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  <description>&lt;p&gt;What were the insuretech companies doing in 2017? Laird talks about independent insurance agents and the insuretech movement. Plus, what agents shouldn't see as a lifeboat from rising insuretech competition and what Becky is excited about for 2018.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.today.com/food/wendy-s-slams-mcdonald-s-over-failed-black-friday-tweet-t119262" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Wendy's slams McDonald's over failed Black Friday tweet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U80ebi4AKgs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Wendy's 1984 commercial "Where's the Beef?"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://insurancethoughtleadership.com/insurtech-wheres-the-beef/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Insurtech: Where's the Beef?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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<p><br /><br /><br>
<a href="https://www.today.com/food/wendy-s-slams-mcdonald-s-over-failed-black-friday-tweet-t119262" rel="nofollow">Wendy&#39;s slams McDonald&#39;s over failed Black Friday tweet</a><br>
<br /><br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U80ebi4AKgs" rel="nofollow">Wendy&#39;s 1984 commercial &quot;Where&#39;s the Beef?&quot;</a><br>
<br /><br>
<a href="http://insurancethoughtleadership.com/insurtech-wheres-the-beef/" rel="nofollow">Insurtech: Where&#39;s the Beef?</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>What were the insuretech companies doing in 2017? Laird talks about independent insurance agents and the insuretech movement. Plus, what agents shouldn&#39;t see as a lifeboat from rising insuretech competition and what Becky is excited about for 2018.</p>

<p><br /><br /><br>
<a href="https://www.today.com/food/wendy-s-slams-mcdonald-s-over-failed-black-friday-tweet-t119262" rel="nofollow">Wendy&#39;s slams McDonald&#39;s over failed Black Friday tweet</a><br>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U80ebi4AKgs" rel="nofollow">Wendy&#39;s 1984 commercial &quot;Where&#39;s the Beef?&quot;</a><br>
<br /><br>
<a href="http://insurancethoughtleadership.com/insurtech-wheres-the-beef/" rel="nofollow">Insurtech: Where&#39;s the Beef?</a></p>]]>
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