Leslie Hyman

About Leslie

Leslie has been a customer advocate throughout her career. As a founder of a $250M life insurance business within AIG, Leslie ran the operations team and developed an infrastructure to support customer acquisition, communications, and billing. At MetLife, Leslie was best known for introducing life insurance to the middle market customer by packaging insurance in a box in partnership with Walmart. And, at Swiss Re, Leslie was one of the founding members of a high-growth business revolutionizing the underwriting process offering consumers a better life insurance sales experience. Leslie has a BA from Williams College and an MBA from Columbia University.

Why Circa?

Throughout my career at AIG, MetLife, and Swiss Re, I've heard customers ask for flexibility in paying their insurance bills. Their voices motivate me every day. It's easy to talk about macro trends like income volatility or financial insecurity; but, when someone explains that she doesn't have the money in her bank account to pay for rent and medicine for her daughter, I hear the personal story and grasp the urgency and necessity for change. I needed to do better.

What’s your favorite part of your home?

I love my kitchen. Baking is relaxing for me and it's my way of bringing people together. Eating together is one of the best ways to build connection.