A Message From our CEO: Celebrating 10 Years of Cover Genius and Looking Ahead
Cover Genius announces a series of new appointments to its extended leadership team to set the stage for its sustainable growth.
Cover Genius announces a series of new appointments to its extended leadership team to set the stage for its sustainable growth.
Cover Genius announces a series of new appointments to its extended leadership team to set the stage for its sustainable growth.
Cover Genius and Future Ticketing introduced a new partnership that offers booking refund protection solutions embedded directly in their users’ websites.
Priceline and Cover Genius have announced a new North American partnership to introduce enhanced travel protection for flights, hotels, rental cars and packages booked with Priceline.
Cover Genius, the leading insurtech for embedded protection, announced its $80 million Series E funding round led by Spark Capital
Cover Genius is pleased to announce the closure of our $80M+ Series E funding round
Cover Genius and Easol have announced a new partnership to offer missed event protection to consumers.
The Retail Protection Report reveals insights from consumers and offering valuable perspectives for retailers seeking to enhance their customer journey.
Cover Genius and Vueling announced an exclusive travel protection partnership that will help protect more than 30 million travelers.
Cover Genius announced it is partnering with Via.com to offer travellers ‘Cancel For Any Reason’ (CFAR) protection.
Cover Genius and Catawiki have launched an exclusive partnership to protect the shipping of special objects.
Cover Genius, the leading insurtech for embedded protection, and SAS, Scandinavia’s leading airline, have announced a new, exclusive, and customized protection program today.
Shippo, the leading shipping platform for modern e-commerce, and Cover Genius, the insurtech for embedded protection, today announced a partnership to enhance the merchant experience with the launch of Shippo Total Protection, an innovative solution that provides merchants with comprehensive protection, global coverage and seamless claims handling.
nShift and Cover Genius introduced nShift Insurance, which can provide shipping insurance for nearly 1 billion shipments from European merchants.
EaseMyTrip teams up with Cover Genius to offer Cancel For Any Reason (CFAR) travel protection along with embedded comprehensive travel protection.
Cover Genius, the insurtech for embedded protection, today unveiled a partnership with Spirit Airlines.
Cover Genius, the insurtech for embedded protection, today announced a partnership with SKY Airline, a Chilean low-cost airline with flights to over 40 destinations across the Americas, to offer customers in Latin America comprehensive travel protection.
Cover Genius, the insurtech for embedded protection, today announced a new partnership with Uber to protect drivers in Brazil.
Cover Genius and Sendcloud have joined forces to offer merchants enhanced claims handling for global shipments with more than 100 logistics carriers.
Cover Genius, the insurtech for embedded protection, has partnered with AudienceView, a global leader in ticketing and e-commerce solutions for the live entertainment industry, to offer embedded Refund Protection to thousands of venues and event businesses worldwide.
Cover Genius, the insurtech for embedded protection, today announced it has sold over 25M policies, protecting more than 14M customers as the world’s largest digital companies move away from traditional insurers in favor of embedded solutions.
Volaris, the Mexican ultra-low-cost airline operating in Mexico, the United States, Central and South America, and Cover Genius, the leading global insurtech for embedded protection, announced a strategic partnership to offer its customers global travel protection, integrated directly into the booking path for a more convenient experience.
Cover Genius, the insurtech for embedded protection, today announced it has completed an asset acquisition agreement with US-based embedded warranty provider, Clyde Technologies.
MakeMyTrip joins hands with Cover Genius to introduce embedded travel protection for its global customers through XCover, Cover Genius’ award-winning global distribution platform.
Cover Genius, the leading insurtech for embedded protection, today announced it is partnering with HomeToGo, the marketplace with the world’s largest selection of vacation rentals, to simplify the short-term rental experience with comprehensive embedded protection.
Cover Genius, the insurtech for embedded insurance, announced it has raised $70M USD in Series D funding in a round led by Dawn Capital.
Cover Genius announced a partnership with Turkish Airlines to bolster their comprehensive travel protection to its global passengers.
Cover Genius, the insurtech for embedded insurance and BetterPlace, India’s largest tech platform bring healthcare coverage to India’s gig and blue-collar workforce.
Cover Genius, the insurtech for embedded insurance, announced the expansion of its leadership team with a series of strategic hires.
Cover Genius has announced a partnership with Zip to offer customers tailored protection embedded into the payment process and Zip’s wallet experience.
Cover Genius announced its acquisition of Booking Protect, the leading specialist in embedded ticket protection for ticket sellers, platforms and live event companies.
XCover Go enables small-to-medium-sized businesses to offer price-optimized warranty and shipping protection from a single app.
Experienced HR exec. to support rapid growth as the company more than doubles employee headcount. Daniel Chavenson also joins as VP of Strategy and Corporate Development to accelerate strategic business opportunities.
Cover Genius, the insurtech for embedded insurance, is pleased to announce that it has sold more than 10 million policies. This milestone follows a year of continued growth in which the insurtech saw a 667% increase in sales for XCover, its award-winning global distribution platform that enables digital companies to embed and offer any line of insurance or warranty product directly to customers with a single API call. In addition, the insurtech has tripled its US team as the demand for embedded protection continues in the region.
Cover Genius, the leading global insurtech for embedded insurance, today announced a strategic partnership with Agoda, the digital travel platform with a global network of over 2.9 million properties worldwide, to offer travellers comprehensive travel protection. Agoda’s consumers will enjoy peace of mind with protection that is curated for their itinerary and instant claims payments.
Cover Genius, the insurtech for embedded insurance, today announced its continued growth in India with the signing of homegrown e-commerce marketplace, Flipkart. This momentous news follows Cover Genius’ recent Series C funding round of $70M USD, which is being used to expand its global distribution platform, XCover, and support new global partnerships in e-commerce, property, travel, mobility, auto, B2B and financial services.
Rhino, the leading real estate technology company, today announced its expansion into renters insurance, in partnership with Cover Genius, the leading insurtech for embedded insurance. Coupled with Rhino’s core product, Security Deposit Insurance, the new Renters’ Insurance offering will maximize the level of coverage for renters and property managers through a seamless product experience.
Cover Genius, the leading insurtech for embedded insurance, announced today that it has secured $100M AUD in a Series C funding round led by Sompo Holdings (Asia) Pte. Ltd (Sompo Asia), with participation from G Squared and other existing investors. The latest funding round follows a momentous six months during which Cover Genius tripled its gross written premium (GWP) after signing over 20 new partners across multiple industries.
Omio, Europe’s leading multi-modal travel booking platform announced its partnership with insurtech leader Cover Genius to offer embedded ticket protection, including for COVID-19, to their customers.
Former Munich Re Digital Partners CEO joins insurtech Cover Genius to accelerate growth in US and Latin America New York, June 23 2021: Cover Genius,
Icelandair has announced today its partnership with Cover Genius, the global insurtech leader whose insurance distribution platform provides protection for customers of the world’s largest online companies, to offer embedded “Covid Plus” Cover for their worldwide customers, launching in Europe and Americas and Canada following soon.
In his role, Castellón will be leading the company’s strategic partnerships in LatAm, extending on the company’s successes with regional travel, retail, logistics, property and financial services giants including Despegar, Rentcars.com, eBay, Booking Holdings, Intuit and others who have integrated the multi-award winning XCover global insurance distribution platform.
Cover Genius has named Darcy Shapiro Chief Operating Officer, Americas, and Amir Massoudi Global Chief Revenue Officer. The appointments reflect Cover Genius’ growth in the US marketplace as it continues to secure new partnerships.
† Cost savings are based on a comparison of all Cover Genius shipping protection versus published carrier rates for Fedex, UPS, DHL, USPS, UPS, Old Dominion, DHL, XPO Logistics, Estes Express Lines, YRC and TForce Freight as at June 27, 2022. Time savings are based on average resolution times (i.e. the duration from initial filing to completed payment) for all XCover shipping protection claims as at May 31, 2022 (sample size = 868) compared with the industry average time including payment settlement (min. 6 days) and period to acknowledge a filed claim.
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In his role, Kyle oversees P&L, business operations and strategic planning across Cover Genius’ North American and Latin American regions.
Prior to Cover Genius, Kyle spent more than a decade in numerous leadership positions at Google working with clients to drive sales, improve their brand and maximize product launches. Before that, Kyle was a Director of Business Transformation at IBM, and started his career serving technology and telecom clients at McKinsey & Co. and JP Morgan.
Kyle earned a Bachelor of Arts from Hamilton College, studied at the London School of Economics, earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and received an MBA from Dartmouth College where he earned the Walter Jacobs award for intellectual curiosity and conduct that inspires others. He plays an active role educating and mentoring the next generation of MBA students as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business and serves on the board of the Chautauqua Athenaeum Hotel.
In his role, Barney is responsible for overseeing business operations, profit and revenue and strategic planning for Cover Genius in the European, Middle Eastern, African (EMEA), and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions.
Prior to Cover Genius, Barney spent more than 15 years with Google where he held a number of senior leadership positions and was responsible for product to go markets, sales and partnerships for Google’s Media and Marketing Technology business in New York, Sydney and Mountain View, CA.
Barney holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Sydney. Based in Sydney, he is an active advisor and mentor in the APAC technology, media and start-up community.
In his role, Peter leads the product and engineering teams to define and execute the company’s technology strategy and roadmap for all Cover Genius’ platforms, including XCover, the insurtech’s award-winning insurance distribution platform.
As CTO, Peter focuses on the delivery of innovative products and the continued adoption of open source and cloud-based technologies. He is responsible for and oversees the design and implementation of our global scale real-time platforms with a focus on performance, reliability and security.
Prior to Cover Genius, Peter was VP of Engineering at Freelancer.com, where he expanded and led the global engineering team to more than 150 employees across Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Philippines and Argentina. During his tenure, his leadership ensured core platforms scaled to support 30 million users and $740 million in gross payment volume.
Peter holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science (Spatial Data Mining) from James Cook University and has lectured at the University of Sydney about topics including software engineering, scalable infrastructure and agile development practices. Based in Sydney, he is also a supporter of local organizations that help provide healthcare to rural and remote areas of Australia.
In his role, David manages all financial activities of the company, including business planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial operations, facilities management, and investor relations.
Prior to Cover Genius, David served as CFO at Unite Us and as CFO at nCino, which he took public in 2020 on Nasdaq. He led both companies through various stages of growth and successfully steered them towards becoming profitable growth companies. He also served as the SVP of Finance at Central Square Technologies and has held several roles at software/technology investment and banking firms, including Thrivent Asset Management, JPMorgan, KPMG and PWC.
David earned his B.S.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Illinois Chicago, received his MBA in Accounting and Finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and is a licensed CPA.
In her role, Darcy is responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing risk, legal and compliance strategies across the organization.
Darcy has more than 15 years of experience in commercial and general insurance. Before Cover Genius, she was Product Director at The Hartford, where she managed Cyber, Tech, Media and Miscellaneous Professional Liability products, as well as developed The Hartford’s first admitted Cyber policy. In addition, she has held key roles at AIG and Liberty Mutual, including claims counsel and litigation management.
Darcy has an honors degree in English and Computer Applications from the University of Notre Dame, and a law degree from Fordham University School of Law. Based in New York, Darcy is also a strong supporter of local charities, like City Harvest and FACES, that help individuals improve their day-to-day lives.
With more than a decade of experience in a variety of executive roles at high-growth technology companies, Angus is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Cover Genius overseeing the global expansion and development of Cover Genius across industries.
Before Cover Genius, Angus was the VP of International Business Development at iClick Interactive, and Head of Publisher Partnerships at Yahoo!.
Angus has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Technology Sydney and is a passionate contributor to rural and youth wellbeing programs through personal efforts and those of CG Gives, the philanthropic arm of Cover Genius.
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