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Your Link to Insurance Research
100's of insurance, business and technology articles, many full sample ISO forms, white papers and information on issues affecting today's insurance marketplace.
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 Right now as part of the insurance research, the Virtual University is presenting a special Certificates of Insurance Section and made it available to members and non-members.
• Certificates of Insurance Resource Section
Ask Questions, Find Answers, Anytime
Sometimes you need answers to questions that can't be found in the research library. To help with these "just in time" issues, we have assembled a faculty of leading experts from around the country.
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Online Education on Demand
The VU offers a wide variety of online classes to enhance and expand insurance technical and business skills.
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New September 2009 ACORD 24 and 25 Forms
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They say that 13 is unlucky, so perhaps that explains why ACORD swiftly went through the working group process following the 13th edition of the ACORD 25 certificate of insurance in January 2009. This group has produced a new September 2009 14th edition that incorporates possibly the most significant changes since the ACORD 25 was introduced in November 1977.
The Big "I" Virtual University has published an article detailing the above changes and outlining all 39 changes to the forms: • Big "I" Members/VU Subscribers Learn More About the ACORD Form Changes
Flood Insurance Resources
Looking for sample flood insurance checklists, articles, maps, marketing materials, links? Check out the Flood area in the Big "I" VU.
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"Interpreting Condo Association Documents for Insureds"
 Whether agents should be reviewing ANY kind of contracts for insureds is an issue without an absolute solution. It depends on many factors, from the type of contract to the agent's experience and expertise to, well, lots of other considerations. Too often, though, someone may take on the review of a legal document they're simply not qualified to interpret.
• Big "I" Members/VU Subscribers Learn More Here | Members and VU subscribers have access to the most comprehensive informational hyperlinks page in the industry, the results of our periodic surveys and polls, and more.
• Certificates of Insurance Resource Section
• Big "I" Flood Program Resources
• Disaster Resources Page
• Diminution of Value Resource Page
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