WFG National Title Insurance Company, a Portland-based title insurance and real estate settlement services provider, hired Julie Curlen to lead its New York agency team. Curlen, who has more than 30 years of experience in the title insurance industry, will manage a team to service New York-based clients.

Merchants Capital recently announced it expanded its mortgage banking division, appointing Lisa Lundeen and Toni Gilbert to newly created roles. Working out of the company’s Saint Paul, Minnesota, office, Lundeen has been appointed to the position of vice president of government-sponsored enterprise portfolio management and Gilbert joins as the vice president of insurance compliance.

Class Valuation, a real estate collateral valuation and appraisal management company, has acquired Janus Valuation & Compliance. The deal is the second AMC acquisition the Michigan-based 2019 Tech100 winner has made in the last six months and one of several big steps Class Valuation has taken since it was acquired by Narrow Gauge Capital in March 2018.

HouseCanary, a real estate technology company, recently announced Niti Bashambu joined the company as its new chief product officer. HouseCanary CEO and Co- founder Jeremy Sicklick said Niti’s long track record of success and expertise in product strategy makes her the ideal candidate to shepherd the company’s product offerings.

PRMI has hired Steven Sless as its reverse mortgage division manager. In his new role, Sless will be opening the lender’s first consumer-direct retail branch that deals exclusively with reverse mortgages in Maryland. Sless will also work alongside PRMI’s HECM Business Development Manager George Morales to expand the lender’s footprint in the reverse mortgage space.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has tapped Maryann Kennedy as senior deputy comptroller of Large Bank Supervision. As such, the OCC said Kennedy will oversee the nearly 800 staff members who supervise the nation’s largest banks and federal branches and agencies, which hold more than $10 trillion in total consolidated assets.

Commercial mortgage lender Berkadia recently announced it has added three new directors to its mortgage banking team. Berkadia EVP and Head of Mortgage Banking Hilary Provinse said the additions enhance the company’s regional and product expertise and are another step in the company’s ongoing efforts to cultivate best-in-class talent in every major market.

Finance of America Reverse has hired Dan Hultquist as vice president of organizational development. As such, the veteran reverse mortgage trainer will play a crucial role in developing the lender’s training and educational materials across channels, including those for professional partners in financial planning and real estate.