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Rob Berg is a Principal & Director in Perr&Knight’s Operations & Technology Consulting Practice. During his twenty-plus year consulting career, Rob has designed, planned and executed operational improvements yielding more than $100 million in cost savings; effected process redesigns to maximize the benefit of new technology adoptions; planned the deployment of core software application replacements; and provided financial and strategic analyses in support of major technology investments.

Andrew is the co-founder and co-CEO of Ascend, a modern, all-in-one payments solution purpose-built for insurance with offices in California and New York. Before Andrew's career in insurance, Andrew was an employee at Instacart, where he met colleague and future co-founder Praveen Chekuri. Prior to founding Ascend, Andrew and Praveen co-founded Sheltr, which was acquired by Hippo Insurance in 2019.

The various bank and wire fraud charges in a federal indictment include conspiracy to defraud Quicken Loans (now Rocket Mortgage) for $1.3 million.

Kedar Kamalapurkar is Managing director and a leader in the insurance sector claims practice at Deloitte Consulting LLP. He has nearly 15 years of experience in claims operations, including as a claims adjuster. He has led claims transformations from strategy to execution for many of the major insurance carriers in the United States and Europe. Kedar also holds insurance industry professional designations from CPCU, AIC, API, and AINS.

Michael Cline is Managing Director and Insurance Sector Claims Leader at Deloitte Consulting LLP. He has over 28 years of experience in claims operations and technology at insurance companies and the consulting field. He also has insurance industry professional designations from the Insurance Institute of America; CPCU, AIC, API, AIS and AINS. Michael holds an insurance property & casualty adjusters license in the State of Nevada and is an active member of the Insurance Institutes National Claims Interest Group committee.

The financial services technology provider will leverage multiple data sources to verify borrower salaries at a “flip of a switch.”

A lack of awareness about assistance programs and apprehension hold back many consumers who could otherwise afford to buy a home, according to a new survey.

Timothy Ewell is Chief Assistant County Administrator of Contra Costa County, California and Chair of the GFOA Committee on Governmental Debt Management.

The Indiana company told investors that it’s ready to complete its combination with First Midwest Bancorp but that it’s unclear whether a recently filed mortgage discrimination lawsuit will get in the way of Fed approval.

Gain on sale has dipped 130 basis points per loan since the third quarter last year, but over the same period, per loan expense is up by $1,216.