IWOT Bulletin: December 2001

President's Report - December 2001

Industry Night - Wow! Thank you Donna Wymer & Committee! Your speakers & program were excellent! Congratulations Becky Stuart Insurance Woman of the Year! My congratulations to Donna Wymer/Claims Professional of the Year and Anna Gartner/Rookie of the Year!

NAIW Chat Room is back on-line!

NAIW collected over $22,000 for the Red Cross in New York!

DAE designation unveiled - the Diversified Advanced Education designation has been developed to add an advanced level to NAIW's current CPIW/M designation. For more details check out the members' only section at www.naiw.org.

Attention all New Members . . . . . . You may be the lucky winner!!!!!!!! Aleta A. Stephens NAIW National Convention Scholarship sponsored by GMAC Insurance - one lucky new member will be drawn to attend the 61st NAIW Convention in Anchorage, Alaska May 12-15, 2002. All new members of NAIW from July 1st, 2001 - December 31, 2001 are automatically eligible and are placed in the drawing in January 2002. The winner receives - round trip coach airline, full convention registration, 4nights lodging & $500 cash! WOW!!!!

News from the November 10th Ohio Council Meeting in Canton - Ohio has 38 new members; look for a new state pin; Vickie Angelo from Insurance Woman of Columbus was Ohio Council Insurance Woman of the Year; Catherine Wolford from Insurance Woman of Cleveland will represent our region at National in the Communicate with Confidence & our Congrats goes out to Becky Stewart for her participation; New Ohio Council Scholarship sponsored by Royal Sun Alliance in the amount of $500 for members/committees/associations more details to come!

Dates to Remember:
December 12th General Meeting - State Director Visit,
Recognition of Past Presidents, Christmas
Ornament Exchange
December 19th Board Meeting/Lunch
April 4-7, 2002
Region Conference Covington, KY
April 26-27, 2002
Ohio Council @ Akron, OH
April 9, 2002
Ohio Council @ Blue Ash, OH
Respectfully Submitted,

Nancy Homan, CISR
President/IWOT
Program - December 2001

We have a busy program scheduled for this month. Our State Director, Diane Ziemann, will speak to us and we will be honoring our Past Presidents.

In addition, to show our Christmas Spirit, we will again be having a gift exchange. Please bring a wrapped Christmas Ornament to exchange.

I hope all of your will be able to attend.

Reservations - December 2001

Kelly Ryan and I have made reservations for the December 12th meeting at
Chi-Chi's at 1566 Reynolds Rd. in Maumee.

We have chosen the following menu for $13.00 per person (includes tax and gratuity), but don't forget the HA-HA money ($.50):

El Grande Burrito: Giant flour tortilla stuffed with choice of seasoned
beef, tender chicken or seafood. Plus lettuce, cheddar and jack cheese and
pico de gallo. Topped with zesty mexi-sauce and melted cheese. Served with salsa rice, refried beans and sweet corn cake.

Taco Salad: Choose beef, chicken or seafood; served on a bed of fresh
lettuce in a large crisp tortilla shell; topped with shredded cheese, diced
fresh tomatoes, scallions and sour cream.

Chimichanga Dinner: Select seasoned beef, tender chicken or seafood wrapped in a flour tortilla along with mixed cheese. then crispy-fried and topped off with zesty mexi-sauce and melted cheese. Served with salsa rice, refried beans and sweet corn cake.

Enchiladas Cancun: Two seafood enchiladas crowned with our sherry creme sauce and shredded cheese. Served with salsa rice, refried beans and sweet corn cake.

Grilled Chicken Sandwich: Succulent grilled chicken breast topped with crisp lettuce, tomatoes, red onions and pickle slices. Served with Papas Fritas and Ensalada Fresca.

Dinners included soft drink, coffee or tea. Complimentary chips and salsa
served to all banquet guest!

Please send your choice of dinner and reservation to either Kelly Ryan
(kryan@pictoncavanaugh.com) or Kim Reed (kreed@pictoncavanaugh.com) as soon as possible as we have to notify Chi-Chi's so that they may have our dinners ready at or around 5:30 pm when our meeting begins.

Thank you!
Kimberly J. Reed, HIA
Assistant Account Manager
Picton Cavanaugh, Inc.
Phone: 419-241-8211 x149
Fax: 419-255-6222

Education - December 2001

The Lima Insurance Women are sponsoring a CE class on December 4th, 2001; 8:30 AM until 12:00 PM at The American Mall Community Room in Lima, OH. This is a Commercial Package seminar that earns 3 CE credits and the cost is $25.00. The deadline for registration was November 16, 2001, however, if you are interested I am sure you could still get in. The proceeds will be used to fund the Mary Ames Memorial Scholarship Award. This is a $500.00 scholarship that is awarded annually to those seeking a career in the insurance industry or seeking a professional designation. Please call me if you are interested in learning more about the CE seminar or the scholarship award.

The year 2001 ends the current 2 year compliance period which requires all licensed agents to obtain 20 hours of Continuing Education. If you are not in compliance yet, please visit the Hondros College, PIA or A.D. Banker websites to see what classes are still offered this year. I am listing some of those below.

Clarion Westgate, Toledo, OH Provided by CAPE
December 17th Variable Annuity; Long Term Care & Estate Planning
December 18th Ethics & Agency Relationships; Insurance Law-Do the Right Thing

Hondros College, Toledo, OH CE classes
December 12th, 13th Health/Disability
December 18th, 19th Financial Institutions
December 29th, 30th Financial Planning

Hondros College, Toledo, OH Pre-Licensing Certification
Life & Health Insurance - December 3 - 7

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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

By Laws - December 2001

No report.

Legislation - December 2001

No report.

Long Range Planning - December 2001

No report.

Finance and Budget - December 2001

No report.

Membership - December 2001

No report.

Public Relations - December 2001

No report.

Community Service - December 2001

I would like to invite everyone to participate in our December project. Our
committee is very excited to participate in this event. We are collecting
used or new mittens, gloves, socks, coats, blankets to have distributed to
the homeless during the Christmas Week. This is not through any organized charity or groups. The items will actually be donated to people out on the streets. If you are interested in donating, please bring your items to the December IWOT meeting. We will even take items such as be Unmatched gloves or socks. We appreciate any donation possible and are very excited for the difference we may make for a deprived person this Holiday Season.

Respectfully Submitted:
Sandy Dobbins

Bulletin - December 2001

With the end of the year approaching, I wanted to take a brief moment to thank everyone for their support and encouragement regarding our new site. I hope it is meeting our members needs and we have many new improvements scheduled in the near future.

In the meantime, I wanted to take a moment to stress to our board members that communication is the key to a timely and successful bulletin. Announcements can be listed on our site throughout the month in regards to committee meetings, special events, etc. Please do not hesitate to send them along when needed. Bulletin reports from our board members are due by the 25th of the month. At the present time most of our reports are received on or around the 1st of the month. To give our members more time to plan on monthly meetings special activities, our deadline of the 25th will be more strictly enforce during the New Year.

Thank you for your time and support once again. Happy Holidays!

Awards - December 2001

Please join us in congratulating Insurance Women of Toledo's Awardees for 2001:

Becky Stewart - Insurance Professional of the Year
Donna Wymer - Claims Professional of the Year
Anna Gartner- Rookie of the Year

Reminders:

Life and Health Professionals: The NAIW of Rhode Island is accepting applications for the Arlene G. DeSemone Memorial Life/Health Essay Award. We would like all our Members who are Life/Health Professionals to complete this application. Applications will be accepted through Wednesday, December 12, 2001. Applications are available at the regular monthly meeting or you can contact me.

Let's get those applications in!!

Deb Gaffir
Awards Chairperson

Employment - December 2001

Employment

The following agencies currently have positions available:

Brooks Insurance
Employee Benefits-Account Manager
Commercial Lines-Account Manager
Contact Lucina DeWalt at 419-254-7360 email ldewalt@brooksinsurance.com

Brown & Brown
Commercial Account Manager
Actively seeking experienced Commercial Account Manager for medium to large accounts.
Must hold valid P&C license. Prefer experience with Applied system. Must be outgoing, positive individual looking to join quality agency. Should have 2 years experience in commercial lines.
Contact Laurie Caputo, Comm. Lines Mgr at 419-874-4155 between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. or email lcaputo@bbtoledo.com. Resumes may be sent to 360 Three Meadows Dr., Perrysburg Oh 43551.

Hylant
Underwriting Assistant-
Minimum insurance experience, strong data entry skills

Claims processor-Agency Minimum insurance experience, license not required, knowledge of Applied helpful

Claims Adjuster-Company
Commercial lines, experience preferred

Commercial Lines CSR
Prefer experienced, licensed, knowledge of Applied

Contact Susan Diehr at Hylant: 419-259-2750 or email susan.diehr@hylant.com

Nationwide Insurance-Bernie Heinl

Looking for Customer Service Representative. Full time position with salary, medical benefits and 401K . Offices located at 7110 W. Central Avenue, Toledo (near Meijers). . Please contact
Marilyn or Bernie at 419-841-9036.

All positions are available as of 11/30/01. If your agency is looking for new people please have someone contact me. Please pass on this information to anyone you know in the industry who may not see our bulletin.

Sandi Mominee, CPIW, AIS, CIC
Employment Chairperson
Knight Crockett Miller Insurance Group
419-241-5133 or email: mominee@knightinsurance.com.

Jewelry - December 2001

No report.

Sports - December 2001

Euchre standings…

Mike & Lisa - 180
Julie & Sue - 174
Dolores & Carole - 169
Dan & Sue - 161
Deb & Kathy - 161
Debby & Ina - 153
Judy & Mira - 143
Cheryl & Miriam - 138
Traci & Jeff - 137
Georgia & Stacey - 137
Becky & Holly - 134
Sandy & Beverly - 132
Don & Jan - 126
Melissa & Toby - 113