Finance of America Earns 2026 Great Place To Work CertificationTM

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 18, 2026--

Finance of America Reverse LLC (“Finance of America” or the “Company”) (NYSE: FOA), the nation's leading provider of home equity-based retirement solutions, today announced it has been Certified TM by Great Place To Work®. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Finance of America. This year, 90% of FOA employees said it's a great place to work, compared to 57% of employees at a typical U.S. company.

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“Our culture is a real competitive advantage, and the fact that 90% of our employees say Finance of America is a great place to work proves it,” said Kristen Sieffert, president of Finance of America. “We have an exceptional team that believes in our purpose, believes in one another, and is energized by the opportunity in front of us. That combination is powerful, and it's a big reason I'm so confident about our future.”

Great Place To Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention, and increased innovation. Great Place To Work Certification™ is the most definitive “employer-of-choice” recognition that companies aspire to achieve, based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience. Every year, more than 10,000 companies across 60 countries apply to get Great Place To Work-Certified.

“Great Place To Work Certification is a highly coveted achievement that requires consistent and intentional dedication to the overall employee experience,” said Sarah Lewis-Kulin, vice president of Global Recognition at Great Place To Work. “By successfully earning this recognition, it is evident that Finance of America stands out as one of the top companies to work for, providing a great workplace environment for its employees.”

In feedback collected as part of the certification process, FOA employees pointed to genuine care from leadership, the flexibility to balance work with family and life outside the office, and a culture where people feel supported, connected, and free to do meaningful work. Many cited Finance of America's remote and flexible work options, the collaborative, team-oriented feel across the Company, and a leadership team that shows up with compassion, not just for customers, but for the people building the business every day.

The Certification follows Finance of America recently being named to TIME's America's Best Companies list earlier this year, further recognition of the Company's commitment to building a strong workplace alongside long-term value for its customers and communities.

Learn why FOA is a Great Place To Work® at its profile page.

About Finance of America

Finance of America Reverse LLC dba Finance of America (NMLS 2285 Equal Housing Opportunity) is a modern retirement solutions platform that provides customers with access to an innovative range of retirement offerings centered on the home and is the consumer brand and reverse mortgage operating subsidiary of its parent company, Finance of America Companies Inc. (NYSE: FOA) (“Finance of America Companies”). In addition to the reverse mortgage business, Finance of America Companies offers capital markets and portfolio management capabilities primarily to optimize the distribution of its originated loans to investors. Finance of America Companies is headquartered in Plano, Texas. For more information, please visit www.financeofamericacompanies.com.

Finance of America Earns 2026 Great Place To Work CertificationTM

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Explosions rocked an Ohio industrial recycling business early Tuesday, killing two workers and sparking a large fire, officials said.

Flames and dark smoke poured from Brent Industries in Toledo as fire engines surrounded the building, TV news video showed.

Crews later discovered the bodies of two employees, a man and a woman, inside the smoldering building, said Toledo Fire Chief Allison Armstrong. Two or three other employees had minor injuries, she said.

Two explosions occurred shortly before 5 a.m., during a shift change, Armstrong said. Crews had to deal with hazardous materials, runoff and the threat of more explosions while first searching for victims and accounting for the other employees, she said.

Environmental officials said monitors showed that there was no hazardous threat in the air.

Demetrius Langston said he felt the explosion half a mile (0.8 kilometers) away. He ran outside with his phone and captured video of a huge plume of smoke rising into the dark sky.

“The shock waves came down the block,” he said. “Then we all heard it again. Boom! You could feel it.”

Armstrong said the fire was still burning Tuesday afternoon. She also said there were no preliminary indications of what caused the explosions.

Aerial images showed that nearly all of the building’s roof was gone and that the blast blew out its walls.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it was investigating. The agency has six months to conduct its investigation and it won't release any more information until that's completed, officials said.

Authorities encouraged people near the site who could see or smell smoke to keep windows and doors closed and avoid the area.

Phone and email messages were left for Brent Industries.

The company, based in Brent, Alabama, offers textile reconditioning and industrial recycling services aimed at reducing waste and saving money, according to its website. It was founded in Alabama in 1977 and has operations in Brent and Toledo.

The company’s Alabama location also had an explosion and fire in 2015 that killed one person.

After that deadly explosion, OSHA determined that flammable vapor from mineral spirits, a petroleum solvent used for cleaning and other purposes, ignited in an industrial washing machine. The company was cited for a half-dozen violations and fined $27,000, according to OSHA records.

Fire officials say tanks containing mineral spirits were at the Toledo plant. The company says on its website that it uses mineral spirits in the cleaning process for work gloves, wiping clothes and other textiles that contain hazardous substances.

In 2004, OSHA cited Brent Industries for two serious violations at its Toledo plant, including failing to protect workers from death or serious harm when they were exposed to a 207-degree Fahrenheit (97 Celsius) steam release from a washing machine, OSHA records show.

Collins reported from Hartford, Connecticut. Associated Press writer Holly Ramer in Concord, New Hampshire, contributed to this report.

This image taken from video provided by WTVG shows firefighters working on the scene after an explosion at an industrial recycling business in Toledo, Ohio, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (WTVG via AP)

This image taken from video provided by WTVG shows firefighters working on the scene after an explosion at an industrial recycling business in Toledo, Ohio, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (WTVG via AP)