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Partnerships Can Help InsurTechs Raise Money and Build Prestige

With all the options that InsurTechs have these days to raise money and build prestige, partnerships can offer an efficient way to do both. But they're not without their own risks. "Partnerships are ...

A Look at What InsurTech Investors Should Embrace and Leave Behind

Which technology should InsurTech investors move away from, and what should they embrace instead? These are typical questions investors in the space (and others) must ask themselves over time, in ...

A Quarantine Dispatch on Metromile, Lemonade and Root’s Financials

Since the first article in this series, Dispatches From InsurTech Survival Island, our principal goal in analyzing the quarterly statutory statements of the most relevant U.S. property/casualty ...

CM Virtual Summit Preview: Future InsurTechs Might Rely More on Bootstrapping

While the coronavirus pandemic is widely expected to force a big drop in InsurTech venture capital investment, some experts suggest the industry will still see plenty of startups. This time, however, ...

Future InsurTech Venture Financings Could Face a Coronavirus Slowdown

InsurTech venture capital financings in the pipeline appear to be going forward, but the likelihood of future deals could be an open question in light of the coronavirus pandemic, according to an ...

Lemonade, Root and Metromile: Can David Challenge Goliath With No Sling?

Continuing a series in which we evaluate and discuss the financial performance and operating results of the InsurTech carrier trio of Lemonade, Root and Metromile, we find continued growth and ...

Hey (Re)insurers: Don’t You Mean (Insure)tech?

Every publication that reports on insurance these days is divided into at least two camps: the "InsurTech" camp on one side and the "insuretech" devotees on the other. Yes, there are even more ...

Root and Lemonade: Real Unicorns or Ponies in Halloween Costumes?

FROM THE ARCHIVES: A VINTAGE CARRIER MANAGEMENT ARTICLE FROM 2019. In ancient times, it is believed that civilizations including the Romans, Indians and Egyptians had some form of "group protection" ...

Can an InsurTech Startup Compete With Progressive and GEICO?

The most common refrain of startups is that insurance is broken and their solution will fix it. Oui, c'est vrai. But two companies have their act together more than almost any other insurers: GEICO ...

Startups vs. Incumbents Revisited: Q32018

We first pointed out in a second quarter analysis of VC-backed startups Root, Lemonade and Metromile that companies run or led by well-known underwriters were growing slowly but far more profitable ...