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I look forward to meeting with those attending the reception the night before and answering questions from those at the conference next Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thought For The Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nI never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014Lou Holtz<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mike Duffy and yours truly will be speaking at the First Party Claims Conference next week.\u00a0Our presentation will analyze recent trends in property claims and will focus on the following topics:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":34068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[264,4],"class_list":["post-34063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-first-party-claims-conference","tag-insurance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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