SWBC ®Announces Strategic Partnership with Covered

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SWBC ®Announces Strategic Partnership with Covered

2026-07-15 01:25 Last Updated At：01:40

SAN ANTONIO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 14, 2026--

SWBC ®, a diversified financial services company, announced a new partnership with Covered Insurance Solutions, a leading digital insurance platform purpose-built for the mortgage industry. This collaboration is designed to help mortgage servicers streamline insurance tracking, strengthen compliance efforts, and deliver a more seamless borrower experience throughout the entire loan lifecycle.

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Building on its longstanding expertise in mortgage servicing solutions, SWBC will integrate Covered’s technology into its insurance tracking and escrow services, creating a more comprehensive, end-to-end approach to borrower engagement.

When implemented within the mortgage servicing workflows, the platform automates insurance monitoring, borrower outreach and resolution, and compliance documentation. This reduces impairments, minimizes audit friction, and lowers operational overhead.

“Mortgage servicers are facing growing challenges related to regulatory requirements, insurance documentation, and borrower expectations,” said Jill Ruggles, Senior Vice President of SWBC Product Management-Mortgage Servicing. “Partnering with Covered reflects the industry’s shift toward more intelligent, automated solutions that enhance visibility, efficiency, and long-term performance.”

Servicers will also benefit from faster access to complete insurance declaration pages, while borrowers gain a simplified way to explore coverage options that may help reduce premiums.

"SWBC has spent decades earning servicers' trust, and that credibility matters when you're changing insurance at scale,” said Cameron Nordholm, Head of Product of Covered. “We're giving servicers infrastructure to get ahead of insurance issues instead of reacting to them - and borrowers a cleaner path to coverage when they need it most.”

SWBC remains committed to innovation, delivering solutions that keep pace with the evolving needs of mortgage servicers.

Mortgage servicers interested in learning more about this partnership can contact their SWBC Sales Representative or visit itscovered.com for more information.

About SWBC

As a diversified financial services company, SWBC provides financial institutions, businesses, and individuals with a wide range of insurance, mortgages, wealth management, employee benefits, and more. Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, SWBC has partners and divisions across all 50 states and Mexico and manages businesses worldwide. No matter how wide its reach, SWBC always listens to our customers’ needs, analyzes their current situations, and recommends customized solutions. For more information about our innovative approach to personalized service, visit SWBC’s website.

About Covered

Covered is the leading digital insurance platform built for the mortgage industry. Trusted by well over a hundred mortgage lenders, servicers, and banks, including multiple top-10 U.S. banks and several of the country's largest mortgage servicers, Covered connects borrowers to a curated panel of 80+ top-rated carriers across all 50 states. Borrowers who shop with Covered save an average of $1,240 per year on their homeowners policy. By embedding insurance into both origination and servicing workflows and pairing technology with licensed agent expertise, Covered helps lenders shorten cycle times, reduce closing friction, and support borrowers across the life of the loan. Coverage, availability, and terms vary by carrier, product, and state. Learn more at itscovered.com.

Supreme Court justices tell Congress their safety is at risk and more must be spent on security

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told lawmakers Tuesday that a sharp increase in threats targeting her and other justices is increasingly encroaching on their personal and family lives.

During a rare appearance by justices before Congress, Barrett said she had to wear a bulletproof vest home a few years ago, something she struggled to explain to her 12-year-old son.

“I didn't expect that performing this service would put me in the position of explaining to my children what a bulletproof vest was, why I had to wear one,” she said.

She and Justice Elena Kagan testified before a House appropriations panel in support of a request to increase security funding for members of the nation’s highest court.

Judges around the country have seen a rise in threats of violence and intimidation. Barrett's home was also targeted by a fake swatting call to police in May.

The hearing comes two weeks after the conservative-majority court finished handing down a series of major opinions, including a decision that increased President Donald Trump’s power over federal regulatory agencies and another that rejected his wide-ranging tariffs, sparking harsh personal criticism.

It's the first time justices have testified before Congress since 2019, and the two justices are faced wide-ranging questions about the court's work.

The Supreme Court requested a total of $228 million for next fiscal year, a roughly 10% increase over the year before. About $18 million of that is for maintaining the building and grounds.

Much of the requested increase, $14.6 million, would go to expanding personal protection for justices, with six more agents for each.

An additional $2 million would fund an off-site residential security post aimed at making emergency responses faster, as well as increasing the number of Supreme Court police officers.

The U.S. Marshals Service, responsible for protecting judges, reported 564 threats in the government fiscal year that ended in September, an increase from the year before.

That total includes threats to the hundreds of federal judges around the country, though the nine-member Supreme Court has not been immune.

In May, Barrett’s security detail worked with police to quickly deal with the call determined to be swatting, or a fake 911 call designed to provoke a police response. Last year, her sister was the victim of a bomb threat in Charleston, South Carolina, police said. No bomb was found.

In 2022, shortly after the leak of a draft opinion overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion decision, a would-be assassin was arrested near the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh with weapons and zip ties. Threats to the Supreme Court increased after that leak, and have continued to grow, Kagan said.

Chief Justice John Roberts has condemned the threats to all U.S. judges, saying during a speech in March that criticism of judicial opinions is understandable, but personally directed hostility is “dangerous, and it’s got to stop.”