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Celebrity Fitness & Nutrition Expert Obi Obadike and Actor Morris Chestnut Aims to Change The Supplement Industry The Ethical Way

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Monday, June 27, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrity & Fitness Nutrition Expert Obi Obadike and Actor Morris Chestnut have recently launched a brand-new health and wellness supplement company called Ethical.

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  • LOS ANGELES, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrity & Fitness Nutrition Expert Obi Obadike and Actor Morris Chestnut have recently launched a brand-new health and wellness supplement company called Ethical.
  • Ethical Inc is a natural science-based supplement and health/fitness focused company that empowers the community to reach their health and lifestyle goals.
  • Ethical delivers the most trustworthy and ethical products as well as free educational content and fitness and nutrition programs.
  • Obi Obadike, Founder states, "The dietary supplement industry is one of the most unregulated industries in the country.

Insurance Carriers Adopting Security Best Practices and Enabling Digital Assistants to Support Policyholders

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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WILMINGTON, Del., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Keynova Group, the principal competitive intelligence source for digital financial services firms, today announced the results of the Q2 2022 edition of its semi-annual Online Insurance Scorecard. Progressive earned top honors for its online user experience, ranking first in Overall Score in a comparison of the websites of the 12 largest U.S. auto and property insurance carriers. The Scorecard's key trends show carriers are enhancing privacy and security measures to protect policyholder information, implementing digital assistant best practices and continuing to streamline digital quotes and forms.

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  • The Scorecard's key trends show carriers are enhancing privacy and security measures to protect policyholder information, implementing digital assistant best practices and continuing to streamline digital quotes and forms.
  • "The recent increase in digital transacting has heightened awareness about the need to improve both behind-the-scenes and customer-facing privacy and security measures.
  • As a result, the insurance industry is adopting some of the digital safeguards used by other financial services sectors," said Beth Robertson, managing director, Keynova Group.
  • "Insurers house a significant amount of confidential information making it paramount for them to enhance the digital protections afforded their policyholders."

Self Financial Adds Former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Neal Wolin and T-Mobile’s Dara Bazzano to Board of Directors

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Wednesday, June 1, 2022
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Were honored to welcome Neal and Dara to our board to help advance our mission of extending credit access to those who need it most, said James Garvey, founder and CEO of Self Financial.

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  • Were honored to welcome Neal and Dara to our board to help advance our mission of extending credit access to those who need it most, said James Garvey, founder and CEO of Self Financial.
  • Wolin previously served as the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury for the Obama administration from 2009 to 2013.
  • He also worked on a range of policy initiatives focused on financial inclusion and consumer financial protection.
  • Self Financial is a credit building platform working to increase economic inclusion and financial resilience through products that make building credit accessible.

AIG Names Sabra Purtill Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of its Life & Retirement Business

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Monday, April 11, 2022
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American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) today announced that Sabra Purtill, 59, has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for its Life & Retirement business (to be rebranded as Corebridge Financial, Inc. following its Initial Public Offering), effective immediately.

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  • American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) today announced that Sabra Purtill, 59, has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for its Life & Retirement business (to be rebranded as Corebridge Financial, Inc. following its Initial Public Offering), effective immediately.
  • In her new role, Ms. Purtill will report to Kevin Hogan, Executive Vice President, Chief Executive Officer, Life & Retirement, and she has joined the Life & Retirement Executive Leadership Team.
  • Kevin Hogan, Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer of Life & Retirement, said, I have deep respect for Sabra and what she has accomplished in her career and at AIG.
  • Ms. Purtill has been Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer, AIG, since July 2021, and has previously served as AIGs Deputy Chief Financial Officer overseeing Treasury, Rating Agency Relations, Investor Relations and Corporate Development.

Insurance Carriers Continue Enhancing Mobile Channels to Engage Users

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
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WILMINGTON, Del., March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Keynova Group, the principal competitive intelligence source for digital financial services firms, today announced the results of the Q1 2022 edition of its semi-annual Mobile Insurance Scorecard. GEICO earned top honors for its mobile user experience, ranking first in Overall Score in Keynova Group's 14th competitive evaluation of the mobile apps and mobile websites of the 12 largest U.S. auto and property insurance carriers. The Scorecard's key trends show carriers leveraging mobile to build user engagement by incorporating telematics, location-based experiences, enhanced claims capabilities, and virtual assistant (VA) support.

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  • GEICO earned top honors for its mobile user experience, ranking first in Overall Score in Keynova Group's 14th competitive evaluation of the mobile apps and mobile websites of the 12 largest U.S. auto and property insurance carriers.
  • "Mobile is no longer an ancillary mode for servicing insurance companies' policyholders and prospects," said Beth Robertson, managing director, Keynova Group.
  • "Mobile channels provide carriers an opportunity to interact on a regular basis, serving up more than policy summaries and premium payment by envisioning opportunities to support users across a spectrum of actions."
  • Although many carriers have relied on the web as the primary option for mobile delivery, mobile apps are becoming increasingly important.

Kevin Davis Named Senior Client Strategist in Houston

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022
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HOUSTON, March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ BNY Mellon Wealth Management named Kevin Davis as senior client strategist.

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  • HOUSTON, March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ BNY Mellon Wealth Management named Kevin Davis as senior client strategist.
  • He joins BNY Mellon Wealth Management from Fidelity Family Office Services, where he served as vice president, business development.
  • Prior to that, Kevin worked at Salient Partners as a divisional director, head of RIA and bank trust division.
  • He also held various senior leadership roles at Orinda Asset Management, Sun Life Financial, ING, The Hartford and First Trust.

Morris Chestnut and Obi Obadike and The Ethical Company Are Set To Change The Health Of The Globe Ethically One Supplement At A Time

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022
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The long-term vision of Ethical is to create the most exciting and rewarding value-based supplements and fitness/nutrition platform in the world -- to become the platform of choice for millions of customers across the globe.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Founders Actor Morris Chestnut and Celebrity & Fitness Nutrition Expert Obi Obadike announce the launch of Ethical, a brand-new health and wellness supplement company.
  • Morris Chestnut, Partner and co-founder states, "I stopped taking supplements for that very reason because I don't really know what's in any of these supplement products these days.
  • Very rarely will any supplement company tell you from an independent third-party lab what is actually in their products.
  • Obiis a #1 best-selling author of a diet and exercise book he co-authored with Morris Chestnut called The Cut.

Alegeus Expands Leadership, Appoints Gregory Deavens to Board of Directors

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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Alegeus , the market leader in consumer funding technology, today announced it has named Gregory E. Deavens to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.

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  • Alegeus , the market leader in consumer funding technology, today announced it has named Gregory E. Deavens to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
  • Deavens is president and chief executive officer for Independence Health Group (Independence), parent of Independence Blue Cross, one of the nations leading health insurers.
  • We are so excited to add Gregs expertise as a member of our Board of Directors, said Leif OLeary, Alegeus CEO.
  • Deavens was selected as a board member through Vista Equity Partner s independent board program, which leverages the firms network to source qualified board candidates for its portfolio companies.

Insurance Carriers Advance Digital Tutorials and Usability Elements as Pandemic Furthers Self-Servicing Imperative

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Wednesday, January 12, 2022
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The Scorecard's key trends show carriers improving digital self-servicing for policyholders and prospects with interactive video demos, "how to" details and expanded usability elements.

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  • The Scorecard's key trends show carriers improving digital self-servicing for policyholders and prospects with interactive video demos, "how to" details and expanded usability elements.
  • "A focus on broadly and consistently enhancing digital usability helps consumers remain engaged, deterring abandonment and minimizing the need to interface with customer support."
  • As the cadre of digital users expands, improving site usability continues as an important focus for carriers, yet some firms lag or are inconsistent in applying usability elements across similar tasks.
  • Progressive's uniform application of several valuable usability elements contributed to its leading position in the Q4 2021 Insurance Scorecard.

$1 Million Lilly Endowment Grant to Create a National Training Program for Black Church Leaders

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Wednesday, January 5, 2022
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Expanding the two-year certificate course to a wider audience is made possible by a $1 million grant to Hartford Seminary from Lilly Endowment Inc.

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  • Expanding the two-year certificate course to a wider audience is made possible by a $1 million grant to Hartford Seminary from Lilly Endowment Inc.
  • An outgrowth of HIU's Black Ministries Program, a model for training urban church leaders founded in 1982, the Howard Thurman Center will launch this month.
  • The Lilly grant will enable HTC's Black Ministries Program to:
    expand into a national training program for pastors and ministers.
  • bring a Black Church scholar to Hartford International University whose joint roles will include teaching and working in the Black Ministries Program.