SPECIAL FEATURE
Three Coalition Announcements
 Reserve your spot for the inaugural Big "I" Level Up Agent Summit, to take place Jan. 14-15, 2020 in New Orleans. If you are looking to acquire more customers and increase your agency's revenue, then this is the event for you!
Level Up brings independent agents, association leaders, carrier executives and other industry representatives from across the country together to learn new strategies, resulting in agency growth and innovation through diversity and inclusion.
What makes Level Up different? Everything. You will receive step-by-step guidance from global business leaders on how to build a culture of inclusion and diversity across your agency. Workshops will cover a variety of topics, such as attracting young and diverse talent, understanding the buying power of women, kickstarting your agency perpetuation plan, gaining insights from peers on agency tech innovations, developing multicultural networks and more.
Looking to discover new customer markets? The event will feature multiple sessions that will provide key strategies on how to grow your consumer base, from understanding demographic buying power and engaging multicultural networks to multicultural marketing made easy.
Interested in learning how to attract the next generation of all-stars to your agency? You won't want to miss a breakout session with a group of college students who will share what they are looking for in a career. You'll also want to check out a session that focuses on leveraging the five generations that are currently active in the workplace, as well as an agent panel on agency innovation.
Special thanks to the Big "I" Diversity Council for their hard work and focus on engaging and developing a sustainable diverse independent agency network. Council partners include Allstate, AmTrust North America, Chubb, Church Mutual, CNA, Encompass, The Hartford, Liberty Mutual Insurance, MetLife, Nationwide, Progressive, Safeco, Selective, Travelers, Westfield Insurance and newest partner Vertafore.
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Three Coalition Announcements
 The holidays aren't slowing down activity and enhancements to your Big "I" Markets cyber program! Here are three new areas to keep updated on:
Missouri Admitted Enhancements
Effective 11/22/2019, the admitted policy offered in Missouri will now include the following coverages:
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Breach Response Separate Limits
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Reputational Harm Loss
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Service Fraud
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Criminal Reward Coverage
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Court Attendance Costs
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GDPR Enhancement
Coalition currently offers an admitted product in 38 states and a surplus lines product in all 50 states and DC.
New Broker Resources
Coalition recently added a new section, Broker Resources, to their online quote platform. Members registered with Big "I" Markets can access several sales and marketing resources. Client-ready PDF's, webinar sign-ups, explanatory videos, claims cost calculators, case studies, checklists and more - available anytime, anywhere!
In the coming weeks, Coalition will also be adding coverage comparisons and more marketing documents emphasizing the free cyber security tools for policyholders.
Industry selection - easier than ever!
Coalition's quoting process is already fast, but selecting the Industry is now even easier. Rather than entering a description, agents may enter NAICS and GICS codes in the industry selection question, and voila!
Big "I" Markets provides resources such as sample solicitation letters, agent marketing, declination forms and more in the Product Resources section after logging into www.bigimarkets.com and selecting Cyber Insurance - Coalition.
Reach out to Carla McGee, your dedicated Cyber Liability Program Manager, if you have any questions!
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VU Webinars and Lightning Learning
Virtual University
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WEBINARS - Two-hours with CE in select states.
View the complete calendar, registration links and see what states have CE approval online. Registration includes live webinar, on-demand recording and a transcript.
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Prizes will be to the first response with the correct answers and then four selected at random from all received by 6p.m. EDT on Wednesday. Win a $5 gift card (Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin Robbins, or Krispy Kreme).
Congratulations to this week's winners - Megan Yochum (OK), Doreen Herlinsky (NJ), Belinda Hammond (NH), Elizabeth Roloff (MI) & Mary Packnick (CT)
1. What is the third, emerging reason Environmental Indemnity Insurance is "making its way into the mainstream of real estate transactions" given in the above Pollution article? - It simplifies the indemnity negotiation process and thereby increases both the likelihood of coming to agreeable terms and closing the transaction.
2. Egon Ronay had what body part insured for $375,000 in the 1990s? - TASTE BUDS
3. In the Travelers Technology Services flyer linked above, what is the up to limit of the Umbrella over primary coverage? - $25 MILLION
TIE BREAKER
TB - On this date (11/19) in 1805 what famous trio reached the Pacific Ocean, a significant milestone of a journey that would eventually be over 8,000 miles? - LEWIS & CLARK and SACAGAWEA
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BIG "I" MARKETS SALE OF THE WEEK
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday are two of the busiest shopping days of the year. This means new jewelry to protect for your clients.
