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        "summary": "How do these producers, brokers and risk managers stand out, and what advice do they have for attracting millennials to the insurance industry?",
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        "summary": "How do these producers, brokers and risk managers stand out, and what advice do they have for attracting millennials to the insurance industry?",
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        "uri": "/2016/12/12/whos-using-what-in-the-pc-insurance-industry-dec-12-2016/",
        "title": "Who's using what in the P&C insurance industry: Dec. 12, 2016",
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        "prettyDate": "December 12, 2016",
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        "summary": "News from ISCS, Vue Sofware, Symbility Solutions, Majesco, Guidewire, ValueMomentum, AIR Worldwide and more.",
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        "uri": "/2016/12/07/exposures-are-greater-than-ever-but-opportunity-remains-in-energy-insurance/",
        "title": "Exposures are 'greater than ever,' but opportunity remains in energy insurance",
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        "prettyDate": "December 07, 2016",
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        "summary": "Energy companies in some sectors have deferred asset maintenance and upgrades over the past several years, which has resulted in a rush of claims approaching billion-dollar losses.",
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        "title": "Report Finds Wholesale Channel Less Expensive Than Retail",
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        "prettyDate": "December 01, 2016",
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        "summary": "A recent report from investment management firm Conning & Co.'s Insurance Research Division dispels a long-held misperception that the wholesale distri-bution channel is substantially more expensive than the retail channel when it comes to placing specialty risks.",
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        "title": "Profiling insurance pros under 40: Matt Harrell, CIC",
        "byline": "Melissa Hillebrand",
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        "prettyDate": "November 16, 2016",
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        "summary": "Meet Tampa, Florida-based Matt Harrell, who specializes in property risks at Franklin Street Insurance.",
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        "title": "Wholesale distribution channel is less expensive than retail, report says",
        "byline": "Melissa Hillebrand",
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        "prettyDate": "November 04, 2016",
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        "summary": "This misconception has caused brokers to forgo the wholesale distribution channel and miss access to markets, NAPSLO says.",
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        "uri": "/2016/11/01/buy-it-now-agency-ma-activity-remained-strong-in-2/",
        "title": "Buy it Now: Agency M&A Activity Remained Strong in 2016's First Half",
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        "prettyDate": "November 01, 2016",
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        "summary": "At 232, the number of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2016 came in just one less than 2015's record first half of 233 deals, according to data from Chicago-based OPTIS Partners, an investment banking and financial consulting firm specializing in the insurance industry.",
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        "title": "5 tips to avoid the dangers of public Wi-Fi",
        "byline": " Melissa Hillebrand ",
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        "prettyDate": "October 28, 2016",
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        "summary": "Public hotspots are an easy way for cyber criminals to track your online movements and gain access to personal information or business networks.",
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        "title": "5 tips to avoid the dangers of public Wi-Fi",
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        "prettyDate": "October 28, 2016",
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        "summary": "Public hotspots are an easy way for cyber criminals to track your online movements and gain access to personal information or business networks.",
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