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Insurtechs Unite to Launch InsurTech Coalition

Members from several insurtechs, including Boost, Branch, Clearcover, Lemonade and Root Insurance, published an open letter to the insurance industry announcing the launch of the InsurTech Coalition, a trade organization working to shape the future of insurance. The letter states …

Root Books Another Net Loss; Stays Positive on Embedded Insurance Results

Calling embedded insurance the “next secular trend in distribution,” Root Inc. CEO Alex Timm in a letter to shareholders said the company has an advantage to scale access in the channel and become profitable. Root reported a net loss of …

Root Reports $64M Q3 Net Loss

Root Inc. reported a third-quarter net loss of $64 million, down from a net loss of $133 million during the same quarter last year. Year-to-date losses sit at $230 million, which is down from $411 million at the end of …

Automated Rate Filings Put Root Ahead of Auto Insurance Competitors: CEO

At a time when auto insurers react to inflation shocks by filing rate increases at a frenetic pace, an insurtech CEO says automation of the activity is speeding his company’s actuarial rate indications onto regulators’ desks. “We had a loss …

People Moves: Root Names Bateman as CFO

Root, Inc. has hired Rob Bateman as its new chief financial officer, effective April 11. Bateman joins Columbus, Ohio-based Root as CFO with over two decades of broad strategic, financial and operational experience across the insurance industry, most recently as …

Insurtech Root Focused on Embedded Insurance, CEO Says

While he didn’t say that distribution of Root Insurance products through independent agents was off the table in 2022, the insurtech’s chief executive officer did say during a recent earnings call that the company is now laser-focused on embedded insurance. …

Pay-Per-Mile Digital Insurer Metromile in Drive to Add Independent Agents

Pay-per-mile digital auto insurer Metromile is pursuing what it is calling a “significant” expansion of its use of independent agents to sell its insurance, and it has hired a Travelers Insurance executive to lead the effort. San Francisco-based Metromile, which …

Insurtech Root Hit With Shareholder Lawsuit Alleging Negligence, Omissions in IPO Filing

With shares of Root Inc. trading at less than 50 percent of the late October 2020 IPO price of $27 per share, the insurtech carrier has been named in a shareholders class action complaint, Carrier Management has reported. At least …

Startup Auto Insurer Root Reports $363M Loss in 2020; Will Spend to Grow in 2021

Root Inc.’s second earnings report as a public company reveals that the digital auto insurance startup continues to lose substantial amounts of money but it is generating substantial premium and customer growth overall. The Ohio-based insurtech lost $133.3 million in …

Startup Personal Lines Insurer Root Looking to Raise $604 Million in IPO

Automobile insurance startup Root Inc. said on Tuesday it plans to raise as much as $604.1 million in its initial public offering on the Nasdaq, the latest in a line of insurers looking to tap the current boom in U.S. …