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        "uri": "/2012/05/01/group-meets-supplemental/",
        "title": "Group meets supplemental",
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        "prettyDate": "May 01, 2012",
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        "summary": "Integrating group LTD and supplemental individual disability insurance provides better protection for both employees and employers",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/04/16/the-best-way-to-protect-income/",
        "title": "The best way to protect income?",
        "byline": "Branden Pierson",
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        "prettyDate": "April 16, 2012",
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        "summary": "Group long-term disability plans are prompting many employers to look for ways to offer adequate income replacement to highly compensated employees without increasing their exposure to risk and pricing volatility. The answer to cutting this risk might be easier than they think.",
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      },
      {
        "uri": "/2011/04/01/what-you-should-expect-in-an-idi-carrier/",
        "title": "What you should expect in an IDI Carrier",
        "byline": "Branden Pierson",
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        "prettyDate": "April 01, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "9 minute",
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        "summary": "Companies and their more highly compensated executives are increasingly realizing the need for individual disability insurance coverage. That means competition among insurance carriers for this book of business is also heating up. With more insurers entering this market, employers as well as brokers should do their due diligence when it...",
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