Yana Harris

Founding Partner & CEO, Elements Insurance

Yana Harris founded Elements Insurance in 2014 with the mission of making personal lines insurance shopping more accessible and transparent to consumers. Elements Insurance optimizes technology and expert human advice to offer clients across Massachusetts access to over a dozen insurance companies for all their personal insurance needs. Prior to Elements Insurance, Yana spent over 10 years as an actuary at Manulife/John Hancock in a variety of roles, starting as an intern and, most recently, as Assistant Vice President of Financial Reporting for the US Division.

Yana holds an undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Boston University. In addition to her Property & Casualty Insurance Agent license, Yana has attained Actuarial designations in both the US and Canada. She also holds the global Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst designation.