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ROBERT W. STRAIN Publishing and Reinsurance Seminars Incorporated since 1984 P.O. Box 1520, Athens Texas 75751-1520 (903) 677-5974 from 9 to 3 E-mail: strainrw@aol.com Website: www.strainpublishinginc.com
You. . . are cordially invited to the fortieth training course New date, July 2012	Reinsurance and Contract Wording Textbook Training Course July 18 - 20, 2012 DoubleTree Fort Lee Hotel at the George Washington Bridge (20 minutes from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, 30 minutes from Newark Airport, 15 minutes from Times Square, international flights at JFK Airport, 45 minutes) Fort Lee, New Jersey
The faculty is outstanding:	10 reinsurance experts sharing their knowledge and experience from years of successful achievement. Bring your difficult questions.
The schedule is impressive:	20 learning sessions in reinsurance and contract language, including: Property pro rata, per risk excess (3 sessions) XPL, ECO, bad faith, and declaratory judgment expense clauses Casualty clauses (2 sessions) Buying catastrophe reinsurance, its critical clauses Claims clauses common to excess of loss (2 sessions) Special clauses and endorsements (2 sessions) Planning and managing a reinsurance program Insolvency, commutation, and offset clauses Markets and Issues: U.S., U.K., and Bermuda Arbitration, Mediation and Life Reinsurance Contract drafting techniques (2 sessions) Panel of each day’s speakers (3 sessions)
And the price is right, because everything is included:	$2,995* LODGING: Three days and three nights (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday); BOOKS: Considered the bible in the industry and now sold in 85 countries - Reinsurance and Reinsurance Contract Wording, 1,650 pages; FOOD: Three breakfast buffets, two luncheon buffets, and two dinners, with restaurant style service (including choice of 3 entrees each evening: beef, chicken, fish); BEVERAGES: Five soda and coffee breaks, (with freshly baked cookies from the hotel’s master chef); and two, open-bar, 45-minute social hours; EXECUTIVE SWIVEL CHAIRS FOR COMFORT: “Tailormade” rentals; COURSE NOTEBOOK: Prepared for each course, (last year: 551 pages); AUDIO AND VISUAL TECHNICIAN: Full-time on site to assure audio and visual perfection in sound and sight throughout the week. 3 DAYS TO MEET WITH REINSURANCE EXPERTS TO ASK QUESTIONS AND SHARE EXPERIENCES: A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The course is intended for non-beginners with two to ten years of experience in reinsurance or those who have read all assigned readings herein. Advance reading of the two books will increase your educational investment, for which early registration is urged.
CPE/CLE Credits:	This course has been granted credit by California, Colorado, Missouri, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania (Provider 2127, Course 38761).
Note: Copyrighted by Robert W. Strain. The two books are available for only $450, including shipping in the U.S.	*Deduct $200 per book if Reinsurance or Reinsurance Contract Wording is not needed, and $300 if lodging is not needed.
Comments from the 39^th Course in 2011:
..”Beautifully run, well organized materials and presentations, and the thing I liked most about each speaker was his/her genuine passion for their subject. ..“The Seminar is a wealth of information. I learned a great deal and appreciated the insights of the industry experts. Thank you!” ..“Fantastic course, and met many wonderful people!” ..“This course has been a valuable learning experience. It was extremely well executed and planned.” ..“I commend the speakers to cover so much information in an allotted time; done so well! Thank you!” ..“This seminar was an amazing experience. I would love to attend in the future.”		ABOUT THE DIRECTOR Dr. Robert W. Strain, CPCU, CLU, is an authority in the field of insurance and reinsurance. He has created and conducted seminars for insurance professionals since 1967. He was dean for twenty years and vice president of The College of Insurance in New York, executive secretary of the National Association of Insurance Agents, and an insurance commissioner in Texas. He has been a professor of insurance at both the University of Texas and Indiana University. He edited and published: Reinsurance in its original 1980 edition, revised in 1997; the world's first book on Reinsurance Contract Wording in 1992, revised slightly in 1996; Reaseguros, 2001, the Spanish translation of Reinsurance, 1997; and the annual Reinsurance Directory, published for twenty-four years (1983-2007). In accounting, he edited the first edition of IASA's Life Insurance Accounting and the first four editions of its Property-Liability Insurance Accounting.