Conservation in the United Kingdom

First nine months 2022 results: SCOR takes action to restore profitability in a challenging environment

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022

In the third quarter of 2022, the reinsurance industry continues to face a challenging environment.

Key Points: 
  • In the third quarter of 2022, the reinsurance industry continues to face a challenging environment.
  • Going forward, SCOR expects to be able to absorb the DTA utilization and reduction in recoverability period.
  • This strong capital base will enable SCOR to take advantage of the acceleration of the hardening of the P&C market.
  • The Group cost ratio accounts for 4.5% of gross written premiums in the first nine months of 2022.

OUTCOME GROUP ANNOUNCES COMMITMENT FROM VARIANT IMPACT FUND TO DRIVE PORTFOLIO EXPANSION

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Thursday, August 25, 2022

NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Outcome Group Inc (Outcome), an outcome-based education financing company, today announced it has secured a new debt facility from Variant Investments, LLC (Variant) and its Variant Impact Fund (IMPCX) which will allow Outcome to accelerate the growth of its education lending programs.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Outcome Group Inc (Outcome), an outcome-based education financing company, today announced it has secured a new debt facility from Variant Investments, LLC (Variant) and its Variant Impact Fund (IMPCX) which will allow Outcome to accelerate the growth of its education lending programs.
  • The Variant Impact Fund takes that a step further, providing investors with a diversified portfolio of unconventional cash-flowing assets that are aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
  • The Variant Impact Fund (the "Fund") offers investors efficient access to a diversified portfolio of unconventional income-generating assets aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ("UN SDGs").
  • To learn more about Outcome Group, please visit www.outcomegroup.org
    To learn more about Variant Investments, LLC, please visit www.variantinvestments.com
    An investment in the Variant Impact Fund is speculative, involves substantial risks.

Vemo Co-Founder Joins Stride Funding to Lead Operations, Along with Executives from Discover Financial, Federal Reserve, and OneMain Holdings

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Monday, April 4, 2022

BOSTON, April 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vemo Education (Vemo) co-founder and former Senior Vice President of Originations & Servicing, Renée Mang, has joined Stride Funding, Inc. (Stride) as the company's Vice President of Operations. The award-winning startup, which provides flexible, affordable alternative funding products for students in higher education and alternative education programs, has added four new industry leaders to its executive team with a combined near 100 years of experience across Sallie Mae, National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC), Discover Financial Services, Eastern Bank, OneMain Financial, and more.

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  • "I'm thrilled to be joining the team at Stride.
  • I look forward to growing the best-in-class education funding company driving access and affordability every step of the way."
  • Stride Funding Inc. is a mission-driven company that helps students hit their stridewith flexible educational funding.
  • GSV Ventures , Slow Ventures , Strada Education , Juvo Ventures , Firework Ventures , and Flybridge amongst others have participated in previous funding rounds.

Fintech Disruptor Stride Funding Breaks Barriers as it Closes $12M Series A

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Thursday, December 2, 2021

BOSTON, Dec. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Award-winning education funding startup, Stride Funding , announced the closing of a $12 million Series A financing round led by Firework Ventures, co-founded by Brigette Lau and Ashley Bittner.

Key Points: 
  • BOSTON, Dec. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Award-winning education funding startup, Stride Funding , announced the closing of a $12 million Series A financing round led by Firework Ventures, co-founded by Brigette Lau and Ashley Bittner.
  • Stride has accomplished this despite the odds less than 1% of total funds raised by fintechs has gone to female-founded companies .
  • Stride Funding is a mission-driven funding provider that supports students and seeks to improve economic outcomes across alternative and higher education.
  • Stride connects with students through a host of school and university partnerships as well as via its direct-to-student funding platform.

JLE Industries Operating At Full Capacity By Keeping Professional Drivers Engaged

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

The reason: industry-best retention, an engaged and empowered professional driver workforce, and proprietary technology that connects the dots.

Key Points: 
  • The reason: industry-best retention, an engaged and empowered professional driver workforce, and proprietary technology that connects the dots.
  • JLE has digitized and migrated the initial steps of its hiring funnel to the cloud in its DriverOS enterprise-grade dispatch collaboration and workflow management platform.
  • Our core tactic is JLE Industries' defensible operating system: DriverOS.
  • With a genuine commitment to driver success and tenure, we manage our dispatch operations by exception and decentralize the value decisions of what freight our professional drivers participate in.

Stride Funding secures first of its kind $30 million facility with Silicon Valley Bank to support SV Academy's upskilling programs for underrepresented learners

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

Stride Funding is the leading provider of outcomes-driven funding, such as deferred tuition agreements (DTAs), across alternative and higher education programs.

Key Points: 
  • Stride Funding is the leading provider of outcomes-driven funding, such as deferred tuition agreements (DTAs), across alternative and higher education programs.
  • SV Academy, founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, supports more than 400 technology employers with high potential and highly connected sales talent.
  • For nearly 40 years, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has helped innovative companies and their investors move bold ideas forward, fast.
  • Stride Funding is an outcomes-driven funding platform that supports students and creates transparency around outcomes across alternative and higher education.

Refill Lands $1M Investment

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Friday, July 30, 2021

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Refill announces it landed a$1 millioninvestment from an angel investor.

Key Points: 
  • COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Refill announces it landed a$1 millioninvestment from an angel investor.
  • Refill, which provides mobile ordering and contactless payments for venues like arenas, bars, hotels, restaurants, resorts, and stadiums, features tech likescan your card, optimized ordering andinsta-control withexpress lanes.
  • Refill alsorecentlyannounced its partnership with Colorado-based Hotel The Pad via Graze & Torreysrestaurantas well as with bands Mt.
  • That's what makes Refill so different," said Refill CEO Anthony Reynolds.

Primo Water Corporation Announces $50 Million Share Repurchase Program, Declaration of Quarterly Dividend and Results of Voting for Directors at Annual and Special Meeting of Shareowners

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Primo's razorblade offering is comprised of Water Direct, Water Exchange, and Water Refill.

Key Points: 
  • Primo's razorblade offering is comprised of Water Direct, Water Exchange, and Water Refill.
  • Through its Water Direct business, Primo delivers sustainable hydration solutions across its 21-country footprint direct to the customer's door, whether at home or to commercial businesses.
  • Through its Water Exchange and Water Refill businesses, Primo offers pre-filled and reusable containers at over 13,000 locations and water refill units at approximately 22,000 locations, respectively.
  • Management believes these assumptions to be reasonable but there is no assurance that they will prove to be accurate.\nView original content to download multimedia: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/primo-water-corporation-announce...\n"

Primo Water Corporation Announces Date for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2020 Earnings Release and Conference Call

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

Primo Water Corporation is a leading pure-play water solutions provider in North America, Europe and Israel and generates approximately $2.1 billion in annual revenue.

Key Points: 
  • Primo Water Corporation is a leading pure-play water solutions provider in North America, Europe and Israel and generates approximately $2.1 billion in annual revenue.
  • Primo's razorblade offering is comprised of Water Direct, Water Exchange, and Water Refill.
  • Through its Water Exchange and Water Refill businesses, Primo offers pre-filled and reusable containers at over 13,000 locations and water refill units at approximately 22,000 locations, respectively.
  • Primo's water solutions expand consumer access to purified, spring and mineral water to promote a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle while simultaneously reducing plastic waste and pollution.

Primo Water Corporation Announces Date for Third Quarter Earnings Release

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Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Primo Water Corporation is a leading pure-play water solutions provider in North America, Europe and Israel and generates approximately $2.1 billion in annual revenue.

Key Points: 
  • Primo Water Corporation is a leading pure-play water solutions provider in North America, Europe and Israel and generates approximately $2.1 billion in annual revenue.
  • Primo's razorblade offering is comprised of Water Direct, Water Exchange, and Water Refill.
  • Through its Water Exchange and Water Refill businesses, Primo offers pre-filled and reusable containers at over 13,000 locations and water refill units at approximately 22,000 locations, respectively.
  • Primo's water solutions expand consumer access to purified, spring and mineral water to promote a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle while simultaneously reducing plastic waste and pollution.