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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>PCI SmartBrief</title><description>Designed specifically for property casualty insurers, PCI SmartBrief is a FREE, daily e-mail newsletter. By providing the latest policy and legal news, insurance trends and information, PCI SmartBrief saves you time and keeps you smart.&amp;nbsp;Click&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/pci/index.jsp?sb_code=rss'&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to subscribe.</description><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/news/pci?sb_code=rss</link><image><url>http://www.smartbrief.com/images/homepage/hed-smartbrief.gif</url><title>PCI SmartBrief</title><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/news/pci?sb_code=rss</link></image><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>19 Jun 2013 07:18:42 CDT</lastBuildDate><item><title>Groups laud NYC panel's resolution on TRIA renewal</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3DFE4D0C2C-529F-4C0F-A049-6F5B8EFE6559%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3DFE4D0C2C-529F-4C0F-A049-6F5B8EFE6559%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Insurance trade groups praised a New York City Council committee's approval of a resolution encouraging Congress to reauthori&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3DFE4D0C2C-529F-4C0F-A049-6F5B8EFE6559%26brief%3DPCI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>19 Jun 2013 07:18:42 CDT</pubDate><category>Top Story</category></item><item><title>Study: Government fleets are poised to increase use of telematics</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D568AFFDC-8E09-4F1D-BD5A-31904E79D3E0%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D568AFFDC-8E09-4F1D-BD5A-31904E79D3E0%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Telematics revenue from government fleets worldwide could amount to $1.26 billion in 2018, compared with $618 million last ye&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D568AFFDC-8E09-4F1D-BD5A-31904E79D3E0%26brief%3DPCI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>19 Jun 2013 07:18:42 CDT</pubDate><category>Industry News</category></item><item><title>Insurers received more legal-malpractice claims in 2012, survey finds</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3DC20E27EC-B69A-4884-964A-9E22043265EF%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3DC20E27EC-B69A-4884-964A-9E22043265EF%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">The number of new legal-malpractice claims increased last year, with claims frequency increasing by 21% or higher for 40% of &nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3DC20E27EC-B69A-4884-964A-9E22043265EF%26brief%3DPCI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>19 Jun 2013 07:18:42 CDT</pubDate><category>Industry News</category></item><item><title>Group: High level of opioids use continues in Calif. workers' comp</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3DCF257E63-23C7-44DC-87D5-EC418B026596%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3DCF257E63-23C7-44DC-87D5-EC418B026596%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Data from the California Workers' Compensation Institute indicate that opioid painkillers prescribed to injured workers in th&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3DCF257E63-23C7-44DC-87D5-EC418B026596%26brief%3DPCI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>19 Jun 2013 07:18:42 CDT</pubDate><category>Industry News</category></item><item><title>Traffic fatalities rose 7% in Minn. last year, report says</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D4E875221-4186-4CC0-9410-04CBA015B310%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D4E875221-4186-4CC0-9410-04CBA015B310%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D4E875221-4186-4CC0-9410-04CBA015B310%26brief%3DPCI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>19 Jun 2013 07:18:42 CDT</pubDate><category>Industry News</category></item><item><title>Vt. officials to help in seeking federal aid for storm recovery</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3DED3A23FE-234C-4576-805D-50D3FDA10688%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3DED3A23FE-234C-4576-805D-50D3FDA10688%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">The Vermont Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security intends to help communities in three counties affected by &nbsp;-<a 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trees and caused some damage to houses. &nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D0BBFB430-AFBC-4077-99EC-78DFBB6CA59E%26brief%3DPCI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>19 Jun 2013 07:18:42 CDT</pubDate><category>Catastrophic Risk</category></item><item><title>Kan. counties await decision on aid after tornadoes</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D937F8879-A262-4135-A578-3B9DF461E371%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D937F8879-A262-4135-A578-3B9DF461E371%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Counties in northeastern Kansas are awaiting a determination of whether they qualify for federal and state disaster assistanc&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D937F8879-A262-4135-A578-3B9DF461E371%26brief%3DPCI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>19 Jun 2013 07:18:42 CDT</pubDate><category>Catastrophic Risk</category></item><item><title>Regulators: Extra insurer capital requirements would boost consumers' costs</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D06C11988-1E13-4849-8FEF-533F3261511C%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D06C11988-1E13-4849-8FEF-533F3261511C%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Big insurers should not be required to have extra capital because such a requirement would mean additional costs for consumer&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D06C11988-1E13-4849-8FEF-533F3261511C%26brief%3DPCI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>19 Jun 2013 07:18:42 CDT</pubDate><category>Policy and Law</category></item><item><title>Scott Klososky to keynote PCI's Information Technology Conference</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D723CC8CB-D083-4D0A-A973-16B044CC1602%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D723CC8CB-D083-4D0A-A973-16B044CC1602%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Scott Klososky, a former CEO of three successful tech startup companies and principal at Future Point of View, a technology c&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D723CC8CB-D083-4D0A-A973-16B044CC1602%26brief%3DPCI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>19 Jun 2013 07:18:42 CDT</pubDate><category>Association News</category></item><item><title>Those who dream by night ... wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D223F3264-817F-4F72-94E3-E48C31788665%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D223F3264-817F-4F72-94E3-E48C31788665%26brief%3Dpci%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">T.E. Lawrence, British army officer&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D3C590272-81DF-44FF-8222-6BAA7A009552%26copyid%3D223F3264-817F-4F72-94E3-E48C31788665%26brief%3DPCI%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>19 Jun 2013 07:18:42 CDT</pubDate><category>SmartQuote</category></item></channel></rss>