Naya Jeevan negotiates and buys group-health plans from insurance companies at below-market rates and leverages corporate distribution networks, supply chains, and human resources to distribute, market and co-finance the plans.

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Prior to founding Loop Capital with Albert Gace, Jr. in 1997, Reynolds managed the municipal sales team responsible for the distribution of all tax-exempt products to institutions in the Midwest for the Corporate and Institutional Client Group at Merrill Lynch.

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