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• Broadens and customizes protection for jewelers’ unique needs
• Offers separate coverage for parcel shipments
• Reduces unnecessary coverages and wasted premiums

Parcel Pro, a UPS Capital Company, today announced the launch of jewelers block coverage, a special insurance program to help protect the property of jewelers against the most common types of losses. The comprehensive and customizable insurance policy provides coverage for the jewelers’ merchandise on premise, as well as for trade shows, travel, private dwelling, goods on loan and more. It also offers businesses an option to carve out coverage for small package shipments from the conventional block policy so jewelers can tailor coverage to fit their needs.

Foundation Grants Support UPS Global Forestry and Sustainability Initiatives

The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs for UPS (NYSE: UPS), announced it will award more than $2.6 million in grants to nonprofit organizations focused on environmental initiatives that align with UPS’s new sustainability goals to increase its reliance on renewable energy sources and reduce its absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from global ground operations.

Annual literacy program to raise funds to provide books to children

One book can have the power to open a world of discovery and imagination. The ability to read expands a child’s understanding of the world while developing language and listening skills. In support of the education and magic provided by books, The UPS Store is kicking off its annual fundraising campaign benefiting the Toys for Tots® Literacy Program at locations nationwide and will conclude the fundraising effort on Jan. 1 with a float in the 129th Tournament of Roses Parade®.

Commitment to safety puts UPS at forefront of Class 8 trucking technology

UPS (NYSE:UPS), which operates one of the largest commercial trucking fleets in the country, is equipping more than 5,700 of its existing Class 8 tractors with advanced collision mitigation technology. The technology alerts drivers to moving and stationary objects in front of the tractor and moving objects surrounding the vehicle.

More than 60 percent of UPS’s Class 8 tractor fleet, or more than 11,000 vehicles, will feature collision mitigation technology once the project is complete. Every new Class 8 tractor that UPS has purchased since June 2015 includes the technology, which provides blind spot warnings, lane departure warnings, electronic stability control, and forward collision warning with automatic brake application. Driver assistance technologies complement safe driving practices.