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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 ...
What About Independent Agents? Root’s Focus 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 the company is now laser-focused ...
Root Promises 2022 Improvements After Losing $415M This Year Through Sept. 30
Root has lost more than $415 million from January through September 2021, almost double the same period a year ago. The Ohio based digital auto insurer also took year-to-date hits on net premiums ...
Beyond the Hype: How to Value InsurTechs
Why is it so hard for property/casualty insurance carrier professionals to accept the idea that InsurTechs are bringing value to the insurance industry—and changing it for the better? I have found ...
InsurTech Lessons From ITC: Take the Stock App Off Your Phone
Alex Timm, the chief executive officer of Root, has some advice for InsurTechs that go to the public markets: "You cannot let the stock price or Wall Street tell you what your value is." When ...
ITC Reporter’s Notebook: How Next, Root and Swiss Re Are ‘Adapting’ and Innovating
Over the course of the last six years, Next Insurance has adapted its business model, its distribution method, and its product offerings. Coming up next, the InsurTech aims to offer "adaptive ...
Leading When The World Restarts: InsurTech Executive Views
How has the pandemic changed you personally? As a leader? How will it change your company? How should the industry plan to respond to future pandemics? Carrier Management asked carrier, reinsurance ...
Pandemic Reinforces Innovation Culture at Root
In many respects, we unintentionally built Root to weather situations like the COVID-19 pandemic. We have always been fueled by our passion for identifying what's not working and rolling up our ...