January 27, 2022
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 five-year loan will carry an interest rate of …
March 4, 2021
Root Inc.’s second earnings report as a public company reveals that the digital auto insurance startup continues to lose substantial amounts of money but it is generating substantial premium and customer growth overall. The Ohio-based insurtech lost $133.3 million in …
October 1, 2019
Nationwide plans on striking hard against digital insurer upstart competitors with the debut of Spire, a digital auto insurance platform with an eye on millennial customers. Spire, which will be rolled out in the 2019 fourth quarter, centers around the …
March 27, 2018
Columbus, Ohio-based auto insurer Root Insurance, which incorporates individual driver behavior data from mobile phone apps in every quote, announced the closing of a $51-million Series C funding round. Investors were led by Redpoint Ventures, with Scale Venture Partners and …