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

Inside this Newsletter

1 January Program SPECIAL PROGRAM on Arson Investigations! 2. PECANS!! We still have a few pieces & halves available - Contact Jeanne ASAP!! 3. February Meeting Joint meeting with Durham Assn. NCAIW President, Beth Wilkerson will be speaker.

Pinecone Editor

President Elect & Membership

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

Jeanne Hess, CISR, CPIW, DAE, AAI

863-6524 - jhess@iianc.com

Vice-President & Programs

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

Secretary

January 2009
The January Meeting of the Raleigh Association of Insurance Professionals will be held on Tuesday, January 12th at the IIANC Office, 101 Weston Oaks Court, Cary. Social time is at 5:30 and meeting begins at 6:00. We have a special program planned from Special Agent Matt Bivins who is with the NCSBI and is bringing Kaufman, his 7 yr old black lab who is his K-9 assistant Arson Dog. This should be a very interesting program on arson investigations. Matt is also a former professional fire fighter for 16 years in Burlington. He is one of 6 Accelerant Detection canine handlers for the SBI. Come and enjoy fellowship and a great meeting. Hope to see you there and bring a guest!

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

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

Happy & Prosperous 2010!

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 treatments for Breast Cancer. 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 Hi MembersWe officially made it through another holiday season, another year, and another decade! I hope, pray, and really think that this year will be better for all of us. I am personally excited to see what this new year and decade is going to bring for us as individuals, as an industry, and as an association. I hope you will join in with me and personally reflect on the things that you want to do differently, want to do better, or want to learn in the upcoming year. If one of our lights shine just a little brighter then it brightens the whole room, so please come to our monthly meetings and share your experience and knowledge with other members, share your successes, get support and advice in your failures/mistakes, and let us all grow through the experiences of each other. Hope to see all of you on Tuesday for a great program Katy has set up for us- with a very special guest with a nose for fire that any property underwriter would envy! Let's start the decade off right with all our members present and lots of guests! Respectfully, Kelly Bryant, CISR President
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: 1 - Commercial Insurance Professional looking for a position with a multi-lines insurance agency as an outside sales person. Qualifications consist of one year of commercial insurance in outside sales. 2 Experienced Insurance Professional looking for a position with a multi-lines insurance agency as a Customer Service Rep. Qualifications consist of working in the insurance industry with a number of agencies since 1987. Proficient with the computer, all lines of coverage, proposals, and excellent customer service. Reply to 919-414-0271. 3 - Insurance Company looking for a full time Administrative Assistant in the Raleigh Cary area. Employer located in Cary, NC. Employee needs to work 8:30 5:00 and must be familiar with insurance but not required to be a licensed agent. Also need to have excellent computer skills. Reply to 919-414-0271.
Please contact Shirley Hudson shudson@iianc.com or 919-863-6531, if you would like more information.

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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 919-863-6531 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MINUTES OF THE RALEIGH ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS December 2009

No minutes for December since it was our Christmas party and no official business was conducted.
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PECANS STILL AVAILABLE! Limited supply but your help is needed in moving the last few bags. As of today, there are 10 bags of pieces, 6 bags of halves and 2 boxes of pralines. Were down to the end of our projectlets finish it! Thanks to all who have participated! Its been a great success!
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Dress for Success Project will be discussed at the meeting next week. Be checking your closets for business clothing to donate to this organization to help women prepare for interviews and employment.
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Dont sign up for fake H1N1 flu registry

Health officials are warning people about a new email scam that asks people to sign up for the H1N1 flu vaccine registry. The emails reportedly say that anyone over the age of 18 must have their personal vaccination profile registered with the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC). People are told to click a link included in the email to create their profile.

The emails do not really come from the CDC and no such vaccine registry exists, according to a warning issued by the CDC. If you get one of these emails, do not click on any links or respond to the sender. Clicking on the link may install malicious code on your computer. Providing any information in response to the email could also put your personal information at risk. To protect yourself from phishing scams: Avoid clicking on links in emails from people you dont know, even if the email claims to come from a business or government agency. Never share personal information in response to an unsolicited email. Use antivirus and firewall software to protect your computer.

If you think youve been the victim of this or a similar scam, please call Attorney General Roy Coopers Consumer Protection Division for assistance at 1-877-5-NO-SCAM. For more information on how to protect yourself from scams, visit us at www.ncdoj.gov.
This message brought to you on behalf of North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper.

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