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GIIS is available to provide one or more speakers for classes at high schools where the topics of driving safety, home safety, disaster/severe weather preparedness or the mathematics of how personal insurance works for us as individuals. The following, originally prepared by Ms. Brenda Levinson of Milton High School, is a question guide for involving students prior to the speaker's arrival. These questions were answered by each student in the class in advance and turned in at the beginning of the class. The work was graded and reviewed with the class a few days later. Teachers may feel free to download this information. Simply copy it directly from this web page and paste in to your word processor. Use it or parts of it as you see fit. For speakers from GIIS, please send an e-mail to: David Colmans, GIIS executive director. An Information Scavenger Hunt Resource Web Site: http://www.giis.org 20 points What does GIIS stand for? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ What is GIIS? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ List three things that GIIS does: __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Name 5 of the member companies of GIIS. Put a * next to the ones you recognize. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Select one of the member companies and click on the link to its website. Follow in the links to "Find an Agent" and, using the school zip code of 30004, find the closest agent. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Company selected: _____________________________________ Closest agent name / address: _______________________________________________________________ Go to the Consumer News Links: AUTO: Why does auto insurance cost more in Atlanta than in other Georgia cities? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ What are four things can you do to lower your auto insurance? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ What is the illegal amount of Blood Alcohol content in the state of GA? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ What is the range of illegal BAC levels in the US? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ What is a staged collision? How can you avoid being part of one? Why is it illegal? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Under the HOT TOPICS LINK: What is a credit score? What does it have to do with obtaining homeowners insurance and auto insurance? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Go to the link about the 9/11 disaster. How many total claims were filed because of the terrorist attacks? How much money total were the claims valued? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Find the link to the Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner's website. What is that website about? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ How does the Insurance Commissioner obtain the job? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Who is the current Insurance Commissioner? ____________________________________________________________________________________ What is the Commissioner's job? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Find the link to the Georgia Consumer Insurance Advocate website. What is their website about? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Who appoints the state's consumer insurance advocate? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Who is the current state advocate? ____________________________________________________________________________________ What is the Advocate's job? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Write a 2-3 sentence scenario when you might have to contact either of these people: ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________