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Nayya, the leading Benefits experience and healthcare management platform, announced today the addition of Frank Williams to its Board of Directors. Williams joins Nayya’s Board of Directors for a four-year term, which began on May 1st. Nayya is one of the fastest growing insurtech companies in the United States, and Frank will support the organization’s vision of ensuring physical, mental and financial wellness for all consumers throughout the US.

Frank Williams is the Co-Founder of Evolent Health and previously served as the company’s Chairman and CEO between 2011 and 2020. Evolent offers a technology-enabled service platform that helps healthcare providers and managed care organizations deliver superior clinical and financial performance through value-based care transformation. The company currently partners with leading health systems in over 35 markets, manages over 3.1M lives under value-based arrangements and employs over 3,300 professionals nationwide.

Prior to Evolent, Frank served as Chairman and CEO of The Advisory Board Company, a global research and technology firm that serves over 5,000 organizations across the Health care and Higher Education sectors. During Frank's tenure as both its’ Chairman and CEO, The Advisory Board completed an initial public offering and grew to $450M+ in annual revenues with over 2,500 employees and $2B+ in market capitalization.
Along with the Evolent Health board, he currently serves on the boards of Syapse, Foodsmart, Nayya and Peer Health Exchange. He also serves as a Senior Advisor to TPG Growth and The Rise Fund as well as the President's Advisory Council for the School of Public Health at Brown University. A native Californian, Frank received a BA with High Honors in Political Economies of Industrial Societies from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

“I am thrilled to join Nayya based on the major, positive impact their platform has on the lives of American consumers and their physical and financial wellbeing, on a daily basis,” said Frank Williams. “I’m excited to utilize my experience to help play a role in Nayya’s astounding growth, improving the benefits process for more and more people in this incredibly challenging period. ”

Williams joins Nayya during a period of tremendous growth for the company. Recently, Nayya closed a [$55 million](https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/01/nayya-nabs-55m-to-expand-its-recommendation-and-personalization-engine-for-healthcare-and-other-benefits/) Series C funding round, bringing total raised to over $105 million. Nayya also recently announced a [national partnership with ADP](https://nayya.com/blog/nayya-and-adp-announce-partnership), the largest payroll company in the United States. The company also released an influential [research report](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-workplace-survey-finds-disparity-between-hr-and-employees-is-helping-fuel-the-great-resignation-301532790.html) highlighting the way dissatisfaction with employee benefits is a key factor helping drive the “Great Resignation.”

“With the ongoing healthcare crisis and the economy in flux, Frank is joining our Board at a key time, helping us offer proactive solutions to American employees during their time of need,” said Sina Chehrazi, CEO and Co-founder of Nayya. "Frank has been incredibly successful in building great companies and great business cultures—his professionalism, business acumen, and proven record of success will help us to further scale our company and to create meaningful and lasting change in the way employee benefits are chosen and used.”

[Read the full release, here.](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/leading-benefits-experience-platform-nayya-adds-frank-williams-to-board-of-directors-301578731.html)

Transformative healthcare and technology veteran brings tenure of executive experience to Nayya as it continues its growth trajectory.

Nayya adds Frank Williams to  Board of Directors

## We made the list!

CB Insights has unveiled the winners of the first annual [Insurtech 50](https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/top-insurtech-startups-2022/) — and Nayya made the list! We're honored and excited to be named one of the 50 most promising private insurtech companies across the globe.

Thank you to CB Insights, for recognizing our mission of bringing peace and confidence to employees when choosing their benefits. It's more important now, than ever, for employees to truly understand and feel confident in their health and financial benefits. Recent research found that 63% of employees are not confident when selecting benefits—it's time we challenge this status quo.

Nayya can enrich your existing tech stack—and we integrate and work in harmony with HCM platforms, BenAdmins, brokers, carriers, and anyone else in your benefits ecosystem **to create a better benefits experience.**

A benefits experience platform that’s focused on providing decision support during benefits selection, Nayya enables HR teams to save time, save on costs, increase participation and benefits confidence, and leverage benefits as a tool to attract and retain talent.

[Ready to learn more? Drop us a line.](https://www.nayya.com/get-demo)

We're excited to announce that we've been named to the Insurtech 50 by CB Insights!

Nayya Named an Insurtech 50 Most Promising Startup

**Personalized decision support and benefits engagement platform helps employees make informed decisions during open enrollment and throughout the year**

Responding to the transformational changes underway in workplace benefits, Symetra Life Insurance Company is enhancing its group benefits services and capabilities with Nayya, a leading benefits experience platform. Available for employers offering group life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, group disability insurance, and voluntary benefits, the Nayya platform offers employees a guided experience to help them select the tailored benefits they need beginning with the open enrollment process and continuing throughout the year.

“Symetra is taking an innovative, consumer-focused stance that not only fosters a more personal benefits experience, but will set a new standard for open enrollment and utilization across the industry.”

Starting with a guided enrollment experience and continuing with care navigation, employees are able to select and utilize their health and financial benefits wisely. Nayya Choose, an AI-powered benefits enrollment tutorial gathers relevant information about each employee to assess their unique needs and provide personalized recommendations. Nayya Use continues to leverage this data, plus real-time claims integrations, to provide intelligent support that helps enrolled employees get the most out of their coverage throughout the year.

“We're thrilled to be partnered with Symetra, a recognized leader in the insurance and benefits space, to transform consumer understanding,” said Sina Chehrazi, chief executive officer, Nayya. “Symetra is taking an innovative, consumer-focused stance that not only fosters a more personal benefits experience, but will set a new standard for open enrollment and utilization across the industry.”

Symetra offers group life, disability, absence management and stop loss insurance coverage. Its voluntary product suite includes critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity insurance, as well as GapAssist, a package of accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity benefits designed to complement any other plan, including major medical coverage paired with an HSA.

## About Symetra

Symetra Life Insurance Company is a subsidiary of Symetra Financial Corporation, a diversified financial services company based in Bellevue, Washington. In business since 1957, Symetra provides employee benefits, annuities and life insurance through a national network of benefit consultants, financial institutions, and independent financial professionals and insurance producers. For more information, visit www.symetra.com.

[Read the release on Business Wire.](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220613005540/en/Symetra-Improves-Benefits-Enrollment-Experience-with-Nayya-Platform)

Read about Nayya's new partnership with Symetra!

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