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The Hazard HQ team provides real time updates on the impacts of natural hazards on property. From blazing wildfires in California to hurricanes along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts to even tropical cyclones and earthquakes worldwide, this global team keeps tabs on catastrophic activity. They release explanations of the probability of homes impacted, the kind of damage we foresee and the dollar value of losses. In addition, they provide expertise and guidance to the industry on how to be more resilient and help protect homes in the face of natural hazards.

President and CEO Jill Castilla led a 180-degree turnaround at Citizens Bank of Edmond through her approach to Fintech and social media. She changed the story of the Bank from one of near collapse and failure to one of great success and innovation. Jill has told the story of the turnaround at conferences nationwide and to 5,000+ people in various industries. Jill broke virtual radio silence through the power of social media by leading the bank from having no audience to more than 30,000 followers who engage with the Bank through Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram. Jill was named “Most Admired CEOs in Oklahoma"; “Most Innovative CEOs in Banking”; "Community Banker of the Year"; and "Most Powerful Women in Banking" in 2015. She ranks #1 on ICBA’s list of Twitter influencers. Citizens’ community appreciation event implemented by Jill, “Heard on Hurd,” had more than 100,000 attendees in 2015 and generated more than $2.4 million in economic activity. Jill previously served in the U.S. Army and Oklahoma Army National Guard as a construction and civil engineer. Prior to joining Citizens Bank, she was at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and with a community bank in Minnesota. Her academic background includes a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Oklahoma and she is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Graduate School of Banking. Jill is a distinguished alumna of Hawaii Pacific University.

Michael Rosenberg is president of ai2hr.com.

Harold Hamm, the founder of Continental Resources, will pass a stake of his company worth $2.3 billion to each of his five children.

Bloomberg data shows that 50 new ETFs have already launched in 2022, up from 38 at this point last year.

Maiclaire Bolton Smith holds the position of senior leader, research and content strategy at CoreLogic. In this role, she leads the thought leadership team for the insurance division and works with the enterprise thought leadership team to reveal new insights about climate to the broader property ecosystem.

Prior to CoreLogic, Bolton Smith held previous positions at RMS, Emergency Management British Columbia, the International Seismological Centre and the Geological Survey of Canada. She is a seismologist by trade. She earned her bachelor’s in geophysics from the University of Western Ontario and her master’s in geophysics, specializing in earthquake seismology, from the University of Victoria.

A former Chase bank-based financial advisor won the arbitration award as critics say giant brokerages abuse U5 termination disclosures.

Sameer leads a team dedicated to continuous growth and delivering a portfolio of services to leading insurance companies around the world. Sameer brings to this role particular expertise in the insurance industry, operations excellence, data analytics, and digital transformation. Sameer is also a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.

Sameer has been in leadership roles of increasing responsibility at Genpact for 15 years and was instrumental in setting up the insurance business at Genpact. His holistic approach to serving clients, and his expert grasp of digital technologies and deep domain expertise, have helped him lead large, successful engagements over the years.

Prior to Genpact, Sameer worked for seven years in the insurance business at General Electric, earning a Master Black Belt designation and serving as an operations leader in GE’s insurance vertical focused on claims and underwriting operations.

Sameer earned dual masters’ degrees in management and economics from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India.

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Jack Reagan is a managing director at UHY Advisors and a member of the firm’s national management committee that oversees the national audit and assurance practice. He has over 30 years of experience serving state and local governments, local school districts, federal government entities, and not for profit organizations as both an auditor and consultant. He has served many of the largest state and local government entities throughout the country, including New York City, Boston, San Jose, Nashville and Washington, D.C., as well as the states of New York, Texas, New Jersey, Delaware and California and Fairfax County (Virginia), Loudoun County (Virginia) and Montgomery County (Maryland). Reagan has also successfully assisted numerous localities in obtaining and maintaining their GFOA and ASB Certificates of Excellence in Financial Reporting. He graduated from the University of Richmond with a BSBA in accounting.