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PROJECT HEALTHY MINDS AND HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL RESEARCHERS TO EXPAND THE EVIDENCE BASE AROUND WORKFORCE MENTAL HEALTH

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‘Project Healthy Minds Workforce Lab’ brings together leading companies to create a standardized measurement framework and build the business case for workforce mental health

NEW YORK, Sept. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Project Healthy Minds, the leading mental health tech nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to mental health services across the United States, today announced the formation of the Project Healthy Minds Workforce Lab, a groundbreaking coalition bringing together blue-chip companies, leading scholars and top thought leaders to expand the evidence base of “what works” for workforce mental health. A first-of-its-kind research hub for employers, the Lab will generate new evidence at the intersection of business, economics, and public health — helping companies build stronger, more resilient workforces and healthier organizations.

Project Healthy Minds is the mental health tech nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to mental health services.

Founding members of the Project Healthy Minds Workforce Lab are Acast, Apollo Global Management, AXIS Capital, KPMG, L’Oréal USA, ServiceNow, TD SYNNEX, Teneo and Universal Music Group. The Lab is co-chaired by Jacqui Canney, Chief People and AI Enablement Officer of ServiceNow, and Stephanie Kramer, Chief Human Resources Officer of L’Oréal North America. Ryan W. Buell, CD Spangler Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School serves as an academic collaborator with the Coalition, helping to shape a research agenda designed to engage scholars and employers in generating rigorous evidence on what works in workforce mental health.

For decades, workforce mental health has been treated as a benefits-and-wellness conversation. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization estimates 12 billion working days are lost annually to depression and anxiety alone, costing roughly $1 trillion in lost productivity globally; and in 2024, diminished employee productivity drained an additional $438 billion worldwide, according to Gallup. Yet no standardized framework exists to measure what interventions are actually working.

The Lab reframes mental health as an operational and financial performance question — building a blueprint for how companies can support, measure, and ultimately improve mental health in the workplace, with a focus on the sustained productivity of a retained, engaged, healthy workforce in a dynamic business context. Across Project Healthy Minds’ owned thought leadership and flagship business and cultural convenings, Lab Member executives will foster dialogue on the current state and future of employee wellbeing.

“For too long, the conversation about workforce mental health has lived in the wellness aisle. The Project Healthy Minds Workforce Lab founding members are saying something different — that mental health is a performance issue, a retention issue, and an issue leadership must key in on. We’re proud to be working with a group of outstanding companies, alongside researchers from Harvard Business School, to build the evidence that proves it, and a playbook every employer can use,” said Phillip Schermer, Founder & CEO of Project Healthy Minds.

“At ServiceNow, we believe the companies that outperform and outlast will be the ones that prioritize their people. Wellbeing is the foundation that sustains the judgment, creativity, and resilience organizations depend on, especially amid rapid transformation. The Project Healthy Minds Workforce Lab brings together leading CHROs and researchers at Harvard Business School to measure what actually works. We’re proud to be part of this effort,” said Canney.

“Prioritizing mental health is a fundamental leadership responsibility and essential for sustainable performance. At L’Oréal, we believe that a company is not walls and machines, it’s people, people, people,” said Kramer, “Through partnerships like the Project Healthy Minds Workforce Lab, we are proud to elevate this dialogue, learn from data-driven research with Harvard Business School experts, and share best practices that create a ripple of positive change far beyond our own walls.”

“The most substantive progress happens when leading organizations are willing to study themselves — and each other — with intellectual honesty, ” said Buell. “That’s what this coalition strives to do. It has an opportunity to generate an evidence base that will allow more employers to move from good intentions to proven practice.”

The Project Healthy Minds Workforce Lab is designed as a long-term, year-over-year research endeavor, with continuous publications and ongoing findings released as the work progresses. Each member company will receive a private readout including peer benchmarking, custom recommendations, an ROI analysis, and an action plan — alongside the aggregated findings shared with the field.

Member company employees will also benefit directly through turnkey engagement campaigns, employee volunteering opportunities, and access to Project Healthy Minds’ annual World Mental Health Day Festival in New York City.

The Lab will anchor its programming around two flagship moments each year: World Mental Health Day on October 10 with Project Healthy Minds’ signature Festival in New York City and Mental Health Awareness Month in May. 

ABOUT PROJECT HEALTHY MINDS:
Project Healthy Minds is a Millennial & Gen Z-driven mental health tech nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to mental health services across the United States for every community. Project Healthy Minds focuses on three programmatic areas: (1) destigmatizing mental health by mobilizing culture-makers; (2) expanding access to mental health services through the world’s first free digital mental health marketplace; and (3) advocating for innovative workplace investments in employee mental health. Project Healthy Minds’ programmatic initiatives have served more than 500,000 people. For more information, visit www.projecthealthyminds.com.

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Guidewire Congratulates 2026 Innovation Award Winners – Beazley, Definity, and RCIS

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Winners applied AI across product development, claims, and software delivery, reducing manual work and speeding results

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE — Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) congratulates the winners of its 2026 Innovation Awards: Beazley, Definity, and RCIS. The annual awards honor Guidewire customers for their innovation in addressing evolving business needs, driving better experiences for their customers and agents, and delivering better results across the insurance lifecycle. Winners were announced during Guidewire Connections, the company’s annual customer conference.

The three 2026 Innovation Award winners are:

1. Beazley

Modernization across product development, broker submissions, and billing is helping Beazley improve speed and efficiency while creating a foundation for growth.

Beazley, a leading Lloyd’s syndicate and global specialty insurer, is transforming its policy administration and billing capabilities through a modern, connected Guidewire Cloud platform, creating a consistent global foundation while retaining the flexibility required for local market variations. Working with Capgemini, a Guidewire Consulting Global Strategic partner, Beazley implemented Guidewire PolicyCenter and BillingCenter, with the European solution delivered in approximately eight months.

The program addresses significant complexity across Beazley’s global specialty business, including rationalizing more than 200 marketable products into a condensed, streamlined set of products which reduced complexity and improved speed to market. Capgemini’s AI-enabled delivery model, combined with Guidewire’s Advanced Product Designer (APD), established a repeatable Product Factory approach enabling rapid development.

The transformation also connects Beazley’s digital and broker platforms with its core underwriting operations through Guidewire Integration Gateway, using API and event-driven integration to support broker submissions, customer and account data and policy servicing. Combined with a modernized billing capability, this creates a more connected digital insurance lifecycle and supports Beazley’s evolution towards increasingly AI-enabled underwriting.

These capabilities provide Beazley with a scalable modern core that simplifies the underlying technology landscape while supporting greater automation, product agility and continued growth across global specialty markets.

For additional information, visit the Beazley website.

2. Definity

Definity launched its first production agentic AI solution to manage and triage broker First Notice of Loss (FNOL) intake, replacing manual data re-keying with structured draft claims generated directly in Guidewire for a claims adjuster to review.

Developed in collaboration with Deloitte, a Guidewire Consulting Global Premier partner, the solution leverages a network of AI agents to classify submissions, extract and reason over information, and execute workflows to generate structured draft claims directly in ClaimCenter.  It provides a governed, traceable path from AI processing to claims operations, keeping adjusters firmly in the loop while reducing manual effort and improving speed and consistency.

Beyond modernizing FNOL intake, the initiative establishes a scalable foundation for deploying reusable, governed agentic AI capabilities across Definity’s claims lifecycle, accelerating future innovation.

For additional information, visit the Definity website.

3. RCIS

RCIS Tech Transformation in Crop Insurance, one of the insurance industry’s most complex and highly regulated lines of business, is modernizing operations with Guidewire InsuranceSuite, Jutro Digital Platform, data, and AI-first innovation

As part of its Passion for the Possible™ initiative, RCIS enlisted PwC, a Guidewire Consulting Global Strategic partner, to transform its legacy environment into a modern, unified platform powered by Guidewire Cloud Platform, delivering enhanced digital experiences for agents, underwriters, adjusters and customers.

Led by its vision to evolve in technology, ease and modern customer experience, RCIS and PwC leveraged Guidewire Advanced Product Designer (APD), Digital and AI-first engineering to accelerate delivery of a highly customized crop insurance solution. The transformation includes complex legacy data migration, integrated geospatial Farm Maps, automated Risk Management Agency (RMA) regulatory reporting, and streamlined core insurance operations all while maintaining business continuity through critical seasonal agricultural cycles. RCIS is among the top providers of crop insurance in the U.S. and one of only 12 Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs) of the Federal Crop Insurance Program. It is the only AIP to offer coverage in all 50 U.S. states through a national network of more than 3,700 agents.

It is anticipated the RCIS Guidewire transformation will set a new benchmark – in the agriculture industry and across the insurance industry as a whole – for modernizing complex insurance platforms, combining Guidewire Cloud innovation, deep industry expertise, and AI-first engineering to accelerate transformation and deliver measurable business value.

For additional information, visit the RCIS website.

“We congratulate this year’s Innovation Award winners and thank all participants and our consulting partners for their contributions,” said Brian Desmond, CMO, Guidewire. “These insurers applied AI to the work that runs their business and have measurable results to show for it. Agentic insurance is where the industry is heading: AI agents that execute work within the controls the insurer sets. These winners are showing how to get there, on Guidewire.”

About Guidewire

Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. More than 570 insurers in 44 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, rely on Guidewire products. With core systems leveraging data and analytics, digital, and artificial intelligence, Guidewire defines cloud platform excellence for P&C insurers.

We are proud of our unparalleled implementation record, with 1,700+ successful projects supported by the industry’s largest R&D team and consulting partner ecosystem. Our marketplace represents the largest partner community in P&C, where customers can access hundreds of applications to accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.

For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on X and LinkedIn.

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Melissa Cobb
Director, Public Relations
Guidewire Software, Inc.
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Coremail Strengthens Digital Ecosystem Ties at WPS Indonesia Roundtable 2026

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JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Coremail participated in the WPS Indonesia Digital Ecosystem Roundtable 2026 in Jakarta, joining technology companies, local service providers and enterprise representatives to discuss Indonesia’s digital transformation and ecosystem collaboration. The company also served as title sponsor of the evening networking reception.

As Indonesia’s digital economy evolves, businesses increasingly need solutions combining cloud infrastructure, AI, enterprise software and local services. Connecting these complementary capabilities can help providers and partners better address customer needs.

The event featured partner matching, collaborative solution discussions and executive roundtables, offering opportunities to explore technology integration, joint solutions, channel development and local service delivery.

Coremail exchanged perspectives with participants on enterprise communications, data security and digitalisation in Indonesia, exploring opportunities to address evolving business requirements with local partners.

Regan Deng, Vice President of Coremail, emphasised the importance of understanding local markets and customer needs. He noted that combining complementary strengths in technology, products, infrastructure and local services can help businesses develop solutions suited to their operational requirements.

Top, Coremail’s Thailand Project Manager, introduced the company’s product portfolio, global footprint and partnership opportunities, highlighting its enterprise email communications and security expertise.

Founded in 1999, Coremail’s portfolio includes the Coremail AI-Native Secure Email System, CACTER AI-Native Secure Email Gateway, Email Archive System, Email Delivery System and Secure Email Relay. Flexible deployment and integration capabilities help organisations address differing data security, IT infrastructure and business requirements, supporting secure and reliable enterprise communications.

Coremail has established cooperation with Indonesian cloud service provider CBN Cloud to jointly develop a cloud email service platform, combining Coremail’s email technology with local service capabilities to support Indonesian businesses.

The roundtable offered opportunities to strengthen local connections and explore further collaboration in enterprise email, email security and integrated digital solutions. Coremail will seek to deepen its Southeast Asian presence and work with local partners to address evolving customer needs through secure enterprise email, email security and AI-enabled solutions.

For more information, please visit: www.coremail.co.th

About Coremail

Coremail provides enterprise email and collaboration solutions, with over 27 years of innovation in secure communication technologies. It serves over 20,000 enterprise customers and supports over 1 billion end users, with solutions widely adopted across government, finance, education, healthcare and energy.

 

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Straits Financial Services Pte Ltd Participates in First Trading Day of LME Steel HRC Shanghai Futures

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SINGAPORE, Oct. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Straits Financial Services Pte Ltd (SFSPL), a member of Straits Financial Group, announces its participation in the first trading day of the London Metal Exchange (LME) Steel HRC Shanghai futures contract on 27 October 2026.

SFSPL’s participation reflects its continued commitment to supporting the development of commodity derivatives markets and connecting clients with exchange-traded instruments to manage price risk.

The new contract is cash-settled in US dollars against the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) Hot-Rolled Coil (HRC) steel price, as converted by Commodity Pricing and Analysis Limited (CPAL). It marks the first time an SHFE metals price has been made available for trading on another exchange.

By bringing the SHFE HRC benchmark to LME, the contract provides international market participants with more direct access to this price. It also strengthens links between China’s steel market and the global trading community, supporting the risk-management needs of producers, traders, investors, and financial institutions.

“We are thrilled to participate in the first trading day of the LME Steel HRC Shanghai futures contract. The new contract broadens the range of instruments available to international participants seeking to manage steel price exposure,” said Mr Roger Quek, CEO and Managing Director of SFSPL.

Straits Financial Services looks forward to supporting the development of this market and helping its clients access relevant risk management solutions across global commodity markets.

About Straits Financial Services Pte Ltd

At Straits Financial Services Pte Ltd, we distinguish ourselves by promoting key and innovative contracts to support the financial and commodity derivative markets as well as providing products and services to fulfill the needs of every trader.

With a strong presence in Asia and a deep understanding of the global markets, we provide value to our clients by enabling global access with a local perspective. Established in 2010, Straits Financial Services Pte Ltd is part of Straits Financial Group which is headquartered in Singapore.

Straits Financial Services Pte Ltd provides a fully integrated service for our clients to access the financial and commodity derivative markets and we strive to build lasting relationships with our clients.

For more information, please visit our website at https://www.straitsfinancial.com.

This document is issued for information purposes only. This document is not intended and should not under any circumstances be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell, nor financial advice or recommendation in relation to any capital market product. All the information contained herein is based on publicly available information and has been obtained from sources that Straits Financial Services Pte Ltd believes to be reliable and correct at the time of publishing this document.

Straits Financial Services Pte Ltd will not be liable for any loss or damage of any kind (whether direct, indirect or consequential losses or other economic loss of any kind) suffered due to any omission, error, inaccuracy, incompleteness, or otherwise, any reliance on such information. Past performance or historical record of futures contracts, derivatives contracts, and commodities is not indicative of the future performance. The information in this document is subject to change without notice.

If after reading the foregoing content you have any doubts in relation there to, please consult your own independent legal, financial and/or professional adviser.

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