Root Insurance News
Texting, Social Media and Calls Top Driver Distractions: Report
U.S. drivers are distracted by their phones for nearly 11 out of every 100 miles driven, or 11 percent of the time, according to more than 1.3 billion miles of driving data from across the country ...
InsurTech Root Results Improve but Remain at a Net Loss
InsurTech Root Inc. posted a net loss for the fourth quarter 2023 of $24 million and a net loss for the year of $147.4 million. Results were improvements from net losses of about $58.3 million for ...
Root Inc. Investigating at Least $9.5M in Unauthorized Payments by Former Employee
Technology company Root Inc., the Columbus, Ohio-based parent company of Root Insurance, is conducting an internal investigation into a series of payments made without prior disclosure to the ...
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 Insurance Gets $300M Loan From BlackRock
Days after it announced it had to lay off 330 employees due to worsening loss costs, auto insurer Root Insurance has finalized a $300 million term loan from BlackRock Financial Management. The ...
While Funding Levels Rise, So Do InsurTech Death Rates
While the aggregate InsurTech funding level for the first-half of 2021 soared past the amount raised for InsurTech businesses for the entire year 2020, InsurTechs continued to quietly shut their ...
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 ...