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Melissa Bartlett is senior vice president of health policy, The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), leading the development of ERIC's health policy and advocacy for its legislative and regulatory priorities at the federal, state and local levels. 

Bankers, traders and support staff in Credit Suisse's investment bank in London, New York and in some parts of Asia are expected to bear the brunt of the cuts, with almost all activities at risk, people familiar with the matter said. 

Carin Giuliante is the chair and chief executive officer of Deloitte Tax LLP.

David Tobias serves as the General Manager of Insurance at Nearmap. Previously, he co-founded Betterview, the leading Property Intelligence Platform for P&C insurers, which was acquired by Nearmap in December 2023. David plays a pivotal role in driving the insurance market strategy for the Betterview Platform, enabling insurers to effectively identify and mitigate risk, enhance operational and inspection efficiency, and build a more transparent customer experience throughout the policy lifecycle.

Before founding Betterview, David was instrumental in scaling Research Specialist Incorporated, an insurance loss control company. Under his leadership, the company expanded to conduct over 30,000 inspections annually with a network of more than 500 inspectors across the United States. Research Specialist Incorporated was later acquired by Alpine Intel. A veteran of the insurance industry and property inspection business, Tobias is focused on finding actionable, usable solutions to insurance-specific problems.

A report from the Treasury Department's Federal Insurance Office urges state regulators to spruce up their toolkits for monitoring and mitigating the impact of climate change on homeowners insurance.

The Federal Reserve gave itself the power to raise capital requirements when risks are elevated to ensure banks can lend through the business cycle. But the rule hasn't been used, and it isn't clear it could ever work in practice.

A Florida pension fund is demanding the bank turn over files about a possible criminal probe into whether the bank violated federal law by setting up fake job interviews to meet in-house diversity guidelines. 

When community lenders report second-quarter results next month, all eyes will be on deposit levels and funding costs. By extension, analysts expect more banks to roll out expense reduction plans to protect their bottom lines.

John Bowers is the Actuarial Product Director from RNA Analytics.

The allegation that Binance encouraged the use of location-obscuring technology so that it could illegally serve U.S. clients is a symptom of a broader problem for financial services companies.