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 Beth Blackwell, AAI, CPIW beth.blackwell@ncfbins.com President Elect & Membership Katy Willett, CIC, CISR kwillett@bagwellandbagwellins.com Vice-President & Programs Janet Davis, CISR, CPIW, AAI jdavis@triangleinsurancegroup.com Secretary Shirley Hudson, ARM, AAI, CISR, CPIW, DAE shudson@iianc.com Treasurer Joetta MacMiller, CISR, CPIW jmacmiller@nc.rr.com Parliamentarian Wanda Manning, CPCU, CPIW, CIC, DAE w.manning@sau-inc.com Committee Chairmen: Bylaws & Immediate Past President Kelly Bryant, CISR Kelly.bryant@bbandt.com Employment Jeanne Hess, CISR, CPIW, DAE, AAI, AIS jhess@iianc.com Public Relations Pat Flores Nobleprops.pat@gmail.com Education Pam Grimes, CPIW, CIC, CISR, DAE Pagdreamer18@aol.com Safety Debbie Pass-Soles, CPIW, CISR, CIC Debbie.Soles@mmicnc.com Legislative Barb Hutchinson bhutchinson@bmico.com

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Inside this Newsletter

1. November Meeting TBA Nov. 9th! 2. PECANS!!! Thanks for

Pinecone Editor
Jeanne Hess, CISR, CPIW, DAE, AAI, AIS

863-6524 - jhess@iianc.com

your orders. Well have a few extras when they arrive. 3. CLASSES!!! See the attached information on upcoming classes. 4. Christmas Party Details will be announced soon!

NOVEMBER 2010
The November Meeting of the Raleigh Association of Insurance Professionals will be held on Tuesday, November 9th at the IIANC building, 101 Weston Oaks Court in Cary. Social time is at 5:30 with our meeting beginning at 6:00. Our planned speaker had a conflict come up so we are looking for another speaker which will be TBA next week. Come and enjoy fellowship and a great meeting. Hope to see you there and bring a guest!

November 2010
Time to give Thanks!
Thanks for making NAIW YOUR
Association of Choice Represented by Diversified Professionals

UPCOMING CLASSES!
See the attached information on upcoming classes in December! Great classes & very affordable! Register TODAY!

NEW WEBSITE: www.raip.org

RAIP WEBSITE!

Check out our updated website! It is still under construction and your help is needed completing the attached SURVEYS! Please take time to return

yours today to Katy Willett. kwillett@bagwellandbagwellins.com.

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

Appears that cooler weather is finally here and we will get the hour we lost this past spring back this weekend! We had a successful NCAIW Conference October 21-23 2010. Anita Williams was installed as our 2011-2012 president. I will give a complete NCAIW State Meeting report at our meeting Tuesday. Look forward to seeing all of you Tuesday 11/9/2010. Bring a friend. Beth Crouch Blackwell, AAI, CPIW President RAIP
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PECANS!!!
Pecans have been ordered and you will be notified when they arrive. We will have a few extras as we had to order by the case. Thanks to all who ordered! Jeanne Hess ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: 1 Insurance Professional looking. Experienced in customer service, marketing and inside sales,
management and training. Experienced with all sizes of commercial accounts, however special in small business. Experienced in most in house rating systems. Have worked on Applied, AMS Afw, 360 and Sagitta. Can wear many hats at the same time. (added Sept. 2010) Please contact Jeanne Hess jhess@iianc.com or 863-6524, if you would like more information.

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, 2010-2011 Jeanne Hess jhess@iianc.com or 919-863-6524

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EDUCATION UPDATE!
Dr. Dave Wood, D.B.A., CPCU from Appalachian State University will be teaching a class for us called "Understanding Surplus Lines in North Carolina" & will meet at IIANC on 12/15/10 . The class will be a 3 hour class & will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. More information will be forthcoming as the course has been filed for a new course number due to changes in the course. In addition, I am working with Chris McLeod from IIANC on several classes for next year. Please let me know of any classes that you might be interested in so we can get them scheduled. My phone number is 747-7788 (direct). Thank you. Pam Grimes RAIP Education Chairman

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SURVEYS! Please see the attached surveys that will be helpful in providing quality Website information, privacy concerns, meetings, speakers and community involvement activities that YOU are interested in! Your input is needed to know what we can do to make your membership more enjoyable, educational and something that you look forward to participating each month! We value your opinion! Both are short!! Return your survey today! Thanks! p.s. Members & Non-members are invited to complete the surveys! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CARY SHRED-A-THON (Wake County) America Recycles Day Saturday, November 13th 9am- 11am Garmon Operations Center 400 James Jackson Ave., Cary

Local Sponsors: PROSHRED, Town of Cary *Three box limit Rigid plastics will be recycled as well (lawn furniture, flower pots etc.) RALEIGH SHRED-A-THON (Wake County) America Recycles Day Saturday, November 13th 10am- 2pm Shops at Seaboard Station 700 Semart Drive, Raleigh Local Sponsors: PROSHRED, City of Raleigh, Keep NC Beautiful *Three box limit This message brought to you on behalf of North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper. Check with local sponsor for event changes. All shredding events are free but donations may be accepted at some events. The NC Department of Justice does not endorse any business or charity.

MINUTES OF THE RALEIGH ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS October 12, 2010

The Raleigh Association met at the IIANC building in Cary NC. The meeting was called to order at 6:15 by Beth Blackwell, President. Members in attendance Beth Blackwell, Pam Grimes, Debbie Pass-Soles, Pat Flores, Jeanne Hess, Joetta MacMiller, Wanda Manning, Barb Hutchinson and Katy Willett. October is in Fire Prevention month and National Brest Cancer Awareness Month. During the opening of the meeting, Pam Grimes presented a slide show of the Willow Springs Volunteer fire department. Pam shared her personal journey with breast cancer. President Blackwell conducted a business meeting which included several discussions. Minutes to September meeting Wanda motioned to accept; Pat Flores seconded. Minutes were approved as printed in the Pine Cone. Membership We had 12 guests at September picnic and 2 guests at August meeting. Our goals are to have 2 guests at each meeting and 5 new members this year. Programs- We are hoping to have a fraud speaker for Novembers meeting. Beth will try to confirm Mr. Guyant. For the December meeting, several menus/pricing were discussed. Wanda has agreed to cater the December meeting at the IIANC building. Education Pam Grimes has lined up two upcoming classes for December 15. Understanding Surplus Lines in North Carolina with Dr. Dave Wood and E & O Survey & Management with Chris McLeod. We plan to offer lunches to the class as a fundraiser. Public Relations Pat Flores will be working with Pam Grimes to plan future activities. Safety Debbie Soles had no new items to report. Project Edith went well. Legislative Barb Hutchinson had no new items to report. However, Barb will be attending a Habitat informational meeting for Women Build for Builders Mutual and will share information regarding Habitats plan to break ground in the spring on a home funded & constructed by women. Financial Joetta McMiller presented a tentative budget. Changes were made to proposal. Joetta motioned to accept 2010 to 2011 budget; Jeanne seconded; Budget was approved. Pecan fundraiser has started. The cut-off date for getting orders to Jeanne is November 1 as we intend to deliver orders prior to Thanksgiving. New Business Beth will be our delegate for state convention. Jeanne nominated Katy for alternate; Pam seconded; Katy will be alternate delegate for state convention. Bylaws Multiple changes to state bylaws have been suggested. A line by line discussion of the proposed changes suggested some areas of the changes that may need clarification. The meeting was adjourned at 8:15pm. Respectfully submitted, Katy Willett
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For RAIP Secretary, Shirley McLamb Hudson, AAI, ARM, CPIW, CISR, DAE

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WELCOME JOYCE MILLS, CISR, CPIW

Joyce comes to us from the Pitt County Association of Insurance Professionals that turned in their charter earlier this year. We asked Joyce to write a little something so that we could spotlight her as a new transferred member so we could get to know her.
Joyce joined NCAIW in 1973 as a charter member of the Pitt County Association of Insurance Women this was changed to Professionals several years later. She served PCAIP as president 12 times. PCAIP disbanded in 2010 and she joined the Raleigh Association. Joyce considers many of the members of RAIP as friends and mentors. She has not been able to attend any meetings yet, as seems there is always conflict. It takes almost 2 hours to get to Cary, so cant just go to meeting and pop somewhere else but is planning to try to attend the December meeting. Joyce really enjoys getting the Pinecone. Joyce has served NCAIW as Secretary and Treasurer. She has been chairman of the NCAIW Nominating Committee, served as NCAIW delegate to Region II on several occasions and has served as the NAIW Region II Nominating Committee Chairman. Joyce was awarded the NCAIW Insurance Professional of the Year in 1993. She has attended every NCAIW Convention since 1974. Joyce is currently employed by Hooker and Buchanan, Inc. in Greenville, NC as a Commercial Lines CSR for the last 13 years. Prior to that she worked for Don McGlohon & Associates for 25 years. Joyce is married to her childhood sweetheart (45 years) and has one son, Gray and one granddaughter, Gracie (who will be 7 on 11-13).

Please help extend a warm welcome to Joyce! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Pumpkin Bar Recipe

Bars: 4 Eggs 1 2/3 cups granulated sugar 1 cup vegetable oil 15-ounce can pumpkin 2 cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 1 teaspoon baking soda From: Debbie Pass-Soles

Icing: 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened 2-3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease your 13x10 inch pan. Combine the sugar, oil and pumpkin in a bowl, using an electric mixer, blend well. Add the eggs into the mixture, blend until light and fluffy. Add the flour, baking powder, spice, and baking soda. Mix until well blended. Spread the batter into the greased 13x10 inch pan. Bake for 30 mins. Icing: Combine the cream cheese and butter in a bowl. Use your mixer and blend until smooth. Add 2 cups of sugar and mix. Add the vanilla and mix again. **If you notice that your icing is a little thin add the remaining powdered sugar little by little until it reaches the texture you prefer. Then spread it on the cooled pumpkin bars.

GET YOUR MAMMOGRAM!!!!! Did you have yours in the last 12 months??
WHO HAS A NEW DESIGNATION THIS YEAR?? Please let me know for our year end information! IS ANYONE QUALIFYING FOR CPIW OR DAE AND NEED HELP? Just ask if you need assistance.
This is your page to send me whatever you would like to share with the other membersjoys, concerns, accomplishments just whatever you have in your life that you would like to share. Let me know if you have passed a class or received a new designation so we can say CONGRATULATIONS!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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