# Michael Konialian

> Michael Konialian is the founder and CEO of Modern Life, an AI-powered life insurance brokerage built for financial advisors. After a winding path from aerospace structures at NASA to nuclear diplomacy at the U.S. State Department to scaling CoverWallet's advisor business into an Aon acquisition, he was floored by how confusing, invasive, and outdated it was to buy life insurance for his own family. Modern Life is his answer: a single dashboard that lets advisors pull instant quotes from 30-plus carriers and compress a process that once took six months into minutes. In November 2025 the company raised a $20M Series A led by Thrive Capital, bringing total funding to $35M.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Modern Life
- **Organizations:** Modern Life, CoverWallet, Aon, McKinsey & Company, U.S. Department of State, NASA
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MBA, Harvard Business School, B.S. in Engineering, cum laude, Princeton University
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Modern Life, an AI-powered life insurance brokerage licensed in all 50 states, Raised $35M total, including a $20M Series A led by Thrive Capital (November 2025), Built and scaled CoverWallet's advisor business through hypergrowth to an Aon acquisition

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Aerospace engineer working on space structures, with experience tied to NASA
- **Early career** — Served with the U.S. Department of State in an office combining nuclear physicists and lawyers
- **Mid career** — Consultant at McKinsey & Company, advising financial services firms on growth strategy and digital transformation
- **Pre-2022** — Leadership team at CoverWallet, building and leading its advisor businesses through hypergrowth to acquisition by Aon
- **Post-acquisition** — Incubated technology-enabled businesses within Aon
- **2022-2023** — Co-founded Modern Life with Jack Arenas; raised $15M seed led by Thrive Capital
- **2025-11** — Raised $20M Series A led by Thrive Capital; total funding reaches $35M

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Modern Life, an AI-powered life insurance brokerage licensed in all 50 states
- Raised $35M total, including a $20M Series A led by Thrive Capital (November 2025)
- Built and scaled CoverWallet's advisor business through hypergrowth to an Aon acquisition
- Built a platform integrating 30+ insurance carriers with instant quoting and AI-driven underwriting
- Harvard MBA and Princeton engineering degree (cum laude)

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Modern Life raised a $20M Series A led by Thrive Capital with participation from New York Life Ventures, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Allegis, bringing total funding to $35M.

## Links

- Website: https://modernlife.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/konialian
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ModernLifeHQ

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Last updated: 2026-06-10