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Where would you rather leave your footprint?
 
We hope you're enjoying your summer while it lasts. As all
Canadians know, summer is all too short and winter is all
too long. Sometimes they even overlap; ask a Calgarian how
they enjoyed the snow over the Victoria Day holiday!
It's time to start thinking towards the winter. Where would
you rather be in January? Trying not to slip on ice as you
head to your car, en route to a long day of meetings? Or slipping
on flip-flops while you bask in the sun on deck a luxury cruise
ship?
With the ILS Caribbean CE Cruise 2008, you can spend a week
on board, sailing through the eastern Caribbean while attending
seminars of your choice. You can earn up to 12 CE credits
towards your mandatory licensing requirements in between shopping
trips at port or swimming on board. You may even be eligible
to reap the tax benefits associated with an educational holiday!
The cruise runs from January 27 through February 3, 2008,
when the mercury dips to some of the coldest levels in winter.
Space is filling up quickly! Contact us soon to find out
how you can leave your footprints in the sand this year!
For more information or to book now, visit www.ilscorp.com/cruise
Your June promotional code to win $200 cash!
Your promo code for June is: JUNESUN6
Take this promo code and visit www.ilscorp.com/cruise.
Enter it and answer a few quick questions and you will be
entered to win $200 cash!
Good luck!
Attention:
BC Insurance Professionals
The Insurance Council of British Columbia has recently made
some important changes to the responsibilities of licensees,
especially in regards to mandatory reporting to the Council.
Licensees are now required to notify Council within specific
time frames when certain events occur. Previously, many of
these notifications were only required at time of license
renewal. Click below to find out some of the key notification
requirements from the Insurance Council of British Columbia:
Discipline, Judgments and Criminal Convictions
A licensee must notify Council within 5 business days:
Where the licensee or any business the licensee owns or has
participated in as a director, officer or partner:
- is disciplined by any financial sector regulator, or
any professional or occupational body;
- has any judgment rendered in relation to any insurance
activities, fraud or breach of trust; or
- is convicted of any criminal offence or any offence under
any law of any jurisdiction, excluding traffic offences
resulting in monetary fines only.
Loss of Authorization to Represent an Agency or Firm
A licensee must notify Council within 5 business days where
a licensee is no longer authorized to represent an insurance
agency, adjusting firm or general insurance direct writer.
This condition applies to both the individual licensee whose
authorization has been withdrawn, AND the insurance agency,
adjusting firm or nominee of the general insurance direct
writer involved.
In addition, if the reason for withdrawing the authorization
relates to the individual's suitability or conduct as a licensee,
Council must also be provided with the reasons for the withdrawal.
Change of Name
A licensee must notify Council within 5 business days where
there is any change to the name, including trade names.
Address Changes
It is a condition of all insurance licenses that the licensee
notifies Council of changes to their address and other contact
information within 30 days.
To make a change to contact information, send a letter or
fax requesting the change and provide the file number, along
with the new information, including postal code, telephone
or fax numbers. There is often confusion as to what each address
is used for, in particular the service address. The following
provides information on addresses maintained by Council and
how they are used.
- Service Address: is where once a document is delivered
to that address, it is deemed received by the licensee.
This is often misunderstood and licensees frequently provide
Council with their business address. This can cause a problem
in cases such as a license termination, as it is unlikely
the former licensee will still be with his previous employer.
Businesses normally use their head office address or that
of legal counsel.
- Residential Address: is the address of the licensee's
primary legal residence (usually the residence address used
for taxation purposes).
- Business Address: should reflect the office (including
branch offices for agencies and firms) from which the licensee
conducts insurance business.
With the recent changes in the licensing period as well as
the above changes, insurance professionals in BC are encouraged
to be aware of other changes. ILS Learning Corporation will
help get the important information to you though if you have
any questions or concerns regarding licensing changes, contact
the Council directly.
Here comes the bride … and her insurance policy
 June
brings us not only the start of summer but the start of wedding
season as well. As our social calendars become filled with
weddings on what seems like every weekend and brides –
and grooms – across the country scramble to get the
final fittings and alterations, decorations and guest lists
set, many altar-bound couples may be adding an insurance policy
to their Big Day To Do Lists.
The typical Canadian wedding now costs about $25,000. With
so many potential pitfalls and variables involved, Weddinguard,
a Calgary-based insurance provider, is offering some protection
for couples as they embark into marriage.
The Weddinguard website (www.weddinguard.com) asks already
nervous couples some poignant questions: What happens if the
bridal or tux stores burn down before your wedding day? What
happens if the Groom is unable to fly to the wedding location
due to bad weather? What happens if the photographs don’t
turn out? What happens if my dress is ruined before my big
day? What if something happens to the presents? Well, wedding
insurance will cover these – and other – risks.
The cost of coverage depends on the company and the policy
details and can run anywhere between $100 and $1,000 or more.
Some halls and reception facilities are now requiring that
couples take out their own event insurance as a way to ensure
that any potential liability issues are on the couple and
not the location.
It is important to note that Weddinguard, unlike some of
their competitors, does not offer coverage for cold feet.
Introducing: The New Learning Management System
If you've been to the ILS website lately, you'll have noticed
some changes. We've upgraded our eLearning Centres, making
your learning experience a little more streamlined and enjoyable.
However, as with any change, it does take some time to get
used to the new system. We've compiled a short list of the
most frequently asked questions about the new system and have
posted them to our Knowledgebase.
Find out:
How to solve problems accessing video courses:
http://www.ilslearningcorporation.ca/kb/entry/36
How to access and print certificates: http://www.ilslearningcorporation.ca/kb/entry/1/
How to access your courses: http://www.ilslearningcorporation.ca/kb/entry/38/
How to find your course history: http://www.ilslearningcorporation.ca/kb/entry/39
How to log in: http://www.ilslearningcorporation.ca/kb/entry/40
Information about your username and password:
http://www.ilslearningcorporation.ca/kb/entry/41
Of course, you can always check out our Knowledgebase at
http://www.ilslearningcorporation.ca/kb
to find out answers to even more questions. You can also reach
us by phone at 1-800-404-2211.
Did you know...
June is International People Skills Month?
 "You
can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested
in other people than you can in two years by trying to get
other people interested in you. Which is just another way
of saying that the way to make a friend is to be one."–
Dale Carnegie
There are over 6.5 billion people on the planet, each with
their own personality – and personality quirks. The
way you relate to people – your "people skills"
or "emotional intelligence" – can greatly
affect personal and professional relationships.
As June is International People Skills Month, it is as good
of a time as any to examine how your skills play out in personal
relationships and what you can do to hone your skills.
The whole point of people skills is knowing or discovering
how to bring out the best in other people, in any situation,
rather than bring out their worst.
Many experts believe that there are certain essential people
skills, including:
- Understanding people. Would you interact
differently with an introvert compared to an extrovert?
Would your tone of speech change depending on if you were
speaking with an expert or a novice?
- Communicating clearly. We are constantly
being hit with messages from varying sources: television,
radio, other people, print messages … Making sure
that your message clearly and succinctly reaches your audience
– whether it’s one person or a hundred –
is an important people skill.
- Asking for and giving feedback. Critical
analyses coupled with tact and respect let others know that
you can give and take.
- Acknowledging others. By calling someone
by their first name, making eye contact, asking for their
opinions and complimenting their work, you are boosting
that person’s self-esteem and exhibiting strong people
skills which will undoubtedly help in any sort of relationship.
ILS Learning Corporation has created a number of online courses
relating to people skills, including Developing Your Questioning
& Listening Skills, How to Deal with Angry Customers,
How to Deal with Difficult People, How to Become
a More Effective Leader and/or Manager and more. Take
some time this month to check out some of these courses and
see how your people skills fare. (The above courses are available
to students needing General Insurance CE credits.)
What do you want for Father's Day?
 Golf
equipment? Electronic gadgets? A new lawnmower? All of these
may be popular gift ideas for your dad on Father's Day, but
it might be best to leave the traditional gift of a tie or
other corporate wear on the shelf.
According to a new CareerBuilder.com survey, 37 percent of
working dads say they would like to leave their jobs, provided
their spouse or partner made enough money to support the family.
Another 38 percent of men surveyed said that they would gladly
take a pay-cut if it meant they could spend more time with
their children.
Almost one-quarter (24 percent) of working dads said they
feel that work is negatively impacting their relationship
with their children. Almost half (48 percent) have missed
a significant event in their child’s life due to work
at least once in the past year and nearly one-fifth (18 percent)
have missed four or more momentous events.
More dads are spending more time at work or on work-related
issues than with their children. As well over 35 percent of
men are spending 50 or more hours per week at work and, contrastingly,
a quarter of men spend less than one hour per day with their
kids. Forty-two percent spend less than two hours each day
interacting with their sons or daughters.
So while many men across Canada celebrated Father's Day this
month, it seems that many of them would have prefered to stay
home on Monday with their kids.
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