Russ C.

About Russ C.

I like to do things differently. Russ is a serial entrepreneur within insurance and InsureTech with more than 25 years of experience in marketing, business development, management and private equity fundraising. His experience cuts across the media, advertising, professional services and insurance sector (s). Most recently, Russ founded LevelFunded Health. LFH is a national tech enabled commercial benefits agency which has saved mid sized companies over $100m in annual health insurance premiums since 2014. Prior to founding LFH, Russ founded and ran ForeverCar.com, a national direct-to-consumer retailer of vehicle service contracts. ForeverCar was recently sold to CUNA mutual and has a national partnership with Carvana. Prior to starting Forever Car, Russ spearheaded national advertising revenue for multiple top-tier, national media brands in the U.S. including; The Economist, Crain Communications and Investing Channel. Before his stint in the national media business, Russ was Director of New Business Development for Robert Brandt and Associates, a full-service advertising and public relations agency, based in Chicago. Russ earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Bradley University and has completed coursework towards a Master’s Degree from Northwestern University.

Experience

1. CEO Founder

   Levelfunded Health

   Sep 2014 — Present

   LevelFunded Health is a national, commercial health insurance distribution platform focused on innovative self-insured benefit programs for Fortune employer groups nationwide. LFH has a national co- broker arrangement with a Fortune 500 publicly traded commercial insurance brokerage. LFH and its co-broker employ cutting edge underwriting technology and related risk management strategies to immediately save large enterprises anywhere from to $100M YOY on health benefits costs, while simultaneously improving employee benefits, EBITDA, debt ratios and exit valuations.

Education

• Bradley University

  Marketing & PR

• Northwestern University

  Marketing