Speaking & Media

The insider who finally gets to say it out loud.

Vincent Catalano spent 23 years inside the employee benefits industry, at firms like Arthur J. Gallagher, watching the same rigged game play out for employers year after year. Then he went independent. No carrier relationships. No commissions. No book of business to protect. Now he speaks, advises, and hosts a podcast built to rip the band-aid off employer healthcare.

That is what makes him CLEAR. Nothing to sell from the stage, and no one to protect but the employer in the room.

To inquire about booking: marketing@clearhcs.com · (916) 284-6973

Why Vincent

He didn’t study healthcare from the outside. He worked it from the inside for 23 years.

Most conference stages get consultants who advise on benefits from a safe distance. Vincent was on the inside for more than two decades. He knows how the money moves, where it disappears, and what no one in the room is allowed to say, because he used to be one of the people not saying it.

Independent by design. Independent since founding CLEAR Healthcare Solutions. No carrier relationships, no commissions, no hidden incentives. Nothing to pitch but the truth.

Practical, not theoretical. Every talk ends with what the audience can actually do on Monday. “Hope is not a strategy” isn’t just a line. It’s the standard.

30+ episodes of proof. The CLEARly Beneficial Podcast demonstrates in public that Vincent can hold a room, challenge a guest, and translate complexity for any audience.

Challenger-positioned, never mean. His edge is aimed at broken systems, not the people in the seats. Audiences leave energized, not battered.

Signature Talks

Talks built for people who are tired of being sold to.

KEYNOTE — Hope Is Not a Strategy: Treating Healthcare Like the Investment It Actually Is. Healthcare is one of the three largest expenses on most balance sheets, and most companies still manage it with a rushed annual renewal. This keynote reframes employer healthcare as a boardroom decision instead of an HR errand, and hands leaders the questions that separate real stewardship from status quo. Audience: CEOs, CFOs, HR leaders, benefits committees. 45 to 60 min.

KEYNOTE — Why Your Benefits Broker Isn’t Working for You (And What to Do About It). The conflict of interest baked into carrier-paid brokerage, how it quietly costs employers millions, and the five questions every HR and finance leader should be asking right now. Audience: HR leaders, CFOs, benefits committees. 45 to 60 min.

WORKSHOP — Ripping the Band-Aid Off: A Practical Guide to RFPs, Renewals, and Getting an Honest Answer. RFP season is often theater. This working session gives HR and finance teams the tools to run a real competitive process, and to know when they are being managed instead of advised. Audience: HR teams, finance leaders. 90 min.

GUEST LECTURE — What the System Is Designed to Do (and Who Designed It): Healthcare Benefits for Future Physicians. Built for future providers and business students. Understanding how employer-sponsored benefits work, and where they fail, makes better doctors, better administrators, and better advocates for patients. Audience: medical schools, MBA programs, universities.

Audience Fit

Audiences who leave with something they can act on.

Vincent’s talks work because they aren’t generic. He speaks directly to the people in the room by name, HR, CFO, broker, physician, business owner, and tells each of them exactly what they need to hear.

• CEOs and CFOs of mid-market companies
• HR leaders and benefits directors
• CEO and CFO peer organizations
• SHRM chapters
• Employer coalitions and benefits conferences
• Chambers of Commerce
• Healthcare associations
• Independent brokers
• Medical students and residents
• MBA students and alumni networks
• Physician associations

“I don’t think anyone in the industry starts out saying they want to get into the insurance industry. We’re all accidents in some way. But the difference is whether you stay an accident or become intentional about change.”

— Vincent Catalano, CLEARly Beneficial Podcast

Past Appearances

Where Vincent has spoken and been heard.

California Northstate University, College of Medicine. Guest presenter, Elk Grove, CA, invited by Dean Richard Isaacs, MD. Addressed medical students on the employer-sponsored benefits ecosystem and the physician’s role in navigating it.

PAC & Forth Podcast, Physician Association of California. Episode 10: “Why Does Your Health Insurance Premium Keep Climbing?” Covered small business employee benefits, broker incentive structures, PEOs, and direct primary care. Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.

UC Davis Graduate School of Management. Guest lecturer in healthcare and employee benefits. Leads quarterly alumni network gatherings as a current alumnus of the UC Davis MBA program.

CLEARly Beneficial Podcast, Host, Seasons 1 & 2. 30+ episodes (and counting) produced through 2026. Guests include physicians, authors, CEOs, and healthcare innovators. Distributed via Buzzsprout, YouTube, Substack, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, and iHeartRadio.

Background

23 years earning the right to say this.

Vincent Catalano is the founder and CEO of CLEAR Healthcare Solutions and host of the CLEARly Beneficial Podcast. He spent more than two decades in senior roles at major employee benefits firms, including Arthur J. Gallagher, working with employers across Northern California on benefits strategy, renewal management, and plan design.

In 2023, he left the carrier-aligned world behind. No book of business. No commission checks. No loyalty to any insurer, PBM, or vendor. Just a consultant with more than 20 years of inside knowledge and a deep interest in using it for employers instead of against them.

He holds an MBA from the UC Davis Graduate School of Management and a BA in Chemistry from Skidmore College, where he serves on the Presidents Leadership Council. He is a board member of the Crocker Art Museum and the Sacramento MetroChamber.

23+ Years inside employee benefits 

30+ Podcast episodes produced 

$0 Carrier commissions. Ever.

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