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Volaris Partners with Cover Genius to Protect Customers’ Travel Plans

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 Doubles Number of Policies Sold, Surpassing 10 Million

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 accelerates growth in India in collaboration with e-commerce marketplace Flipkart

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 partners with Cover Genius to protect renters with embedded insurance, bringing convenience to the rental experience

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 secures $100M in Series C round driven by Sompo Holdings Asia to expand its embedded insurance platform

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.

Icelandair partners with Cover Genius to offer “Covid plus” medical cover

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.

Cover Genius Appoints Julio Castellón SVP Regional Head of Partnerships, Latin America

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.

Kyle Keogh

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.

Barney pierce

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.

Peter Phillips

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.

David Rudow

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.

Darcy Rittinger

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.

Angus Mcdonald

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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