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        "uri": "/2024/01/08/12-biggest-financial-services-data-breaches-of-2023-414-247925/",
        "title": "12 biggest financial services data breaches of 2023",
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        "prettyDate": "January 08, 2024",
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        "summary": "The incidents affected everything from Social Security numbers to debit card security codes.",
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        "title": "Today's insurtechs are looking to partner with more agents",
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        "summary": "Afficiency CEO Mark Scafaro says the best outcomes are realized when agents are equipped with the right digital tools.",
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        "summary": "Voters in California, Georgia, Kansas and Oklahoma will select their next insurance commissioners in November.",
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        "summary": "Annual insurance department budgets range from $0 to more than $200 million in 2021.",
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        "prettyDate": "September 29, 2021",
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        "summary": "The agency says micro-captive owners are on the hook for withholding taxes on the cash used to make premium payments.",
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        "title": "10 states with the highest COVID-19 death forecasts",
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        "summary": "The CDC predicts that the total number of weekly COVID-19 deaths could increase to more than 11,000 by the end of September.",
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        "prettyDate": "September 02, 2021",
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        "summary": "The Federal Insurance Office wants public input on how to monitor and assess the insurance industry's financial risks tied to climate change.",
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        "title": "States with the biggest birth declines due to COVID-19",
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        "summary": "NAIFA is seeking to add an exemption for insurance and financial professionals to the PRO Act.",
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