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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 07:55:46 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/claims/moore-tornado-may-spur-cat-reserving-reg/240155561]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Moore Tornado May Spur CAT Reserving Regulatory Reform]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[If insurers were permitted to put aside funds with favorable tax treatment, it would not take long to build up significant reserves that would be available in the event of a catastrophe, notes Howard Mills, chief advisor with Deloitte LLP's insurance industry group.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 05:33:00 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/quickview/5-ways-to-get-big-data-plans-moving/3387?wc=4]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[5 Ways To Get Big Data Plans Moving]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Are your analytics efforts getting bogged down in all the data streaming in from social, apps, surveys and other channels? Here's how to get unstuck.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 05:31:24 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/claims/bulletin-late-may-tornadoes-could-hit-5/240155536]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Bulletin: Late May Tornadoes Could Hit $5 Billion in Insured Losses]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The deadly twister in Moore, Okla., accounts for a majority of the loss potential, according to EQECAT.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 05:28:58 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/management-strategies/aegon-appoints-americas-exec-global-cto/240155556]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Aegon Appoints Americas Exec Global CTO]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The Netherlands-based life insurer has moved Brenda Clancy into a global role from her Americas-centric one.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 08:49:00 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/quickview/cio-tough-love-agility-demands-increasin/3403?wc=4]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[CIO Tough Love: Agility Demands Increasing]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[IT leaders, brace yourself for pain as you push for agility. Business needs are emerging so rapidly that tools don't exist to support them, said CIOs at MIT Sloan CIO Symposium.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 08:05:28 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/distribution/progressive-wants-to-innovate-in-commerc/240155484]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Progressive Wants to Innovate in Commercial Auto, Too]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The carrier has found that small business owners' demands for self-service are similar to those of personal auto customers.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 06:37:36 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/policy-administration/4-key-benefits-of-saas-automated-systems/240155445]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[4 Key Benefits of SaaS Automated Systems for Life Insurers]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The potential benefits of automated systems for new business and underwriting &#8211; in terms of speed, accuracy, cost reduction and improved service &#8211; make for a compelling value proposition.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 08:11:00 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/quickview/medicare-proffers-1-billion-for-healthca/3421?wc=4]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Medicare Proffers $1 Billion For Healthcare Innovation Projects]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Federal health agency offers funding for new models of nonhospital care that cut federal health expenditures, improve health of specific patient populations.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 07:47:10 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/management-strategies/aflac-announces-management-changes/240155395]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Aflac Announces Management Changes]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The insurer has altered certain managers' roles within its global management structure.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 07:26:59 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/architecture-infrastructure/3-reasons-insurance-carriers-should-bet/240155379]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[3 Reasons Insurance Carriers Should Bet on Mobile Technology]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[In order to remain profitable, productive and competitive, insurers have seen the need to develop mobile capabilities to meet rapidly changing customer expectations.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 08:45:49 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/claims/moore-oklahoma-tornado-most-deadly-since/240155295]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Moore, Oklahoma Tornado Most Deadly Since Joplin, Missouri 2011]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Insurance losses are expected to be at least in the hundreds of millions, but it's too early to tell whether the event will exceed the $1 billion in losses of the Bridge Creek-Moore tornado of 1999.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 08:02:25 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/security/lincoln-financial-group-names-new-vp-ma/240155266]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Lincoln Financial Group Names New VP & Managing Director Of Portfolio Management Analytics]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Credit risk management expert Paul Narayanan most recently headed Credit Risk Analytics at AIG Property Casualty.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 08:01:12 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/claims/kcc-releases-windfieldbuilder-hurricane/240155236]]></link>
	<guid><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/claims/kcc-releases-windfieldbuilder-hurricane/240155236]]></guid>
	<title><![CDATA[KCC Releases WindfieldBuilder Hurricane Track and Wind Spread Tool]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Already used by top ten P&C carriers and reinsurers, the tool has been made generally available to enable customers to create realistic footprints for hurricanes both before and after landfall and to conduct detailed claims analyses using their own loss experience.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 06:36:20 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/business-intelligence/can-electric-toothbrushes-yield-insuranc/240155207]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Can Electric Toothbrushes Yield Insurance-Relevant Data? One Company Thinks So]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Per AdAge, at least one insurance company has partnered with an electric toothbrush manufacturer to share brushing data.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 06:27:44 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/policy-administration/capital-insurance-goes-native-for-mobile/240155152]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Capital Insurance Goes Native for Mobile Experience]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The regional P&C insurer has released an app for iPhone and Android platforms.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 11:40:25 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/claims/ncib-reports-27-increase-in-questionable/240155110]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[NCIB Reports 27% Increase in Questionable Claims]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Insurers are responding to increased fraud activity with more anti-fraud technology budget, aimed at detecting potentially fraud as early as possible in the claims lifecycle.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/business-intelligence/4-ways-driverless-cars-are-poised-to-sha/240155042]]></link>
	<guid><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/business-intelligence/4-ways-driverless-cars-are-poised-to-sha/240155042]]></guid>
	<title><![CDATA[4 Ways Driverless Cars Are Poised to Shake up Insurance]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Driverless cars are closer to reality than you think. Here are some impacts they might have on the insurance industry.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 07:18:37 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/management-strategies/jackson-national-lifes-rapid-growth-driv/240155104]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Jackson National Life's Rapid Growth Drives Facilities, IT Expansion]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[As part of his effort to accommodate an IT organization under increasing demand, CIO Mark Clark envisions the creation of an innovation-friendly workspace to foster collaborative work.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 03:48:53 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/claims/security-first-takes-to-social-media-for/240155099]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Security First Takes to Social Media for Insurance Claims]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Security First is using big-data cloud social media analytics software from IBM and partner Integritie to analyze incoming messages sent by email and social media.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 03:33:47 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/business-intelligence/4-steps-to-incorporate-big-data-into-ins/240155070]]></link>
	<guid><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/business-intelligence/4-steps-to-incorporate-big-data-into-ins/240155070]]></guid>
	<title><![CDATA[4 Steps to Incorporate Big Data Into Insurance Marketing]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[While insurance marketers have long used data to segment and target customers, analyzing and acting on this data offers even more.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 12:40:03 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/security/aetna-names-jp-morgan-vet-new-ciso/240155085]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Aetna Names J.P. Morgan Vet New CISO]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[James Routh has joined Aetna as chief information security officer responsible for the overall program around the health insurer's information assets.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 07:38:39 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/claims/first-major-tornado-outbreak-levels-home/240155036]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[First Major Tornado Outbreak Levels Homes, Kills 6 in Texas]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Insurance loss estimates have yet to be released for storms that hit a community southwest of Fort Worth last night.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 07:20:00 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/quickview/enterprise-data-centers-a-buyers-market/3305?wc=4]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Enterprise Data Centers: A Buyer's Market]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[What can you do with the money you'll save as data center needs decline, thanks to server and compute efficiency advances?]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 07:15:00 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/quickview/cio-profile-james-knight-of-chubb/3331?wc=4]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[CIO Profile: James Knight Of Chubb]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[In his continuing role as insurer's chief information exec, Jim Knight's top goal is developing Chubb's data analytics capabilities.]]></description>
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	<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 06:44:04 -0400]]></pubDate>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/claims/big-data-for-fraud-detection/240155020]]></link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Big Data for Fraud Detection]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Insurers have lots of data, and they are finding new ways to leverage it. High-performance analytics technology is inspiring a whole new set of fraud detection capabilities.]]></description>
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