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🗣️ Abhishek Poddar: "Our vision goes beyond just selling policies; we want to improve health outcomes, reduce hospitalisations, and ultimately make health coverage work for everyone." Abhishek recently spoke with YourStory Media about our growth over the last five years, our mission to positively impact the health and wellbeing of every Indian, and why short-term profitability isn't something we want to celebrate yet. Via Sayan Sen: https://lnkd.in/g_7g9SKU

In this new economy of gigs and side hustles, insurance and healthcare should be just as adaptable as you are. Know more about Plum Personal here: https://lnkd.in/g_5XNR4h

🌈 In India's corporate landscape, inclusive healthcare remains rare. Yet the demand for coverage that includes LGBTQ+ care continues to rise. We're happy to work with forward-thinking organizations that prioritize truly inclusive health benefits for their teams. Some of our customers who support healthcare that supports ALL employees across their unique healthcare journeys: 🛍️ Meesho 🥘 Swiggy 🖥️ HighRadius 💻 MathCo 💰 Fi 🏢 WeWork India Healthcare isn't one-size-fits-all. We're committed to helping organizations build comprehensive healthcare benefits that support every employee's unique needs.

📺 Rewatching Shark Tank made us realize we've seen some of these brands on Plum Perks. In case you missed them, here's a list: 🟣 Ivory focuses on cognitive wellness and brain health, offering neuroscience-backed assessments and interactive games. Brainchild of Issac John and Rahul Krishnan. 🟣 AIRTH transforms regular air conditioners into advanced air purifiers, aiming to address India's critical air quality challenges. Built by Ravi Kaushik and Abhimanyu K. 🟣 Tripole Gears specializes in durable, affordable, and high-quality outdoor gear, making hiking and outdoor sports accessible to everyone. Founded by Rohan Khanduja. 🟣 Eat Better Co's recipes combine age-old food wisdom with modern-day nutritional needs. Being built by Mridula Kanoria. 🟣 Channelling Gaurav Taneja's energy, BeastLife aims to solve your protein and supplement needs. 🟣 Kyari delivers live plants to urban India, an idea that germinated in the minds of Agam Choudhary and Saksham Jain. Find them, and 50+ of India's leading healthcare brands, on Perks: plumhq.com/perks

❤️ This is the human impact of the work we do every day. Treating each case with the compassion it deserves - The standard our cashless team has set. 🙌 A big shoutout to the incredible Bandita Gouda, Neha Kumari, and Spoorthi Srinivasan and the entire cashless team. They prove again and again how reliable, empathetic and compassionate they are.

🚨 Focus on long-term growth over short term profits: Plum CEO Abhishek Poddar. Plum has halved its losses in FY24 and is now EBITDA profitable on a quarterly basis, but CEO Abhishek Poddar remains focused on long-term growth over short-term profits. With over 5,000 businesses onboard, including Zomato, Swiggy, and CRED, the Bengaluru-based insurtech startup is scaling its volumes and investing in technology to reshape India’s employee benefits landscape. Its telehealth platform, particularly in dermatology and mental health, is witnessing strong demand, highlighting a shift in workplace well-being priorities. With a vision to cover 10 million individuals by 2030, Plum is redefining how businesses approach health insurance. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dc-mUbqn By Sayan Sen #Insurtech #Plum #HealthcareInnovation

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🌟 Saurabh Arora shared the stage at WeWork Tech X last week with innovation leaders Hemant Khandelwal, Goda Ramkumar, Rupesh Kumar and Mohini Kumar. The panel discussed how AI, LLMs, and AI agents are revolutionising businesses—transforming customer experiences, automating repetitive tasks , and boosting operational efficiency. At Plum, we use AI to help us with a lot of things, but keeping humans in charge of feelings. Find out how: https://lnkd.in/gbavzARx Thanks to the WeWork India team for curating this meeting of minds. 👋 See you again at the next one.

🔴 When 1 > 100… You can juggle 100 business problems every day. But the moment you have a health problem, you only have one. Heart disease, Diabetes, Cancer, Neurodegenerative disorders – these aren’t sudden events. They build up silently over years. And by the time symptoms show, the damage is often irreversible. Our latest launch, Plum Health Checkups helps you take control of your health. 👉Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/gcvtzyVE This is a wake-up call to track your health. ⏰

🍅 'Hire people smarter than you’ is the corporate equivalent of ‘eat your vegetables’. It’s just hard to do in practice. When we asked Sunitha Lal, Ather Energy's Head of People, why this happens, she pinpointed the real issue: leaders secretly fearing replacement by their brilliant hires. The make this work, companies should actually reward managers for recruiting talent that outshines them, effectively flipping the insecurity equation. Abhishek Poddar write about this in this blog, in conversation with Sunitha, Ather's Head of People 👉 https://lnkd.in/gBVS6ZWv ⚠️ Warning: This article contains ideas that may cause severe imposter syndrome in insecure managers and extreme growth in courageous ones. Proceed accordingly.