US agency Lemonade marks additional European growth

Lemonade, which is headquartered in New York and has a European base in Amsterdam, has expanded additional in Europe with a brand new providing in France.

The digital insurance coverage firm first forayed into the French market in December 2020 to supply renters’ insurance coverage that’s powered by synthetic intelligence. Now, with BNP Paribas Cardif appearing as co-insurer, Lemonade will start to offer householders’ insurance coverage throughout France.

Daniel Schreiber, co-founder and chief government of Lemonade, said: “The European market was our quickest rising enterprise final yr. We’re now graduating from being a monoline to a multi-line insurer in Europe.

In Europe, Lemonade is licensed and supervised by the Dutch Central Financial institution and operates in France below the European Freedom of Companies regime. Persevering with to increase globally, the US agency additionally operates in Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK.

In its announcement, Lemonade famous: “Since partnering over a yr in the past, BNP Paribas Cardif and Lemonade have seen rising success in providing renters insurance coverage all through France. The partnership, bringing collectively BNP Paribas Cardif’s confirmed advisory experience and Lemonade’s revolutionary strategy, will evolve with a proposal that’s now geared toward householders.

“BNP Paribas Cardif France will be capable of suggest this absolutely digital dwelling insurance coverage to its distribution companions, and Lemonade will profit from the deep expertise of an insurer with a well known model that has been working within the French marketplace for 50 years.”

Accessible to France’s residents each on the Lemonade app and at cardif.fr, the brand new providing options not solely the bottom protection but additionally add-ons like college insurance coverage, authorized safety, and canopy in opposition to outside-the-home theft.

In different markets, Lemonade additionally gives automobile, pet, and life insurance coverage.            

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