Published by Louw Hopley • 24 May 2022
In practice, not reinventing the wheel means checking our egos, recognising that we're not experts in every domain and finding the people who are. We implement tried-and-tested solutions, adapting them to our unique context.
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Published by Louw Hopley • 26 April 2022
Although we recognise the temptation of complex systems, problem statements and solutions, our Keep it Simple virtue helps us avoid distraction and stay focused on what matters.
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Published by Louw Hopley • 5 April 2022
In this blog post we explore the benefits of assuming good intent in everyday interactions with our team and other stakeholders. Two critical outcomes from adopting this mindset are that we do not read into things and we give people the benefit of the doubt.
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Published by Louw Hopley • 22 March 2022
At Root, you are the owner of your mission, no matter your role. In this post we explore our Extreme Ownership virtue and talk about taking responsibility for everything that impacts achievement of our mission goals.
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Published by Louw Hopley • 3 March 2022
Making rapid progress requires an enabling environment, one which can handle the pace. These are the guiding principles we incorporate into our daily workflows to nurture this environment.
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Published by Louw Hopley • 21 February 2022
How does a company create an environment where its people want to read, test, observe, reflect, think, learn and iterate? In this article I share more about how we approach active learning at Root.
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Published by Louw Hopley • 10 February 2022
Our culture is informed by how we show up every day. In this post we dive into our #PublicByDefault mentality and how we value sharing information by always chatting publicly.
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Published by Root Team • 3 February 2022
Transparent collaboration with our partners is key to our success. This simple guide will help us work effectively over Slack as soon as a project kicks off.
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Published by Louw Hopley • 25 January 2022
The Root team works hard to foster a great welcoming culture that promotes learning, growth and top-notch execution. In this post we dive a bit deeper into how that is done.
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Published by Monique Heyden • 17 January 2022
A fully managed, always up-to-date dedicated Root environment which completely isolates your data on infrastructure only you consume.
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Published by Will Yates • 14 December 2021
Recently, I took the plunge leaving my corporate job to join Root. Here's what I've learned so far about working at a tech start-up.
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Published by Charlotte Koep • 30 November 2021
If you think that a pivot in insurance strategy to digital means staying ahead of the innovation curve, you’re probably wrong. We explore why.
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Published by Louw Hopley • 11 November 2021
Root, a Cape Town based startup building infrastructure for the digital insurance economy, has closed a seed funding round from a select group of high impact angel investors alongside primary investors Invenfin, Base Capital, Savannah Fund, P1 Ventures, Luno, and FireID.
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Published by Chelsea Frost • 17 May 2021
We’re excited to announce that Telkom’s digital insurance website is live! This self-service website is powered by Root’s insurance infrastructure and allows customers to purchase insurance policies directly online.
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Published by Dewald Müller • 6 April 2021
With the world moving to digital and customer expectations changing rapidly, Telkom partnered with Root to fast-track their progress to running a digital insurance business.
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Published by Candice Grobler • 13 October 2020
We chatted with Nicola Jandrell about how businesses can determine if and where they fit into the insurance industry.
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Published by Candice Grobler • 19 August 2020
After a successful POC with Root, Mr Price migrated 3 million insurance policies to the Root platform.
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Published by Louw Hopley • 23 July 2020
We're finally wrapping up our programmable card private beta and shifting all focus to our insurance mission. Thanks for the great journey!
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Published by Root Team • 30 June 2020
Metropolitan just launched their first fully digital insurance product, and it’s powered by Root! We are stoked about the partnership we’ve built with Metropolitan over the last few months.
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Published by Louw Hopley • 19 June 2020
Getting started in the insurance industry doesn’t have to be daunting. Here is a step-by-step guide of what you’ll need to do, and some suggestions of who to speak to.
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Published by Root Team • 26 May 2020
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.
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Published by Root Team • 20 May 2020
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.
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Published by Dewald Müller • 7 May 2020
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.
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Published by Brian Tait • 21 April 2020
A common constraint for businesses in this age of social distancing is the inability to sell policies digitally. Most insurance companies will take months to implement digital fulfillment. At Root, we can get you going within 2 weeks.
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Published by Louw Hopley • 9 April 2020
The Root team is fully operational with no disruption to our services or support. We’re geared up to help SA’s insurance industry with the enabling of digital sales and fulfillment, the launching of new channels, and cash-collections. Talk to us!
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Published by Root Team • 20 March 2020
Digital channels have become one of the best solutions to the distribution problem. They enable you to speak directly to customer needs, while offering a much better customer experience.
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Published by Louw Hopley • 13 December 2019
We’ve had a massive year at Root! Here’s an overview of what went down and some of the milestones we’ve reached.
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Published by Dewald Müller • 23 August 2019
Guardrisk launched a chatbot to enable WhatsApp as a new customer-first digital channel. Here’s how they did it.
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Published by Dewald Müller • 8 July 2019
Innovators have been locked out of the insurance industry. I'm sharing my experience on how we've created the tools to change this narrative.
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