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Travelers Publishes Its 2024 Community Report

Report details more than $24 million in charitable contributions and 120,000 hours of employee volunteer efforts

HARTFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV) today published its annual community report, “Stories That Connect Us,” detailing charitable contributions of more than $24 million in 2024, bringing the company’s total giving to more than $237 million over the past decade. The report also highlights the 120,000 volunteer hours logged in the past year by Travelers employees.

“This year’s report highlights the outstanding contributions of our employees and community partners,” said Marlene Ibsen, President and CEO of the Travelers Foundation and Vice President of Community Relations at Travelers. “The stories clearly demonstrate our commitment to strengthening the vitality and resilience of the communities we serve.”

The company’s giving and volunteer efforts are focused on improving academic and career success, developing thriving neighborhoods and creating culturally enriched communities. Below are some examples of the initiatives Travelers supported in 2024, through both funding and volunteer activities.

• Travelers dedicated $6 million to academic and career development initiatives, including the company’s signature talent pipeline program, Travelers EDGE® (Empowering Dreams for Graduation and Employment).
• The company provided $5.6 million to organizations and programs dedicated to creating and maintaining safe, stable and resilient neighborhoods, including the Travelers Fortifies Communities program, through which 95 homes were built or rebuilt to FORTIFIED™ standards last year.
• Approximately $3 million went to organizations focused on enriching people’s lives through arts and culture, including New York City Ballet; the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford, Connecticut; and Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota. Through these partnerships, more than 58,000 students gained access to live performances and scholarships.

For more information about Travelers’ community support, please visit Travelers.com/community.

About Travelers

The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV) is a leading provider of property casualty insurance for auto, home and business. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Travelers has more than 30,000 employees and generated revenues of more than $46 billion in 2024. For more information, visit Travelers.com.

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LP Building Solutions Named 2025 Sustainable Brand Leader and Product of the Year by Green Builder Media

Company recognized for leadership in sustainability and innovation in the building products industry

NASHVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LP Building Solutions (LP), a leading manufacturer of high-performance building products, has been named Green Builder Media’s 2025 Sustainable Brand Leader in the Siding category. Additionally, LP® SmartSide® Trim & Siding earned a 2025 Sustainable Product of the Year award. This marks the second consecutive year LP has received top honors in Green Builder Media’s Brand Index and the third time overall as a Brand Leader.

“We’re honored to be recognized once again as a sustainability leader in our industry,” said LP President Jason Ringblom. “This recognition reflects our long-standing commitment to developing innovative, durable products that support sustainable building practices. We’re grateful to the building professionals who continue to place their trust in LP.”

Green Builder Media’s Brand Index ranks companies based on a weighted average of survey data, market visibility, and sentiment analysis. Sustainable Product of the Year winners are selected for their innovativeness, efficiency, and contribution to more resilient, sustainable homes.

LP’s recognition follows several recent sustainability milestones, including its 2024 and 2022 Brand Index wins, multiple Sustainable Product of the Year awards, and the release of nine environmental product declarations (EPDs) demonstrating the carbon negativity of LP SmartSide and LP Structural Solutions products.

Sustainability has been central to LP’s mission for over 50 years—rooted in responsible forest management, efficient operations, and community engagement. To learn more about LP’s commitment to sustainability, visit LPCorp.com/Sustainability.

About LP Building Solutions

As a leader in high-performance building solutions, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP Building Solutions, NYSE: LPX) manufactures engineered wood products that meet the demands of builders, remodelers and homeowners worldwide. LP’s extensive portfolio of innovative and dependable products includes Siding Solutions (LP® SmartSide® Trim & Siding, LP® SmartSide® ExpertFinish® Trim & Siding, LP BuilderSeries® Lap Siding and LP® Outdoor Building Solutions®), LP® Structural Solutions (LP® TechShield® Radiant Barrier, LP WeatherLogic® Air & Water Barrier, LP Legacy® Premium Sub-Flooring, LP® FlameBlock® Fire-Rated Sheathing, LP NovaCore® Thermal Insulated Sheathing and LP® TopNotch® 350 Durable Sub-Flooring) and oriented strand board (OSB). In addition to product solutions, LP provides industry-leading customer service and warranties. Since its founding in 1972, LP has been Building a Better World™ by helping customers construct beautiful, durable homes while shareholders build lasting value. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, LP operates 22 plants across the U.S., Canada, Chile and Brazil. For more information, visit LPCorp.com.

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IQVIA named a front-runner in generative AI innovation by global industry research and analysis firm

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
IQVIA (NYSE:IQV), a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence, announced today that the global independent research and analysis firm Everest Group^® has named IQVIA a “front-runner generative AI leader” for the life sciences industry in its recent report, “AI-deas to Action: Operationalizing Generative AI in Life Sciences.”

IQVIA was the only clinical research organization to receive the highest ranking of front-runner in the report, which measures the value impact of end-to-end generative AI capabilities for 15 carefully selected broad-based AI companies, CROs and life sciences specialists and niche firms. IQVIA is also the only CRO with a dedicated technology business unit to receive this designation.

“By striving for operational excellence and emphasizing the need for responsible AI governance, IQVIA is taking a thoughtful approach to its generative AI strategy, scaling select use cases from concept to deployment to maximize value across the stages of the product life cycle,” said Aastha Malik, practice director, Everest Group.

The report ranks IQVIA among five front-runners and says it showed industry leadership in its innovative strategic integrations of generative AI capabilities through various stages of research and development that help enable new ways of working. This includes several IQVIA Healthcare-grade AI^® solutions to identify nuances in the patient journey for improved clinical trial design, enhanced product commercialization strategies with deeper provider engagement analytics and precise market access insights.

“Today’s life sciences and healthcare organizations are looking to balance AI innovation with continuous service delivery at high standards, striving for operational excellence,” said Harietta Eleftherochorinou, vice president, AI Strategy and Operations, IQVIA. “The pace of AI advancement is extremely fast, making it important to implement AI with effective governance and drive tangible results while incentivizing for AI experimentation and keeping up to date with emerging AI technologies. With Healthcare-grade AI as our cornerstone for privacy, quality and trust, and building on the insights from over a decade of AI solutions in the market, we are systematic in identifying the areas where AI makes a real difference and moving effectively from AI ideas to operationalization to create real-world value for our customers and their patients.”

IQVIA is gaining recognition for its ability to drive innovation and operational efficiency throughout the R&D life cycle. Earlier this year, IQVIA AI Assistant, an interactive tool to revolutionize insight generation for the healthcare and life sciences industries, was recognized with the PM360 Innovation Award in the AI Category.

About Everest Group

Everest Group is a leading global research firm helping business leaders make confident decisions. It guides clients through today’s market challenges and strengthens their strategies by applying contextualized problem-solving to their unique situations. This drives maximized operational and financial performance and transformative experiences. The Everest Group’s deep expertise and tenacious research focused on technology, business processes and engineering through the lenses of talent, sustainability and sourcing deliver precise and action-oriented guidance. Find further details and in-depth content at www.everestgrp.com.

About IQVIA

IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. IQVIA’s portfolio of solutions are powered by IQVIA Connected Intelligence™ to deliver actionable insights and services built on high-quality health data, Healthcare-grade AI^®, advanced analytics, the latest technologies and extensive domain expertise. IQVIA is committed to using AI responsibly, with AI-powered capabilities built on best-in-class approaches to privacy, regulatory compliance and patient safety, and delivering AI to the high standards of trust, scalability and precision demanded by the industry. With approximately 88,000 employees in over 100 countries, including experts in healthcare, life sciences, data science, technology and operational excellence, IQVIA is dedicated to accelerating the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide.

IQVIA is a global leader in protecting individual patient privacy. The company uses a wide variety of privacy-enhancing technologies and safeguards to protect individual privacy while generating and analyzing information on a scale that helps healthcare stakeholders identify disease patterns and correlate with the precise treatment path and therapy needed for better outcomes. IQVIA’s insights and execution capabilities help biotech, medical device and pharmaceutical companies, medical researchers, government agencies, payers and other healthcare stakeholders tap into a deeper understanding of diseases, human behaviors and scientific advances, in an effort to advance their path toward cures. To learn more, visit www.iqvia.com.

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Modivcare and Aetna Better Health^® of Illinois Transform Access to Healthcare in Illinois with Launch of Health Stations

DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Illinoisans now have easy access to user friendly enhanced health stations through a collaboration between Modivcare Inc. (the “Company” or “Modivcare”) (Nasdaq: MODV), a healthcare services company integrating technology into personalized care experiences, focused on improving health outcomes, and Aetna Better Health^® of Illinois, a CVS Health^® company. The Modivcare Higi Stations offer self-service health information and digital navigation, as well as functionality to support telehealth in the future. The stations are available to the public, including Aetna Better Health of Illinois members, at Aetna community-based organization partner locations – where members live, work and play. The collaboration builds on both organizations’ longstanding relationship across service lines and underscores their commitment to improving healthcare access and equity for diverse, underserved populations.

Starting in collaboration with five community partners, and expanding to 15, placement of these stations offers community members convenient, no-cost access to health information and education on common chronic conditions. Additionally, the stations offer Aetna Better Health of Illinois members the opportunity to complete a health survey and receive personalized recommendations to address care gaps, including unmet health- related social needs, and access community and plan resources.

Modivcare’s Higi Stations and suite of services play a pivotal role to enhance and expand access to care where community members spend their time in their neighborhoods. Aetna works with local partners to provide its members with tools and services to help them better understand their health and take action to improve it through personalized education and navigation to community resources, and these stations provide a new tool to build upon that work.

“We are thrilled to deepen our relationship with Aetna Better Health^{of Illinois, leveraging our Higi Stations and platform to deliver technology-driven care access and community engagement solutions,” said L. Heath Sampson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Modivcare. “This collaboration is a testament to our shared commitment to improving healthcare access and equity for under-resourced communities. By providing self-service Smart Health Stations, we empower individuals to better understand and monitor their health risks, connect with educational programs and in the future, engage directly with virtual care providers through the platform’s telehealth capabilities. The future of healthcare demands broader access and smarter use of clinical resources. This scalable, tech-enabled model reflects where the industry is headed – and where Modivcare is leading. Together with Aetna Better Health of Illinois, we are making a significant difference in the health and well-being of our communities.”}

“Through our expanded collaboration with Modivcare, we can improve the health and well-being of our members through emerging technology and access,” said Rushil Desai, Chief Executive Officer of Aetna Better Health of Illinois. “Our work together opens a new opportunity to address the critical needs of the community and our members. These self-service stations allow our members to measure key health metrics, facilitate self-screening and enable members to connect to a provider in community centers. Our joint efforts positively impact the lives of individuals and families across Illinois, including those that can’t find a doctor, by providing easy-to-use tools to help promote prevention, manage chronic conditions and connect to healthcare resources. We look forward to further empowering our members to live healthier lives through our expanded collaboration with Modivcare.”

Modivcare and Aetna Better Health of Illinois are proud to collaborate with several esteemed, community-based organizations to host the Higi Stations and become new access points for care. Current locations include:

• Rincon Family Services
• Supportive Reentry Network Collaborative
• The Kindness Campaign
• Vermillion County Healthcare Collaborative
• Westside Health Authority

“We’re thrilled to collaborate with Modivcare and Aetna Better Health of Illinois in offering the Higi Smart Health Stations at Rincon Family Services,” said Eddy F. Borrayo, President/CEO of Rincon Family Services. “Every day, approximately 120 clients walk through our doors at this location, and this kiosk will provide them with valuable access to health screenings and personalized health information. This initiative is aligned with our priority to provide tools that improve the health and wellness of the clients we serve. It empowers our community by offering a convenient and no-cost way to monitor their health, bridge gaps in care, and improve overall well-being. By integrating this innovative technology into our services, we’re making a direct impact on the lives of those we serve, especially for those who may face barriers to accessing traditional healthcare.”

Modivcare and Aetna Better Health of Illinois remain committed to exploring new opportunities to innovate and amplify healthcare services for communities in Illinois. By integrating various aspects of healthcare delivery, from transportation to member engagement, both organizations aim to set new standards in member satisfaction and healthcare outcomes.

Aetna Better Health of Illinois serves over 360,000 Medicaid members in 102 counties. The health plan offers value-added benefits and best practices that have proven positive results in utilization, health gap closures and member satisfaction. For more information about Aetna Better Health of Illinois, visit our website, www.aetnabetterhealth.com/illinois-medicaid.

About Modivcare

Modivcare Inc. (Nasdaq: MODV) is a healthcare services company who seamlessly blends technology into the uniquely human experience of care through a platform of integrated supportive care solutions focused on improving health outcomes for public and private payors and their members. Our value-based solutions address the social determinants of health (SDoH), enable greater access to care, reduce costs, and improve outcomes to connect people to the care that matters. We are a leading provider of non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT), personal care and virtual monitoring, including VRI and Higi. To learn more about Modivcare, please visit www.modivcare.com.

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BILL Expands Category Leadership, Empowering Businesses to Streamline Procurement and Take Control of Cash Flow

New innovations bring AP, AR, Spend & Expense, Procurement and Forecasting together in a single platform for the first time —giving businesses control of their cash flow in one seamless experience

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
BILL (NYSE: BILL), a leading financial operations platform for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), today announced new powerful procurement capabilities and several other meaningful innovations to help businesses and accountants take control of their cash flow and win. BILL is the first company to seamlessly unify robust procure-to-pay workflows with AP, AR, Spend & Expense and Insights & Forecasting in a single, intuitive platform. With these innovations, BILL has once again raised the bar as a category leader– delivering unmatched capabilities that equip businesses to confidently run, grow and succeed.

BILL is solving the most critical problem for business success: Cash flow

Cash flow control is critical to business success. But there are still too many business and finance leaders who lack the confidence and data visibility they need to make strategic financial decisions. Six in 10 financial leaders say that managing cash flow is a top priority in 2025, but almost two-thirds say they can’t improve their cash flow or forecast guidance with spreadsheets. Half of finance leaders report zero automation of their procurement process.

“In an uncertain environment, control and visibility of cash flow is not only key to efficiency – it’s one of the most powerful levers a business has to be more resilient. Legacy spreadsheets and disparate tools are costing American businesses time, money and opportunity, and BILL is the only technology partner delivering more control, more value and more innovation SMBs need and deserve,” said René Lacerte, CEO and Founder of BILL. “Our expansion into procurement reinforces how BILL is driving innovation and setting new standards for helping businesses and accountants to manage and control their cash flow, eliminate ‘busy work’, and make strategic decisions that drive long-term growth and success.”

Procurement at the speed of business

Growing and dynamic businesses trust BILL’s innovation agenda because it delivers real value and gives leaders the visibility and confidence to spend smarter and faster. BILL Procurement is the next step in that innovation journey–giving businesses the ability to manage, approve and track purchase orders with speed, precision and control. BILL is entering the procurement category to empower businesses to:

• Harness AI to streamline procure-to-pay workflows, reduce manual work and boost efficiency, all within a single, intuitive workspace.
• Access advanced approval routing and automated invoice matching to reduce fraud risk and payment errors.

Payments and customization at scale

BILL is making its intelligent platform more powerful with three new innovations to deliver payments and integration capabilities at scale.

(1) BILL Multi-Entity enables businesses and accounting firms to manage payments across multiple organizations from a single, centralized platform. As businesses scale, financial operations become more complex. BILL is simplifying bill pay operations and making it easier for leaders to run and grow multiple organizations seamlessly, and with speed and control. Businesses can:

• Easily add new entities and manage payments, expenses and approvals across multiple organizations within one platform.
• Gain centralized financial oversight with streamlined cash flow management, bill approvals and payment processing across entities for enhanced visibility and control.

(2) The BILL API Platform empowers businesses and accountants to tailor financial workflows to meet their unique needs. With thousands of organizations already benefitting from this new capability, BILL is delivering the technology businesses need to scale and grow with confidence. Businesses can:

• Integrate BILL’s financial capabilities into their existing systems to streamline workflows across AP, AR and Spend & Expense.
• Build and automate custom financial processes to reduce manual entry, improve efficiency and support compliance.

(3) As businesses grow, the volume and complexity of managing payables leads to increased costs, compliance risks and barriers to scale. Finance teams can spend days and weeks manually processing thousands of bills. BILL will save businesses time and money by making it easier to pay bills in bulk. Enhancements include:

• The ability to pay thousands of bills at a time, helping teams handle growing transaction volumes with ease and speed for maximum efficiency.
• Smarter bill selection, faster processing and improved error handling– all built to streamline approval workflows, reduce manual work and keep payments flowing without disruption.

SMBs and Accountants welcome BILL’s innovations

Francisco Santa, Director of Finance, Operations at Distinctive Schools

“We’ve broken free from spreadsheet purgatory and the chaos of manually tracking purchase orders across outdated, disjointed systems—and we’re not looking back. BILL Procurement gives us real-time control over spending and cash flow, which is critical for our continued growth. Cash flow fuels our success, and with BILL as our technology partner, we can focus on what matters most: helping students thrive.”

Michelle Hodges, CPA, Principal, Public Sector, Finance and Accounting Solutions, Rehmann

“The role of accounting firms is evolving as clients seek more strategic guidance to make better business decisions. BILL helps us deliver on that promise by giving us real-time visibility into spend and future cash flow, allowing us to move our clients beyond spreadsheets. With BILL Procurement, we’re scaling procurement services to improve efficiency, accuracy and compliance, empowering clients to grow with confidence and shape the future of advisory.”

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BILL (NYSE: BILL) is a leading financial operations platform for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). As a champion of SMBs, we are automating the future of finance so businesses can thrive. Our integrated platform helps businesses to more efficiently control their payables, receivables and spend and expense management. Hundreds of thousands of businesses rely on BILL’s proprietary member network of millions to pay or get paid faster. Headquartered in San Jose, California, BILL is a trusted partner of leading U.S. financial institutions, accounting firms, and accounting software providers. For more information, visit bill.com.

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