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Goodcover (YC S17) — Digital Co-op renters insurance = half the price, better coverage

Goodcover appears in Y Combinator's company directory in the Summer 2017 batch, listed 2019-12-10. Digital Co-op Renters Insurance = half the price, better coverage..

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Goodcover: Accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2017

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New accelerator entry · 2019-12-10 · the record

Summer 2017
batch
1
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
region
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Goodcover provides its Members with Good Renters Insurance for 50% less than legacy companies and an Annual Dividend of the money left over after claims obligations are met. Goodcover is a Managing General Agent (MGA) that administers personal insurance on behalf of our Membership, a bit like how USAA does it. Member's premiums are pooled and used to pay claims. We take a fixed fee, and the remainder is returned in our Annual Member Dividend. We work with multi-billion dollar capital partners to ensure regulations are followed, adequate claims capital is always available, and we have emergency capacity for catastrophes. Technology allows us to eliminate waste, saving roughly 25% of the cost. We are 100% digital, but not bots - we invest in tech that enables our experts to help Members. As an Invitation Only Membership served by an MGA, **we can give Members Free Insurance** when they invite others, turning our "Marketing Budget" into savings for Members. This eliminates Lizards and Sales Agents, saving the other 25%. We do not use the standard industry models, instead using a multiperil model to more granularly price risk. This means that for a few of you we are more expensive... but everyone else pays much less than they would otherwise pay. Our granular, multiperil model allows us to offer a superior policy over the standard market including: - coverage for if your place is flooded by a neighbor - Replacement Cost Coverage (meaning new stuff for your old) - All Risk coverage for high value items you tell us about - including computers (almost no one does that amazingly) - added coverage for mold removal Our MGA business model allows us to be capital efficient, "renting" capacity as we need it. All this adds up to our government approved pricing being 40-60% cheaper on average than that of our competitors.

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BatchSummer 2017
Announced2019-12-10
StageGrowth
StatusActive
Team size1
IndustryFintech
Sub-industryFintech -> Insurance
SectorsFintech, Insurance
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttp://www.goodcover.com
Previously known asCollective

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Last updated 2026-09-26
Primary record: Y Combinator directory entry
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