- Sep 16-17, 2025|San Diego, CA
Byron Storms has served as president and CEO of Aspire General Insurance Services and Aspire General Insurance Company since August 2015. Prior to joining Aspire General Insurance, he was the president of property & casualty at National General Management Corp from 2012 to 2015. From 2007 to 2012, Storms was president and CEO of ClearSide General Insurance Services, LLC, which was acquired in November 2011 by National General. Storms has a proven track record of assembling strong teams, integrating and implementing technology solutions that create core operational strength, and supporting effective growth.
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Litigation filed by the company points to a total of $30 million losses that have yet to be covered by its insurance partners, including Berkshire Hathaway.
November 19
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Pennymac alums find new home, Dark Matter names CEO, Optimal Blue promotes from within, plus more mortgage industry moves.
November 19
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The region of Manchester-Nashua, New Hampshire, has homes on the market for a median of 23 days and an average home price of $550,000.
November 19
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The government-sponsored enterprises are increasing their apartment loan limits next year even though market volumes have been well below the current ones.
November 18
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Homeowners in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy have already seen growth in their property values lag behind the national median.
November 18
Only 20% of the Top Producers in the National Mortgage News survey were under 40, while almost half were between 41 and 50, and 30% even older.
Those who raced ahead of the pack of loan originators last year went the distance by offering exceptional customer service, catering to niche pockets of demand in the market.
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The Freddie Mac mortgage rate tracker on Thursday morning showed the conforming 30-year fixed rate mortgage creep closer to the 7% level last seen in May.
January 2
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Refinance demand fell precipitously as average contract interest-rates for most loans rose in the two-week leadup to Christmas.
January 2
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The CapitalW Collective supplements the work other organizations do by addressing the educational needs of women and others in the specialized portions of the mortgage business.
January 2
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The overall price drop was offset by interest payments, allowing a broad gauge of the Treasury market to post a gain of about 0.7% this year through Dec. 30.
December 31
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Newrez's servicing arm approved an "obviously counterfeit" HELOC request from a bad actor totaling almost $500,000, a complaint claims.
December 31
