ProfNet Experts Available on Employee Healthcare Plans, Artificial Intelligence

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EXPERT ALERTS

• Benefits of Self-Funding Employee Healthcare Plans
• The Adoption of AI Technologies in the Legal Industry

MEDIA JOBS

• Senior Staff Writer – Columbia Journalism Review (NY)
• News Reporter – Global Competition Review (DC)
• Managing Editor – Risk and Insurance (PA)

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• Capturing Results Through Successful Social Media Headlines
• 5 Tips to Take Your Portrait Photography to the Next Level
• Blog Profiles: Running Blogs, Part 2

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EXPERT ALERTS:

Benefits of Self-Funding Employee Healthcare Plans
Brady Bizarro
Consulting Attorney
The Phia Group, LLC, Boston
"Self-funding an employee health plan remains one of the most effective cost-containment strategies for employers with a relatively healthy workforce and a willingness to customize a plan."
Bizarro is available to discuss the House and Senate healthcare bills, the ongoing efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, healthcare policy, ethics and fiduciary duties, and the benefits of self-funding. He is the author of numerous articles that have been featured in trade publications, including "As Employer-Sponsored Plans Multiply, Self-Funding Remains an Attractive Option" (America's Benefit Specialist, February 2017) and "How to Avoid Common Pitfalls When Managing a Self-Funded Health Plan" (Benefits Pro, October 2016).
ProfNet Connect: http://www.profnetconnect.com/bradybizarro
Website: https://www.phiagroup.com
Contact: Matthew Painten, [email protected]

The Adoption of AI Technologies in the Legal Industry
Dean Sonderegger
Vice President of Legal Markets, Innovation
Wolters Kluwer
The availability of big data and the processing power that we currently have at our disposal enables artificial intelligence (AI) to identify patterns and insights from large sets of data. As a result, attorneys will be empowered to make more informed decisions than ever before. As AI algorithms achieve higher adoption, the tasks lawyers perform will take less time, enabling them to better advise their clients and provide a higher quality of service. On the consumer end, we will see a significantly higher portion of the population have access to the law. Consumer tools like Legal Zoom will dramatically increase access to legal services from individuals (just as consumer tax prep software has done). This, in turn, will put price pressure on smaller law firms to adopt AI technologies in order to remain competitive.
Says Sonderegger: "Widespread access to technology for consumers has the potential to disrupt the legal industry; the impact of technology on the accounting industry over the past decade offers a view of what that impact could look like. There are a lot of lessons that legal practitioners can learn from the accounting industry's evolution. Where there is a challenge, there is also an opportunity."
Sonderegger has more than 25 years of experience in the tax and legal software and services industries. He received his M.B.A. from George Washington University and holds both a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.
Website: https://lrus.wolterskluwer.com/
Contact: Aaron Kupferberg, [email protected]

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MEDIA JOBS:

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• Senior Staff Writer – Columbia Journalism Review (NY)
• News Reporter – Global Competition Review (DC)
• Managing Editor – Risk and Insurance (PA)

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OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:

Following are links to other news and resources we think you might find useful. If you have an item you think other reporters would be interested in and would like us to include in a future alert, please drop us a line.

• CAPTURING RESULTS FROM SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL MEDIA HEADLINES. You've written your story and now it's time to promote it, but drawing in eyeballs to your content will require strategy. Much like a traditional news story, it all starts with a headline. Politico's social media editor, Trevor Eischen, recently shared insightful advice on how to craft social posts to drive site traffic and increase engagement: http://bit.ly/2vmxBZR
• 5 TIPS TO TAKE YOUR PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY TO THE NEXT LEVEL. A headshot is essential for anyone with a professional online presence. However, the person behind the camera should be just as prepared to ensure a great experience from beginning to end, whether you're taking headshots for someone's personal brand or shooting portraits for your stories. If you're looking for ways to enhance your photography in this space, here are our top five tips for your next one-on-one photo session: http://bit.ly/2vFdBBd
• BLOG PROFILES: RUNNING BLOGS, PART 2. Each week, PR Newswire's Audience Relations team selects an industry/subject and profiles a handful of sites that do a good job with promoting and contributing to the conversation. This week, they look at more running blogs: http://bit.ly/2uXBzuO

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