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      {
        "uri": "/2021/06/25/the-role-of-legislation-benefits-and-brokers-in-post-pandemic-recovery/",
        "title": "The role of legislation, benefits and brokers in post-pandemic recovery",
        "byline": "Aflac",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "June 25, 2021",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "The pandemic's impact on employee benefits will be significant and long-lasting. In the months ahead, brokers should continue to advise clients about the implications of legislative and regulatory initiatives that will play a central role – as they have throughout the pandemic – in facilitating access to coverage and aiding ongoing recovery efforts, says Aflac's Brad Knox.",
        "body": null
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        "uri": "/2021/05/10/striking-the-right-balance-between-tech-and-the-human-touch/",
        "title": "Striking the right balance between tech and the human touch",
        "byline": "Sponsored by: Aflac",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "May 10, 2021",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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          "uri": "https://images.benefitspro.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/276/2021/05/Aflac-Cover-Podcast.jpg",
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        "authors": [
          {
            "webUrl": "/author/profile/sponsored-by-aflac/",
            "name": "Sponsored by: Aflac"
          }
        ],
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        "summary": "As the use of digital solutions to help educate, enroll and administer employee benefits becomes the norm, it's up to benefits professionals to create the right balance between high-tech and high-touch, says Aflac's Bob Ruff.",
        "body": null
      },
      {
        "uri": "/2018/01/23/tips-on-how-to-bend-the-health-care-cost-curve-2/",
        "title": "Tips on How to Bend the Health Care Cost Curve",
        "byline": " Sponsored by: Aflac ",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "January 23, 2018",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
        "image": {
          "uri": "",
          "width": "",
          "height": ""
        },
        "authors": [
          {
            "webUrl": "/author/profile/sponsored-by-aflac/",
            "name": "Sponsored by: Aflac"
          }
        ],
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        "summary": "[ON-DEMAND] Join this complimentary webcast to learn innovative strategies that have proven effective in containing rising health costs.",
        "body": null
      },
      {
        "uri": "/2018/01/23/how-innovative-brokers-set-themselves-apart/",
        "title": "How Innovative Brokers Set Themselves Apart",
        "byline": " Sponsored by: Aflac ",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "January 23, 2018",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
        "image": {
          "uri": "",
          "width": "",
          "height": ""
        },
        "authors": [
          {
            "webUrl": "/author/profile/sponsored-by-aflac/",
            "name": "Sponsored by: Aflac"
          }
        ],
        "kickerNode": [],
        "summary": "[On-Demand] Join this complimentary webcast to discover how to leave the impression that employee benefits is stodgy and sluggish in the past.",
        "body": null
      },
      {
        "uri": "/2016/08/08/advisors-must-meet-the-expectations-of-next-genera/",
        "title": "Advisors must meet the expectations of next generation consumers",
        "byline": " Aflac ",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "August 08, 2016",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
        "image": {
          "uri": "",
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          "height": ""
        },
        "authors": [
          {
            "webUrl": "/author/profile/Aflac/",
            "name": "Aflac"
          }
        ],
        "kickerNode": [],
        "summary": "A national study conducted by Aflac looks ahead at where the health care industry is expected to be in 2025 and the emerging trends benefit brokers need to act on today to succeed.",
        "body": null
      },
      {
        "uri": "/2016/03/09/how-do-your-clients-benefits-plans-stack-up/",
        "title": "How do your clients’ benefits plans stack up?",
        "byline": "Aflac",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "March 09, 2016",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
        "image": {
          "uri": "",
          "width": "",
          "height": ""
        },
        "authors": [
          {
            "webUrl": "/author/profile/Aflac/",
            "name": "Aflac"
          }
        ],
        "kickerNode": [],
        "summary": "Companies that want to earn blue-ribbon status are learning they need to go the extra mile by providing workers with additional, more urgently needed options.",
        "body": null
      },
      {
        "uri": "/2012/01/06/aflac-serves-employers-of-all-sizes/",
        "title": "Aflac Serves Employers of All Sizes",
        "byline": "Sponsor: Aflac",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "January 06, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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          "width": "",
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        },
        "authors": [
          {
            "webUrl": "/author/profile/sponsor-aflac/",
            "name": "Sponsor: Aflac"
          }
        ],
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        "summary": "While some insurance companies specialize in certain markets, such as large employer groups, Aflac offers insurance policies for clients of all sizes - large, medium and small.",
        "body": null
      },
      {
        "uri": "/2011/11/21/aflac-now-offers-group-voluntary-benefits/",
        "title": "Aflac Now Offers Group Voluntary Benefits",
        "byline": "Sponsor: Aflac",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "November 21, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
        "image": {
          "uri": "",
          "width": "",
          "height": ""
        },
        "authors": [
          {
            "webUrl": "/author/profile/sponsor-aflac/",
            "name": "Sponsor: Aflac"
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        ],
        "kickerNode": [],
        "summary": "Aflac now offers group voluntary benefits, including Critical Illness, Supplemental Hospital Indemnity, Accident, Short-Term Disability, Whole Life, Term Life, and Dental.",
        "body": null
      },
      {
        "uri": "/2011/10/06/voluntary-benefits-more-opportunities-now-than-eve/",
        "title": "Voluntary Benefits: More Opportunities Now Than Ever",
        "byline": "Sponsor: Aflac",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "October 06, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "6 minute",
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          "uri": "",
          "width": "",
          "height": ""
        },
        "authors": [
          {
            "webUrl": "/author/profile/sponsor-aflac/",
            "name": "Sponsor: Aflac"
          }
        ],
        "kickerNode": [],
        "summary": "Benefits brokers and agents who sell voluntary accident-, illness-, and disability-related insurance products have a huge opportunity to make inroads into employer organizations, according to the 2011 Aflac WorkForces Report.",
        "body": null
      }
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