May 29, 2014 | News
With all the information security breach news coming out almost each week, it’s hard to believe anyone can keep up with it; let alone an already busy Insurance professional with other things like
CE credit deadlines on their plate.
We understand that you do not have time to be worrying about your security right now, so we wish to reassure you that your information with ILS remains safe and secure.
Microsoft is issuing multiple patches and fixes almost daily, to amend current problems and protect websites everywhere from possible future hacks. ILS is working to apply the updates and patches as quickly as they are released.
As we apply these updates there may unfortunately be some short interruptions in service and to your connection to our courses. We apologize for any inconvenience these necessary updates may cause.
May 28, 2014 | News
The countdown is on for insurance agents in BC and Manitoba to complete your Continuing Education Hours before Saturday’s deadline. Our Customer Service staff are on hand from 8 am – 5 pm PT Monday-Friday to help you with any questions you may have about your ILScorp CE hours, or to get you started with a subscription to our CE catalog.
ILScorp’s continuing education catalog subscriptions feature hundreds of hours of accredited courses that you can complete anywhere you have an internet connection. You’ll find courses that are of interest to you and relevant to your business, and you’ll have six months of access for one low price. Just short and hour or two? Our courses are all available for individual purchase as well.
The ILScorp general insurance catalogue offers more than 300 hours (160 courses) of accredited Continuing Education training. More than 50 courses have recently been updated and re-accredited, and new courses are being added on a regular basis. We recently added four new Autoplan Essentials courses, of particular interest for agents in BC, working with ICBC Autoplan.
Six-month subscriptions, which provide access to the entire general insurance catalogue are only $185. Discounts for groups of five or more are available.
ILScorp’s Life / A&S course catalogue includes more than 75 CE courses (185 hours). A new online Professional Liability course: Introduction to Errors and Omissions Exposures Insurance for Life / A&S Agents, which is also included in the subscription option. Individual Courses start at $85. Six month subscriptions to the entire Life/A&S CE course catalogue are $260.
Advantages of the ILS continuing education course subscriptions:
- Once you purchase your subscription, you can begin taking your courses immediately!
- Access to more than 180 accredited general insurance training courses in both text and streaming video formats, including personal lines, commercial lines, auto, farm, professional management and personal skills courses.
- Access to more than 75 accredited life/A&S insurance training courses in both text and streaming video formats including errors & omissions insurance, money management planning process and insurance and estate planning.
- You’ll have a digital record of your completed course work, which we keep on file for up to seven years.
- You’ll save time by completing your general insurance continuing education requirements entirely online – no paperwork, no commuting.
- Courses can be accessed any time and you can log in and log out as many times as you wish during the course period.
- Quizzes and Final exams are offered in most of our courses to help you retain the information.
- Should you require any assistance at any time during your course work, we are here to support you 5 days a week, 0800 – 1700 PST.
Join the more than 22,000 Canadian insurance professionals who develop their skills with ILScorp each year! Visit ILScorp.com today to get started, or call 1-800-404-2211.
CE with ILS – Fast, Easy, Done!
May 26, 2014 | News
The 2014 Continuing Education deadlines are fast approaching for insurance agents in BC, Manitoba (May 31) and Alberta ( June 30 ). If you have a group of five or more employees who need to complete their CE courses in order to meet insurance licensing requirements, then a group subscription to ILScorp’s online General Insurance continuing education courses may be the perfect solution to your agency’s insurance training needs.
ILScorp provides online insurance training for more than 22,000 people a year, and the General Insurance subscription offers access to more than 100 courses and 400+ credits hours. Individual subscriptions are priced at only $185, but with a group of five or more, you’ll save $50/pp. Group members get unlimited one-year access to ILScorp’s extensive General Insurance CE course catalogue. Individual subscriptions provide six months of access.
Why choose ILS?
- All of our courses are accredited and are written by insurance training experts.
- Our text and video courses engage the user so the learning experience is both interesting and entertaining.
- Access your online insurance CE courses from anywhere you have an Internet connection.
- 100+ courses means you’ll find something relevant to your career.
- New courses are added regularly.
- Buy now for instant access. Register or renew online and get started today.
Learn more about group subscriptions at ILScorp.com or call 1-800-404-2211 and get started today.
Continuing Education with ILScorp – Fast, Easy, Done!
May 23, 2014 | News
This is it! Only one week to go before the Continuing Education deadline in BC and Manitoba. Have you left your CE hours to the last minute? Don’t worry, you aren’t the only one!
It’s time to buckle down and get your hours done in time for the May 31st deadline. And Alberta agents, don’t forget your deadline is coming up too (June 30).
ILScorp is ready to help, with our continuing education catalog subscriptions, which feature hundreds of hours of accredited courses that you can complete anywhere you have an internet connection. You’ll find courses that are of interest to you and relevant to your business.
The ILScorp general insurance catalogue offers more than 300 hours (160 courses) of accredited Continuing Education training. More than 50 courses have recently been updated and re-accredited, and new courses are being added on a regular basis. We recently added four new Autoplan Essentials courses, of particular interest for agents in BC, working with ICBC Autoplan.
Six-month subscriptions, which provide access to the entire general insurance catalogue are only $185. Discounts for groups of five or more are available.
ILScorp’s Life / A&S course catalogue includes more than 75 CE courses (185 hours). A new online Professional Liability course: Introduction to Errors and Omissions Exposures Insurance for Life / A&S Agents, which is also included in the subscription option. Individual Courses start at $85. Six month subscriptions to the entire Life/A&S CE course catalogue are $260.
Wondering which courses qualify for CE in your province? You can tell where a course is accredited two ways: one, by looking for your province’s flag in the course descriptions; and two, when you open a course it is indicated in the course description.
Advantages of the ILS continuing education course subscriptions:
- Once you purchase your subscription, you can begin taking your courses immediately!
- Access to more than 180 accredited general insurance training courses in both text and streaming video formats, including personal lines, commercial lines, auto, farm, professional management and personal skills courses.
- Access to more than 75 accredited life/A&S insurance training courses in both text and streaming video formats including errors & omissions insurance, money management planning process and insurance and estate planning.
- You’ll have a digital record of your completed course work, which we keep on file for up to seven years.
- You’ll save time by completing your general insurance continuing education requirements entirely online – no paperwork, no commuting.
- Courses can be accessed any time and you can log in and log out as many times as you wish during the course period.
- Quizzes and Final exams are offered in most of our courses to help you retain the information.
- Should you require any assistance at any time during your course work, we are here to support you 5 days a week, 0800 – 1700 PST.
Join the more than 22,000 Canadian insurance professionals who develop their skills with ILScorp each year! Visit ILScorp.com today to get started, or call 1-800-404-2211.
CE with ILS – Fast, Easy, Done!
May 20, 2014 | News
May means the approach of several CE deadlines for insurance agents across Canada. Continuing Education deadlines are fast approaching for insurance agents in BC and Manitoba (May 31), and Alberta’s requirements must be met by June 30 this year. In Saskatchewan, your deadline varies based on your license renewal date.
Now is the time to get working on your mandatory CE hours and avoid the last minute rush. ILScorp is ready to help, with continuing education catalogues feature hundreds of hours of accredited courses that you can complete anywhere you have an internet connection.
The ILScorp general insurance catalogue offers more than 300 hours (160 courses) of accredited Continuing Education training, so you’ll find courses that are of interest and relevance to you and your business. More than 50 courses have recently been updated and re-accredited, and new courses are added regularly. Six-month subscriptions, which provide access to the entire general insurance catalogue are only $185. Discounts for groups of five or more are available.
ILScorp’s Life / A&S course catalogue includes more than 75 CE courses (185 hours). A new online Professional Liability course: Introduction to Errors and Omissions Exposures Insurance for Life / A&S Agents, which is also included in the subscription option. Individual Courses start at $85. Six month subscriptions to the entire Life/A&S CE course catalogue are $260.
Wondering which courses qualify for CE in your province? You can tell where a course is accredited two ways: one, by looking for your province’s flag in the course descriptions; and two, when you open a course it is indicated in the course description.
Advantages of the ILS continuing education course subscriptions:
- Once you purchase your subscription, you can begin taking your courses immediately! If you are a new subscriber, you will receive an automated username and password by email.
- Access more than 180 accredited general insurance training courses in both text and streaming video formats, including personal lines, commercial lines, auto, farm, professional management and personal skills courses.
- Access more than 75 accredited life/A&S insurance training courses in both text and streaming video formats including errors & omissions insurance, money management planning process and insurance and estate planning.
- Have a digital record of your completed course work, which we keep on file for up to seven years.
- Save time by completing your general insurance continuing education requirements entirely online, no paperwork or commute.
- Courses can be accessed any time and you can log in and log out as many times as you wish during the course period.
- Quizzes and Final exams are offered in most of our courses to help you retain the information.
- Should you require any assistance at any time during your course work, we are here to support you 5 days a week, 0800 – 1700 PST.
Join the more than 22,000 Canadian insurance professionals who develop their skills with ILScorp each year! Visit ILScorp.com today to get started, or call 1-800-404-2211.
CE with ILS – Fast, Easy, Done!
May 16, 2014 | News
Saturday, May 17, marks the International Day Against Homophobia. According to Research from British group Stonewall, nearly one in five lesbian and gay people, almost 350,000 employees in Britain, have experienced bullying from their colleagues because of their sexual orientation. Almost four million people (13 per cent of the British workforce) have witnessed verbal homophobic bullying in the workplace and over one million people have witnessed physical homophobic bullying at work.
According to a 2013 study by Leger Marketing, 80% of Canadian surveyed report that in their daily lives they have witnessed derogatory remarks about homosexual people or homosexuality in general, 10% say they have witnessed this often.
Nearly six out of 10 Canadians (58%) who use social media, say they have witnessed derogatory remarks about homosexual people or homosexuality in general on social media – 45% of respondents said they witnessed this type of remark on Facebook, 43% on a blog and 33% on Twitter.
Stonewall’s pioneering research on the productivity of lesbian and gay staff in the workplace, Peak Performance, found that gay staff who can be out at work in a safe environment are more productive than their gay colleagues who have to hide their sexual orientation at work and/or work in less inclusive environments.
What can you do?
Several Canadian provinces have enacted anti-bullying legislation, which requires workplaces to include anti-bullying training for their employees.
Ontario, Manitoba, Québec and Saskatchewan have already introduced legislation against bullying and B.C. recently enacted Bill 14 [Workers Compensation Amendment Act] to address the effects of bullying at work.
Are you compliant with the anti-bullying laws?
Complete ILScorp’s “Understanding Workplace Bullying” & “Tools for Safeguarding an Organization from Bullying Behaviour” courses.
With these anti-bullying courses you will:
- determine whether a problem exists in a workplace
- learn how to prevent incidents
- gain tools for safeguarding your organization from bullying behaviour
- develop a workplace bullying prevention program
These courses are included free of charge as part of your group membership. This course is General and Adjuster CE accredited, however ILScorp recommends that all employees receive this training for law compliance.
