14th Annual CEU Seminar and Cook-Off

Welcome to the 14th Annual Orlando Claims Association Continuing Education Seminar & Cook-Off!  Thank you for joining us for a day where Education and Networking meet at the grill!  During the breaks, meet over 30 vendors in the Exhibit Hall and learn what opportunities exist to help handle your claims load. This one-of-a-kind event allows the claims community to gather, earn continuing education credits, mingle with the industry’s finest support vendors, and taste-test BBQ of all different flavors and styles.  Our event will be held at the Sheraton Orlando North Hotel again in 2026.

When classes end at 1:00, join us outside in the cook-off area, where up to 15 cooking teams will be preparing their take on the best ribs, chicken & side dishes you have ever tasted. These teams will compete for trophies and bragging rights by earning your vote and submitting to a blind taste test of our esteemed Judging Panel. There will be beer gardens, a water tent, a dessert tent, and live entertainment. There will also be many opportunities to win prizes, so don’t delay and register today!

Date: Thursday March 12th, 2026
Time: 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM 
Location: Sheraton Orlando North Hotel
600 N. Lake Destiny Rd

Maitland, Florida 32751

 

2025 Event Committee

Committee Chairman - Jason D. Hisey, SCLA, AIC, AIS
CE Seminar Committee Member - Beth Popkins
CE Seminar Committee Member - Tracy Copely
CE Seminar Committee Member - Kennedy Steele
Cook-off Committee Member - Keir Lee
Cook-off Committee Member - Erena Frabizio

 

Registration Information

Adjuster Registration $40 - This rate is good for licensed adjusters who currently work as a Florida licensed insurance adjuster at either an insurance carrier or as an independent adjuster.

Sponsor Your Adjusters $75 - Sponsor three adjusters to attend. The adjusters you sponsor must be licensed adjusters who currently work as a Florida licensed insurance adjuster at either an insurance carrier or as an independent adjuster.

Non-Adjuster registration is available for Sponsoring companies and Cook-off Teams only. Are you a paid sponsor? If not, your registration will be denied or returned. The registration fee is $175. 

 

Registration Closed

The following sponsorships are sold out: Platinum Sponsor; Gold Sponsor; Silver Sponsor; Lanyard Sponsor; Beer Garden; Water Tent Sponsor; Dessert Sponsor; Wet-nap Sponsor; Expo Tabletop Vendor Sponsor; Registration/Greeter Sponsor; Event Guide Sponsor; Jumbotron Sponsor; Breakfast Sponsor; Audio/Visual Sponsor; Speaker Sponsor; Tent/Seating Sponsor;
The registration form will have the most up to date and accurate list of available sponsors.


 

Hotel Reservations 

Start Date: Wednesday, March 03, 2027
End Date: Friday, March 05, 2027
Hotel(s) offering your special group rate: Sheraton Orlando North Hotel for 171.00 USD per night
Last Day to Book : Wednesday, February 24, 2027


Book your group rate for Orlando Claims Association CE Seminar & BBQ Cookoff Mar2027


Event Schedule and Courses 

4-Hour LAW AND ETHICS UPDATE COURSE 5-620 (ID#)

Presented by: Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith

Must be Present for all 3 Parts to get credit – No Partial Credit

Registration   7:00 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast / Networking   7:00 am - 8:00 am
Opening Remarks   8:00 am - 8:15 am
4-HOUR LAW AND ETHICS UPDATE COURSE 5-620 - Part 1   8:15 am - 9:10 am
Quick Break   9:10 am - 9:20 am
4-HOUR LAW AND ETHICS UPDATE COURSE 5-620 - Part 2    9:20 am - 10:15 am
Mid-Morning Break / Networking   10:15 am - 11:00 am
4-HOUR LAW AND ETHICS UPDATE COURSE 5-620 - Part 3    11:00 am - 11:55 am
Energy Break / Networking   11:55 am - 12:30 pm
4-HOUR LAW AND ETHICS UPDATE COURSE 5-620 - Part 4   12:30 pm - 1:25 pm
Cook-Off / Networking   1:25 pm - 3:45 pm
Cook-Off Winners and Prizes   3:45 pm - 4:15 pm

 

 

Breakout Sessions

Registration   7:00am - 8:00am
Breakfast / Networking   7:00 am - 8:00 am
Opening Remarks   8:00 am - 8:15 am
Breakout Session 1 (Part 1) | Adjuster’s Toolkit for 2026 – Property & Liability Intersections
Presented by: Jason Vishio, Partner at Vishio, Watkins, Forry, PLLC, Matt Watkins, Partner at Vishio Watkins Forry, PLLC, Michael McGriskin, Partner at Phelps Dunbar LLP and Richard Collins, President of US Claims Relief
  8:15 am - 9:10 am
Quick Break   9:10 am - 9:20 am
Breakout Session 1 (Part 2) | Adjuster’s Toolkit for 2026 – Property & Liability Intersections
Presented by: Jason Vishio, Partner at Vishio, Watkins, Forry, PLLC, Matt Watkins, Partner at Vishio Watkins Forry, PLLC, Michael McGriskin, Partner at Phelps Dunbar LLP and Richard Collins, President of US Claims Relief
  9:20 am - 10:15 am
Mid-Morning Break / Networking   10:15 am - 11:00 am 
Breakout Session 3 | Handling Business Income & Extra Expense Losses
Presented by: Bill Gruhler, President of Ivera Group Forensic Consulting and Joe Roche, AIC, CRIS, ERIS, AIC-M, Claims Consultant with Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Ins. Co.
  11:00 am - 11:55 am
Energy Break / Networking   11:55 am - 12:30 pm
Breakout Session 4 | False Precision: Why Complex Claims Break Software Estimates
Presented by: Matthew Flax, CGC, CPA, LEED AP, President and Co-Founder of Flax & Associates, Rob J. Palmay, P.E., Managing Engineer of FCNA and Kyle Morris, Director of Claims of HP Managing Agency, LLC
  12:30 pm - 1:25 pm
Cook-Off / Networking   1:25 pm - 3:45 pm
Cook-Off Winners and Prizes   3:45 pm - 4:15 pm

 

Event Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor - ITD Restoration & Clarity Roofing

Gold Sponsor -

  1. Advanced Drying Systems
  2. JCM Roofing & Restoration
  3. Fire and Explosion Consultants, LLC
  4. Sedgwick
  5. Young & Associates
  6. CED Technologies

Silver Sponsor -

  1. Salmon, Salmon, Labbe & Dehne, PA
  2. Paul Davis Restoration
  3. IFG
  4. Root Cause Consulting Inc.
  5. BMS CAT ORL
  6. ResourceOne Global
  7. Time Machine Florida Fire Flood
  8. CRS

Lanyard Sponsor - FCNA

Event Guide Sponsor -

  1. Rimkus
  2. HAAG, A SALAS O'BRIEN COMPANY

Registration/Greeter Sponsors -

  1. ATI Restoration
  2. DBI Consultants

Speaker Sponsor -

  1. Storms United
  2. Jordan Dougherty Stone LLP

Breakfast Sponsor -

  1. Envista Forensics
  2. Kelley Alliance

Break 1 Sponsor -

  1. Nelson Forensics
  2. Nativo Inc. Flooring Consultants

Break 2 Sponsor -

  1. CRS
  2. Rytech Restoration

Expo Vendor Tabletop Booth Sponsors -

  1. Stephens Engineering
  2. Pack On The Go - The Contents Pro
  3. Ivera Group
  4. ALE Solutions
  5. NEFCO Fire Investiagations
  6. JCM Roofing & Restoration
  7. Sdii Global
  8. Paul Davis Restoration
  9. DND Construction Services 
  10. NV5
  11. Jack Ward Fire Consultants 
  12. Prism Specialties
  13. UltraPack Contents
  14. ElectroStarLLC
  15. ESi
  16. Bigfoot Roofing & Construction
  17. Prema
  18. Polaris Forensics, Inc.
  19. Catale Temporary Housing
  20. PREMIUM ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION LLC
  21. ProNet Group, Inc.
  22. Trax Contents
  23. Recromax LLC
  24. Bluegrass Insurance Insurance Management
  25. Bureau of Claim Scene Investigations

Dessert Tent Sponsor - Grindley Williams Engineering

Trophy Sponsor - HD Construction

Tent/Seating Sponsor -

  1. Straight Line Global
  2. Unlimited Restoration, Inc
  3. IMS Claim & Catastrophe Services, Inc.
  4. Master Restoration
  5. Halliwell
  6. Renewal Claim Solutions

Entertainment Sponsor -

  1. U.S. Forensic, LLC
  2. Southern Safe Construction

Grand Prize Sponsor -

  1. Regency DRT

Wet-nap Sponsor - Integrated Claim Solutions

Water Tent Sponsor - FCG Associates

Audio/Visual Sponsor -

  1. Pearson Doyle Mohre & Pastis
  2. EP Claims Services

Jumbotron Sponsor -

  1. Triton Roofing & Restoration
  2. Midstate Claim Solutions
  3. Thornton Tomasetti
  4. Menard Adjusting
  5. SUREDGE
  6. Construemax Corp
  7. ICU - INSURANCE CLAIMS UNLIMITED
  8. FL Claims Consulting
  9. AERIS Environmental
  10. CNC Catastrophe and National Claims

 

Cook-off Teams -

  1. Meat Your Match | Kruger Disaster Recovery
  2. JCM Roofing & Restoration Team | JCM Roofing & Restoration
  3. Brush Claims Team | Brush Claims
  4. RMC/FEC Team | RMC/FEC
  5. ATI Restoration Team | ATI Restoration
  6. EFI Fire & Flavor Unit | EFI Global
  7. CR Smokehouse | Coastal Reconstruction Group Inc
  8. Smokeshow BBQ  | BluSky Restoration Contractors
  9. Smoke Damage | Wardlaw Claims Service
  10. Team Rytech | Rytech Restoration (Team of 8)
  11. Party With Paul | Paul Davis Restoration
  12. Smitty’s Smoke Show | Fire and Explosion Consultants, LLC

Beer Garden Sponsor - 

  1. Edgewood Engineering
  2. MDD Forensic Accountants


 

Seminar Specific Sponsorships

$1,600 Platinum Sponsor

  • 1 Available
  • Logo in Event Guide
  • Jumbotron advertisement in both classrooms
  • Verbal recognition at the start of both classroom sessions
  • On-stage sponsor signage
  • 4 attendee registrations for the sponsoring company
  • Does not include an Expo Booth

$850 Gold Sponsor

  • 6 Available
  • Logo in Event Guide
  • Jumbotron advertisement in both classrooms
  • 3 attendee registrations for the sponsoring company
  • Does not include an Expo Booth

$600 Silver Sponsor

  • 8 Available
  • Logo in Event Guide
  • Jumbotron advertisement in both classrooms
  • 2 attendee registrations for the sponsoring company
  • Does not include an Expo Booth

$500 Event Guide Sponsor

  • 2 Available
  • Company logo featured on the cover of the Event Guide
  • 1 attendee registration for the sponsoring company
  • The Event Guide is distributed to all attendees and sponsors at registration

$750 Expo Vendor Tabletop Booth Sponsor

  • 25 Available
  • 6' wide tabletop space in the Expo Hall
  • 1 attendee registration for the sponsoring company
  • No floor booths available. Tabletop display only.
    • Adjusters must visit each booth to complete their grand prize entry

$350 Lanyard Sponsor

  • 1 Available
  • Logo in Event Guide
  • 2 attendee registrations for the sponsoring company
  • Sponsor must provide 500+ lanyards to be worn during the Seminar and Cook-Off
    • Lanyards must be delivered to the committee no later than 7 days prior to the event

$550 Registration/Greeter Sponsor

  • 2 Available
  • Company logo displayed at registration
  • Marketing tabletop available during registration
  • 2 attendee registrations for the sponsoring company
  • Sponsors will be actively involved in registration from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM

$450 Speaker Sponsor

  • 2 Available
  • Logo in Event Guide
  • Jumbotron advertisement
  • Verbal acknowledgment during speaker introduction
  • 1 attendee registration
  • Does not include a table setup at the event

$450 Breakfast Sponsor

  • 2 Available
  • Company logo on tabletop signage
  • Tabletop will be located near the food service area
  • 1 attendee registration
  • Tabletop use is limited to breakfast hours only

$450 Break 1 Sponsor

  • 2 Available
  • Company logo on tabletop signage
  • Tabletop will be located near the food service area
  • 1 attendee registration
  • Tabletop use is limited to Break 1 only

$450 Break 2 Sponsor

  • 2 Available
  • Company logo on tabletop signage
  • Tabletop will be located near the food service area
  • 1 attendee registration
  • Tabletop use is limited to Break 2 only

$450 Audio/Visual Sponsor

  • 2 Available
  • Logo in Event Guide
  • 1 attendee registration

$450 Jumbotron Sponsor

  • 10 Available
  • Company slides displayed in classrooms during registration and breaks
  • 1 attendee registration

Cook-Off Specific Sponsorships

$500 Trophy Sponsor

  • 1 Available
  • Company logo displayed at the event
  • Company name on all trophies
  • 1 attendee registration

$500 Tent / Seating Sponsor

  • 6 Available
  • 1 attendee registration
  • Sponsor must bring a weighted 10' x 10' tent for guest seating
    • Tent must be set up by 12:00 PM and removed by 5:00 PM

$500 Entertainment Sponsor

  • 4 Available
  • Logo in Event Guide
  • 1 attendee registration

$500 Grand Prize Sponsor

  • 3 Available
  • Logo in Event Guide
  • 1 attendee registration

$350 Wet-Nap Sponsor

  • 1 Available
  • 1 attendee registration
  • Sponsor must provide 1,000 individually wrapped wet-naps in non-blowable, self-contained tabletop holders
  • Must be set up 30 minutes prior to the final class dismissal

$450 Water Tent Sponsor

  • 1 Available
  • Company logo displayed at the event
  • 10' x 10' space for tent setup and bottled water distribution
  • 2 attendee registrations
  • Sponsor provides tent and chilled water for 500+ attendees
    • Final headcount will be provided 1 week prior
    • Waiver required

$450 Dessert Tent Sponsor

  • 1 Available
  • Company logo displayed at the event
  • 10' x 10' space to distribute desserts
  • 2 attendee registrations
  • Sponsor provides tent and desserts for 500+ attendees
    • Final headcount will be provided 1 week prior
    • Waiver required

Additional Information

$175 Additional Vendor Attendee Registration

  • Available only to sponsoring companies
  • Each sponsorship includes a set number of registrations
  • Additional attendees must be purchased separately
  • All attendees must have a name badge
  • Registrations without sponsorship will be canceled

$25 Name Substitution Fee

  • Name changes requiring new badges will incur a $25 fee
  • All changes must be submitted at least 10 days prior to the event

 

Teams and Beer Garden

$150 Beer Garden Sponsor:

  • 2 Available
  • Company logo displayed at the event
  • Designated beer garden space, bar, and bartender included
  • 4 attendee registrations
  • Sponsor must provide beer and may decorate their area
    • Hotel Liability Waiver required
    • Additional non-adjuster attendees may register for $175

$125 Cook-Off Team Entrants:

  • 15 Teams Available
  • Maximum of 2 companies per team
  • Maximum 4 company employees per team
    • Registration is not complete until submission of: Entry Fee, Signed Team Registration Form, Signed Cook-Off Rules, and Hotel Liability Waiver
    • Additional non-adjuster attendees may register for $175
    • All Cook-Off participants must review the full information packet before registering

Information Packet

If you have questions, please email Jason Hisey at [email protected]. Once you have registered and paid for your sponsorship online, please submit the signed team registration form, rule sheet(s), and waiver to Jason Hisey at [email protected].