Root

08/10/2020

It’s so exciting to watch our team grow! With much anticipation, Raeygan Harris joined us this week as Root’s official Product Designer.🤩

She’s excited to start work on Root’s product because she loves the idea that one can take complex processes and tedious tasks in the insurance industry and make them more efficient and customer-centric. We are proud to have your empathetic nature on the team Raeygan!

As Ram Dass noted, at the end of the day “We’re all just walking each other home” and we are so excited to have you with us on this journey. 🚀

07/10/2020

This week we welcomed Andries Klop to the Root team as our newest Software Engineer!

For Andries, learning is a perpetual source of joy, because “there’s just something so fulfilling about knowing more and being stronger than I was yesterday”. He’s excited to help us achieve the big milestones we have coming up for our team and platform - and he just can’t wait for the chance to pop open the piñata when we reach them.🥳 🎉

As one of your favourite quotes says, “A rising tide lifts all boats”, and we’re stoked for the value that you’re going to bring to our mission Andries!

21/09/2020

Last week Kirsten Adams joined our team as Root’s Talent Acquisition Specialist! 🙌

Root is growing really fast right now, and Kirsten is on board to help us build a skilled, diverse and compassionate team. Her first week was off to a great start, and she’s already getting to know and understand the teams she’ll be equipping to find new Rootstars! 🌟

“It's great to feel like you know everything and can do your work with your eyes closed. But to stay relevant you need to be innovative and open to growth - whether it's in your tooling, mindset, or team enablement goals.”

It’s great to have you with us, Kirsten, and we’re looking forward to seeing the multifaceted growth you bring to our team - and how that enables us to further empower the in !👏

20/08/2020

We’re excited to share more about the fruitful partnership we’ve been building with Price Money! 🙌

It started with a POC of a new insurance product built and launched on Root in less than 3 weeks. The POC demonstrated that Root was the technology partner that Mr Price was looking for. “It solved all our compliance and reporting needs, the innovation functionality was there, and speed to market was clearly proven. We wanted Root,” says Vincent Holtzhausen.

This led Mr Price to migrate their insurance book onto Root - a total of 3 million policies, with over a third of these policies active during the migration.

Since then, Mr Price built and launched a new, in-store tablet app for selling device cover to a brand new market. It will soon be rolled out to 250 stores across South Africa!

Check out our blog for the full details of this story: https://buff.ly/328MKz5

A special thanks to Vincent Holtzhausen and Theo Ngoma for helping us put this story together! 🚀

12/08/2020

A huuuge welcome to Brits who has just joined the Root team! Emmica is a Solutions Engineer on our Delivery team and will be working to help clients build and launch innovative insurance solutions to their customers. 🚀

Emmica lives by the words of Alexandra Potter: “I figure you're never too old to learn. That's when you become old, when you stop being fascinated by things, when you stop wanting to learn and explore.”

We’re excited to have you onboard and to learn from you, Emmica. Here’s to exploring and growing together! 🌟

23/06/2020

Are you looking to take an existing insurance product digital? Go for it! You can start selling policies digitally within 2 weeks.

Here is a short article that explains how it works:

https://root.co.za/blog/taking-your-insurance-products-digital-in-two-weeks

Programmable insurance that you can integrate into your product or service with ease.

19/06/2020

People often ask us what they need to do to enter the insurance space. To shed some light on a complex industry, we’ve put together a step-by-step guide to help you get started.
https://root.co.za/blog/what-it-takes-to-start-selling-insurance

26/05/2020

Our partnership with Guardrisk means more businesses get the benefits of a standardised digital platform for :

- Rapid innovation
- Operational efficiency
- Automated customer communications
- Compliance out of the box

We are stoked! 😁

The insurance industry is often criticised for the slow rate at which it is innovating. Guardrisk, South Africa’s largest cell-captive insurer, has chosen Root as technology partner to drive rapid innovation for their clients.

20/05/2020

Once your insurance products are accessible via an API, innovating on products and distribution becomes so much easier :-)

Shackleton’s insurance products are configured on Root and accessible via battle-tested, real-time APIs. This means they can easily enable distribution partners and grow sales.

07/05/2020

We’ve been doing some awesome work with the Insurance team at Mr Price. Here is a first sneak peek into how they’re using Root. More to follow soon :)

Mr Price has been using Root for more than a year now, tapping into all the benefits brought about by an API-first, end-to-end insurance platform. Their claims team, in particular, has reaped the benefits - increasing efficiency and allowing for a seamless transition to remote working.

05/05/2020

Here’s everything you need to know about the FIC’s new sanctions screening regulation for insurance businesses.

And yes, Root’s newly launched add-on takes care of everything for you :)

https://root.co.za/blog/fic-compliance-made-easy-tool-for-automated-sanctions-screening