Alliant Insurance Services, the nation’s largest specialty insurance brokerage firm, has announced that Kryz Novotnaj has joined its Employee Benefits Group as Vice President, National Director of Health Informatics. The decorated benefits expert, Advance Practice Registered Nurse, and Ph.D. candidate will lead the expansion of Alliant’s Health Informatics and Health & Productivity Consulting practices as both analytics and wellness continue to take center stage in benefits planning.

“At Alliant, we believe the implementation of sound, statistically-backed wellness strategies is essential to building a stronger, more productive workforce,” said Kevin Overbey, Senior Executive Vice President and Senior Managing Director, Alliant Employee Benefits. “Kryz will work with our clients to help them gain a competitive advantage through tailored, multi-year health improvement strategies driven by health informatics.”

Novotnaj and his team will support clients in all phases of wellness program development and execution, with a focus on employing data to drive both benefits and wellness plan design. Services will cover plan development and vendor selection, through to the design and implementation of on-site or near-site health clinics.

Prior to joining Alliant, Novotnaj was a Regional Vice President in Health Informatics and Wellness with a Bay Area employee benefits consultant, where he employed clinical methodology to help employers better understand their population health/illness burden.

In addition to his applied work experience, Novotnaj brings extensive academic and post graduate credentials. He holds a bachelor’s degree in applied science in healthcare management and a master’s degree in public health; he is a Registered Nurse, an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, a Certified Wellness Specialist, and a Certified Corporate Nutrition Professional; he is also pursuing his dual doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in Public Health and Nursing Practice.

Novotnaj will be based in the Walnut Creek, CA office of Alliant.

About Alliant Insurance Services

Headquartered in Newport Beach, CA, Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. is one of the largest insurance brokerage firms in the United States and has a history dating back to 1925. Alliant provides property and casualty, workers’ compensation, employee benefits, surety, and financial products and services to more than 26,000 clients nationwide, including public entities, tribal nations, healthcare, energy, law firms, real estate, construction, and other industry groups. More information is available on the company’s web site at: www.alliant.com.