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The guest this time is Bob Gaydos, Founder and CEO of Pendella where he leads a team of innovators in the insurance industry, automating the underwriting process through AI and big data.Questions for Bob include:In a LinkedIn post you shared the following: "Building an innovative startup is a lot like riding a roller coaster. At times, you feel like you want to throw up and at other times it's a beyond-thrilling ride. I'll ride that ride with our team any day! I am so proud of all of the hard work and incredible talent that has gotten us here. We are well on our way to bringing greater financial security to millions of people and future generations." Any advice for others thinking of making the jump and starting a tech business?You and the Pendella team were recently at PrismHR LIVE in Austin, TX. What's the fit? How was the event?What are some key differences between group and individual life insurance policies employees need to understand?Should HR explain this difference to employees in the hiring process?How can individual life insurance become a top employee benefit?How can companies unlock enhanced individual policy coverage for employees through the use of tech?More About Bob GaydosOver the last 10 years, Bob has founded, invested, advised, and operated innovative companies in the benefit & insurance industry such as Maxwell Health: an online benefits administration platform acquired by Sun Life in 2018. Connected Benefits: an online insurance agency acquired by GoHealth in 2016. Limelight Health: a group underwriting platform acquired by Fineos in 2020. GoCo: an online platform for HR, benefits, and payroll. Ideon (formerly Vericred): an innovative data services platform powering digital quote-to-card experiences in health insurance and benefits.More About PendellaPendella's embedded, white-label individual life and diThis episode is supported by Right Management North America and ManpowerGroup. For 40+ years, Right Management has transformed organizations across more than 75 countries by evaluating, developing, and transitioning their talent. Their strong pool of coaches and leadership experts works closely with candidates to help them identify their strengths, develop new capabilities, or transition to new careers.Feature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here and contact sales@hr-gazette.com. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

In this episode, Young interviews Garrett Viggers: entrepreneur, artist, musician, and father of three. Garrett shares his thoughts on what it means to be successful in both his career and his family. They talk about how Garrett practices presence at a deeper level in order to show up fully for his family. Garrett also shares his future plans as he prepares for the “empty nest” phase of parenting.Please enjoy & subscribe!ABOUT OUR GUEST:Garret Viggers is the Co-Founder of Limelight Health (acquired by FINEOS in 2020).He is currently exploring other pain points with employee benefits distribution, the music industry, as well as web3/blockchain real-world use cases.Garrett is a renaissance insurtech entrepreneur with over 20 years in the employee benefits industry, an artist and Redding-based singer-songwriter & instrumentalist (hammer dulcimer, lap dulcimer). He received a Masters in Spiritual Formation in 2010 at St. Stephens University in New Brunswick Canada.In February, 2014 Garrett co-founded Limelight Health as Chief Product Officer, a Redding and San Francisco-based insurtech startup that grew to 125 team members with 12 million annual recurring revenue. The vision was always to empower insurance carriers, brokers, employers and employees to make good benefits decisions through the underwriting, quoting, and enrollment journey. One highlight of scaling Limelight Health's culture was Garrett's vision to incorporate music that fostered authenticity and vulnerability in the midst of a growing Saas startup, including a re-mix version of Eye of the Tiger, which started as Garrett's personal anthem and became a limelight cultural anthem. In August 2020 FINEOS acquired Limelight Health for 75 million. Garrett has lived in Redding, CA since 2003 and also enjoys backcountry snowboarding and surfing. He has a beautiful wife, Tara (married 25 years), and three growing kids, Judah (21), Gabriel (19), and Scarlett (16).STUFF WE LOVE:Attention founders and investors:Two12.co is the best cap table and fundraising toolkit. Use code TGDS for 25% off!https://bit.ly/3Q7wHsnTry Young's online recording studio!https://riverside.fm/homepage?utm_campaign=campaign_1&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=youngLooking to outsource graphic design? Try Young's favorite resource, Penji: unlimited designs for one fixed cost from some of the world's top design talent!https://penji.co/pricing/?affiliate=3I86N6MSF5358220Learn more about us!Our website: https://thegirldadshow.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheGirlDadShow/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheGirlDadShowShop here for The Girl Dad Show products: https://thegirldadshow.com/collections*If you click on our links, we may receive a tiny commission AND… most of the time, you will receive an offer. Win/Win! The products that The Girl Dad Show recommends are the ones we believe in.

Young & Kara dive into topics such as navigating untraditional parenting dynamics as a family with a working mother with a stay-at-home father and how she practices and implements servant leadership both in business as well as parenting. They also touch on the importance of embracing and enjoying every moment with your kids.Please enjoy & subscribe!ABOUT OUR GUEST:Kara Hoogensen is a senior vice president with Principal Financial Group®, in charge of Specialty Benefits for U.S. Insurance Solutions (USIS). She is responsible for group benefits, a business area she previously led as vice president, as well as the individual disability income business line and the sales compensation administration area.Hoogensen joined Principal® in 1996 and held roles in pension underwriting and consulting until 2000. After a year with Merck & Co., Inc. as a professional representative, she re-joined Principal in 2001 as a business development consultant and then held multiple strategy positions before being named director and then managing director for Defined Contribution Investment Only (DCIO). She was promoted to chairman, president, and CEO of Principal Bank® and Principal Trust Company® in 2014 and became president and CEO of Principal Securities, Inc. in 2015. Hoogensen assumed her role of vice president of Group Benefits in USIS in August 2017 and assumed her current responsibilities in March 2020.Hoogensen received her bachelor's degree from Central College. She earned her Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) designation from the International Foundation of Employee Benefits and Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®) designation. In 2018, she was named to the board of directors for Limelight Health, Inc., a California-based quoting, underwriting, and proposal platform for the employee benefits industry, and served from 2018 until the company's acquisition in August 2020. She also serves on the Central College Economics, Accounting and Management (EAM) Advisory Council.STUFF WE LOVE:Attention founders and investors:Two12.co is the best cap table and fundraising toolkit. Use code TGDS for 25% off!https://bit.ly/3Q7wHsnTry Young's online recording studio!https://riverside.fm/homepage?utm_campaign=campaign_1&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=youngLooking to outsource graphic design? Try Young's favorite resource, Penji: unlimited designs for one fixed cost from some of the world's top design talent!https://penji.co/pricing/?affiliate=3I86N6MSF5358220Learn more about us!Our website: https://thegirldadshow.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheGirlDadShow/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheGirlDadShowShop here for The Girl Dad Show products: https://thegirldadshow.com/collections*If you click on our links, we may receive a tiny commission AND… most of the time, you will receive an offer. Win/Win! The products that The Girl Dad Show recommends are the ones we believe in.

Robert Eaton, FSA, MAAA, speaks with Jason Andrew, CEO and co-founder of Limelight Health, which provides quotes, rating and underwriting solutions for employee benefits.  Andrew discusses how the company works with brokers and carriers to create a positive user experience for insurance quotes, ratings and enrollment.

This is the uncut version of Mitch Santala's conversation with Garrett Viggers, a cofounder of Limelight Health (which has since been acquired by FINEOS for 75 million dollars), a service that streamlines insurance sales and underwriting processes. Garrett's inspiration comes from an unlikely source and he is led by the experience of having to give up one dream to make room for another. Mitch and Garrett start by talking about Garrett's background in music and how insurance is the last place he expected to land. A devastating event early on paved the path toward his success with Limelight. Mitch asks about Garrett's first year as a start-up founder and the two talk about the excitement and fear that come with doing everything yourself. Garrett goes into detail about the importance of hiring the right people at the right time and recognizing your own limitations. He also says there is an evolutionary process in building a team. Mitch and Garrett chat about the challenges of maintaining integrity while selling from a prototype and the complexity of saying, “Yes we can!” and then actually fulfilling that promise.  There is also a poignant story about why Garrett's son was desperate for his dad to go barefoot in the house. Garrett goes on to answer a question about surviving starting up a company and he gives a surprising answer about authenticity and vulnerability. He also cites his biggest sources of encouragement…two men whose paths couldn't have been more different, but that ultimately led them to successfully make their permanent marks on history. Garrett also talks about how his return to an authentic expression of music helped him build a healthy internal culture as well as connect with the insurance industry through music and virtual concerts. In fact, Garrett picks up his guitar and sings his version on "The Eye of the Tiger." Finally, Mitch and Garrett salivate over the tacos al pastor at Garrett's favorite local Mexican food restaurant, Taqueria Los Gordos. Table Talk: Mitch, Gil, Erin, and Isaac the Intern dive right in, talking about what they personally took away from Garrett's story. Erin says that Garrett's conversation about Saint Brendan resonated with her personally, as there was a time in her life when she didn't know exactly which path to take, while also knowing there was no turning back. Gil talks about Garrett's version of “Eye of the Tiger” as a leadership principle – that leaders need to encourage their charges to get up off the ground, even when they feel like it's not worth getting up again. To further that point, leaders need to pick themselves up off the ground, while still being vulnerable enough to admit that they were knocked down but are going to dust themselves off and try again. Isaac the Intern tries to convince everyone he's never just sat back and played it safe, but the rest of the group has differing opinions. Mitch finishes up the discussion with a rendition of a scene from The Lion King that took everyone by surprise. Links: Limelight Health https://www.limelighthealth.com Eye of the Tiger (Get Up Off the Ground) https://www.iheart.com/artist/garrett-viggers-33015192/songs/eye-of-the-tiger-get-up-73615015/ Garrett Viggers https://www.instagram.com/garrettviggers https://www.linkedin.com/in/garrett-viggers-90332a20 Taqueria Los Gordos https://www.losgordosredding.com/ Subscribe to our podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, and Stitcher. Follow us: Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn

Do you describe yourself as a Strategic People Leader? If not, you probably should. In this episode, we dig into what that role entails. Along with Adam Weber, we have Jill Felska, Director of People and Culture at Limelight Health, on the show to help shed light on some common terms that are misunderstood. These terms aren’t new rather their potentially overused.  If you’re still unsure of what it means to be a Strategic People Leader and how that role embraces a new era of Human Resouces, then take a listen. We guarantee it will help you think differently.  Download Emplify’s 2020 Trends Report on Employee Engagement Connect with Adam Connect with Jill  Connect with Nicole

Apple Podcasts Rate and Review for SpotOn Jason Andrew is the CEO of Limelight Health, a company that helps insurance providers automate and streamline sales through their platform. He has over 20 years of experience in executive management and leadership and was named one of 30 innovators to watch in 2019. Before founding Limelight, Jason held vice president and CEO positions in various tech companies throughout Silicon Valley. Jason joins us today to discuss what Limelight can do to innovate the way insurance is sold and used by both sellers and buyers. He describes how he found success in Silicon Valley, why he’s passionate about working in the insurance industry, and what inspired him to become an entrepreneur. He explains how Limelight works and the automated services it provides. Jason also shares what he wants to see in new startups, how best to innovate the industry, and shares his advice to people that are thinking about starting a career in the insurance industry. “All of us get what we get because of the relationships and the people who help us.” - Jason Andrew Today on Spot On Insurance: How Jason changed his life for the better and when he started his career in insurance. Why he loves working in the insurance industry. When Jason started thinking about becoming his own boss. The trends he saw take place in the previous year. Why the insurance industry is slow-moving in terms of innovation. How the Limelight Health platform works and how carriers will benefit. The benefits and drawbacks of scaling a startup with outside funding. Jason’s plans on working with other groups and startups.  Advice to new professionals starting in the insurance industry. Key Takeaways: For the first time over the last five years, there's been more money going into insurance than there ever has been. Pain is necessary on the way to success. Connect with Jason Andrew: Limelight Health Email: jason@limelighthealth.com Phone: 650 533 387 This episode was brought to you by….. Insurance Licensing Services of America (ILSA), America’s Premier Insurance Compliance and Licensing experts. To learn more about ILSA and their services, visit ILSAinc.com. Connect, Learn, Share Thank you for joining us on this week’s episode of Spot On Insurance. For more resources and episodes, visit SpotOnInsurance.com. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. Love what you’re learning, Spot Light your review on Apple Podcasts Rate and Review For SpotOn and share your favorite episodes with friends and colleagues!

Summary:In this 107th episode of Fintech Impact, Jason Pereira, award-winning financial planner, university lecturer, writer, and host interviews Garrett Viggers. Co-Founder at Limelight Health, a company that is working to digitize the entire experience of insurance applications from start to finish. Garrett Viggers talks about how Limelight Health got started, obstacles in getting the industry to accept innovation, and not trying to be a one-stop solution for everything. Episode Highlights: ● 00:08: – Check out JasonPereira.ca to sign up for the newsletter and notifications. ● 00:51: – Garrett Viggers describes Limelight Health. ● 02:07: – What really drove the foundation of Limelight Health? ● 04:35: – How did his first experiences go with insurance companies trying to show them that there is a better way? ● 11:16: – Limelight Health is not overextending itself to try to be a policy admin system, CRM, or an enrollment platform. ● 11:54: – Are they running into the ‘one magic bullet solution’ syndrome in the insurance world? ● 14:56: – It is important to understand the ecosystem. ● 16:14: – What is causing the pushback from admins? ● 18:12: – What have been the success stories? ● 20:41: – The strategy to make things difficult is not a winning strategy. ● 27:12: – Jason shares a common podcast saying, ‘The reason that fintech exists is because traditional carriers allowed it to exist.” ● 33:21: – What would Garrett change in his business or his industry? ● 36:40: – What has been the biggest challenge in his business? ● 39:44: – What is the most exciting thing Garrett Viggers is working on? 3 Key Points 1. Streamlining down to one tech solution has negative effects such as increasing risk not getting a great solution and needs not being met. 2. Getting broker admins to accept online enrollment instead of paper is of high value. 3. You can’t build your experience for the naysayers who want to operate the way they did 20 years ago. Tweetable Quotes: ● “We are really focused on new business renewals and making that a beautiful experience for group products & group carriers working with their distribution partners.” – Garrett Viggers ● “We started with medical. We went from phone, iPad, to full desktop because the feedback was, ‘Hey, does it work on Internet Explorer 6?’ We were thinking, can you just use Google Chrome?’” – Garrett Viggers ● “We realised that we have to solve the carrier’s problem so they can actually best serve their brokers.” – Garrett Viggers Resources Mentioned: ● Facebook – Jason Pereira’s ● LinkedIn – Jason Pereira’s ● FintechImpact.co – Website ● JasonPereira.ca – Website ● Linkedin –GarrettViggers ● Limelight Health – Website Full Transcript See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jason Andrew, CEO of Limelight Health, a leading provider of cloud-based enterprise software solutions delivering the most efficient and compelling quoting & underwriting platform for the employee benefits industry. We provide process automation and seamless integration between every participant in the employee benefits industry including carriers, underwriters, sales executives, agents, advisors, and their customers.Limelight's innovative platform offers a range of microservices that are highly configurable for business needs including quoting, rating, proposal generation, renewals, automated processing for pre-sales, new business, underwriting, enrollment support, data analysis, reporting, consumer delivery and agent self-service, document management and seamless integration with industry systems and services.Tecumseh > Quotes > Quotable Quote“So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion;respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people.Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place.Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living.If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weepand pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way.Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.”― Chief TecumsehPositive Phil Podcast is a daily podcast hosted by Positive Phil. Our popular growing podcast currently airs on iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, Spreaker, Soundcloud, on our official website, RSS feeds globally, and many more digital platforms!If you are looking for another way to stay motivated in life, be sure to subscribe to our episodes.www.positivephil.comwww.positivephil.com/about

Are PR and positive publicity in tech two different things? Brian Jones will answer that question and more today. Brian is the CEO of Nuts and Bolts of PR and he is the master of all things positive messaging. He also happens to be one of our guests on this episode of CTO Studio. Our other guests are Alan Leard, the CEO and founder of Limelight Health and Alex Balazs, the Chief Architect at Intuit. The four of us discuss what PR is and isn’t, and if it’s different from positive messaging and positive publicity. We also talk about what makes a good conference good and a bad conference bad. We cover a lot of ground in this episode so get ready to join us on today’s CTO Studio. For more, check out 7ctos.com

If you saw a need or an opportunity outside of your industry would you recognize it? Our guest did and he’s here to tell us about it. Alan Leard is one of the co-founders of Limelight Health, a quoting, underwriting, proposal platform that started as an idea for an app.  You'll hear the origin story of Limelight Health today as well as how it has evolved, plus Alan's thoughts on having four co-founders and making the transition into the CTO role. Join us for those insights and more on today's CTO Studio! In this episode, you’ll hear: Why four co-founders is the best number to have. What are the three questions I ask every CEO before I join a startup? When did he know it was time to make the transition into CTO at Limelight Health? What are the ways they mitigate risk? Why are the technical challenges of Limelight Health so attractive? And so much more! When I asked Alan to tell me what Limelight Health does he explained Limelight involves everything that needs to happen from the moment an employer says they are going to get insurance for their employees through the point when the employees are actually choosing the health insurance right for them. The process is about providing accurate information on what plans are available and quote them accurately, as well as apply contribution modeling as far as how much the employer is going to pay and how much the employee is going to pay. All of that gets wrapped up into a proposal that helps the employer make a decision. But how Limelight got its start goes back to one of Alan's first businesses: a make-your-own wine bar. Before he and his wife had kids they wanted to do something together, they wanted to run a business together. When they came across the idea of a make-your-own-wine wine bar it seemed perfect and they set about making it happen. They ran their bar together through all the ups and downs that entailed. That bar also led Alan to meet one of his future fellow co-founders of Limelight Health. It started after the wine bar had been up and running for about four years. Alan realized he was putting in 12 hours at the wine bar then coming home and making mobile apps as a hobby on the side. Along the way he also met Garrett when Alan hired him as a musician to play at one of the bar's Wine and Roses events. Alan had also gotten hired with Accelerator in a support role - he mainly offered support for other developers using that platform. When Garrett began talking to Alan about an app idea he had Alan's ears perked up. But Alan was no stranger to app ideas, he had so many people approach him with ideas that Alan had a series of questions he asked everyone who talked to him! The first was does that app already exist? Have you checked the app store? If they had and the app wasn't already made (which was the case with Garrett’s idea) then he had a follow-up question. That question was do you know what user stories are? Garrett didn't so Alan explained to him what they are. A week later Garrett came back with full-on wireframes and had written out user stories. So they built that app together, it was an app meant to help people find local artists online. After that Garrett saw the potential in his everyday line of work: insurance brokerage. This was about the time the Affordable Care Act was coming into existence and Garrett wanted to be able to help his families find the right options for them. So they turned it into a lead gen app: you would plug in your household size, your income and location. The app would then tell you what your insurance was going to cost. There was also an in-app purchase which would allow brokers to have their customers quickly get an idea of what they were going to pay and then the brokers would help the customers sign up for a plan straightaway. And that is how they found their other two co-founders Jason and Michael. Garrett showed them and a few months later they both came on board. That meant they have four co-founders and I was curious about what that first meeting was like. Alan's recollection of that meeting is fuzzy he says because he was the third-party; he had a lot going on outside of the app as he was running the winery and still working at Accelerator and a few other side projects. It took awhile before he became a co-founder and he explains why on this episode of CTO Studio.  We wrap up with a talk about the current state of healthcare, and what he is loving the most about being CTO of Limelight Health. This is a fascinating and frank chat about the reality of SaaS startups, working within the insurance industry and healthcare itself. Join us and hear for yourself on this edition of CTO Studio!

Jason Andrew is the CEO of Limelight Health (limelighthealth.com), and a health and technology innovator and visionary. Andrew discusses Limelight Health's goal to deliver the most efficient, compelling quoting and underwriting platform for the employee benefits industry. Andrew's extensive background as an agent in Silicon Valley where he was engaging daily with game-changing technology motivated and inspired him to launch innovative tools for the health insurance industry. He is an experienced startup entrepreneur with a passion for solving problems in the health insurance, health education, and wellness industries. Andrew is a recognized health insurance and health reform expert and sought-after leadership advisor in the industry who excels at bringing key individuals together to solve complex problems and innovate. Notably, Andrew served as CEO and founder of Stone Meadow Benefits & Insurance Associates, CEO and co-founder of Coverage Partners, VP business development and co-founder of PK4Tech, and as VP and managing producer of Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates. The healthcare and technology expert discusses the current state of operations in his industry. He states that many facilities are utilizing systems and platforms that are 20 or 30 years old and are simply antiquated, unable to keep up with the changing times and technologies. He discusses some of the problems in the industry, and underscores how communication between industry players is critical. And he explains the importance of using API data. API, which stands for application programming interface, allows a service or product to talk to other services or products. Therefore, an API allows data and functionality to be introduced or opened up to other developers and businesses, and it is a common way in which companies exchange their data and services. Andrew discusses the stage of their production and funding, and his expectations for the future. He states they have customers using their products and more and more companies are coming forward to overhaul their outdated systems, which increases efficiency for companies and consumers alike. He discusses the ratings of various plans from dental to life to health, and how their platform allows for a better grasp of products that are available. Limelight Health's mission and primary goal is to deliver ongoing industry innovation and provide time-efficient, current, accurate data to the industry and health community at large. Through their work with comprehensive quoting and decision support, Limelight Health is able to generate successful, fluid end-to-end integrations with the most current technologies. 

In this episode we talk with Garrett Viggers, Co-Founder and Sr. Enterprise Sales and Strategy Executive at Limelight Health. We discuss the role of technology and how it can improve the employer and benefits broker experience.  We also talk about the future of employee benefits technology and AI.

In 2014 Garrett, Alan, Jason, and Michael set out to reimagine how the insurance industry quotes benefits. This is their story of starting Limelight Health told by Garrett Viggers. Garrett unfolds the journey as they conceive of a product and it features, validate them with real customers, raise millions of dollars and travel through the inevitable valley of sorrows. Stay tuned to the end when Garrett, an accomplished musician introduces a new song written on this journey.  You can learn more about Limelight at limelighthealth.com Special thanks to: Toby Lyles of twentyfoursound.com for audio and creative support. Starving Architect for their music starvingarchitect.bandcamp.com/album/silence-the-inner-voices Find us at startupredding.com for more events and content that will enhance your enterprise.