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Robert Cruz has been with Smarsh for over ten years as the Vice President of Regulatory and Information Governance. His primary objective is to help Smarsh customers stay informed of regulatory developments and deploy best practices in the use of digital communications technology. Robert is a recognized author, speaker, and subject matter expert in the area of digital communications compliance and brings over two decades of leadership in the governance, risk, and compliance market. 

New Jersey-based OceanFirst Financial slid in its planned $579 million acquisition of Flushing Financial just before the end of the year. The private equity firm Warburg Pincus is also participating in the transaction.

The new regulation, which passed overwhelmingly in the state legislature, would allow insurers to remove wildfire protections from standard homeowners policies.

Three U.S. senators opened an inquiry into insurance ratings firm Demotech and whether its assessments may be exposing taxpayers to growing risks tied to climate-driven insurer failures.

Chris Arnold is the Vice President of Contact Center Strategy at ASAPP, where he partners with leading insurance carriers to modernize claims, billing, and customer service operations with AI. With more than 15 years of experience in customer experience transformation and contact center innovation, he specializes in helping enterprises operationalize AI to drive measurable efficiency and improve policyholder satisfaction.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the administration must request funds from the Federal Reserve, rejecting a Trump DOJ legal theory.

Jenny Small is a partner at Otteson Shapiro, advising banks and fintechs on regulatory compliance and bank transactions. She spent over a decade at the OCC, having served as legal counsel to examiners supervising community, midsize, credit card, technology service providers, trust and novel banks; a licensing analyst on large bank transactions; and a payment policy analyst.

Chloé Dolsenhe is principal managing director of regulatory strategy at Vantro Advisors, where she advises financial institutions, stablecoin issuers, and technology companies on supervisory strategy and resilient product development. She formerly served as an enforcement attorney at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

BJ Gardner is the director of IT Development & Operations forPennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (PLM).

Ray Rogers is the property claims director for Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (PLM).