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Servicers saw their retention rate fall to the second-lowest level in 17 years, according to ICE Mortgage Technology.

Jeff Miller is the VP, U.S. at nudge.

The new exec is a former CEO of Sagent and Cloudvirga, and worked at Black Knight for over a decade.

The sale of the $318 million-asset portfolio comes five weeks after the Greenville, South Carolina-based company agreed to sell its investment advisory unit.

Doug Duncan joined Fannie Mae in 2008 after holding the chief economist position at the Mortgage Bankers Association for almost 16 years.

Alex is the Principal Industry Strategist at Hi Marley. He drives innovative use cases for omnichannel customer conversations across the insurance lifecycle. Before Hi Marley, Alex spent a decade with Liberty Mutual, where he was VP of Customer Experience. There, he led experience design, retention tactics, and omnichannel service strategy for the company's direct and independent agent channels. Alex also spent six years in Management Consulting, where he worked with companies across the globe on customer loyalty and growth strategy.

Ingo Weinem leads EPAM's European insurance vertical, partnering with top clients to enhance and expand their businesses.

With more than 35 years of experience in the financial services sector and the insurance industry, Mr. Weinem's expertise spans software engineering, financial planning, omnichannel digitalization and transformation strategies, innovation and organizational change management.

Throughout his professional career, he has held various management positions in the banking, financial markets and insurance industry for software solution providers, including Luxoft, Pactera, Capgemini, Cognizant and IBM.

Stephen Holdstock is the Chief Technology Officer of EMEA Insurance at EPAM Systems, where he leads the technological direction for EPAM's insurance clients across the region, helping them achieve strategic value through the integration of business, technology and data.

With more than 20 years of industry experience, Mr. Holdstock brings deep expertise in IT leadership, change management and large-scale transformation programs. His career spans roles in large-scale engineering at Motorola, tier-one consulting at Accenture and strategic leadership at global property and casualty (P&C) carriers, including a significant tenure as CTO at Lloyd's of London.

At EPAM, Mr. Holdstock is focused on building out the insurance practice, continuing to drive transformative outcomes for clients across the insurance industry.

In August's roundup of top mortgage news: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sides with plaintiffs against Mr. Cooper in alleged "junk fee" lawsuit, updates to 203(k) and more.

Mr. Cooper will be filing a motion to dismiss a data breach-related class action by Sept.13, documents show.