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    <title>Insurance Happy Hour - Episodes Tagged with “Insurtech”</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
    <description>Change in the insurance industry is speeding up. Consumers are also changing. Let's talk about industry news and trends, technology and marketing. Hosts: Becky Schroeder and Laird Rixford
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    <itunes:subtitle>It's happy hour, and we're talking insurance.</itunes:subtitle>
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    <itunes:summary>Change in the insurance industry is speeding up. Consumers are also changing. Let's talk about industry news and trends, technology and marketing. Hosts: Becky Schroeder and Laird Rixford
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  <title>Insurance is About Data</title>
  <link>http://www.insurancehappyhour.com/3</link>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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  <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Insurance is About Data</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, we talk about insurance carriers, data, and how they can use it better. Plus, find out what visionary Laird admires most and how Becky became an independent insurance agent customer.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>31:46</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, we talk about insurance carriers, data, and how they can use it better. Plus, find out what visionary Laird admires most and how Becky became an independent insurance agent customer.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv6UVOQ0F44" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Bot playing Mario Bros&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://insurancethoughtleadership.com/why-ai-will-eat-insurance-and-how/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Why AI Will Eat Insurance and How&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.clearsurance.com/blog/clearsurance-names-top-auto-home-and-renters-insurance-carriers-for-2018" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Clearsurance names top auto, home and renters insurance carriers for 2018&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>In this episode, we talk about insurance carriers, data, and how they can use it better. Plus, find out what visionary Laird admires most and how Becky became an independent insurance agent customer.<br>
<br /><br /><br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv6UVOQ0F44" rel="nofollow">Bot playing Mario Bros</a> <br>
<br /><br>
<a href="http://insurancethoughtleadership.com/why-ai-will-eat-insurance-and-how/" rel="nofollow">Why AI Will Eat Insurance and How</a><br>
<br /><br>
<a href="https://www.clearsurance.com/blog/clearsurance-names-top-auto-home-and-renters-insurance-carriers-for-2018" rel="nofollow">Clearsurance names top auto, home and renters insurance carriers for 2018</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>In this episode, we talk about insurance carriers, data, and how they can use it better. Plus, find out what visionary Laird admires most and how Becky became an independent insurance agent customer.<br>
<br /><br /><br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv6UVOQ0F44" rel="nofollow">Bot playing Mario Bros</a> <br>
<br /><br>
<a href="http://insurancethoughtleadership.com/why-ai-will-eat-insurance-and-how/" rel="nofollow">Why AI Will Eat Insurance and How</a><br>
<br /><br>
<a href="https://www.clearsurance.com/blog/clearsurance-names-top-auto-home-and-renters-insurance-carriers-for-2018" rel="nofollow">Clearsurance names top auto, home and renters insurance carriers for 2018</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Crushing It Is Relative</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
  <author>Becky Schroeder &amp; Laird Rixford</author>
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  <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Crushing It Is Relative</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:author>Becky Schroeder &amp; Laird Rixford</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Laird and Becky talk about the insuretech movement and independent insurance agents.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>30:02</itunes:duration>
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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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    <![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>
<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>
<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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  <title>Five Auto Insurance Trends to Watch in 2018</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
  <author>Becky Schroeder &amp; Laird Rixford</author>
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  <itunes:title>Five Auto Insurance Trends to Watch in 2018</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:author>Becky Schroeder &amp; Laird Rixford</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>In the pilot episode of Insurance Happy Hour, we talk about five trends to watch in auto insurance this year. Plus, what Laird doesn’t want his auto insurance company to know and what trend Becky thinks will have the biggest impact on auto insurance.

Story from the episode - https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/01/05/475870.htm</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>29:57</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;In the pilot episode of Insurance Happy Hour, we talk about five trends to watch in auto insurance this year. Plus, what Laird doesn’t want his auto insurance company to know and what trend Becky thinks will have the biggest impact on auto insurance.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/01/05/475870.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Telematics CEO: 5 Trends to Watch in 2018 in Auto Insurance&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>In the pilot episode of Insurance Happy Hour, we talk about five trends to watch in auto insurance this year. Plus, what Laird doesn’t want his auto insurance company to know and what trend Becky thinks will have the biggest impact on auto insurance.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/01/05/475870.htm" rel="nofollow">Telematics CEO: 5 Trends to Watch in 2018 in Auto Insurance</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>In the pilot episode of Insurance Happy Hour, we talk about five trends to watch in auto insurance this year. Plus, what Laird doesn’t want his auto insurance company to know and what trend Becky thinks will have the biggest impact on auto insurance.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/01/05/475870.htm" rel="nofollow">Telematics CEO: 5 Trends to Watch in 2018 in Auto Insurance</a></p>]]>
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