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As with the recent results of Root Insurance, the way you view the results of Lemonade depends on whether you are a half-empty or half-full glass. Lemonade increased its customer base to just over 1 million 56% YOY and subsequently increased its ongoing premium to 213 million dollars 87% YOY....
Insurtech Root, a telematics-based insurer, yesterday announced its full-year 2020 results. While key metrics like premium growth, customer numbers and claims ratio improved, net losses increased 56% compared to 2019 and the total cost of acquiring consumers is unsustainable at $3,370 for 2020. Root recorded a loss of $133.2 million...
I trust you were able to take some quality downtime with your family to recharge and reflect on the monumentally different year we have lived through. I wish you, your colleagues, friends, and family a healthy, safe, and fulfilled year for 2021. I wanted to share with you my closing...
Insurtech Root Insurance just held its first earnings call as a publicly-traded company. Investors don't seem too pleased with the results. The stock was down nearly 10% in after-hours trading (8:15PM). Adding insult to injury, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services today levied civil penalties against Root and...
Today, Insurtechs Root Insurance and Mediaalpha went public. Root was able to set their IPO price above the original estimate of $27, which will net them about $725 million, plus another $500 million from 2 private investors for a total of $1.25B. WOW! They now have a market capitalization of...
The Root of Insurance is Profitable Coverage (Hint: A 63% 1st-year retention rate doesn’t help) Insurtech Root, a mobile-first (only) carrier announced its intent to go public this week. Their SEC filing can be seen here. This comes on the heels of their latest funding round in 2019 of $350M...
The Insurtech Lemonade (LMND) announced its Q2 results today, their first as a public company. The results showed significant improvements quarterly year over year in several key metrics. But is comparing Q2 2020 to Q2 2019 a fair comparison? Not only was the second quarter of 2020 one with significant...