Ship Shape When the Lights Went Out

On August 14, Monumental Life Insurance Co.'s director of meetings and incentives, Michael Key, had just finished moving 500 Pinnacle Club qualifiers and guests (Monumental's top producers) from the Westin New York at Times Square to the Victory Carnival Cruise ship at Carnival's New York City pier. He had also just finished rounding up the additional 1,000 qualifiers who had arrived in New York and were joining the ship for a cruise to Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Monumental's Chairman's