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        "title": "Do on-site health clinics really work?",
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        "summary": "A new study links an integrated, employer-sponsored primary care model to a 45% reduction in costs.",
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        "title": "10 'must know' FAQs on Social Security",
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        "summary": "From basic claiming strategies to taxation and spousal benefits, your clients have questions — and we have answers.",
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        "title": "Top 15 cities where retirees can live longest on $1 million",
        "byline": "Emily Zulz",
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        "summary": "GoBankingRates looked at the annual expenditures for someone 65 or older and the cost of living for each city.",
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        "uri": "/2016/06/02/10-states-where-the-most-life-insurance-is-sold/",
        "title": "10 states where the most life insurance is sold",
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        "prettyDate": "June 02, 2016",
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        "summary": "Revenue from life insurance premiums is on the rise. Here are the 10 states that post the biggest numbers.",
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        "summary": "From home office executives to risk management visionaries to inventive educators, women are helping shape the insurance industry. Here are 15 making a difference today.",
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        "title": "15 women in insurance you need to know",
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        "summary": "From every corner of the insurance industry, women are stepping up to lead.",
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        "summary": "A Washington State startup has built a business based on two key principles: Insurance isnt simple and agents do matter.",
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        "title": "What Americans don’t know about Social Security",
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        "prettyDate": "August 31, 2015",
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        "summary": "Hint: It's a lot.",
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        "uri": "/2015/03/02/the-5-biggest-challenges-agents-are-facing-now/",
        "title": "The 5 biggest challenges agents are facing now",
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        "prettyDate": "March 02, 2015",
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        "summary": "Selling insurance is important but challenging work. In a competitive industry thats changing rapidly, the obstacles are many.",
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        "uri": "/2015/02/17/5-ways-life-insurance-agents-can-increase-sales-in/",
        "title": "5 ways life insurance agents can increase sales in 2015",
        "byline": " Nichole Morford ",
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        "prettyDate": "February 17, 2015",
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        "summary": "Jim Kerley, Chief Membership Officer at LIMRA, says the life insurance industry is poised for significant opportunity.",
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