When Al Gore had the chutzpah to speak in New Orleans last year to a Marsh client breakfast with over 1,500 attendees, about the impact of global warming on insurance, I was outraged to learn that his remarks would be off-limits to the press. I lambasted both the former vice president as well as his host, for allowing him to get away with such nonsense. Now, history is about to repeat itself, with CIAB the enabler this time around–not just with one celebrity speaker, but two!
The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers has booked Al Bore to deliver the keynote address in Las Vegas when its annual meeting opens on Monday. They also have President Bush's chief henchman, Karl Rove, set to be the keynote speaker at their second general business session on Tuesday.
We have been informed by CIAB that press is only permitted to cover the first five minutes of each speech, and then all comments are off the record. That means we can report to you their respective, lame opening jokes to break the ice, which they have told so often even they can't bring themselves to laugh anymore.
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