Due to construction at Cactus Pete's all Continuing Education Classes and the Annual meeting will be held in the Gala Showroom not in the Ruby Mountain Ballroom.

C.E. course registration will be Wednesday, September 10th, 2008  at  8 am. Classes will the in the Gala Room at Cactus Pete's in Jackpot, NV and will start at  9 am. The Cost is $100 for paid members and $150 for non-members. Advanced payment for CE courses is appreciated. Send checks to: PBAI, Inc. P.O. Box 1003 Mountain Home, ID 83647                                                                           

 

PBAI wants to remind you of our new program. If a member brings a non-member to CE you each will save
50% of your CE fees! The sponsoring member will receive their CE credits for $50 while the visiting
non-member will pay just $75 for theirs.

 

Please bring your Surety licence number for CE Registration. Attendance will be strictly monitored. Anyone
who leaves the room during a class will NOT receive credit for the class. No cell phones, pagers, smoking or
alcohol will be allowed in the classroom during class. The continuing education (CE) requirement for Idaho resident producers is 24 hours to be earned within each two-year licensing period.  At least 3 of the 24 hours must be insurance law  and/or ethics.  Law Days (4 Law Credits) will be taught in two sections. Both sections must be attended to receive credit. And Striving for Success (1 Ethics, 1 General).

 

A special thank you goes out to our Spring CE Instructors Captain McCallum and Deputy Foote for
presenting “Working with Jail Facilities,” Officer Rhodes for teaching “Business Relations and Public
Perceptions,” and Dale Freeman for educating us about “Insurance Law”.  We appreciate the time you spent
with the association. Thank You! 

 

September 10th, 2008 at 9 am  Law Day Section  I

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Robert Muse will be presenting a class to educate PBAI members on arrest
procedures and state statues pertaining to fugitive recovery. It should be
emphasized that bail enforcement is not as depicted on television and movie
productions. The bail agent participating in the enforcement of the bail contract
should have a knowledge of bail law, a firm commitment to ethics as well as
demonstrate a strong professional attitude towards clients.    

 

September 10th, 2008 at 11 am

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Striving for Success (1 Ethic 1 General Credit)                                                       .
Business ethics is the study and evaluation of decision making by businesses
according to moral concepts and judgments. Ethical questions range from
practical, narrowly defined issues, such as a company's obligation to be honest with
its customers, to broader social and philosophical questions, such as a company's
responsibility to protect the community. Many ethical conflicts develop from
conflicts between the differing interests of company owners, their Agents,
customers, courts and the communities in which they serve. Agents must balance
the ideal against the practical—the need to produce a reasonable profit for the
company and themselves with honesty in business practices, safety for everyone
evolved, and the larger moral and social issues.                                       

 

September 11th, 2008 at 9 am  Law Day Section II    

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Judge Epis will join us to update PBAI members on progress being made in the
Bail Bonds Guidelines Committee. We will be reviewing any changes which have
been or may be made to the statutes and Supreme Court rules pertaining to bail in
criminal cases, as well as changes being made to the bail guidelines adopted by
some of the judicial districts. We will be discussing any recent amendments,
deletions or additions to those provisions which will be affecting procedures  
relating to surety bail bonds in the state of Idaho.

 

 

This year has been a roller coaster with CE. Getting approval on classes is much harder now than before, due to the Sircon system. The DOI has added  a new committee with members that ensure that all outlines and course information meet all standards for Continuing Education. Most of those committee members do not understand that Surety Bail is totally different from their definitions of  traditional  insurance lines.  If anyone is interested in serving on the DOI committee please contact me, We need  a voice and someone to represent us when decisions are being made for our classes. It is very  important to have classes that reflect bail and not just generic courses designed for the “traditional” insurance industry.