Or do you work with insurance professionals and want a better understanding of fundamental concepts?

We’ve launched a brand-new weekly learning series designed for those who don’t know much about insurance but want to feel confident navigating terminology, concepts and conversations in the industry.

Because you’re an Insurance Journal subscriber, we’re inviting you and your teammates to be part of our first cohort, completely free.

Here’s what you’ll get – all for free:

• Weekly live sessions to break down the basics.
• On-demand access to past recordings.
• The opportunity to ask questions and suggest future topics.

Whether you’re a hiring manager looking to onboard new team members or a vendor wanting to connect better with your insurance customers, this series is designed to help.

As part of our very first cohort, your feedback and participation will shape future sessions.

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Your free registration gets you access to the whole event series.

Live events are each Thursday at 1:30pm Eastern.

Session 1: Now On-Demand – Purposes and Differences of Homeowners’ (HO) and Dwelling Property (DP) policies.

Session 2: Now On-Demand – Dive Into the World of Commercial Property.

Session 3: Now On-Demand – Inland marine insurance covers a diverse range of exposures that other policies can’t.

Session 4: Now On-Demand – Mobile Homes, Farms, and Floods. Insuring Higher Risk Property.

Session 5: Now On-Demand – Property Insurance Concepts and Terms Part 1.

Session 6: Now On-Demand – Property Insurance Concepts and Terms Part 2.

Session 7: Now On-Demand – What Could Possibly Go Wrong? The Liability Exposures Businesses Face.

Session 8: Now On-Demand – Named Insured, Additional Insured? Who Really Is An Insured?

Session 9: Now On-Demand- How People Buy Insurance. An Introduction to Insurance Distribution

Session 10: Now On-Demand –  Bop it! Bringing The ISO Businessowners Policy to Center Stage (7/10)

Session 11: Now On-Demand – I Did Get Hurt At Work. Why? Workers Compensation Basics (8/21)

Session 12: Now On-Demand – A-B-C. Not As Easy As 1-2-3. The CGL Coverages (9/4)

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• Property and Casualty Insurance Concepts Simplified by Christopher J. Boggs
• Wow! I Never Knew That! 12 of the Most Misunderstood and Misused P&C Coverages, Concepts, and Exclusions by Christopher J. Boggs
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• 9 Changes to the PAP
• 21 Changes to the Multi-state Endorsements

Head into 2020 with this 36-page recap as your go to resource for personal auto policies.

This webinar transcript is presented by Chris Boggs of the Big “I” Virtual University.  

Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS

Executive Director, Big I Virtual University

Chris Boggs is the Executive Director of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) Virtual University. His current duties involve researching, writing, and teaching property and casualty insurance coverages and concepts to Big “I” members and others in the insurance industry. During his career, Boggs has authored more than 1,000 insurance and risk management-related articles on a wide range of topics as diverse as Credit Default Swaps, the MCS-90, and enterprise risk management. In addition to this, Boggs has written 15 insurance and risk management books.

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Learn the key considerations in a fidelity policy, the right endorsements to cover your property manager, D&O wrongful acts, what’s covered on the claims made policy form as well as D&O exclusions that need to be avoided.

This webinar transcript is presented by Karen O’Connor Corrigan of the Big “I” Virtual University.  

Karen O’Connor Corrigan CIC, CIRMS, President and co-owner of the O’Connor Insurance Agency

Karen O’Connor has 33 years of experience specializing in community associations including intricate involvement in claim coordination. Accredited as a Community Insurance and Risk Management Specialist (CIRMS) through the Community Associations Institute, her expertise in the field has equipped her to serve as an instructor for professional property managers and for Board members. She assists communities in administering the insurance portion of their governing documents
and often works hand-in-hand with the association’s attorney. Karen is a Past President of the Community Associations Institute (CAI) and contributing writer for her local CAI Chapter newsletter. A member of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) Technical Affairs Committee, Karen also serves on the Missouri Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) Coverage Advisory Committee and contributing author to the Association’s bi-monthly publication “Missouri Agent” and is an active participant in the annual Mid-America Technical Conference.

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• Wide-ranging effects of pollution exclusions in property and liability insurance policies
• Common water intrusion losses can become excluded pollution events
• Basic environmental insurance policies that fill pollution coverage gaps in property and liability insurance policies.
• Bullet proof errors and omissions loss prevention strategy for insurance agents and brokers

This webinar transcript is presented by David Dybdahl of the Big “I” Virtual University.  

David J. Dybdahl, Jr., CPCU, ARM, MBA

David Dybdahl is a 35-year insurance veteran who has served as the insurance broker on the clean-up operations of Chernobyl and as an expert witness and researcher for over a billion dollars in litigated pollution claims. President of ARMR. Network, David is a true pioneer in the development andsale of environmental insurance products.

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This webinar transcript is presented by Chris Boggs of the Big “I” Virtual University.  

Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS

Executive Director, Big I Virtual University

Chris Boggs is the Executive Director of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) Virtual University. His current duties involve researching, writing, and teaching property and casualty insurance coverages and concepts to Big “I” members and others in the insurance industry. During his career, Boggs has authored more than 1,000 insurance and risk management-related articles on a wide range of topics as diverse as Credit Default Swaps, the MCS-90, and enterprise risk management. In addition to this, Boggs has written 15 insurance and risk management books.

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• What’s driving agents’ eroding influence on pricing?
• What’s the future role of underwriting and loss prevention?
• What’s the future role of the agent?

Frank Pennachio brings over 30 years of experience to the following topics in this 34-page report.

This webinar transcript is presented by Frank Pennachio of the Big “I” Virtual University.  

Frank Pennachio has spent 30 years leveraging his Workers’ Compensation knowledge and teaching insurance agents how to market and manage Workers’ Compensation programs. Before its evolution to Oceanus Partners, Frank co-founded The WorkComp Advisory Group in 2009, to help independent insurance agents implement a consultative approach to win business by competing on value. Frank is an expert in the technical elements of workers’ compensation, emphasizing the need for agents to understand all aspects of protecting an employers’ workforce in order to provide true value.

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• Appendix A listing the condo statutes for every state
• Appendix B listing all of the pure joint and several liability, pure several liability, and modified joint and
  several liability states

This webinar transcript is presented by Chris Boggs of the Big “I” Virtual University.  

Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS

Executive Director, Big I Virtual University

Chris Boggs is the Executive Director of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) Virtual University. His current duties involve researching, writing, and teaching property and casualty insurance coverages and concepts to Big “I” members and others in the insurance industry. During his career, Boggs has authored more than 1,000 insurance and risk management-related articles on a wide range of topics as diverse as Credit Default Swaps, the MCS-90, and enterprise risk management. In addition to this, Boggs has written 15 insurance and risk management books.

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This webinar transcript is presented by Chris Boggs of the Big “I” Virtual University.  

Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS

Executive Director, Big I Virtual University

Chris Boggs is the Executive Director of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) Virtual University. His current duties involve researching, writing, and teaching property and casualty insurance coverages and concepts to Big “I” members and others in the insurance industry. During his career, Boggs has authored more than 1,000 insurance and risk management-related articles on a wide range of topics as diverse as Credit Default Swaps, the MCS-90, and enterprise risk management. In addition to this, Boggs has written 15 insurance and risk management books.

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• Insureds in the CGL
• Insureds in the BAC
• The Insured in Workers’ Comp
• Properly Extending Insured Status
• Guidelines for Combining Entities

This webinar transcript is presented by Chris Boggs of the Big “I” Virtual University.  

Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS

Executive Director, Big I Virtual University

Chris Boggs is the Executive Director of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) Virtual University. His current duties involve researching, writing, and teaching property and casualty insurance coverages and concepts to Big “I” members and others in the insurance industry. During his career, Boggs has authored more than 1,000 insurance and risk management-related articles on a wide range of topics as diverse as Credit Default Swaps, the MCS-90, and enterprise risk management. In addition to this, Boggs has written 15 insurance and risk management books.

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• Overview of the Problem
• Pollution Claim Denials
• Exclusionary Wording
• Three Self Limiting Factors
• Five Specific Exclusions
• Six Explicit Exceptions
• Three Implied Exceptions
• Historical Purpose and Development of the Pollution Exclusion
• Total Pollution Exclusion and Options

This webinar transcript is presented by Chris Boggs of the Big “I” Virtual University.  

Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS

Executive Director, Big I Virtual University

Chris Boggs is the Executive Director of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) Virtual University. His current duties involve researching, writing, and teaching property and casualty insurance coverages and concepts to Big “I” members and others in the insurance industry. During his career, Boggs has authored more than 1,000 insurance and risk management-related articles on a wide range of topics as diverse as Credit Default Swaps, the MCS-90, and enterprise risk management. In addition to this, Boggs has written 15 insurance and risk management books.

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• Broadened water damage coverage
• Changes to the building coverage options for tenants
• Revisions to the two protective safeguard endorsements
• New waiting period options for the CP 15 45
• Revisions to the ordinance or law endorsements
• New ordinance or law endorsement for tenants

This webinar transcript is presented by Chris Boggs of the Big “I” Virtual University.  

Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS

Executive Director, Big I Virtual University

Chris Boggs is the Executive Director of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) Virtual University. His current duties involve researching, writing, and teaching property and casualty insurance coverages and concepts to Big “I” members and others in the insurance industry. During his career, Boggs has authored more than 1,000 insurance and risk management-related articles on a wide range of topics as diverse as Credit Default Swaps, the MCS-90, and enterprise risk management. In addition to this, Boggs has written 15 insurance and risk management books.

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• Purpose of ordinance or law coverage
• Coverage gaps creating the need for ordinance or law coverage
• Sources & enforcement of building codes
• When damage is considered “major”
• Common ordinance or law requirement & coverage limitations
• 3 Commercial property ordinance or law coverage forms
• Ordinance or law coverage (CP 04 05)
• Increased period of restoration (CP 15 31)
• How to develop ordinance or law premium.

This webinar transcript is presented by Chris Boggs of the Big “I” Virtual University.  

Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS

Executive Director, Big I Virtual University

Chris Boggs is the Executive Director of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) Virtual University. His current duties involve researching, writing, and teaching property and casualty insurance coverages and concepts to Big “I” members and others in the insurance industry. During his career, Boggs has authored more than 1,000 insurance and risk management-related articles on a wide range of topics as diverse as Credit Default Swaps, the MCS-90, and enterprise risk management. In addition to this, Boggs has written 15 insurance and risk management books.

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• Equity & fairness in business relationships
• Contractual risk transfer
• Insured & additional insured status
• Primary & noncontributory requirements
• The situation – the claim – settling the claim

This webinar transcript is presented by Chris Boggs of the Big “I” Virtual University.  

Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS

Executive Director, Big I Virtual University

Chris Boggs is the Executive Director of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) Virtual University. His current duties involve researching, writing, and teaching property and casualty insurance coverages and concepts to Big “I” members and others in the insurance industry. During his career, Boggs has authored more than 1,000 insurance and risk management-related articles on a wide range of topics as diverse as Credit Default Swaps, the MCS-90, and enterprise risk management. In addition to this, Boggs has written 15 insurance and risk management books.

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