Tagged: lemonade

June 1, 2017 @ 3:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Insurtech platform Lemonade has posted an update on platform growth. According to their information, they now have over 14,315 customers after 8 months of offering home-owners insurance. Lemonade is in the process of rolling out to much of the US (they must receive approval in… Read More

May 10, 2017 @ 11:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Lemonade, a new spin on providing insurance, has announced it has received regulatory approval in California and is now available for homeowners to purchase insurance online. The Insurtech firm is now operating in three states including New York and Illinois. Lemonade said that launching in… Read More

April 4, 2017 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Insurtech firm Lemonade has moved into the midwest by adding Illinois to the list of the states where it may offer insurance. Adding Illinois comes six months after launching in New York state by receiving regulatory approval to offer insurance. Lemonade is an insurance company… Read More

March 9, 2017 @ 8:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendIt, the global lending and fintech conference series, held its first annual awards on Tuesday in New York City. As previously reported, The organization stated out of hundreds of applicants worldwide; the selected finalists were placed in 18 categories, which notably celebrate fintech market leaders, emerging… Read More

February 1, 2017 @ 3:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lemonade, the Insurtech firm that wants to bulldoze insurance as we know it, has published their 3rd and final in a series about platform growth and transparency. Chief Behavioral Officer Dan Ariely, the author of the update, recognizes that 100 days of data isn’t really that… Read More

January 18, 2017 @ 1:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lemonade, the Insurtech company that wants to be your preferred insurance provider, has just published a report on their first quarter of operations. Note that Lemonade is only operating in the state of New York right now but they have plans to expand across the… Read More

January 11, 2017 @ 9:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Insurtech company Lemonade has decided to do a “full frontal” and open the Kimono on their operations. The growing Insurtech startup said they were going to overcompensate on their mission to transform insurance from a necessary evil into a social good.  If there is one… Read More

January 5, 2017 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Disruptive insurance platform Lemonade is pointing to its ability to pay customer claims really fast. How fast – you ask? Lemonade has staked a claim on a “new world record” as its artificial intelligence allowed the Insurtech firm the ability to pay a claim in… Read More

January 2, 2017 @ 4:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last year due to time constraints I was unable to publish my list of Crowdfunding/Fintech predictions for 2016. This year I am back once again, for better or worse, peering deep into my crystal ball with a list of prognostications for the coming year. The… Read More

December 22, 2016 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Insurtech firm Lemonade launched in September as a “full stack insurance carrier” in the state of New York. Today, Lemonade is preparing to offer insurance to 97% of US citizens by filing for licenses in 46 states and the District of Columbia to offer homeowners/renters insurance…. Read More

December 5, 2016 @ 1:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Insurtech company Lemonade has closed a $34 million Series B funding round. The investment was led by General Catalyst and included the participation of GV (aka Google Ventures), Tusk Ventures and Thrive Capital. Existing investors Aleph, Sequoia, and XL Innovate also participated in the round…. Read More

October 9, 2016 @ 8:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

The insurance industry is a sector of finance that is begging for disruption. In the Fintech arena, Insurtech is poised to be huge. The US Treasury Department published a study of insurance in September that pegged total assets for insurance at over $8 trillion. In… Read More

October 7, 2016 @ 1:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

The company that wants to fix everything that is wrong about  traditional insurance, Lemonade, has only recently launched. The Fintech / Insurtech platform, which has been anticipated for many months now, finally announced its availability in the state of New York at the end of… Read More

September 21, 2016 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The much anticipated Fintech firm Lemonade has officially launched in the state of New York. Lemonade has positioned its platform in a David vs. Goliath battle to challenge antediluvian insurance incumbents by providing a far better service at a superior price. Lemonade has been licensed… Read More

May 17, 2016 @ 2:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

The company that wants to upend the insurance industry, Lemonade, has announced its Board of Directors and shareholders has approved a decision to become a Certified B-Corporation. These for-profit companies are certified by the non-profit B Lab and must meet high standards of social and… Read More

February 24, 2016 @ 12:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lemonade has hired Professor Dan Ariely as Chief Behavioral Officer.  Ariely is a heavy-hitter when it comes to Behavioral Economics.  His bio lists his current status as a professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University. But a recent Tweet by Dan is telling… Read More

February 9, 2016 @ 2:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lemonade, a peer to peer insurance platform that seeks to address the profound shortcomings of the multi-trillion dollar insurance industry now has some prominent names backing the young company.  Announced today, Lemonade has now received the support of “top tier” global reinsurance partners including Berkshire… Read More

December 8, 2015 @ 11:52 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Lemonade Inc., experts to serve the world’s first peer-to-peer (P2P) insurance company,  just stepped out of “stealth mode” and into the limelight, to launch as the first P2P insurance company in the world.  The NYC-headquarted startup has secured $13 million funding in a round led by Aleph and Sequoia Capital…. Read More