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        "summary": "You have to know where you've been to get a clear view of where you should be headed.",
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        "summary": "Part Three: 2022 Independent Insurance Agent Survey | Optimism prevails despite vexing insurance-agency challenges.",
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        "summary": "Previously, all risks were traditional in nature. That's changed.",
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        "prettyDate": "November 03, 2008",
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        "summary": "Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) had been making progress on resolving the differences between the two reform proposals",
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        "prettyDate": "October 06, 2008",
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        "summary": "The months before a pivotal presidential election is the time when the editors of industry publications actively seek articles that predict how insurance issues will play out if one or the other candidate is elected.",
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