Jamie Kalamarides
President, Prudential Group Insurance, Prudential Financial (RE$ET Underwriter)
Jamie Kalamarides is president of Prudential Group Insurance, a business unit of Prudential Financial. Previously, he was head of Institutional Retirement Plan Services and CEO of Prudential Bank & Trust, FSB, businesses within Prudential Retirement. Kalamarides writes and speaks on employers’ role in supporting employee financial wellness, the need for paid family and medical leave, the connection between work and wealth, and providing effective lifetime income solutions for all. He advocates for legislation to provide traditional and independent workers with income protection and other financial planning solutions. Kalamarides is a director for the nonprofit Prosperity Now and his expertise has been sought by media including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and CNBC.
Highlights
Big IdeaWhen employees bring stress to work, they’re unproductive, they’re more absent, they go out on disability more. We have a less productive workforce. We have a less engaged workforce. We have a less loyal workforce. Even if you’re not altruistic, we can convince employers to get into this game…to get a better outcome for the shareholders.Jamie Kalamarides
Previously
About 40 percent of GDP in the United States is spent on either the health or financial industries, yet workers themselves are in increasingly dire health and financial strait...