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Important issues
Online forums are a conve-
nient and economical way for
you and your colleagues to
learn about important health
and employee-benefit issues.
The forums feature a new
topic every month to help you Practices in Group Benefits
stay on top of the challeng- March 4—The Habits of
es facing the industry. Here’s High-Producing Agents
a list of the dates and topics April 1—Wellness at Work
scheduled for 2009. May 6—DI—More Important
Jan. 7—Health-Care Trends Than You Think
and Forecast in 2009 June 3—The Truth About
Feb. 4—Case Studies in Best Health-Care Consumerism
July 1—Differentiate and Ex-
pand Your Business
Aug. 5—The Crucial Impact
of Critical Illness
To participate or to view
archived events, visit www.
ahia.net.
LIFE
Use Life Lessons to
Educate Your Clients
Tell them these powerful stories of parents dying without adequate insurance.
Trisha Botty, Consumer Education Coordinator, LIFE Foundation
When a parent dies
without adequate
life insurance to
help meet the financial needs of
dependent children, many of
these children struggle to
make their college plans a
reality.
score the need
for parents to
make life insurance a part of
their college-funding plans.
To spread
this message to
families, LIFE:
To help these young
adults fulfill their dreams of
attending college and highlight the role life insurance
can play in college planning,
LIFE has created the Life
Lessons College Scholarship
Program.
• Posted the best video entries on its website and invited
visitors to cast online votes to
determine the winner.
• Announced the winners to the national media in
a news release, which is available at www.lifehappens.org/
content/view/538/479/.
This year, students from
across the country submitted essays and videos
describing their overall experience of losing a parent
and how it impacted their
college plans.
Of the 1,200 entries received, LIFE awarded $25,000
in scholarships to 25 deserving students.
• Posted the winning
stories at www.lifehappens.
org/life-lessons/past-scholarship-recipients. You
can also watch a brief video,
produced by LIFE, about the
grand prize essay contest
winner, Tracy Basden
of Lima, Pa.
It’s important for LIFE to
tell these stories to under-
Other important resources
LIFE encourages producers
to use these resources to help
their clients understand the
importance of life insurance
in college planning.
Producers can also make
use of a new one-page handout that includes the story of
Basden.
Agents can purchase the
handout from LIFE’s online
catalog at www.lifehappens.
org/catalog and share it with
their clients.
When ordering from
LIFE’s online catalog, NAIFA
members should use the promotional code “NAIFA10” to
receive a 10-percent discount
on their orders.
NAIFA members and their
clients can also contribute to
the Life Lessons scholarship
fund online.
Make your donation at
www.lifehappens.org/donate
to help LIFE support an even
larger number of young adults
next year. Donations are tax
deductible.
For more information,
contact Trisha Botty at
tbotty@lifehappens.org.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
LAMP 2009
Atlanta, March 22-25, 2009
Call 800-345-2687; visit www.gamaweb.com
2009 MDRT Annual Meeting
Indianapolis, June 7-11, 2009
Call 847-692-6378; visit www.mdrt.org
2009 NAIFA Convention & Career Conference
Orlando, Sept. 12-16, 2009
