IWOT Bulletin - January 2002

Presidents Report - January 2002

I hope everyone had a very pleasant holiday!

During the December Meeting we had the pleasure of our State Director, Diane Ziemann speaking to us about ways we could increase membership and do a little more for our members . . . . . . the first thing I would like to do is have a committee formed to put together a new member book! If you would like to serve on this committee please call or email me!

Education Night - February 13, 2002 . . . . .Lisa Hochradel and committee have worked very hard on an exciting yet challenging evening . . . . make your reservations now . . . you could be one of the big winners!

Dates to Remember: January 9th - General Meeting
January 23rd - Board Meeting
February 13th - Education Night

Respectfully Submitted,

Nancy Homan
President/IWOT

Program - January 2002

This month we have Gary K. Wymer, CPCU, AIC, AIM of G. K. Wymer, Inc. to speak to us regarding "Keeping Customers Happy - Claims Horror Stories and Best Practices - Overcoming Barriers to Rapid Recovery and Turning Vision into Action".

I hope all of you will attend to hear Gary's tips for agency - claim department synergy.

Education Report - January 2002

We are holding a CWC class beginning in January 2002. The instructors are Becky Stewart and Holly Wahl. Currently we have 7 IWOT members signed up. The classes will be held once a week on Tuesdays, for 10 weeks beginning on January 8th, 2002 at The Hylant Group. Each person receives a certificate of completion plus this class counts toward the CPIW designation. The cost of the manual is $20.00 plus shipping. We would love more people to join us so if you are interested please let me know by January 2nd. I will be ordering the manuals on January 3rd. This should be a great learning experience and I guarantee we will have some fun.

The registration form for Education Night is attached. We are doing something a little different this year and I'm really excited about it. Our theme is "Who Wants to be an EDUCATED Millionaire?" Our night begins at 5:30 with registration, 6:00 is dinner and & 7:00 begins our program. We will have a cash bar from 5:30 until 7:00. All questions will be about insurance and two life lines will be given. Prizes will be given to every person who is in the hot seat and answers the questions correctly. Our very own Tommy Roemer will be the host of the program. I hope your curiosity is getting the best of you!! Please plan on attending and encourage everyone from your office to attend as well. Please mark the registration form if you would like to be a participant. The cost is only $22.00 per person and we have three different meals to choose from. I look forward to seeing everyone there.

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Professionnal Insurance Agents, Association of Ohio www.ohiopia.com

Hondros College www.hondroscollege.com

Mindleaders www.mindleaders.com

Ohio Department of Insurance www.ohioinsurance.gov

American Institute for CPCU-Insurance Institute of America www.aicpcu.org

A.D. Banker www.adbanker.com
Please feel free to contact me at Roemer Insurance, 475-5151, ext. 241 or email me @ Hochradell@roemer-insurance.com

Respectfully,

Lisa D. Hochradel, CPIW, CISR
Vice President

Bylaws - January 2002

We will be making some serious changes to our Standing Rules this upcoming new year. My committee and I will be getting together sometime in January to begin the overhaul.

In recent conversation with National, it is determined that are Standing Rules are not in compliance with National By Laws. Honorary Membership, Affiliate Membership, and Associate Membership wording will be carefully reviewed.

Respectfully submitted,

Sherry MacAfee CISR, CPIW
By-Laws Chairman

Legislation - January 2002

No report.

Long Range Planning - January 2002

No report.

Finance and Budget - January 2002

No report.

Membership - January 2002

Welcome to 4 new members:

Kelly Alexander, CSA
Picton Cavanaugh

Georgia Burling
Picton Cavanaugh

Amy Miller
Picton Cavanaugh

Jan Nugent, CIC, CPIW
Picton Cavanaugh

Happy New Year to All!!

Linda S. Heilmann, CISR
lheilmann@pictoncavanaugh.com

Public Relations - January 2002

No report.

Safety - January 2002

SAFETY COUNCIL OF NORTHWEST OHIO

January/February

Program Schedule

January 8th

Annual Meeting of the Safety Council of Northwest Ohio

Special guest speaker: Mr. Carl Spicocchi, Agent-In-Charge, Toledo Area
F.B.I. Office

Time: Noon

Place: The Toledo Club, Belvedere Room

Cost: $15.00 per person

January 10th

OSHA Recordkeeping Workshop

Presented by: Jack Momany, Safety Consultant

This workshop will introduce you to and prepare you for the new OSHA 300 and 301 forms that will replace the OSHA 200 and 101 forms effective January 1st, 2002.

Program highlights include:

* Working with the new recordkeeping forms.

* Figuring accident frequency rates.

* How to compare your performance with other employers whose work and
work force are similar.

OSHA recordkeeping continues to be one of the most cited standards. Are you prepared for the changes??

Time: 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Place: SCNWO

Cost: Members $50.00 per person

Non-members $60.00 per person

January 17th

CPR/AED

Time: 8:00 a.m. -Noon (CPR)

12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (AED)

Place: SCNWO

Cost: CPR - Members $40.00 per person

Non-members - $50.00 per person

AED- Members $35.00 per person

Non-members $45.00 per person

January 24th

Forklift Classroom Certification

Time: 8:30 - Noon

Place: SCNWO

Cost: Members -$65.00 per person

Non-members - $85.00 per person

February 7th

Respiratory Protection

Train-the-Trainer Workshop

Presented by: Brad C. Mc Phillamy, 3M Occupational Health & Environmental Safety Division

This program will offer in-depth information on the requirements for OSHA
standard 1910.134, clarify the difference between voluntary usage and
required usage and it's importance, what type of medical clearance must be given to individuals before donning a respirator, demonstrations of the
different types of filters/cartridges and how to determine when they need to be changed and hands on fit testing.

This hands-on workshop will train you to be the trainer with hands-on fit
testing.

Time: 9:00a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Place: SCNWO

Cost: Members $25.00 per person

Non-members $35.00 per person

February 20th

Breakfast With The Experts

Introduction to OSHA

This program, the first session of an OSHA 10-Hour program for General
Industry, will familiarize participants with the OSH Act, the purpose of
OSHA, the criteria OSHA uses to determine what businesses will be inspected, what takes place during an OSHA inspection, how citations are determined and issued, informal conferences, appeals process, notice of contest, review procedure, variances, and more.

Attend selected breakfasts or attend all ten and receive an official OSHA
10-Hour card for General Industry upon completion.

Time: 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Place: Heatherdowns Country Club

3910 Heatherdowns Boulevard

Toledo, Ohio

Cost: Members - $15.00 per person/session

Non-members - $ 25.00 per person/session

*****Future Breakfast Schedule: *****

March 20: Walking & Working Surfaces

April 17: Means of Egress & Fire Protection

May 22: Emergency Response

June 19: Electrical Safety

July 17: Hazard Communication

August 21: Personal Protective Equipment

September 18: Welding, Cutting & Brazing

October 16: Material Handling

November 20: Hand & Power Tools

If you would like to register for a program, or need further information,
please contact the Safety Council by phone at (419) 535-1400, fax (419)
535-0501, or e-mail at mail@scnwo.com.

Please forward to anyone whom you feel may have an interest in these
programs.

Community Service - January 2002

Holiday Greetings,

I would like to thank everyone for the wonderful donations to our December project. We collected $56 and several clothing items from our group of Insurance Women at the December's General Meeting. We greatly appreciate this wonderful amount of money, along with the Ha-Ha collected; we had $70 to spend for the homeless from our group. We were able to purchase 6 blankets, 6 sets of insulated gloves and 12 pairs of very nice socks.

I did open this up to our office, The Hylant Group; we collected coats and
winter items. I am delighted to say that after our shopping and all the
donations were collected ($90 total cash), Stacey had a "stuffed" trunkful of items to go to the less fortunate this Christmas season!

Thanks again to all and just a reminder, we will be collecting again at
January's meeting, so if you have items at home that you would like to
contribute, please feel free to bring those in with you on that Wednesday to the IWOT meeting. Thanks again to Stacey Dunbar for the delivery of goods and the "contact person". This is a great cause because these items are going directly to those that are on the street. If you have any
questions/comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact me at 419
259-6045.

Respectfully submitted,

Sandy Dobbins

Bulletin - January 2002

No report.

Awards - January 2002

No report.

Employment - January 2002

Wellington F. Roemer Insurance, Inc.

Experienced Commercial Lines CSR - Applicant must hold a valid Property &
Casualty license. Must be an outgoing, positive individual who is looking
to join a quality agency. Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Access
preferred. Must have prior experience in Commercial Lines.

Responsible for customer service on existing book of business, collecting
renewal information from existing clients, marketing information to
insurance companies, working with company underwriters, preparing proposals, and policy / endorsement processing.

If you are interested, please send a resume to Nancy Robinson, Human
Resource Manager @ P.O. Box 8730; Toledo, OH 43623 or
e-mail resume to RobinsonN@roemer-insurance.com.

Jewelry - January 2002

No report.

Bev Hammond - January 2002

No report.