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SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept. 30, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — MCT Trading, Inc. (MCT), a recognized leader in mortgage pipeline hedging, loan sale execution and risk management services, announced that it has been chosen by Mortgage Technology magazine as a finalist for the 2014 Release of the Year Award.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 22, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Wholesale Trading Co-Op Insurance Services, LLC (WTCI) announced today that Sean Shannon has joined the firm’s property team as Vice President/Property Broker.

DULUTH, Ga., Sept. 22, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits broker, announced today that it has added Annette Shepherd as a Multinational Placement Specialist and Account Executive on their risk management team in the Southeast. Shepherd brings over 30 years of insurance and risk management experience, including 10 years as a Multinational Placement Broker.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept. 18, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ReverseVision, Inc. today announced the launch of their Professional Services division aimed at helping reverse mortgage lenders and brokers to be more successful.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 18, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Wholesale Trading Co-Op Insurance Services, LLC (WTCI) announced today that professional liability brokerage veteran Karen Kutger has joined the firm as Senior Vice President. Kutger joins WTCI from Howden Insurance Services, Inc. where she specialized in professional liability, management liability, cyber liability and related financial lines coverages. Her portfolio of retail sourced business will be accompanying her as part of the move.

NEW YORK, N.Y., Sept. 17, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — National Retirement Programs, Inc., the sponsor of the Atprime Pension Inspector(TM) Suite, announces free 5 year downloads of actual Plan Sponsor Filed Form 5500 plus Yearly Plan Alerts, Plan Provision Descriptions, and Participant Classification Rosters.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept. 16, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ReverseVision is proud to announce it has been named a finalist for the 2014 Lenders’ Choice Award by Mortgage Technology magazine. ReverseVision is the leading provider of business solutions for the reverse industry offering such products as RV Exchange (RVX).

DENVER, Colo., Sept. 11, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage fulfillment outsource services expert Titan Lenders Corp. (Titan) announced it will conduct a weekly webinar series designed to educate mini-correspondents on meeting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) requirements through general fulfillment.

POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Sept. 4, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ARMCO – ACES Risk Management, a leading provider of web-based audit technology for the financial services industry, has announced the launch of ACES Analytics(TM), a business intelligence tool that will, for the first time, allow mortgage professionals to benchmark quality control results against industry peers. The benchmarking service is now available to ARMCO clients and will be open to participation from all lenders by the fourth quarter of 2014.

COLUMBIA, Md., Sept. 3, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — iFOS today announced it has received award notification to provide Administrative, Budget and Program Support Services for anti-violence programs at the United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). The contract is a firm fixed price contract with a five-year performance period.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept. 2, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage lenders offering the HUD-insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) will find that originating reverse loans carries fewer risks than traditional mortgages. Recent HUD changes have made these loans even better suited to serve their intended purpose, according to reverse mortgage expert Jeffrey Taylor, a ReverseVision board member and president of Wendover Consulting.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 26, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — While the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) directors reexamine several policies amid controversy about how student athletes are treated, one of the nation’s fastest-growing insurance brokers has moved to protect high school athletes who have received a verbal offer for an athletic scholarship or grant from an NCAA Division I or Division II sports program. EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants today announces Education Protector(SM) from EPIC, the first insurance product of its kind.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 25, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage document preparation vendor International Document Services, Inc. (IDS) announced it has launched a comprehensive ‘Resources’ website within its flagship doc prep system idsDoc. The main feature of the site, a compliance-focused blog authored by IDS Compliance Officer Jonathan Johnson, was made available to clients through the idsDoc doc prep platform on Aug. 8.

LANSDALE, Pa., Aug. 19, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Global DMS, a leading provider of Web-based compliant valuation management software, announced that its vice president of marketing, Jody Collup, has been honored by National Mortgage Professional Magazine on its ‘Top 25 Most Connected Mortgage Professionals’ list.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 13, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a nationwide retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance broker/consultant, announced today the addition of the retail risk management and property/casualty team of JLT Towers Re. This strategic build-out of a team serving large, complex risk management accounts is a product of EPIC’s broadening alliance partnership and collaboration with JLT Towers Re. The agreement is effective August 11.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aug. 12, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Contrary to what has been reported for the past six months, reverse mortgage originations have been trending up according to ReverseVision, the leading provider of reverse mortgage lending solutions. ReverseVision’s RV Exchange (RVX) is the leading reverse loan origination system (RLOS) and lending system of record for the majority of reverse lenders.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 6, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage document preparation vendor International Document Services, Inc. (IDS) announced it has passed its first Service Organization Control (SOC) 2SM audit with no exceptions. According to the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), the organization that created the audit, SOC 2’s purpose is to assess the ‘controls at a service organization relevant to security, availability, processing integrity confidentiality, or privacy.’

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 4, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Wholesale Trading Co-Op Insurance Services, LLC (WTCI) announced today that casualty brokerage veteran Jennifer Terra has joined the firm as Vice President/Casualty Broker.

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif., July 30, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Quandis, Inc., a leading provider of mortgage servicing software, announced that Scott Law Firm, which serves the default servicing industry, is actively utilizing its new military search name permutation functionality. Scott Law Firm can now more easily and efficiently identify active duty military borrowers in the Department of Defense (DoD) database to comply with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA).

RALEIGH, N.C., July 29, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Massey Consulting has been selected by the Carolina Hurricanes to implement cloud-based Intacct Financial Accounting, the company announced today. The Carolina Hurricanes will use Intacct to track the financials of the franchise, each home game, as well as other entertainment events held at PNC Arena.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 23, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ReverseVision, Inc., the leading provider of business solutions for the reverse mortgage industry is offering a free on-line class focused on changes announced by HUD in recent Mortgagee Letters 2014-07 and 2014-12 through its ReverseVision University (RVU).

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 21, 2014 (SEN2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The shareholders of Jenkins Insurance Services (Jenkins), a Leavitt Group agency, have sold 100 percent of their shares in Jenkins to EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center). The transaction, which closed on July 17, was retroactively effective July 1. Jenkins, with California offices in Concord, Sacramento, San Jose, Orange County, and in Reno, Nevada, employs 160 and has approximately $34 million of annual revenue.

PETALUMA, Calif., July 14, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance broker/consultant, announced today the addition of Andrea Levin as a vice president in their Petaluma office. Levin brings 24 years of experience in the development and management of property and casualty insurance and risk management programs, working with a wide range of business and industry and specializing in financial institutions.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., July 11, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — OpenClose, an enterprise-class end-to-end loan origination system (LOS) provider, announced that lenders are successfully using the secondary marketing component of its LOS, LenderAssist(TM), to deliver greater insight and control for secondary marketing departments.

KIRKLAND, Wash., July 2, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Today LTC Financial Partners, LLC and LTC Global Marketing Inc. announced the completion of the merger of the two companies into one of America’s largest distributors of senior market insurance products. Industry veteran Denise Gott, formerly Executive Vice President of LTC Financial, will serve as Chief Executive Officer of the new combined entity.

MANCHESTER, N.H., June 30, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) has selected Regent Education’s financial aid management system — Regent 8 — to support financial aid processes for all their students and programs including their industry-leading online programs and their new and cutting edge Competency Based Education program known as College for America (CFA).

LANSDALE, Pa., June 24, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Global DMS, a leading provider of Web-based compliant valuation management software, announced that PrimeLending, a national residential mortgage lender, successfully implemented its eTrac(R) valuation platform to compliantly automate the lender’s entire appraisal process.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 19, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage document preparation vendor International Document Services, Inc. (IDS), announces its flagship doc prep system idsDoc is now compatible with the three major Internet browsers — Google Chrome(TM), Microsoft Internet Explorer(R) and Mozilla Firefox(R).

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif., June 12, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Quandis, Inc., a leading provider of mortgage servicing software, announces that it rolled out a new feature within its existing military search service that identifies multiple name variations of borrowers which could have active duty status in the U.S. military. If in default but on active duty, certain rules prohibit foreclosure. This comprehensive search reduces the risk of missing a name and potentially failing to comply with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) of 2003.

LANSDALE, Pa. and HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 10, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Global DMS, a leading provider of Web-based compliant valuation management software, and Collateral Analytics, a leading provider of real estate analytics and valuation products, announced they formed a strategic alliance that integrated various components of their software valuation solutions.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 3, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage document preparation vendor International Document Services, Inc. (IDS) announces it has expanded its compliance team with the addition of Paul Morton as compliance officer and assistant in-house counsel.

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif., May 30, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Quandis, Inc., a leading provider of mortgage servicing software, announced that Mortgage Technology magazine honored the company as a Top 50 Service Provider for the fourth year in a row.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 21, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage document preparation vendor International Document Services, Inc. (IDS) announced it has made its fourth consecutive appearance on the Top 50 Service Providers list, issued by SourceMedia’s Mortgage Technology magazine.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 14, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — MCT Trading, Inc. (MCT), a recognized leader in mortgage pipeline hedging, loan sale execution, and risk management services, announced the formal launch of MCTlive(TM), a secondary marketing technology platform designed for capital markets trading and pipeline management. MCTlive provides lenders with a browser-based software solution, robust online tools and real-time analytics for secondary marketing departments.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 9, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — MCT Trading, Inc. (MCT), a recognized leader in mortgage pipeline hedging and risk management services, announced that its COO, Phil Rasori, will moderate and drive a panel session entitled ‘Liquidity Challenges for Smaller Lenders’ at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Annual Secondary Marketing Conference in New York City.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 1, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage document preparation vendor International Document Services, Inc. (IDS) announced more than half (51.6 percent) of all document packages it processed in 2013 were signed electronically. In addition, following the IRS’s approval of electronically signed 4506-T documents in late 2012, 18.5 percent of all 4506-T documents processed by IDS were E-signed in 2013.

RALEIGH, N.C., April 22, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Massey Consulting, a North Carolina-based accounting software reseller, is pleased to announce the release of their 2014 webinar schedule for CPAs and CPA Firms, entitled ‘Make Your Beans Count.’ This webinar series is designed to present a variety of educational topics for CPAs.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 14, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that Michael Gonthier has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer. EPIC’s current CFO, Elaine Andrian, will now focus on merger and acquisition strategy and diligence as the firm continues to expand nationally.

LANSDALE, Pa., April 1, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Global DMS, a leading provider of Web-based compliant valuation management software, announced that its eTrac Enterprise platform has been integrated with the CoreLogic(R) ChannelMaster(R) Enterprise Lending Solution (ELS). The integration allows ChannelMaster users to compliantly order and process appraisals, attain real-time status updates, establish transparency and control, and return completed appraisal files directly from the ChannelMaster platform.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 25, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — MCT Trading, Inc. (MCT), a recognized leader in mortgage pipeline hedging and risk management services, announced that it added four newly created positions in order to provide unsurpassed service levels of sales support and guidance to lenders.