CPCU, CIC, CRM, AAI, ARM and AIS designations and lectures for many agencies and companies in the tri-state area. He has worked with PIA, IIANJ, and the Society of CIC; and his consistently high ratings and unique teaching style make him a favorite among seminar attendees.

 

SHELDON D. HANSEN, CIC, CRM, CPIA
Hansen's Insurance Center Inc.
Forked River, NJ

Hansen graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science Degree in education. He taught at the High School level for 10 years while working in his father's retail insurance agency. He bought the agency and ran Hansen's Insurance Center Inc. as a 16 person retail general insurance agency in the Toms River, New Jersey area for over 25 years.

He earned his CIC designation in 1980 followed later with the additional designation of CRM). The agency merged in 2001 to form Brouwer Hansen and Isdebski Associates, a five-office New Jersey independent agency. This freed up time for Hansen to focus on production, consulting and professional insurance education.

In addition to commercial insurance sales and consulting, he now teaches continuing education classes to producers and customer service representatives for a number of professional insurance organizations including Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut; Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers Association of New Jersey; the Insurance Society of Philadelphia; the National Alliance Society of CISR and CIC; the Insurance Academy and many retail insurance agencies.

With a focus that "knowledge is power," he is helping to train the next generation of insurance professionals meet the ever changing needs of our industry.

 


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