About us

The story and the people behind Avanew.

Avanew builds conversational AI advisors for insurance and healthcare: CLAIR for cyber, the Clinical Command Center for clinicians, and a growing line of Conversational P&C Advisors. We are based in Montclair, New Jersey, and built by the team behind Divigner Group.

Who we are

Mission

Avanew builds conversational AI advisors for work that runs on hard questions. Each one is a specialist you can talk to, that answers from approved sources and shows where the answer came from, so the people who use it can trust it and check it.

Purpose

Insurance producers and clinicians spend their days answering questions that are hard to get right and costly to get wrong. Avanew exists to put a capable advisor beside them: one that answers in the moment, trains them between moments, and leaves the judgment where it belongs, with the professional.

Origin

Avanew comes from the team behind Divigner Group in Montclair, New Jersey. Its founder, Jae McKinney, spent more than 30 years in property and casualty insurance and more than a decade building interactive AI platforms for healthcare and Continuing Medical Education. Avanew brings the two together: conversational advisors for the insurance and clinical work the team knows from the inside.

Our people

Our founders bring the range serious products need, from strategy and engineering to legal and operations. Tap a name to read more.

Co-Founder & COO
Tim Kinsella
Co-Founder & COO
Tim Kinsella
Tim keeps teams and projects moving and runs the operating rhythm behind every engagement, so delivery stays consistent from the first conversation to launch.
- Operations
- Delivery
- Team
Co-Founder & CTO
Chan Chawla
Co-Founder & CTO
Chan Chawla
Chan owns the AI systems behind every Avanew build and keeps client deployments reliable, compliant, and secure. This is the discipline that turns a strategy into something a client can run in production and trust.
- AI systems
- Engineering
- Security
Co-Founder & General Counsel
Sunjay Sterling
Co-Founder & General Counsel
Sunjay Sterling
Sunjay guides contracts, privacy, and responsible AI use for Avanew and its clients, making the firm’s compliance promises real in every engagement.
- Contracts
- Privacy
- Responsible AI
Board Member & AI Strategist
Jae McKinney
Board Member & AI Strategist
Jae McKinney
Jae founded Divigner Group, the firm behind Avanew, and leads Avanew’s direction. He brings more than 30 years in property and casualty insurance and over a decade building interactive AI platforms for life sciences, healthcare, and Continuing Medical Education. Today he sets the strategy, owns the client partnerships, and directs the teams that deliver the work.
- Strategy
- Client partnerships
- Vision