The 2023 Windstorm Conference is underway. At the Past Presidents dinner final night time, the subject of civil dialogue and respect for opposing views was raised. It is a superb subject. It is commonly on my thoughts whereas writing posts vital of others.
For instance, Steve Badger posted a remark to yesterday’s put up, The Real Consumer Alert—Is the Georgia Insurance Commissioner In the Pocket of the Insurance Companies?:
Chip, I’d respectfully recommend that Commissioner King’s new Bulletin may be very pro-consumer. There is nothing derogatory within the Bulletin about public adjusters. He is simply advising customers to be an knowledgeable when participating a public adjuster.
And why did he really feel compelled to situation this Bulletin?
As you’re conscious, public adjuster Drew Aga/Mitchell simply stole a number of million {dollars} from a Georgia church (and hundreds of thousands extra from others in LA and TX). Obviously, that information made it to the Commissioner’s desk. Seems to me that given this latest conduct by a public adjuster, a pro-consumer bulletin was very a lot so as.
He makes a legitimate level, partly. This info explains why the warning was written. If this info was made a part of the warning from the insurance coverage commissioner and if the Georgia insurance coverage commissioner was not impliedly lumping all public adjusters into a gaggle of people who rip off customers primarily based on the motion of 1 public adjuster who’s crooked, I may even agree extra with Steve Badger’s view.
The title and tone of my put up was vital of Georgia’s insurance coverage commissioner making this public warning. After studying the data from Badger, I can admire that the commissioner could have written the warning out of honest and bonafide concern for policyholders. I nonetheless suppose it ought to have been worded in another way to be honest to the overwhelming majority of trustworthy and hardworking Georgia licensed public adjusters.
The Windstorm Conference is exclusive as a result of completely different professionals representing policyholders and people presenting insurance coverage corporations are sharing and debating concepts, info, and viewpoints, which are sometimes completely different. The convention will likely be a can’t miss occasion as long as the attendees respect the opposing views regardless of how divergent and incorrect they could appear to these opposing them. I went up to now in the course of the dialogue final night time to recommend that the phrases of Windstorm Network membership require an settlement of civil and respectful discourse to emphasise the purpose.
If I wished to be taught little, I’d at all times go to occasions with people who suppose as I do. However, if I wish to develop and be taught extra, I hearken to others with extra and completely different data, concepts, and views. Nothing forces me to just accept these completely different concepts, but it surely makes me work tougher to seek out the reality and perceive the subtleties of points, making me higher at my commerce.
Thought For The Day
This world of ours… should keep away from changing into a group of dreadful concern and hate, and be, as an alternative, a proud confederation of mutual belief and respect.
—Dwight D. Eisenhower