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Here we are, two weeks before the RIMS conference, and already I've been inundated with phone calls, e-mails, faxes, snail-mails, carrier pigeons, skywriting and singing ...

Matthew C. Overlan, HCCSU's current chief financial and operating officer, will succeed Mr. Hubbard as CEO, and Marc D. Idelson, currently senior vice president, will be promoted to president and chie

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"It will capture efficiencies in targeted areas while continuing to invest to deliver distinctive customer service and drive profitable growth," the statement continued, noting that the 400 back

While walking the exhibit area at the IIABA's annual conference, I ran into Eddie--short for "Ease Of Doing Business Man," the mascot of the Real Time campaign, designed to convince agents to upgrade