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The WilmerHale partner discussed Regulation Best Interest, fraud detection and other industry compliance issues.

Under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, R&E expenses paid or incurred after 2021 must be capitalized and amortized over five years (15 years if research is performed overseas).

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.

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 head of the regulator pledged vigorous enforcement of the controversial rule.

At the IMPACT 2021 conference, CEO Walt Bettinger and head of advisor services Bernie Clark shared plans to grow the firm’s market share of independent advisors.

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

The giant custodian unveiled a new turnkey asset management and technology platform it says will boost its market share among RIAs and other advisory firms.