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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.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 17, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Sexy Halloween costumes retailer, Envy Corner, is proud to announce the top five Halloween costumes that were voted to be the best costumes for women this year. Fans of Envy Corner's Facebook page picked the top five Halloween costumes, to create the ultimate 'complete costume.' Here are the 5 best costumes in order:

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).

TROY, Mich., Sept. 16, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), one of the largest and fastest wholesale mortgage lenders in the nation, announced that Laura Lawson has been promoted to the newly created position of chief people officer (CPO). Previously, Lawson served as senior vice president of marketing where she was responsible for all aspects of the company's wholesale marketing efforts.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 12, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Sexy Wear Avenue, a popular online vendor of adult Halloween costumes for women, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with limited-time anniversary specials of extra 15 percent-off discount on all products storewide with coupon code SWA15.

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.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 8, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- External prostate massage is a safe, easy, and fun way for men to learn how to stimulate their prostate, says men's health product manufacturer Enviromax.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 8, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Protector Holdings, LLC, a joint venture of EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center) and Dowling Capital Partners, announced today the acquisition of Northern California's SavePro Insurance Solutions.

OCEANSIDE, Calif., Sept. 5, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Oceanside Jewelers, owned and operated by Master Jeweler Chad Elliott, is expanding the store's award winning collection of fine jewelry and engagement rings, and will be launching a new line of Pandora jewelry, bracelets, and charms in store.

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.

PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 29, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Neighbors and concerned citizens are appalled that an Allegheny County Humane Officer who was called to investigate the abuse and abandonment of over 70 cats, removed two cats and sent the rest to die, according to Frankie's Friends Cat Rescue.

TROY, Mich., Aug. 26, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- With three year sales growth of 480 percent, United Shore ranked No. 1071 on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies. United Shore, parent company of top wholesale mortgage lender United Wholesale Mortgage, is revolutionizing lending from a commodity to a service based business.

NEW YORK, N.Y. and TANAUAN, Philippines, Aug. 25, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Since Spring, the 'Ice Bucket Challenge' has raised over $80 million for funding ALS research. Inspired by this success, the Rice Bucket Challenge has been created by non-profit groups including the World Mind Network, Adelina Foundation and BatangasVarsitarian.net.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 25, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- SecuGen Corporation is pleased to announce that it will be showing at the Global Identity Summit in Tampa, Florida, a completely new device that combines a contactless smartcard reader with SecuGen's FAP 20 certified, optical fingerprint sensor, the U20. This new product, the Hamster Pro Duo CL(TM), is housed in a sleek new case and provides convenient access to dual mode authentication for enhanced security.

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.